Monday morning links

TOP STORIES
Harvard’s Rogoff Gives Legs to China Crash Talk - Bloomberg
European Union Moves Toward a Bailout of Greece - NY Times
Athens, E.U. appear closer to a deal on Greek debt crisis - Washington Post
Greece Now, U.K. Next as Investors Ready for Pound Plunge - BusinessWeek
City Center: Las Vegas puts $9bn on red - TimesOnline
Complexity and Collapse - Ferguson, Foreign Affairs
The Enthusiasm Gap - Robert Reich
America, the fragile empire - LA Times

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MARKETS/INVESTING
Oil falls back below $80 as dollar strengthens - AP
Gold rises to 1-week high; strikes record in sterling - Reuters
Grantham’s ‘Horrifically Early’ Calls Challenge GMO - BusinessWeek
Calpers to review its rate-of-return assumption - Reuters
Wit And Wisdom Of Warren Buffett - Forbes

ECONOMY
U.S. Consumer Spending Increases - Bloomberg
Academics on What Caused the Financial Crisis - WSJ
Unemployment benefits for 1.2 million could expire Sunday - Journal Sentinel
Outrage grows over Muni operators' pay - SF Gate
Core Logic - Krugman, NY Times
Jobs at any price? - LA Times

INTERNATIONAL
Pound suffers sharpest fall in more than a year - Telegraph
U.S., Japan to see leap in distressed property sales - Reuters
Pound under attack as debt worries grow - Times Online
Most central banks expected to hold firm - Globe and Mail
I.M.F. Chief Suggests Look at New Reserve Currency - NY Times
US banks veto 'socialist pay' in secret talks - The Independent
Is Hong Kong ready for reverse property bubble? - MarketWatch
China Army Officer Urges Challenging US Dominance - Reuters

REAL ESTATE
More homeowners may start to walk away - Baltimore Sun
Warren Buffett sees housing market bouncing back by 2011 - Bloomberg
Many borrowers in default stay put as lenders delay evictions - LA Times
Building on Hope - Modesto Bee

FED/TREASURY/BANKING
Republicans want hearing on Fannie/Freddie bailout - Reuters
Obama Appoints Federal Reserve Operative to Debt Panel - Before It's News
Bernanke Makes Two-Year Treasury Notes Sweetest Spot - BusinessWeek
Banks Out of the Woods? Maybe Not - MarketWatch

INTERESTING
Marijuana use by seniors goes up as boomers age - AP
Coffee Party movement: Alternative to tea - Washington Post
Safety concerns lead to new Yosemite permit system - LA Times
Top 10 Spooky Sleep Disorders - LiveScience

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