Hot Links: Smoking the Quarter

Stuff I’m Reading this Morning…

What’s going on with the Chinese Twitter?  (beyondbrics)

Groupon considering a cutback in the size of its IPO.  Ya think?  (LAT)

Who added more to the deficit, Obama or Bush?  (TBP)

Jeff Matthews: Why isn’t anyone talking about the drop off in revenue from Apple’s retail stores?  (NotMakingThisUp)

Erik looks at 1946 as a parallel to the current market/economic picture.  (MarketAnthropology)

A reminder from my boy Brian Shannon: From Failed Moves Come Fast Moves.  (AlphaTrends)

Don’t look now but Nokia just smoked their quarter, reporting a surprise profit.  (Barrons)

Mark Madoff’s widow speaks out about what Bernie did to his son for the first time.  (NYP)

Meet the kids helping to run the US Treasury Department.  (BusinessWeek)

Remember that raving lunatic who was predicting a world-ending earthquake back in May?  Well he’s back and insisting he was right, LOL.  (BigThink)

Do NOT miss my daily linkfest for financial advisors this morning.  (WSJFA)