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Thursday morning links

Thursday, June 18, 2009

TOP STORIES
Core Reforms Held Firm As Much Else Fell Away - Wash. Post
Overhaul Leaves Rating Agencies Largely Untouched - NY Times
S&P downgrades banks on regulatory, profit concerns - MarketWatch
Obama Plan Gets Wary Reception From Banks, Lawmakers - Bloomberg
Federal regulator is blamed in bank failures - LA Times
Chrysler set to reopen most plants - CNN/Money
Eddie Bauer Files for Bankruptcy - NY Times
State Income-Tax Revenues Sink - WSJ

MARKETS/INVESTING
Oil rises above $71 amid falling inventories - AP
Gold dips, hovers below $940/oz; ETF unchanged - Reuters
Could $30/bbl Oil Happen Before New Year’s Eve? - The Oil Drum
RBOB Gasoline: From contango to backwardation - Commodity Online
Best-performing bull bellows bravely - MarketWatch
Earnings indigestion could stall rally - CNN/Money

ECONOMY
Unemployment Benefit Rolls Fall; Claims Rise - Bloomberg
Public Wary of Deficit, Economic Intervention - WSJ
Health care costs to rise 9% in 2010 - USA Today
U.S. poised for weak recovery : UCLA forecast - Reuters
One man against inflation - CNN/Money

INTERNATIONAL
Emerging Market Stocks Fall for Fifth Day - Bloomberg
World Bank upgrades China growth estimates - MarketWatch
In Britain, an Aversion to Rules From Europe - NY Times
UK public borrowing hits record as tax receipts slump - Telegraph
U.K. bank chief upbeat about ending financial malaise - MarketWatch
World Bank Raises China 2009 Growth Forecast to 7.2% - Bloomberg
Swiss central bank ready to sell more francs - MarketWatch
US reform 'will secure Chinese investment' - CHINADaily

HOUSING
Southern California home prices rise slightly in May - LA Times
Green Street Advisors On CRE "Nothing Is Trading" - Zero Hedge
Regional home prices end 2-year skid, report shows - Signs on San Diego
More home sales prices kept secret in Dallas MLS - Dallas MN

FED/TREASURY/BANKING
Some Lawmakers Question Expanded Reach for the Fed - NY Times
Fed Gets No Requests for First Round of TALF Loans - Bloomberg
J.P. Morgan, Goldman, Morgan Stanley, others repay TARP - MarketWatch
Fed’s Soup Kitchen Becomes Magnet for Lobbyists - Bloomberg

INTERESTING
Now, an ATM for gold! - Commodity Online
Sirius XM iPhone App Launches Without Howard Stern - Fortune
MGM Mirage CEO Doesn’t Plan to Sell Vegas Casinos - Bloomberg
BAILOUT BONUS AT BOFA - NY Post

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