links for 2011-07-17

Thus the markets, I am sure, have now concluded (as Bernanke wanted them to) that we are only a few weak data points from more quantitative easing. The bottom line to speculators is that Bernanke has your back in an even more blatant way than then-Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan did during the days of the "Greenspan put."

A newly discovered reservoir of rare earths, which are needed for high-tech, automotive and renewable energy applications, may remain on the ocean floor for some time