Monday morning links

TOP STORIES
• CIT Group on cusp of $3 billion rescue - Reuters
• At N.Y. Fed, Blending In Is Part of the Job - Wash. Post
• Roach: Financial Crisis Isn’t Over - Money News
• Calif. lawmakers, Schwarzenegger postpone talks - AP
• Ex-Lehman traders to get huge bonuses - Guardian
• Earnings to decide stocks' fate - Reuters
• Reborn masters of the universe - Guardian
• Time for Investor Vacations: Marc Faber - CNBC

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MARKETS/INVESTING
• Oil Rises as Chinese Refiners Signal Rebound - Bloomberg
• Gold rises on oil, dollar; platinum off highs - Nine MSN
• Earnings goose a rally - for now - CNN/Money
• Wall Street looks to earnings to extend rally - AP
• Natural Gas ETF Plunges, Shares Sell Out - Bloomberg
• Reacting, Responding, Planting, and Watering - Hussman Funds

ECONOMY
• U.S. recession easing but likely not over - Reuters
• Data to accentuate the positive - MarketWatch
• White House sees GDP showing signs of progress - AP
• Time Running Out On Culture Of Consumerism - theday.com
• Big wave of Pa. jobless exhausts benefits checks - AP

INTERNATIONAL
• Top Chinese bank regulator warns of loan growth risks - MarketWatch
• Credit Glut Props Up Growth, Sowing Seeds of Trouble - China Stakes
• U.K. house sellers nudge up asking price - MarketWatch
• Price falls will prompt delays in Gulf construction sector - MEED
• Investors await Bank of Canada's progress report - Globe Investor
• Yen Declines to Two-Week Low on Speculation Recession Is Easing - Bloomberg
• Vancouver ranks first for net worth - Globe Investor
• Philippine Billionaire To Build Three Malls a Year in China - Bloomberg

HOUSING
• 7 Reasons Why Housing Isn’t Bottoming Yet - The Big Picture
• As Boom Times Sour in Vegas, Upward Mobility Goes Bust - WSJ
• White House's $50B foreclosure plan a bust so far - Politico
• Subprime Brokers Resurface as Dubious Loan Fixers - NY Times

FED/TREASURY/BANKING
• Analysis: Geithner's tough task: marketing US debt - AP
• Son of Sherman McCoy Helps Fed Field New Bond Masters - Bloomberg
• Pay and rations in banking: do bankers deserve what they get? - Telegraph
• What to do with the Fed - Buiter, FT

INTERESTING
• Eight surprising uses for olive oil - Daily Green
• Lawsuit: dentist dropped tools down man's throat - AP
• Roasted vampire squid is dish of the day on Wall St. - Guardian
• Why Japan’s Cellphones Haven’t Gone Global - NY Times

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