Monday morning links

TOP STORIES
Dimon seen as successor to Geithner - Reuters
FHA looking for ways to pump up its reserves - SF Gate
Wave of Debt Payments Facing U.S. Government - Washington Post
CFTC chief Gary Gensler is out to police financial Wild West - USA Today
Bills Yielding Zero as Stocks Soar Make 1938 Moment - Bloomberg
Executives Kept Wealth as Firms Failed, Study Says - NY Times
Community banks forced to curtail commercial lending - NorthJersey.com
Obama jobs forum to seek growth boost on the cheap - Reuters
Small Florida bank shuttered, 124th this year - AP
Reflation Issues Heat Up - Noland, Prudent Bear

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MARKETS/INVESTING
Oil rises above $78 amid Iranian war games - AP
Gold Hits Record High Over 1,167 Dollars an Ounce - Globe Investor
Dollar Slump Persisting as Top Analysts See No Bottom - Bloomberg
How much longer can gold rise? - MSN Money
Natural gas plunges 12% this month - AP
Alert for Tanks - Hussman Funds

ECONOMY
Do weaker data show recovery is stalling? - MarketWatch
Economists Predict Job Losses Will Stop In Early 2010 - Huffington Post
Why The "Output Gap" Inflation Model May Be Fatally Flawed - Zero Hedge
Poor California: No money and no leadership - LA Times
What if a Recovery Is All in Your Head? - NY Times

INTERNATIONAL
China Asks Its Banks to Slow Down - NY Times
Europe Manufacturing, Services Expansion Accelerates - Bloomberg
Emerging markets try to manage flood of foreign capital - USA Today
British Would-Be Borrowers Resist Approved Bank Loans - Bloomberg
Greece tests the limit of sovereign debt as it grinds towards slump - Telegraph
East Europe Proving Too Good as Debt Erodes 50% Gain - Bloomberg
Canada retail sales top expectations - Globe and Mail
IMF chief: Global economy still fragile - AP

REAL ESTATE
FDIC on REO Sales: Keep'em in the Dark! - Zero Hedge
The Week Ahead: Housing Data to Drive the Market - Mortgage News Daily
Why owners are willing to 'strategically default' on loans - LA Times
Renters becoming latest victims as foreclosure crisis widens - Washington Post

FED/TREASURY/BANKING
The Fed in a Corner - Economists View
Bullard: Fed Should Keep Asset Purchase Program Past March - Bloomberg
Geithner’s Crisis Sleepwalk Is Reason He Must Go - Bloomberg
How our currency became an instrument of debt - Nashua Telegraph

INTERESTING
Dirty Secrets of Black Friday 'Doorbusters' - CNN/Money
Emergency room bill is enough to make you sick - LA Times
Golf courses suffer as recession deals a bogey - LA Times
Atheist student groups flower on college campuses - AP

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