Tuesday morning links

TOP STORIES
U.S. looking at selling Citi shares: report - Reuters
The Hard Truth About Financial Regulation - Forbes
Poll: News media's credibility plunges to new low - AP
Judge Rejects Settlement Over Merrill Bonuses - NY Times
For all Obama's talk, the US has failed to wind down Wall St. - Guardian
Cleaning up the mess that remains - Reuters
Why capitalism fails - Boston.com
Reality Receding - Kunstler, CFN

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MARKETS/INVESTING
Oil up past $69; distillates concern caps gain - Reuters
India’s gold imports witness sharp rise in August - Commodity Online
Gabelli & Co. analyst expects stock market to fumble its recovery play - MarketWatch
The Continuing Disaster of Wall Street, One Year Later - Robert Reich
“When the music stops” - Saut, Raymond James
Is the fun for gold just beginning? - StockHouse

ECONOMY
Retail Sales Surge, Led by Autos - Bloomberg
Wholesale prices soar 1.7 percent in August - AP
NY Manufacturing Index Rose Near 2-Year High in September - Bloomberg
US credit contraction prompts fears of double-dip recession - Telegraph
Paul Krugman, meet Dr Sigmund Freud - MarketWatch

INTERNATIONAL
The ghost fleet of the recession - Daily Mail
Chancellor cuts through Brown’s 'omerta' - FT
Murder-Suicide in Chimerica - Credit Writedowns
Japan Airlines reportedly to cut ops sharply - MarketWatch
After gold, China's craze is for stockpiling copper - Commodity Online
Iceland: what ugly secrets are waiting to be exposed in the meltdown? - Daily Bell
Sarkozy Adds to Calls for GDP Alternative - WSJ Economics
Moody’s sees more UK bank woes - FT AlphaVille

REAL ESTATE
Lehman legacy: Economic bloodbath - OC Register
Millions Of Homeowners Turning Into Landlords - Huffington Post
Will Obama’s plan stop another foreclosure tsunami? - OC Register
LaToya Jackson in Foreclosure in Las Vegas - ZillowBlog

FED/TREASURY/BANKING
Breaking down the Geithner plan - Reuters
Fed’s Lacker: Financial Regulation Could Backfire - WSJ Economics
S.F. Fed's Yellen says recovery still at risk of shocks - Bloomberg
Fed’s Duke Warns On Accounting, Regulation - WSJ Economics

INTERESTING
COMMUNISTS! IN THE ART WORLD! -ArtNet
Can a mere domain name be defamation? Glenn Beck says yes - ars technica
MIT Students Take Space Photos on $150 Budget. - iReport
Velociraptor Claws Made for Climbing - LiveScience

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