Asian Stocks Higher on Ireland Bailout

Asian stocks rose on Monday on news of Ireland's package of loans from the EU and IMF, but caution prevailed as investors eyed market reaction to China's latest moves to tackle its inflation.

The FTSE CNBC Asia 100 Index [.FTFCNBCA 6727.37 29.51 (+0.44%)] was up half a percent.

Japan's shares hit a fresh five-month intraday high, after having risen last week on the back of short-covering and year-end portfolio tweaking by overseas investors.  http://www.cnbc.com/id/40305512

Fed Will 'Self Destruct,' Policy 'Deeply Flawed': Ron Paul

Roubini: Here's Why a Gold Standard Won't Work

A fixed exchange regime, even if it is not a gold standard… That world just doesn't work. Because in that world, monetary policy by definition instead of being countercyclical becomes procyclical http://www.cnbc.com/id/40088925

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Fed Action Gets an Unexpected Endorsement From India

When the United States Federal Reserve announced last week that it would buy $600 billion in Treasury bonds to help bolster the economy, it quickly came under attack from Germany, Brazil and China, which said America was trying to devalue the dollar to the detriment of other nations’ exports. http://www.cnbc.com/id/40079208