"Unless EU leaders come up with a sustainable solution and cut the debt burden, everything is going to fall apart in Greece." Greek death spiral raises heat for German-bloc creditors. Telegraph

"Portfolio strategies should acknowledge bite-sized future returns and the growing risk that the negative consequences of misguided monetary and fiscal policy might lead to disruptive financial markets at some future point." Time To Vote! - November 2012 Outlook by Bill Gross. PIMCO

London Frets Future as Financial Hub Outside Bank Union. Bloomberg

London Buildings
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"It's going to be really hard to make the numbers work." First commercial vertical farm opens in Singapore. Strombo

"Hedge funds have been quietly building up stakes in the fledgling oil explorers operating off the Falklands, betting that companies will ignore the threats made by Argentina to disrupt the activity." Hedge funds swoop on Falklands oil search. Reuters

Why do the Germans want their gold back? Marketwatch

“History will have judged Ben Bernanke to have been an outstanding chairman who did what he had to do under extremely difficult circumstances.” US Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke Profile. Bloomberg

“Other people say Rolex is for the newly rich,” he says, smiling." Zong Tops China Billionaires as Communist-to-Capitalist. Bloomberg

"With a mind as formidable as his features, Colm Tóibín is now firmly a part of Ireland’s literary landscape. It’s both a blessing and a curse." You have to be a terrible monster to write. Telegraph

Colm Tóibín at home in Dublin
Photo: Jackie Nickerson