Thursday morning links

TOP STORIES
• Economy dips at slightly faster 6.3 percent pace - AP
• Geithner to Outline Major Overhaul of Finance Rules - NY Times
• U.S. Vows To Sustain Dollar's Dominance - Wash. Post
• China calls for full-scale financial system overhaul - CHINADaily
• US backing for world currency stuns markets - Telegraph
• Banks’ Hidden Junk Menaces $1 Trillion Purge - Bloomberg
• Stiglitz's U.N. Panel: Replace the Dollar - BusinessWeek
• A dream team should investigate the meltdown - LA Times

MARKETS/INVESTING
• Oil rises on positive US data, stock gains - AP
• Gold edges up as dollar steadies, ETF at record - Reuters
• More companies cut or end 401(k) plan matches - USA Today
• From credit crunch to oil shock? - Reuters
• It's time to buy, the oracle of Hong Kong says - IHT
• Weak Demand at Treasury Auction Gives Wall St. Pause - NY Times

ECONOMY
• U.S. fourth-quarter GDP falls 6.3 percent - Reuters
• More than 5.5 million are getting jobless benefits - AP
• UCLA Anderson Forecast: dark days - LA Times
• Things may be looking up for the economy ... right? - Seattle Times
• New home sales rise 4.7 percent in February - Reuters

INTERNATIONAL
• Record decline hits Irish economy - BBC
• King's comments trigger first gilt auction failure since 1995 - Telegraph
• US 'has to clean up dollar mess' - CHINADaily
• Economic uncertainty boils over in workplace - Globe & Mail
• It's time to call a halt, Prime Minister - Telegraph
• Tempers flare as pain spreads in Europe - IHT
• Migrants' job situation in cities better than expected - CHINADaily
• UK retail sales post weakest annual growth since 1995 - Telegraph

HOUSING
• Housing market: Opportunity of a lifetime - Manteca Bulletin
• Signs of Turnaround in California’s Housing Market -WSJ Economics Blog
• Housing Market Shows Signs of Life - Money Morning
• Economic Data Indicate A Housing Thaw - Forbes

FED/TREASURY/BANKING
• Fed needs to double balance sheet: PIMCO - Reuters
• Geithner Remarks on IMF Currency Roil Market - Bloomberg
• Fed's Lockhart: Better data does not signal recovery - Reuters
• Congress Could Learn a Thing or Two From Nascar - Bloomberg

INTERESTING
• The New California Gold Rush - NBC LA
• Woman Pleads Guilty in Mortgage Fraud Scam - Wash. Post
• Why Eliot Spitzer was assassinated - Brasscheck TV

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