Monday Readables

- Shanghai Expo: Yawn.

- China's central bank continues to turn the screw, gently, by raising lending requirements

- Francisco Blanch of BoA/Merril Lynch presents his theory for why emerging markets have a greater capacity than the rich world to absorb higher oil prices.

- 'Switzerland Should be Dissolved as a State' - That would be none other than Col. Ghadhafi, bringing the AAA-rated Crazy to the table once again. There is some truly fantastic bullshit in here - too much to quote here - so I encourage you to check it out.

- Greece offers to repay loans with giant wooden horse. Suspicious.

- Hey look! Belgian politicians can agree about some things after all: cultural intolerance.

- What makes charities special?