Linkfest For 8/15/2011

• Google (GOOG) to Acquire Motorola Mobility (MMI) for $12.5 Billion or $40/share (12,000 patents) - Google
  
• Supercharging Android: Google to Acquire Motorola Mobility - Google Blog
  
• ECB buys €22bn in eurozone bonds - FT.com
  
• Berlin braces against calls for common 'eurobonds' - Deutsche Welle
  
• World Bank's Zoellick Sees 'New Danger Zone' in Global Economy - SF Gate
  
• Mutual Fund Brokers Hurt By Lack Of ‘Cash On Hand’ During Down Economy - Inquisitr
  
• Zulauf: Own Gold, Treasuries, No Debt & Get Out Of Equities - Pragmatic Capitalism
  
• Next Week's Market Charts That Matter (Goldman Sachs) - Zero Hedge
  
• Hong Kong Recession Risk is Global Warning: Forecaster - Bloomberg
  
• H.K. Apartment Sellers Cut Asking Prices - Bloomberg
  
• Singapore Prime Minister: Global Recession Is 'A Possibility' - WSJ
  
• Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's fire sales are crippling metro Detroit communities - Detroit Free Press
  
• London House Prices Plunge on Financial Turmoil - Bloomberg
• Japan's Economy Shrinks but Beats Expectations - WSJ
• George Soros: Three steps to resolving the eurozone crisis - FT.com
• Italian unions threaten strike over new austerity - AP
• Sterling No Refuge as King Eyes Stimulus - Bloomberg
  
• Satyajit Das: The Real Debt Crisis is in Europe – Part 1 – “Solvency But Not In Our Time” - Naked Capitalism
• Denial In Germany & France Only Increases The Risks In Europe - Pragmatic Capitalism
  
• German government no longer rules out euro bonds - report - Reuters (?)
• Warren Buffett: Stop Coddling the Super-Rich - NYT
  
• ECB is euroland's last hope as bail-out machinery fails to resolve crisis - Telegraph
  
• Eurobonds needed "fast," says German export group - Reuters
  
• Are You Ready To Not Fight The Fed…… Again? - The Macro Trader