Wednesday morning links

TOP STORIES
• Congressional Panel Suggests Liquidating Banks - Bloomberg
• GM readies for bankruptcy - Associated Press
• GM in "intense" preparations for bankruptcy - Reuters
• IMF Says Toxic Asset Damage Getting Much Worse - 24/7 Wall St.
• Is the Stock Market Headed Back Down? - Time
• Gold to ride India festival wave to gain lost ground - Commodity Online
• Oil Companies Loath to Follow Obama’s Green Lead - NY Times
• Goldfinger Brown Rides Again - Casey, Safe Haven

MARKETS/INVESTING
• Oil falls below $48, following stocks down - AP
• Gold Rises for Second Day as Equity Drop Lifts Demand - Bloomberg
• Market bear Roubini sticks to dour forecasts - Reuters
• What's Driving Gold and Gold Stocks - Litle, Kitco
• George Soros warns shares will fall further - Telegraph
• Investment primer charts path for beginners - USA Today

ECONOMY
• Vacancies at U.S. Retail Centers Hit 10-Year High - Bloomberg
• U.S. mortgage applications up - Reuters
• Consumer Borrowing Declined in February - NY Times
• CEOs expect more job cuts through year's end - USA Today
• California's anti-tax crusaders talk revolt - AP

INTERNATIONAL
• China auto sales surpass US for 3rd month - AP
• World stock markets slide further - AP
• One million bank customers in limbo - TimesOnline
• Know all about IMF gold reserves - Commodity Online
• RBS to cut a further 9,000 jobs - BBC
• Economic Crisis Sweeps Eastern Ukraine - NY Times
• Ireland unveils emergency budget - BBC
• Japan Current-Account Surplus Narrows - Bloomberg

HOUSING
• Housing market offers some hope - Star Ledger
• With Affordability Up, Home Buyers Return to the Market - NAHB
• Signs Of Life In The Metro Atlanta Housing Market - 11.com
• Revisiting the Housing Market in Southwest Florida - NBR

FED/TREASURY/BANKING
• Treasury to extend TARP to life insurers - Reuters
• Fed's Fisher says U.S. economy grim - Reuters
• Bank Worries Return to Wall Street - NY Times
• Treasury to extend TARP to life insurers - Reuters

INTERESTING
• Hearts a-Twitter - Breaking Viewz
• Recession forces Paris Hilton and her BFF to economize - AP
• No Gold -- No Silver -- Just Inflation and Hotcakes - Safe Haven

###