Sunday morning links

TOP STORIES
• Geithner: Too soon to decide on more stimulus - Reuters
• Hotel foreclosures spread throughout California - SF Gate
• Industry worries haste could hurt CFTC reform - Reuters
• Health-Care Bill Would Tax High-Income Americans - Bloomberg
• Talks intensify over closing Calif.'s $26B deficit - AP
• Goldman Sachs profit bonanza could stoke anger - Reuters
• Buffett’s Most-Watched Index Takes a Tumble - Bloomberg
• Speculator: Policymaker Foe or Friend? - Noland, Prudent Bear

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MARKETS/INVESTING
• Market bulls take a rough ride - LA Times
• A Strong Quarter, but an Iffy Outlook - NY Times
• Another Reason Why Oil Prices Are Falling? - Seeking Alpha
• Just How Solid Is Our Footing? - Wash. Post
• Strategies for investing as inflation looms - LA Times
• Gold to touch $2,000 an ounce by 2010? - Commodity Online

ECONOMY
• Preview: Retail Sales Probably Rose - Bloomberg
• The Invisible Hand, Trumped by Darwin? - NY Times
• Economists Raise U.S. Outlook as Recession Fades - Bloomberg
• Waning U.S. consumer mood raises recovery questions - Reuters
• Obama Says Economic Stimulus Plan Worked as Intended - Bloomberg

INTERNATIONAL
• Copper imports fall in China - Commodity Online
• Qatar Shares Fall to Two-Month Low on Oil - Bloomberg
• UK can't afford another fiscal rescue, warns IMF - Telegraph
• Paramo: Spanish Economic Recovery to Take Longer - Bloomberg
• Australia warns of risks to delay in China spy case - Bloomberg
• China Bans Public Gatherings in Urumqi Amid Mourning - Bloomberg
• Fall in imports slows, points toward recovery - CHINADaily
• India’s Mukherjee Says RBI to Act as Needed on Rates - Bloomberg

HOUSING
• Homeowners are deliberately walking away from mortgages - LA Times
• Looking for the Lenders’ Little Helpers - NY Times
• Potential homebuyers still wary - Baltimore Sun
• Housing market built on sand foundation - Herald News

FED/TREASURY/BANKING
• Geithner Pushes Derivatives Plan - Wash. Post
• From Treasury to Banks, an Ultimatum on Mortgage Relief - NY Times
• Lawmakers Call for Probe of Fed Role in BofA Merger - Bloomberg
• White House Eyes Bailout Funds to Aid Small Firms - Wash. Post

INTERESTING
• Sun Valley Slide Show II - NY Times
• McDonald's quits London for Geneva over tax concerns - Telegraph
• At Swoopo, Shopping's Steep Spiral Into Addiction - Wash. Post
• Africa's bitter cycle of child slavery - LA Times

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