Coca-Cola Retains Title as World’s Most Valuable Brand

http://www.bloomberg.com...luable-brand-table-.html

Hackers continue into 2012...

http://techland.time.com...line-stock-market-sites/

Interesting time for WB to state that euroland is in a recession and this will affect the global econ outlook. Also warns developing economies to prepare for the worst. I hope they're not saying the truth since this is unacceptable after we got used to living in denial & endless bailouts aka QEs...

http://www.bloomberg.com...s-emerging-markets.html

Update - And here the UN also states the same. This announcements are too timely...

http://www.chinadaily.co.../18/content_14464788.htm

Developing world to prepare for shocks

The World Bank has slashed its growth forecasts, and is now predicting a 0.3% contraction for the eurozone in 2012.

"Developing countries need to evaluate their vulnerabilities and prepare for further shocks, while there is still time," said World Bank chief economist Justin Yifu Lin.
"This time, going in, [developing countries] will be in much better condition than high income countries, but that said, we are concerned," he said.

Andrew Burns, manager of global macroeconomics at the World Bank, told the BBC there was a danger that the downturn could be longer lasting than the one which followed the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008.

"They are going to be operating in a situation where the high income countries aren't going to be able to offer the same type of counter fiscal policy and the same type of support to the financial system as they did in 2008/9."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16602033