Further reading
Elsewhere on Monday,- Yes the run on Spanish banks is real.- The various criteria on which JP Morgan’s CIO trades would’ve hit and missed Volcker exemptions.-...
A Leap into the future with 3D gestures
It’s an unimpressive-looking black oblong, no bigger than a packet of chewing gum, but Leap Motion’s new gesture-control device, unveiled today, could change the way we interact with computers.
Imagine touch-typing or playing a piano in the air, mo...
The 6am Cut London
German and French leaders meet this week to map out a revised plan for the euro as the G8 exposed disagreement on a rescue strategy, reports Bloomberg. The May 23 EU leaders’...
FTfm on AV
Some highlights from Monday’s FTfm.EU rules threat to pensionsThe Association of British Insurers has said it fears pension products could be caught up in the EU’s packaged...
Android rivals aim to close the Apple gap
A sign of a hot Android product is when Google gives thousands away to reward developers at its annual conference. The HTC Evo 4G smartphone was the freebie in May 2010 and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet was last year’s. Updated versions of bot...
The Weekender
This week on FT Alphaville,- Remember the Chinese RRR cut? It was only Monday. But it wasn’t ‘easing’.- Some mystery liquidity providers popped up in the oil market....
It’s gotta close greenshoe!
Update after the close: It closed green(shoe) at $38.23 according to Bloomberg data. But not until after a few moments close to $38.00, as seen below earlier…Facebook shares at pixel time,...
[JPM Whale-Watching Tour] Tracking trades down
The last twenty-four hours have brought us some interesting insights into the JPMorgan chief investment office’s $2bn loss story. The FT revealed that the CIO has been a...
BoE goes ex-Posen
This is careless. The Bank of England has managed to lose Adam Posen, the outspoken American dove on the Monetary Policy Committee. He’s off to the Peterson Institute in Washington,...
Another day, another SNB rumour
Swiss franc traders have been pretty bored of late, with the euro/Swiss franc flatlining for months. But it seems they’ve had some rare excitement this week: someone out...
With Facebook, give thanks for greenshoes
After an open of $42.05, against the $38 IPO price, Facebook stock quickly reverted to the sale price on Friday — at which level we presume those banks with the over-allotment mandate (MOST,...
Caption this, Zuckerberg edition
Via the FT Tech liveblog. Winner possibly gets this…
