Monday morning links

TOP STORIES
• For Goldman, a Swift Return to Lofty Profits - NY Times
• Economic crisis far from over, WTO chief says - Reuters
• CIT Group in talks with regulators, shares tumble - AP
• BRIC Currencies Resemble ‘House of Straw’ - Bloomberg
• CitiGroup to extend acceptance of California IOUs - MarketWatch
• GOP unifies against any more stimulus spending - AP
• Schwarznegger to Obama: Watch and Learn - Perspectives from K.C.
• No One Saw This Economic Crisis Coming? - Seeking Alpha

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MARKETS/INVESTING
• Oil up near $60 on weaker dollar, Nigeria attack - AP
• India gold demand slack as rupee hits 2-month low - Reuters
• High LTV + Trigger Event (Unemployment) = Default - Hussman Funds
• Investing in the VIX could protect your portfolio - MarketWatch
• Gas hits $2.55: Down 10 cents in two weeks - CNN/Money
• Buying High and Selling Low - NY Times

ECONOMY
• Why creating jobs is so hard - Flekenstein, MSN Money
• Why I’m unconvinced by calls for a second stimulus - Salmon, Reuters
• Job concerns expected to weigh down retail sales - MarketWatch
• When Will The Recovery Begin? Never. - Robert Reich's Blog
• Boiling Frog - Krugman, NY Times

INTERNATIONAL
• China's central bank signals end to credit boom - Telegraph
• Emerging Markets Priciest Since 2007 When Shares Fell - Bloomberg
• Australia pushes China on Rio Tinto detentions - Reuters
• Britain's green revolution will power economic recovery - Guardian
• Who Said Economists Didn’t See The Crisis Coming? - A Fistful of Euros
• It could be decades before the dollar is dislodged - Telegraph
• Geithner to reassure Gulf allies on dollar assets - Reuters
• Europe digs its economic grave, ECB answers to no one - Telegraph

HOUSING
• Lenders abandoning foreclosed properties - JS Online
• Housing market showing signs of life - WWMT, Milwaukee
• Second wave of RE crisis to hit commercial property - Wash. Examiner
• Who caused the financial crisis — villains or jerks? - CNN/Money

FED/TREASURY/BANKING
• Bernanke May Explain Fed Exit Strategy Next Week - Bloomberg
• How Fed inaction fueled the subprime crisis - Boston.com
• Insiders bet Bernanke will be reappointed - MarketWatch
• To Control Bubbles, the Fed Must First Control Itself - Aleph Blog

INTERESTING
• For many, a simpler life is better - USA Today
• Climate change 'will cause civilisation to collapse' - The Independent
• It's a good bet World Poker Tour is up for sale - MarketWatch
• Cheney tied to secret CIA project: report - MarketWatch

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