Gross Says U.S. Nearing Recession as BlackRock Sees Fed Step. Bloomberg

Bernanke Ready to “Throw in the Towel on Inflation”: Jim Rickards. Yahoo Finance

Europe Is Over. Now It's All About The US. Business Insider

Stock Buybacks that Wasted Investor Money. CNBC

Questioning Peter Munk's influence at Barrick Gold. (Journalist to expect beehive via Fedex this morning). Globe and Mail

Gold discoveries not keeping pace with mine production. Metals Economics Group

What Life is Like for a Banker in Dubai: Pictures. Business Insider

Act Bigger than You Are. HBR  See also: Entrepreneurs' Biggest Sales Mistakes

Meet the nomadic burger baron who owns nothing. Daily Mail

"I hope you're sitting down for this one." Mark Steyn: From Seat to Shining Seat. National Review

RIP 7 Habits Author Stephen Covey. Tony Robbins