Weekend Hot Links: A Long's Best Friend

Stuff I’m Reading this Weekend…

Obama formally calls for Egyptian transition, elections for September.  (NYT)

Bet you had no idea how many Indian companies have been swallowing up coal assets around the world… (ForbesIndia)

Hackers have been repeatedly breaching the NASDAQ’s network for a year.  (WSJ)

Robert Sinn: In momentum stocks, short-sellers are a long’s best friend.  (StockSage)

Elizabeth Spiers, founder of blogs Dealbreaker and Fashionista, gets the big New York Observer gig.  (Observer)

Marion Maneker on what to make of Rupert Murdoch’s ‘The Daily’.  (TBP)

There is an undeniable connection between oil prices and food prices.  (FarmlandLP)

A roundup of fun Super Bowl economic stats from my man The Weakonomist.  (Weakonomics)