Monday morning links

TOP STORIES
• From Bubble to Depression? - WSJ
• US watchdog calls for bank executives to be sacked - Guardian
• How President Obama managed to unlock the G20 Summit - Telegraph
• IBM Talks to Acquire Sun for $7B Said to Have Collapsed - Bloomberg
• Credit Bubble Bulletin: Periphery Rising - Prudent Bear
• No gold import; India's March gold export at 9 tons - Commodity Online
• A Rich Education for Summers (After Harvard) - NY Times
• Don't Blame Greenspan - Forbes

MARKETS/INVESTING
• Oil rises above $53 as investors eye earnings - AP
• Spot gold falls 1 pct to $883.57/oz as stocks rise - Reuters
• Asian Stocks Rise on Bernanke Comments - Bloomberg
• A bear rally in bull's clothing? - MSN Money
• A bear's bear - Globe & Mail
• $1T hit to pensions could cost taxpayers - AP

ECONOMY
• Consumers fall behind on loans at record rate - AP
• 'Bailout psychology' destroying the economy - SF Gate
• There Will Be (Hyper)Inflation - Lew Rockwell
• Are you skimping too much? - MSN Money
• Recession erodes conveniences shoppers got used to - AP

INTERNATIONAL
• World trade fall hits Hong Kong shipping - BBC
• Brown Will Tell King, Turner to Implement G-20 Plan in Britain - Bloomberg
• Loonie Loses 3% as Traders See Carney Pushing Quantitative Ease - Bloomberg
• Swiss slide into deflation signals the next chapter of this global crisis - Telegraph
• HSBC Gets $17.7 Billion in Largest U.K. Rights Offer - Bloomberg
• Budget could bring tax rises as Alistair Darling counts cost of G20 - TimesOnline
• Beware talk of recovery as the world economy is not a picture of health - Telegraph
• The data deficit in real estate - Globe & Mail

HOUSING
• Foreclosure fallout crosses county lines - Chicago Tribune
• Historic drop for Manhattan housing market - Canada Free Press
• Former California Homeowners Lash Out at Builder - LA Times
• Jeremy Warner: This housing correction has a way to go yet - The Independent

FED/TREASURY/BANKING
• Estimated U.S. taxpayer cost for bailout jumps - Reuters
• Geithner encouraged but cautious on economy - MarketWatch
• Pictures From a Monetary Bubble - Jesse's Cafe
• Bernanke’s balance sheet - FT Alphaville

INTERESTING
• The End of Christian America - Newsweek
• Recessionism, but is it art? - FT Alphaville
• Down But Not Out at $464 Million a Year - Alternet

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