Good morning and welcome to another edition of our morning linkfest.  Tell us what you think.

AOL (AOL) buys the Huffington Post for $315 million.  Do 1+1 really add up to 11? (AllThingsD also Dealbook, GigaOM, Howard Lindzon, Felix Salmon, TechCrunch, FT Alphaville)

Financials and utilities are getting dragged down by higher interest rates.  (Dragonfly Capital)

The accordian that is the yield curve is inflating.  (the research puzzle)

The Fed is buying on-the-run Treasury bonds now.  (Bloomberg)

When comparable futures are a better deal than ETFs.  (Points and Figures)

Looking back at the noisy economic week that was.  (A Dash of Insight, Gavyn Davies)

The economic schedule for the coming week.  (Calculated Risk, Money Game)

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