Thursday morning links

TOP STORIES
Move-up Buyers to Get Homebuyer Tax Credit - UPI
Shell cuts 5,000 jobs as profits tumble - Reuters
CIC head warns of asset price bubble - Finanial Times
TIME Poll: Americans Are Uneasy with Wall Street - Time
Why the Goldman Sachs-AIG Story Won’t Go Away - Bloomberg
The downfall of Washington Mutual - Puget Sound Bus. Journal
Foreclosure plague: It's spreading - CNN/Money
CIT secures $4.5 bln credit facility - Reuters

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MARKETS/INVESTING
Oil hangs below $78 amid demand doubts - AP
Gold Rebounds s Weaker Dollar Spurs Demand - Bloomberg
U.S. stocks suffer biggest drop in nearly a month - LA Times
Two economists see red flags again for stock market - USA Today
Famous bear says stocks still OK ... for now - MarketWatch
6 Simple Steps to $1 Million - Investopedia
Paul Tudor Jones ♥ gold - FT AlphaVille

ECONOMY
U.S. 3Q GDP increases 3.5%, most in two years - MarketWatch
Some economists expect economic rebound to be short-lived - USA Today
Are things really getting better? - CNN/Money
Unemployed tap their 401(k)s - CNN/Money
Struggling in a recovering economy - BBC

INTERNATIONAL
Saudis drop WTI oil contract - Financial Times
Cold Water for Asia Property Market - NY Times
China seeks tighter rules for personal loans: report - MarketWatch
German Unemployment Unexpectedly Declined in October - Bloomberg
Turkey to use national currencies in trade with Iran, China - Ria Novasti
Australia miners facing pressure from weak U.S. dollar - MarketWatch
IMF raises forecasts for Asia's economic growth - AP
The dollar's fall is felt overseas - Washinton Post

REAL ESTATE
Please oppose the $8000 debt-slave bait! - Patrick.net
Big home-loan limits likely to stay till 2011 - O.C. Register
Home Refinancing May Never Look So Good Again - Bloomberg
Best Sept. sales for O.C. brokers in 3 years - O.C. Register

FED/TREASURY/BANKING
Fed Ending Treasury Purchases That Helped Cap Yields - Bloomberg
Bair Breaks With Obama, Urges Prepaying Costs to Unwind Firms - Bloomberg
Fed Adviser: Good Chance FOMC May Change Rate Language Next Wk - WSJ($)
N.Y. Fed pushed AIG on contracts - Wash. Post

INTERESTING
Apple's 2009 ad budget: Half a billion - Fortune
Bloomberg Will No Longer Provide Your Daily Ego Boost - DealBreaker
Tax refugees staging escape from New York - NY Post
11 Ways To Cash In On Gold - The Money Game

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