Monday morning links

TOP STORIES
• Supreme Court asked to delay Chrysler sale - Reuters
• Oil to ‘Spike’ Without New Investments, Shell Says - Bloomberg
• We Had Our Perestroika. It's High Time for Yours - Wash. Post
• IATA nearly doubles estimate of airline-industry loss for '09 - MarketWatch
• Obama’s Economic Circle Keeps Tensions Simmering - Wash. Post
• Blame Reagan for our financial mess? - MSN Money
• Chrysler dealers scramble to unload vehicles - AP
• The safety of your pension - CNN/Money

MARKETS/INVESTING
• Oil futures fall below $68 on Globex - MarketWatch
• Gold Falls as Stronger Dollar Curbs Demand - Bloomberg
• Investor Sentiment: Extremus Maximus - Technical Take
• U.S. dollar maintains upside momentum - MarketWatch
• Context Matters - Hussman Funds
• The Bond War - Krugman vs. Ferguson - Slate

ECONOMY
• Not a robust recovery - EconBrowser
• Jobs and the Unemployment Rate - Calculated Risk
• Green shoots? How about a ‘double dip' - Globe & Mail
• Older Hispanics a work force to be reckoned with - MarketWatch
• Deflation or Inflation? - Wash. Post

INTERNATIONAL
• Japan shares rise to 8-month high - CNN/Money
• Bollard: Quantitative Easing Not Needed - Bloomberg
• Down and out for the long term in Germany - FT
• Crisis-hit Latvia contemplates deeper cuts - AP
• BRICs Add $60B Reserves, Zhou Derides Dollar - Bloomberg
• Another S&P downgrade drops Ireland to 'AA' - MarketWatch
• China’s Pockets Aren’t Deep Enough During Crisis - Bloomberg
• Socialists across continent left licking wounds - FT

HOUSING
• Distressed property cuts other Calif. prices - O.C. Register
• The Psychology of Short Sales by Tanta, April 2008 - Calculated Risk
• Even the Rich and Powerful Can’t Sell Their Homes - Wash. Independent
• On the House: The root of mortgage problems? - Philly.com

FED/TREASURY/BANKING
• Bernanke Conundrum Threatens Housing on Mortgage Rate - Bloomberg
• Congress Unlikely to Reform Root Cause of Economic Crisis - Wash. Independent
• U.S. to Propose Wider Oversight of Compensation - Wash. Post
• U.S. Will Let Some Banks Repay Aid - Wash. Post

INTERESTING
• Guess the worth of Saudi King's golden gift to Obama - Commodity Online
• 17 Million US Children Live More Than An Hour From Trauma Care - Science Daily
• Battling the slump with beer and barbeque - CNN/Money
• 5 Myths about Women's Bodies - LiveScience

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