I will sell anyone insurance on sovereign debt

• Cadbury signals it is open to a 17$bn bid by Hershey
• Signals of an impending asset bubble: inflation (cost of goods rising), caused by a rise of base commodities due to near-zero interest rate speculation: focus on consumer price indexes
• Abraaj Capital (Largest PE in ME): sellers are become more realistic about valuations, ready to start buying
• European government subsidies for 'green' manufacturing expected to give the area a significant boost
• Coca-Cola looking to triple bottling in China to serve rising middle class
• Marked increase in sovereign CDS volume for industrialized nations. US: 10bn, Japan 15bn, Russia $101bn