Today’s assorted links focus on some topical video and audio reports on business and macroeconomic issues

1/ Paul Mason on Newsnight - Economic predictions for 2010 - this is a superb 6 minute report from Paul Mason. Newsnight’s Economics editor Paul Mason outlines how he thinks UK and global finances will fare in 2010 and what the chances are of a double dip recession here in the UK

2/ Rory Cellan-Jones (BBC) on the launch of the Nexus One - Google said the Nexus One represented the next frontier in the company’s $20bn (£12.4bn) core business - selling advertising through search

3/ Nigel Cassidy (BBC) - are purchasing managers optimistic? - an interesting look at some cyclical industries in the economy such as advertising, travel and transport that are likely to be at the forefront of an upturn in demand and production.

4/ Simon Johnson (interviewed on the Today programme) - Banks ‘must be small enough’ to fail - Simon Johnson, professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, discusses banking system reforms