{"id":13023,"date":"2011-04-07T01:00:08","date_gmt":"2011-04-07T05:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/?p=13023"},"modified":"2011-04-07T01:00:08","modified_gmt":"2011-04-07T05:00:08","slug":"links-for-april-7th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/07\/links-for-april-7th\/","title":{"rendered":"Links and Reading for April 7th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some of the more interesting and important items for April 7th :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/portugal-pays-nearly-6-to-borrow-12-months-2011-04-06\">Portugal finally asks EU for help &#8211; MarketWatch<\/a> &#8211; Portugal&rsquo;s prime minister, Jose Socrates, told the nation that the assistance was &ldquo;inevitable&rdquo; after parliament rejected an austerity plan. Portugal now looks set to join Greece and Ireland in receiving bailouts from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/bank-of-japan-holds-steady-unveils-loan-facility-2011-04-07\">Bank of Japan holds steady, unveils loan facility &#8211; MarketWatch<\/a> &#8211; TOKYO (MarketWatch) &#8212; The Bank of Japan said Thursday that its policy board unanimously voted to keep its overnight call rate range from zero to 0.1%, and it also established a special lending facility for financial instituations in areas hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The BOJ said it plans to lend a total of 1 trillion yen ($12.3 billion) in one-year loans at 0.1%, and it said it would also broaden the range of eligible colateral for its money-market operations, &quot;with a view to securing sufficient financing capacity of financial institutions in disaster areas.&quot; The central bank also downgraded its broad economic assessment after the disasters, saying in a statement that &quot;Japan&#039;s economy is under strong downward pressure, mainly on the production side.&quot;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/equities-debate-swirls-as-ecb-prepares-hike-2011-04-06\">Equities debate swirls as ECB prepares hike &#8211; MarketWatch<\/a> &#8211; LONDON (MarketWatch) &mdash; Rate hikes are supposed to spell trouble for equities, but some European investors say they won&rsquo;t be running scared as the European Central Bank prepares Thursday to tighten monetary policy for the first time since 2008.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052748704101604576246972728969548.html\">Malls Face Surge in Vacancies &#8211; WSJ.com<\/a> &#8211; Even as the economy picks up steam, many of the nation&#039;s malls and shopping centers are suffering a hangover due to changing consumer habits and the fallout from a massive building boom.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.delicious.com\/v2\/rss\/andrewblogger\">500 Internal Server Error<\/a> &#8211; 500 Internal Server Error<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of the more interesting and important items for April 7th : Portugal finally asks EU for help &#8211; MarketWatch &#8211; Portugal&rsquo;s prime minister, Jose Socrates, told the nation that the assistance was &ldquo;inevitable&rdquo; after parliament rejected an austerity plan. 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