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Tyler Florence's 4 Tips for Making a Super Summer Salad

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Tyler Florence, one of the Food Network's celebrity chefs and host of Tyler's Ultimate, is an expert at making delicious, fresh foods.

He teamed up with Wishbone to show a group of lucky editors how to make a fresh and fast summer salad. Here are our favorite tips for turning a simple bowl of lettuce into a delicious, summer meal.

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It’s the Economy: Making Choices in the Age of Information Overload

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Recently my wife and I went on an epic hunt to uncover everything possible about baby formula. We scoured more Web sites than I’d like to admit to and learned about all the options: powder, liquid, milk-based, soy, D.H.A.- and A.R.A.-fortified. (I’m still not clear on what A.R.A. is, exactly.) Then we learned that none of it actually matters. Since the Infant Formula Act of 1980, the F.D.A. makes sure that all formula is pretty much the same, no matter which one you buy.

Deep thoughts this week:

1. Big companies pay oodles to send signals of strength.

2. It seemed that signaling would end in the age of Amazon.

3. But it has only increased.

4. That’s a good thing.

Adam Davidson translates often confusing and sometimes terrifying economic and financial news.

Despite knowing this, I still insist on paying twice as much for Enfamil, which its maker claims is “scientifically designed.” (Aren’t they all?) I splurge because Mead Johnson is a 107-year-old company that has been promoting a single baby-formula brand for more than 50 years. I figure that it’s less likely to squander its name by skirting the rules or engaging in shoddy manufacturing than a company with less to lose. This peace of mind costs me about $7 per day.

Economists have a name for these cues that companies employ to convey their hidden strength: signaling. We see various forms of it everywhere, from the wristwatches of wealthy bankers to the nuclear arsenals of developing countries. Technology companies keep massive financial reserves to show potential competitors that they won’t back down in a fight. Why do people pay so much, in dollars and sweat, to go to a top-tier college? It might offer a superior education, but it definitely shows future employers that they are smart and willing to work hard. (Though it can also suggest that the student comes from a wealthy background. That, for some, is an even more powerful signal.) Sixty years ago, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay signaled their perseverance by climbing Mount Everest. Now, for upward of $60,000, relative amateurs can achieve the same thing, albeit with the help of state-of-the-art breathing equipment, climbing gear and a team of Sherpas.

Signaling is also often associated with consumer goods. In many ways, it was useful. How does anyone really know that they’ve picked the right baby formula, soda or car? They don’t, and manufacturers know that. That’s why our economy is filled with highly promoted branding campaigns that, however superficial or annoying, can be enormously helpful guides. In 1982, Coca-Cola demonstrated its market power with a star-studded commercial, featuring Bob Hope and Joe Namath, to introduce Diet Coke. Pepsi recently paid a fortune to hire Nicki Minaj as a spokeswoman. Even for consumers who don’t listen to her music or trust her expertise in the carbonated-beverage sector, the mere act of paying for a pop-star endorser sends a subconscious signal that their product is so successful that, well, they can afford Nicki Minaj. It also signals that the company is too heavily invested to turn out a shoddy product. For many, that’s a reason to choose the soda over the generic stuff.

In a way, the Minaj endorsement surprised me. I had assumed that kind of signaling was destined to be a relic of the pre-Internet age — a time when people couldn’t pull up an objective review on their phones while perusing the soda aisle. According to some economists, however, signaling seems to be increasing throughout our economy. Why are we listening to signals when we can do the research ourselves?

The Internet is, among other things, a massive, chaotic marketplace. Too much information, it turns out, is a lot like no information. “If we researched every single purchase, we wouldn’t have time to make any purchases,” says Anna Kirmani, a marketing professor at the University of Maryland. “I have better things to do with my time.”

Signaling can be a shorthand to identify whom you want to buy from. That’s why we may need it now more than ever. Hemant Bhargava, a business professor at the University of California, Davis, told me that he has been thinking about signaling as he decorates his new home. Though he is looking for good deals, he still worries about vendors outside the major brands. Bhargava recently found one chandelier for $750 on Amazon and $650 on a cheaper site. He went with Amazon. “The lower price, it bothered me,” he said, indicating that he saw the discount as a signal that the company was willing to cut every cost imaginable. He ended up paying an extra $100 for some peace of mind.

Adam Davidson is co-founder of NPR's “Planet Money,” a podcast, blog and radio series heard on “Morning Edition,” “All Things Considered” and “This American Life.”

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Room for Debate: Are Banks Making Too Much Money From Fees?

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Some banks have begun offering lucrative services that were once left to check cashing storefronts and payday loan outfits. The banking industry as a whole earned nearly $30 billion last year from overdraft fees on debit cards and checking accounts. Two years ago almost all banks offered free checking, now about a third do. Since the collapse of the housing bubble, and the recession, banks have been making more money from consumer fees. Do these charges need to be more closely regulated or limited, or are they necessary for the health of the banks, and the economy.

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Room for Debate: Are Banks Making Too Much Money From Fees?

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Some banks have begun offering lucrative services that were once left to check cashing storefronts and payday loan outfits. The banking industry as a whole earned nearly $30 billion last year from overdraft fees on debit cards and checking accounts. Two years ago almost all banks offered free checking, now about a third do. Since the collapse of the housing bubble, and the recession, banks have been making more money from consumer fees. Do these charges need to be more closely regulated or limited, or are they necessary for the health of the banks, and the economy.
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Dollar Strength "Making It Difficult" for Gold Prices to Rally – Gold Analysis

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Dollar Gold Prices fell as low as $1574 per ounce Friday morning – their lowest level since the first week of January – before recovering some ground, while stocks and commodities fell and US Treasury bonds gained, with dealers in major gold buying countries reporting continued limited demand for precious metals.

Silver Prices fell to $28.54 an ounce – also a four-month low, and 6.1% down on last Friday’s close.

Heading into the weekend, spot market Gold Prices looked set for a 3.7% weekly loss by Friday lunchtime in London. Based on PM London Fix gold prices, the week ended 2 March was the last time gold fell further in a single week.

On the currency markets, the Euro fell to its lowest level against the Dollar since January 23 – two days before the Federal Reserve published policymakers’ interest rate projections for the first time, showing a majority expected near-zero rates until at least late 2014.

The US Dollar Index – which measures the Dollar’s strength against a basket of other currencies – hit its highest level since March 16 this morning.

“When the market gets very nervous, then they buy Dollars and gold finds it difficult to rally,” says Jesper Dannesboe, senior commodity strategist at Societe Generale in London.

“Given what’s going on in the markets at the moment, any rally will probably just be a bounce before another setback.”

The Reserve Bank of India ordered exporters to convert 50% of their foreign exchange holdings to Rupee Thursday, a day after the currency closed at an all-time low against the Dollar in Indian trading.

Despite the central bank’s move, however, the Rupee again fell against the Dollar on Friday, at one point coming within 0.6% of Wednesday’s low. Rupee Gold Prices however still traded slightly lower this morning. The most heavily traded gold contract on Mumbai’s Multi Commodity Exchange, the June delivery contract, touched its lowest level in over a month during Friday’s trading.

“Slowly deals are taking place as market is in the falling mode,” one dealer told newswire Reuters.

“Traders will try to catch the bottom…[but] people will not be willing to maintain huge inventory in a falling market and only resort to need-based buying.”

Over in China – behind India the world’s second-largest gold buying nation last year – some Gold Dealers say they expect to see gold demand growth fall this year.

“Chinese consumers share a quite pronounced tendency in which they usually Buy Gold when prices are rising and refrain from purchasing when prices are conceived to be on a downtrend,” says Xin Zhihong, vice president at Shanghai jeweler Lao Feng Xiang.

“Some consumers are now sitting on the sidelines…the expectation that Gold Prices will always rise and that gold’s value can only appreciate seems to have faded.”

“It’s the worst start of the year [for Chinese gold demand] since the financial crisis in 2008,” adds Emily Li, brand general manager at Chow Sang Sang, the second-biggest gold jeweler in Hong Kong.

China’s gold imports from Hong Kong – seen by many as a proxy for overall imports – rose 59% month-on-month in March, figures published this week show. The 63 tonnes figure however was 39% down on last November’s all-time high, while the volume of gold heading from China to Hong Kong also rose, leaving net exports in March at 38 tonnes.

Chinese consumer price inflation fell to 3.4% last month – down from 3.6% in March, according to official data. Growth in retail sales and industrial production also slowed, while figures published Thursday show exports grew by 4.9% year on year in April, compared to 8.9% y-o-y a month earlier.

The lower CPI figure “confirms that inflation is trending down and that the policy focus will remain on promoting growth,” reckons Zhang Zhiwei, Hong Kong-based China economist at Nomura.

“The weak export data yesterday put more pressure on the government…probably policy loosening will become more likely going forward.”

Here in Europe, the Spanish government is set to miss its deficit targets in both 2012 and 2013, with both Spain and Italy expected to fall back into recession, according to European Union forecasts published Friday.

The forecasts, produced by the European Commission, show that Spain’s deficit for this year is expected to be 6.4% of GDP – compared to an EU target of 5.3%. In 2013, Spain is expected to have a 6.3% deficit-to-GDP ratio, versus a target of 3%.

Despite the news, yields on 10-Year Spanish government bonds fell slightly this morning, dipping back below 6%.

France meantime is forecast to meet its 2012 deficit target of 4.5% of GDP. Next year, however, the Commission says it expects the French government deficit to be 4.2% of GDP, meaning that France, like Spain, would miss the 3% target. The Commission has the power to fine governments that miss EU targets.

“Without further determined action…low growth in the EU could remain,” said Olli Rehn, European Commissioner for economic and monetary affairs, adding that there are “large disparities between member states”.

In Germany, consumer price inflation remained unchanged at 2.1% last month, official figures published Friday show.

German inflation however is likely to be “somewhat above the average within the European monetary union” Bundesbank head of economics Jens Ulbrich told the German parliament finance committee this week.

Greece, which is still without a government after Sunday’s election, must stick to its reform plans or it risks having bailout payments stopped, German foreign minister Guido Westerwelle said Friday.

“If Greece strays from the agreed reform path, then the payment of further aid tranches won’t be possible,” said Westerwelle.

Over on Wall Street, JPMorgan recorded a $2 billion trading loss in the first quarter of the year, Q1 earnings published Thursday show.

“This puts egg on our face,” said JPMorgan chief executive Jamie Dimon, who blamed “errors, sloppiness and bad judgment” for the losses.

Investors meantime are “losing faith” in commodity hedge funds, Reuters reports.

“For people that only came in when the noise about commodities started a couple of years ago, they have basically done nothing,” one investor told the newswire.

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