Sunday morning links

TOP STORIES
• Who got AIG's bailout billions? - Reuters
• Key global bankers' meeting reported - CNN/Money
• Who Gained From AIG Rescues? Goldman - Naked Capitalism
• How the Rules Were Rigged - TPM
• Goldman CEO opposed to full bank nationalization - Reuters
• IRS dumps private debt collectors, shifts pendulum - AP
• Freedom Bank of Georgia Seized, 17th Failure This Year - Bloomberg
• The New F***ing Citibank - The Big Picture

MARKETS/INVESTING
• Wall Street: Ripe for a rally? - CNN/Money
• Stocks facing uphill battle; budget, retail sales loom - MarketWatch
• Gold ETFs: The double-edged weapon! - Commodity Online
• Treasuries Rise as Bank Stability Concern Boosts Refuge Appeal - Bloomberg
• Schwab, Pimco could put ETFs into every investor's portfolio - MarketWatch
• Auto Dealers Plead for U.S. Help as Hundreds May Fail in 2009 - Bloomberg

ECONOMY
• Retail sales expected to be down on weak autos - MarketWatch
• Obama: Ending economic crisis won't be easy - CNN/Money
• When economy bottoms out, how will we know? - AP
• Job Losses Hint at Vast Remaking of Economy - NY Times
• Life on unemployment - CNN/Money

INTERNATIONAL
• BOR's £150bn injection may not work, economists warn - Telegraph
• Crisis also means opportunity: President Hu - CHINADaily
• IMF: Fifth of Britain's GDP spent so far on bailouts - Guardian
• Kamath Expects Indian Economy to Grow at 7% - Bloomberg
• Quantitative easing is not the answer - Telegraph
• UK government takes controlling stake in Lloyds - AP
• When US economy bottoms out, how will we know? - CHINADaily
• ECB’s Stark Says Rate Cuts Won’t End Crisis - Bloomberg

HOUSING
• The Next Hit: Quick Defaults - Wash. Post
• Forbes names Portland 4th-best housing market - Oregon Live
• Real estate: State in top-third for year-over-year prices - Coloradoan
• Vegas Housing Market Prompts Out-Of-Towner Purchases - 1888 Press Release

FED/TREASURY/BANKING
• Merrill Probe Stymied by Bank of America, Cuomo Says - Bloomberg
• Is it time to fire Tim Geithner and Ben Bernanke? - Economic Populist
• Bernanke: Fed will use all tools at its disposal - Reuters
• Geithner - Gone by June - The Big Picture

INTERESTING
• Russian media teases Clinton over 'reset' button - AFP
• How computers call the shots for L.A. County children in peril - LA Times
• Now, gold to beat aging! - Commodity Online

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