Yin Yang Time: Blaming Short Sellers for Market Conditions; Vietnam Cuts Gas Subsidies, but Increases Inflation; Food Commodities Force Mid-East and African Countries to Choose between Food and Water

MWF (Monday) Briefing:

• "Global food shortages have placed the Middle East and North Africa in a quandary, as they are forced to choose between growing more crops to feed an expanding population or preserving their already scant supply of water." NYT

• The Vietnamese government raised gasoline prices about 31% to cut state subsidies and control cross-border smuggling, improving the odds of a further boost to inflation that's already running rampant.Marketwatch

• Blaming short sellers.  Huffington Post New Yorker