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Saturday Highlights: More on Apple and Google's talks of patent arbitration from All Things D and Cult of Android; Forbes seems confused over the meaning of thermonuclear litigation rather than arbitration in the case, however; Patently Apple reports on a new patent infringement case against Apple concerning iCloud; Seeking Alpha posits a rational explanation of irrational stock action; at Macworld, Michael Gartenberg considers Steve Jobs and the 1927 Yankees; iSource reviews TuneUp, an iTunes utility; Computer Shopper reviews the late 2012 Mac Mini; The Macalope this week attacks the dubious behavior of investor Doug Kass and the bizarre punditry of Dave Winer.
Friday Highlights: Samsung allowed by US judge to add iPhone 5 to their lawsuit, while Apple granted addition of Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1; possibility that iPad mini may be added; legal storm brewing?more details in our Apple/Macintosh section; iPad shipments to China seen having doubled, now at 2.07 million units; Foss Patents reports of disagreement between Apple, Google over "key parameters of potential FRAND arbitration"; Bob Evans of Oracle, writing at Forbes, says his company believes Steve Jobs' "vision of richly integrated software and hardware, engineered and optimized to work together from the ground up, will reshape the future of enterprise computing"; is the Mac universe about to see an influx of Windows users fleeing Microsoft's ecosystem?; Adobe Edge Animate 1.0, Camtasia 2, Audiofile Engineering Triumph 2 reviews in our OS X section where you'll also find Kirk McElhearn's Friday "Ask the iTunes Guy" column where he examines library splitting, among other topics; Ken Segall lends a little clarity to the skeuomorphism debate; Apple scores a patent win, obtaining over 1000 patents from Nortel's auction; Nintendo games on your iDevice? We may be one step closer; Google prepping release of own maps app for iDevices?more in our General Interest section; a short note at DigiTimes says Foxconn investing more in Brazil with new land purchase; Sprint and AT&T now offering iPad mini with cellular; VentureBeat calls the new iPad mini "the best iPad experience yet"; and hands-on impressions of the new iPad mini + LTE from ZDNet, and Terry White; want to get more out of your Apple TV? Macworld has some suggestions; Henry Blodget sees a "very worrisome" trend for Apple; rumors of Apple's television service rise again, but will it pop or fizz out?; is iPad mini on a course to become Apple's main iPad seller?
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"LTE iPad Mini on sale in carrier stores tomorrow: Sprint says that it will begin selling the LTE version of Apple's smaller tablet online and in stores." CNET News
7:54 AM
"Apple and Google Talk Arbitration in Smartphone Spat"?AllThingsD?6:39 AM
"Apple And Google Talk Arbitration In Hopes Of Ending Their Global Patent Disputes"?Cult of Android?6:34 AM
"Thermonuclear Stand Down: Apple And Google Are Ready To Litigate On Patents"?Forbes?9:16 AM
"A New Patent Infringement Case against Apple is filed over iCloud"?Patently Apple?10:15 AM
"Why Apple fell so hard: Two theories for Apple's fall, neither of which has to do with fear, uncertainty or doubt"?Fortune?11:13 AM
"Apple's Institutional Slingshot: Rational Explanation Of Irrational Stock Action"?Seeking Alpha?7:14 AM
"Is Apple's Stock Price Being Hit By The Fiscal Cliff?"?Forbes?5:04 PM
"Apple Investors Are Still Wusses"?AllThingsD?7:42 PM
"Steve Jobs and the 1927 Yankees"?Macworld?2:30 PM
"Samsung wants details of Apple's settlement with HTC: In a filing this afternoon, Samsung notes that it plans to file a request with the court for Apple to provide a copy of its patent license agreement with HTC."?CNET News?11/16
"Judge accepts $22.5 million Google fine in Safari privacy case"?IDG News Service?11/16
"Apple, Samsung Allowed to Add Products to Patent Lawsuit"?Bloomberg?11/16
"Apple and Samsung add iPhone 5, Note, S3 to brewing law-storm"?The Register?11/16
"iPhone 5, Galaxy S III Added to Samsung, Apple Patent Case"?PC Magazine?11/16
"Samsung, Apple allowed to add products including iPhone 5 in patent lawsuit: The judge raised the possibility that Apple's latest tablets could be included if Samsung requests it"?IDG News Service?11/16
"Court Adds iPhone 5, Galaxy Note 10.1 And Galaxy S III To Patent Lawsuit, Signals iPad Mini Could Be Added,?Too"?TechCrunch?11/16
"A Fresh Season of Apple Television Rumors"?AllThingsD?11/16
"2012 Businessperson of the Year: 2. Tim Cook"?Fortune?11/16
"Tax office takes $28.5m bite out of Apple" ["Apple's Australian arm reaped $4.9 billion in revenue last year through the sale of its computers, iPads and iPhones. The bill takes its total tax tab for the year ending September 24, 2011, to $94.7 million."]?Sydney Morning Herald?11/16
"Apple hardware chief sells off $10.7M in stock: Apple's senior vice president of hardware engineering Dan Riccio let go of a little more than $10.7 million in stock this week."?CNET News?11/16
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"JFK worker found to be involved in $1.5m iPad heist from earlier this week"?9 to 5 Mac?11:04 AM
"Man arrested for iPad Mini theft Reportedly had maxi mouth: Worker at JFK airport arrested by FBI in connection with theft of two pallets of Minis was allegedly less than stealthy."?CNET News?4:03 PM
"Apple acquires over 1000 patents from Nortel auction"?iDownload Blog?11/16
"Aaron Sorkin's Steve Jobs film will be a play in three scenes"?Fortune?11/16
"Steve Jobs movie to consist of scenes before Apple product launches"?Digital Trends?11/16
"A step closer to Mario in the App Store? Nintendo-owned firm launches first iOS title (in Japan)"?The Next Web?11/16
"Google Preps Maps App for Apple iPhones"?WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required]?11/16
"Google Maps Coming to the iPhone [Report]?Mashable?11/16
"Google 'tests new iPhone maps app'"?Telegraph?11/16
"Sony confesses: we can't beat iPhone... yet"?The Register?11/16
"Sony sells 70 million PlayStation 3 consoles over six rollercoaster years: The PS3 has survived delays, deep losses, software bugs, and a major hack to become a hit product for Sony"?IDG News Service?11/16
"11.6-inch becomes niche-market size for notebooks, say Taiwan makers"?DigiTimes?11/16
"AT&T's LTE service expands to 103 cities, ahead of schedule"?Computerworld?11/16
"Scientists print out 'walking' biological machines"?TG Daily?11/16
"Misfit Shine: A Fitness Gadget Backed by Former Apple CEO Aims to be Different"?ABCNews?11/16
"Google Turns Vacuum Cleaner Into Book Scanner"?Wired Magazine?11/16
"Google Reveals Mysterious Niantic Project: Get ready for Ingress, a multiplayer, augmented reality game from Google's Niantic Labs."?InformationWeek?11/16
"Wordpress to accept Bitcoin without confirmations"?The Register?11/16
"Behold the $30,000 high-tech Scrabble board"?CNET News?11/16
"'Call of Duty' Game Rings Up $500 Million in Retail Sales"?Bloomberg?11/16
"Audio: Fugitive John McAfee on His Fifth Day in Hiding"?Wired?11/16
"Girls, guns and yoga: John McAfee's odd life in 'pirate haven'"?Reuters?11/16
"Twitter Adds Ability to Email Tweets From the Web"?PC Magazine?11/16
"Wii U to ship incomplete, missing Nintendo TVii service and more"?CNET Reviews?11/16
"Nintendo Faces Wii U Shortage After Debut in U.S. This Weekend"?Bloomberg?11/16
"Nintendo launches Wii U in uncertain market: Analysts expect strong initial sales, but more skeptical long term"?MarketWatch?11/16
"Sony to take aim at iPhone, Galaxy S3 in upcoming 'flagship' handset"?CNET News?11/16
"Sony Mobile Chief Acknowledges Its Smartphones Suck, Promises An iPhone, Galaxy S III Competitor Soon"?TechCrunch?11/16
Publications/Podcasts
"Origin Stories: Tekserve"?TUAW?11/16
"Gene Steinberg meets AppleInsider's Daniel Eran Dilger, Mac|Life's Adrian Hoppel, and Micromat's Jeff Baudin this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!"?The Tech Night Owl LIVE?11/16
"The Opinion Cast: PCs are Losing and Android is Winning?"?Tech.pinions?11/16
"LTE iPad Mini on sale in carrier stores tomorrow: Sprint says that it will begin selling the LTE version of Apple's smaller tablet online and in stores."?CNET News?11/16
"Sprint Says It Will Have LTE-Equipped iPad Minis, 4th-Gen iPads in Stores on Friday"?AllThingsD?11/16
"Sprint to begin selling Apple's LTE iPad mini and iPad from retail stores on Friday"?The Next Web?11/16
"Apple's iPad Mini With LTE Hits Sprint And At&T Retail Today, And Likely Other Stores, Too"?TechCrunch?11/16
"Sprint, AT&T selling iPad mini with fast LTE cellular service"?Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required]?11/16
"LTE-equipped iPad Mini, fourth-gen iPad now in stores"?CNET News?11/16
"Brits kept waiting as iPad Mini LTE arrives Stateside"?The Register?11/16
"Apple Now Owns the Page Turn"?New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required]?11/16
"Maximize Mac Performance, Fusion Drive Hack, New iMac Delay?, and More Mac News"?Low End Mac?11/16
"MacBook Air Tops Ultrabooks, SSD in MacBook Pro, Firmware Updates, and More 'Book News"?Low End Mac?11/16
AppleCare/Helps
Price Trackers/Deals
"Dragon Island Blue For iPhone and iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $0.99)"?Apple Sliced?9:08 AM
"Light the Night For iPhone Is Free Right Now (Previously $0.99)"?Apple Sliced?9:08 AM
"Car Club:Tuning Storm For iPhone and iPad Is Free Today (Was $4.99)"?Apple Sliced?9:08 AM
"Tiny Racing For iPhone and iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $0.99)"?Apple Sliced?11/16
"THE CODE -Room Escape For Mac Is Free Right Now (Previously $1.99)"?Apple Sliced?11/16
"Zepi HD For iPad Is Free Today (Was $0.99)"?Apple Sliced?11/16
"15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales"?MacPrices?11/16
"13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales"?MacPrices?11/16
"MacBook Air Prices & Sales"?MacPrices?11/16
"Apple MacBook Pro Buyer's Guide -15 Inch Models -Prices From $850 to $3,049"?MacReviewZone?11/16
"Apple MacBook Air Buyer's Guide -Prices $688 To $1,599 -Prices, Reviews And Information"?MacReviewZone?11/16
"Top Black Friday apps for iOS: Get the best deals on Black Friday with this collection of iOS apps that are perfect for braving the biggest shopping day of the year."?CNET Reviews?11/16
"Stormfront celebrates the opening of its 20th store by offering 10% off Macs"?Macworld UK?11/16
"Stop. Don't buy an Apple product until next Friday's Black Friday sale"?Macworld UK?11/16
"These Are The Deals You Can Expect From Apple Next Black Friday [Buying Guide]?Cult of Mac?11/16
"Apple refurbs: iPod touch from $129, MBP from $1019"?MacNN?11/16
"One day Amazon SD Card and USB3 sale, prices from $28 for 64GB"?9 to 5 Mac?11/16
"Adobe Black Friday: Save on Photoshop Elements, Acrobat, Lightroom"?FairerPlatform?11/16
"Black Friday iPad: Get an iPad 2 + $75 gift card"?FairerPlatform?11/16
"iHome Black Friday Deals: iP97 for 40% off, iA90 also 40% off"?FairerPlatform?11/16
Deal Brothers Daily Deal: The REI Winter Sale starts today
"Analyst: Apple Roaring Back With New iPhone, iPads"?PC Magazine?9:16 AM
"Why Apple Can't Deny Google Maps On iPhone: When Google submits its rewritten Google Maps app for iOS, Apple can't block it."?InformationWeek?11/16
"Samsung requests Apple and HTC settlement details"?SlashGear?11/16
"Samsung to judge: we want to see the HTC deal"?VentureBeat?11/16
"Apple, Microsoft Executive Shakeups Show They Don't Want Another Steve Jobs"?DailyTech?11/16
"Dead Steve Jobs was dead wrong on Flash, bellows ColdFusion man: Zuckerberg may be alive but he too is wrong on HTML5"?The Register?11/16
"Karateka: Why a Hollywood scribe ditched the movies for mobile games"?Red Bull UK?11/16
"Opinion: Did People Really 'Overbelieve' In Apple?"?App Advice?11/16
"What happened to Apple?"?Examiner?11/16
"The Macalope Daily: Full of Winotaur"?Macworld [Insider Content]?11/16
"iPads in the classroom reinvigorate teachers"?TUAW?11/16
"Judge Limits Android Jelly Bean in Apple, Samsung Patent Case"?The Mac Observer?11/16
"The Future Looks Bright For IOS Passbook"?MacNews?11/16
"Sony confesses: we can't beat iPhone... yet"?The Register?11/16
"My iOS 7 wishlist"?ZDNet?11/16
"Apple Discussing TV Plans With Cable Operators"?Apple'n'Apps?11/16
"OMG! Aaaah! Apple TV! Yes! No ... Probably! Sometime!"?The Register?11/16
"Apple Indeed Talking with Cable Operators About New TV Product, But Launch Not Imminent"?MacRumors?11/16
"The Apple Television Isn't As 'Imminent' As Some Would Have You Believe"?Cult of Mac?11/16
"An Apple Television Is Not Coming Soon"?AppleBitch?11/16
"Apple has talked with cable companies about 'new TV product,' but launch not imminent"?AppleInsider?11/16
"Woz worries Microsoft is now more innovative than Apple"?iDownload Blog?11/16
"Office for IOS and Android: Microsoft Makes the Right Move"?The Motley Fool?11/16
"Apple's Changing Colors: How Will Cupertino's Changing Of The Guard Change Apple In The Future?"?Mac 360?11/16
"Ascending And Descending: The Shape Of Apple And Microsoft In The 21st Century"?PixoBebo?11/16
Non-Apple
"Meet PES, the Stop-Motion Genius Who Turns Grenades Into Fresh Guacamole"?Wired?5:39 PM
"Here's How Spotify Scales Up And Stays Agile: It Runs 'Squads' Like Lean Startups"?TechCrunch?4:17 PM
"So, it's war. Well, isn't that convenient. So, if the designs of Microsoft's partners are so lousy, why do they sell them in their stores?"?John Moltz's Very Nice Web Site?3:43 PM
"Why smart people do dumb things online: Here's How To use free apps and common sense so you don't do something stupid: like the brilliant DaVid Petraeus did."?Computerworld?1:59 PM
"'Fingersense' Touchscreen Tech Could Revolutionize Smartphones"?BGR?11/16
"15 awesome office gadgets and must-haves!"?ZDNet?11/16
"Dell's PC strategy: Damned if it does, damned if it doesn't"?ZDNet?11/16
"A year in cybersecurity and cybercrime: 2012 review"?ZDNet?11/16
"Russian Roulette ? An Excerpt From the Wired E-Book John McAfee's Last Stand"?Wired?11/16
"Nintendo Wii U: 15 Points to Consider Before Buying One"?Techland?11/16
"Thought you'd escaped Twitter? Think again as Twits get email button"?The Register?11/16
"Living with the Dell/Current Motor's SuperScooter: What would the world be like if PC companies designed and manufactured vehicles?"?TG Daily?11/16
"What Google Should Do With the Nexus Q (Hint: Give It Google TV)"?Wired?11/16
"Dear Google And Nokia: To Build An Accessory Ecosystem, You Have To Ship"?TechCrunch?11/16
"Meet the PengPod, a 'true Linux' tablet starting at $120"?PCWorld?11/16
"Gadget-shoppers: Pick your gadget path carefully"?Washington Post [Free Registration Required]?11/16
"Tip: Best gadgets to buy on Black Friday"?USA Today?11/16
"20 Great Pre-Black Friday Deals for 2012"?PC Magazine?11/16
"Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX HD Review"?HotHardware?11/16
"The top concerns with cloud storage services"?ZDNet?11/16
"Defining the elusive cloud architect"?InfoWorld?11/16
"The Silver Lining To Google Maps Being Kicked Off The iPhone - Money"?Forbes?11/16
"Why BB10 Could Save RIM, But It Won't"?Forbes?11/16
"It's a Rough Fall for the Playstation Vita"?Forbes?11/16
"First hands-on impressions of the Verizon HTC Droid DNA"?ZDNet?11/16
"Dazzling Screen In Supersized HTC Droid DNA"?BYTE?11/16
"Top laptops: 20 best laptops in the world/The best laptops you can get for less than a fully-stacked iPad"?TechRadar UK?11/16
"Windows Phone 8 review: Microsoft lays a foundation for success/But is there room for another mobile OS in a world ruled by Android and iOS?"?Ars Technica?11/16
"With beauty and brains, New MySpace seems too good to be true (review)"?VentureBeat?11/16
Humor/Cartoons
"Apple Specialist Sam Sung"?The Loop?8:12 PM
"Free Rockstar Dress Up Game hits Apple App Store"?prMac?9:43 AM
"Slash the Deficit now available on Apple App Store"?prMac?8:00 AM
"Letterpress 1.1 released with new 'Rematch!' feature, bug fixes"?9 to 5 Mac?6:43 AM
"Vicinno's Little Farm Preschool game 1.3 update makes learning more fun"?Mac Megasite?6:55 AM
"This iPhone App Rewards You for Photos of Your Favorite Brands"?Mashable?11/16
"The Cartoon Fun Of ToonCamera Comes To The iPad"?App Advice?11/16
"Build Terrifying Rides For Thrill Seekers In Coaster Crazy"?App Advice?11/16
"Flayvr for iOS brings organization to your Camera Roll"?CNET Reviews?11/16
"Get Tumblin' On Your iPhone With Bloggn"?App Advice?11/16
"SwitchEasy announces cases for iPod touch, nano"?Electronista?11/16
"WaterField Designs Releases Indy Mini: New Leather iPad mini Bag"?MacPrices?11/16
"Facebook iOS, Android apps now let you share stories with one tap"?CNET News?11/16
"'Tailored tweets' make their debut on iOS, Android apps"?CNET News?11/16
"Warner Bros. launches 'Day After US' iOS app for next-day streaming of TV shows"?9 to 5 Mac?11/16
"New Dutch and Japanese Translators Wanted!"?TidBITS?11/16
"Lytro Light Field Camera Gets Filters, Perspective Shift"?PC Magazine?11/16
"Facebook iOS, Android apps now let you share stories with one tap"?CNET News?11/16
"iViu Technologies Launches Customer Experience App For WSS"?PRNewswire?11/16
"Flint Redefines Easy iPhone Payments for On-The-Go Businesses"?PRNewswire?11/16
"iGear Launches Custom iPad Cases for Schools and K-12 Education Market"?PRWeb?11/16
"Build-A-Zombie? Mobile Game Now in the App Store"?PRWeb?11/16
"Wallaby's iPhone App Tells You Which Credit Card To Use To Maximize Your Rewards"?TechCrunch?11/16
"DriveSavers Equipped to Recover New Apple Fusion Drive"?Business Wire?11/16
"Koubachi Wi-Fi Plant Sensor hits Apple Retail Stores in Europe"?PRNewswire?11/16
"Apple rolls 'Big Games, Great Prices' MAS promo"?FairerPlatform?11/16
"The Week in iPhone Cases: November edition"?Macworld?11/16
"AccordFolio PU leather carrying case with multiple pockets (Black)"?USBfever?11/16
"Two-sided snaps: DuoCam for iOS takes front and rear-facing camera shots simultaneously"?The Next Web?11/16
"Tactilize raises $1 million+ for its self-publishing iPad app, from all over the globe"?The Next Web?11/16
"Twitter updates its IOS and Android app"?The Inquirer?11/16
"ArtStudio for iPhone - New Interface, New Engine, Lots of New Features"?prMac?11/16
"Cause & Effect 1.0 for iPad - Adventure game that plays out like a movie"?prMac?11/16
"Lost in Rome? These apps could get you back on the road"?prMac?11/16
"Focus Point enhances photo browsing experience on iPads"?prMac?11/16
"Death Row Drawings in the AppStore"?prMac?11/16
"Can You Guess the Apps in the Big App Quiz for iPhone and iPad?"?prMac?11/16
"Brand New PowerSketch 2.0 Goes Free For A Limited Time"?prMac?11/16
"Award-Winning ReturnGuru puts Receipt Management at Users' Fingertips"?prMac?11/16
"Marvel Apps release Tapestry Twist 1.0 for iOS - New Word Sudoku Game"?prMac?11/16
"Amazing Nature Flashcards App from Kodee's Canoe"?prMac?11/16
"Ski Tracker Hits the Slopes Just In Time"?prMac?11/16
"Tiny Ore - An awesome puzzle game worth having a try"?prMac?11/16
"Dell bolsters enterprise cloud ambitions with Gale Technologies buy"?ZDNet?11/16
"Dell Buys Infrastructure Automation Company Gale Technologies"?TechCrunch?11/16
"Dell buying Gale Technologies, forming enterprise unit"?Reuters?11/16
"Weak results send Dell to almost 4-year low"w"?MarketWatch?11/16
"Dell Drops to Three-Year Low as Forecast Misses Estimates"?Bloomberg?11/16
"Dell's Death Not Greatly Exaggerated"?TheStreet?11/16
"Dell's PC strategy leaves it stranded"?CNET News?11/16
"Dell Shifts Executives Around To Hurry Up And Fix Itself"?Business Insider?11/16
"Dell and pals mash parts together, squeeze out first 16Gb FC stack: Dell's Compellent unit has worked with Brocade, Emulex and QLogic to offer the first end-to-end 16Gbit/s Fibre Channel storage networking setup, speeding access to SAN data."?The Register?11/16
"Dell starts up 'Top Gun' for channel hotshots, leather jackets and all"?The Register?11/16
BARCELONA, Spain, nov. 16 (UPI) -- Lionel Messi sigue imparable al anotar este s?bado dos tantos del triunfo del FC Barcelona 3-1 ante Real Zaragoza, por una nueva fecha de la Liga de Espa?a.
El delantero argentino abri? la cuenta en las acciones desarrolladas en el Estadio Camp Nou, cuando corr?an 16 minutos. Repiti? a los 60'. El otro lo hizo el camerun?s Alex Song (28'). Hab?a empatado transitoriamente Francisco Monta??s (24').
FC Barcelona lidera con 34 puntos, cuando se juega parcialmente la fecha 12. El escolta es Atl?tico Madrid (28), seguido por el campe?n Real Madrid (23), M?laga (19), Real Betis (19), Valencia (18), Levante (17), Rayo Vallecano (16), Valladolid (15), Sevilla FC (15), Real Zaragoza (15), Athletic Bilbao (14), Real Sociedad (13), Getafe (13), Mallorca (11) y Granada (11). Cierran Celta Vigo (10), Deportivo La Coru?a (10), Osasuna (9) y Espanyol (9).
En los otros cotejos sabatinos, Valencia super? 2-1 a Espanyol y Osasuna empat? 0-0 con M?laga. M?s tarde cierra el programa sabatino Real Madrid-Athletic Bilbao. El domingo juegan Deportivo La Coru?a-Levante, Celta Vigo-Mallorca, Getafe-Valladolid, Granada-Atl?tico Madrid y Sevilla FC-Real Betis. El lunes completa Real Sociedad-Rayo Vallecano.
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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Former U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said Friday that a mild recession would be a "small price to pay" for getting the nation's debt problems under control.
In an interview with CNN's Ali Velshi, Greenspan said cutting spending on "so-called social benefits" would hurt the economy, but argued that it would cause less damage than raising taxes.
"I think if we have to have a moderate recession to solve this huge fiscal problem that's in front of us -- I think that's a very small price to pay," he said. "We're not going to get out of this thing without pain."
Greenspan said he was not referring specifically to the automatic spending cuts and tax increases that are set to go into effect January 1, known as the fiscal cliff, but to the "broad crisis with respect to our debt."
The "inexorable rise" in government spending on social benefits, which occurred under both Democratic and Republican administrations, has corresponded with a decline in household savings, said Greenspan.
Related: Fate of paychecks rests on fiscal cliff
The decline in savings has undermined the economy by removing the "root source" of funding for capital expenditures and therefore productivity, he continued. As the economy has slowed, the government has been forced to borrow "foreign savings" to pay for social benefits at home.
"This is obviously an unsustainable situation that we have got to come to grips with sooner rather than later," he said.
Greenspan acknowledged that cutting spending on benefits would be painful and damage the economy in the short run, but he said there is no other alternative and warned that investors are losing patience.
"I don't see any way out of this without the brute changes that need to be made, and they are hurtful," he said. "But if we don't do it the market is going to do it for us."
While Greenspan said he opposes increasing taxes, he does support allowing Bush-era tax breaks to expire in exchange for a reduction in government spending.
Related: Buffett not worried about fiscal cliff
"If you have to allow a rise in taxes to cut a deal on a major benefit cut, that's a good deal for me," said Greenspan.
President Obama is meeting with top congressional leaders Friday to begin the process of negotiating a solution to the fiscal cliff.
The Wall Street Journal said the Obama administration is considering a plan to replace massive spending cuts with a combination of smaller, targeted cuts and tax increases. By postponing the so-called sequester, lawmakers could put off a number of large deficit-reduction decisions until mid-2013.
Flintoff has no plans of returning to T20 cricket ? Cricket News Update
Former England skipper Andrew Flintoff has insisted that he has no intentions of returning to T20 cricket, saying that he was happy mentoring the raw talent in his cricket academies.
While speaking to the?Sun on Saturday, Flintoff admitted that he misses the game, but made it clear that he has given no thought to a return to the T20 action.
"I finished at 31, that was my last game," the 34-year-old former England skipper said. "I've not made it a secret that I miss playing cricket ... You can dream and you can daydream but it's not happening really," he added further.
Flintoff called an early end to his cricketing in 2010 due to a longstanding knee injury. The veteran English all-rounder retired from Test cricket at the end of the Ashes series victory in August 2009. He underwent a knee surgery soon after the Ashes win and aimed to make a comeback to limited overs cricket the next year.
However, the surgeon, who had performed his knee surgery, made it clear that the troublesome knee would not allow him to play again even after a complete recovery, prompting the veteran to call it a day to the gentleman?s sport in September 2010.
The 6 feet 4 inch tall Lancashire seamer also revealed that he wanted to play for the Red Rose county for a couple of years to give back to the club that gave him so much, but his injury prone body did not allow him to do so.
Two years after his retirement from international cricket, the lanky England all-rounder shot into the limelight after he decided to embark on a career as a professional boxer.
Dismissing Flintoff?s move into boxing, some cricket pundits have suggested the all-rounder to return to limited-overs cricket. But the veteran said that there are a lot of young cricketers who deserve a place in the national side more than him, adding that he was enjoying playing cricket with his sons.
"There are a lot of good players out there without delving into people like myself. I've got cricket academies up and down the country. I enjoy playing cricket with my two boys and taking them. I've had my time."
On September 30, LaVelle E. Neal III, the Twins beat writer for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, wrote an impassioned summation of why Angels super-rookie Mike Trout should be considered the clear favorite for American League MVP. It's short, but it's actually a good, quick defense against the old-school, RBI-enamored argument that Miguel Cabrera's most ardent supporters were pushing.
Just so we're clear, here's the headline from his column, a few days before ballots were due:
La Velle E. Neal III's Sunday Insider: Angels' Trout is the right pick for AL MVP
Pretty definitive, sure. Here was the subhead:
He passes the eye test and numbers test. Miguel Cabrera, Triple Crown or not, isn't as important to his team.
Right! Now we're cooking with gas. Neal's pro-Trout stance, succinct and persuasive, is as follows:
According to baseball-reference.com. Trout leads baseball with a WAR of 10.6. Cabrera is fourth in the AL at 6.6.
But you don't need the finest in statistical engineering to see that Trout has had the most impact of any player on any team this year.
In 132 games, Trout is batting .323 with 28 homers, 78 RBI and 47 stolen bases. He is the five-tool player every team tries to draft.
He covers massive ground in the outfield, making him an ERA reducer. Cabrera is not a strong defensive player. Trout can reach base and steal bases with his speed. Cabrera, ahem, is not sculpted that way.
And, if you apply the Morneau Doctrine of 2006 ? he won the MVP that year because the Twins took off in June once he started hitting ? the Angels have played .591 ball since Trout joined them in late April.
If Cabrera somehow pulls off the Triple Crown feat, it will be an amazing accomplishment. But he's not the Most Valuable Player.
You go to the ballpark to watch Miguel Cabrera hit.
You go to the ballpark to watch Mike Trout play.
And if a player like Trout can throw multiple dimensions at you like he has, then he deserves the nod over Cabrera in the comparison of outstanding seasons. WAR confirms what the Extra Innings package shows us.
That is some compelling copy, not the most technical but, regardless, a stand for new-age baseball wisdom, the kind that pushed Felix Hernandez for the 2010 AL Cy Young. It's no wonder then that he was elected the new vice president of the BBWAA just a couple of weeks ago. This is obviously a writer with convictions who sticks to them no matter the prevailing winds, no matter how unpopular it might be with his more close-minded colleagues, and?
Wait, what's that you say? They're releasing the full ballot for each voter this year? Oh, no.
Whoops! (We've reached out to Neal to see if he has any explanation for what caused his abrupt change of heart?there must be something, right??but we've yet to hear back.)
The really exciting news in all of this is that being elected VP this year, Neal has the inside track to the BBWAA presidency next fall. Really, what a fine example for all baseball writers to aspire toward, especially with attitudes like this pervading the organization's rank and file.
Update (11:10 pm): Neal was kind enough to respond and explain further what caused his sudden turnaround in thinking:
After I wrote the column, Cabrera kept hitting and, when it was time to fill out the ballot, I changed my mind. Cabrera helped his team reach the postseason. While Trout probably helped the Angels be relevant late into the season, I decided to go with Miggy.
I struggled with the decision. It was a Tarzan versus Flash Gordon debate.
La Velle E. Neal III's Sunday Insider: Angels' Trout is the right pick for AL MVP [Star Tribune]
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On September 30, LaVelle E. Neal III, the Twins beat writer for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, wrote an impassioned summation of why Angels super-rookie Mike Trout should be considered the clear favorite for American League MVP. It's short, but it's actually a good, quick defense against the old-school, RBI-enamored argument that Miguel Cabrera's most ardent supporters were pushing.