Monday morning links

TOP STORIES
• AIG Says $105B Flowed to Goldman, SocGen - Bloomberg
• Fed chief: Recession 'probably' will end this year - USA Today
• Point counter point: AIG, Goldman and the NYT - FT Alphaville
• Bonus Money at Troubled A.I.G. Draws Heavy Criticism - NY Times
• How could savvy investors have been fooled by Madoff? Easy - LA Times
• Inside the Bear Stearns boiler room - Fortune
• As Oil and Gas Prices Plunge, Drilling Frenzy Ends - NY Times
• Merkel, Brown minimize G20 differences - MarketWatch

MARKETS/INVESTING
• US Mint suspends gold bullion coins sale - Commodity Online
• Oil falls to near $44 as OPEC doesn't cut supply - AP
• Extraordinary Stress in the Silver Market - GoldMoney
• Bear's end? Wishing won't make it so - MSN Money
• Cabot Market Letter eyes rally possibility - MarketWatch
• Lowering The Sights for Profit Margin Recovery - Hussman Funds

ECONOMY
• NY Fed manufacturing extends slump in March - Reuters
• What will recovery look like? - EconBrowser
• Vail Resorts Slash Wages During Tough Times - FirstTracks
• With Deflation Possibly Near, This Economist Is All Abuzz - WSJ
• Flow of Funds Q4 2008: Debt Deflation confirmation - iTulip

INTERNATIONAL
• BOE warns tensions in banking system at fever pitch - Telegraph
• Euro back above $1.30 for first time in three weeks - MarketWatch
• Chinese leader Wen's remarks put focus on U.S. Treasuries - USA Today
• Asia stocks hit one-month high - CNN/Money
• Lord Turner demands global crackdown on bank excess - TimesOnline
• EU chief says Europe will speak with one voice at G20 - Reuters
• China details auto stimulus plan for rural residents - People's Daily
• In China's economy as elsewhere, the state rises - Reuters

HOUSING
• California Financial Dreaming - Dr. Housing Bubble
• 10,000 more O.C. real estate/finance jobs gone - O.C. Register
• Mortgage bubbles - FT Alphaville
• Online 'foreclosure' searches increase - LA Land

FED/TREASURY/BANKING
• Will the Fed go long? - CNN/Money
• Ben Bernanke on 60 Minutes - Infectious Greed
• Ben Bernanke predicts end of recession - Salient Oversight
• Bracing for a Bailout Backlash - NY Times

INTERESTING
• Economy spurs home garden boom - AP
• Getty Trust to slash budget as investments tumble - LA Times
• Memo to Jim Cramer: Three rules to consider - USA Today

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