Monday morning links

TOP STORIES
Social Security to start cashing Uncle Sam's IOUs - AP
With Financial Reform Bill, a Test for Congress - NY Times
Don't expect Greece aid details, ministers say - MarketWatch
Is China's Politburo spoiling for a showdown with America? - Telegraph
Goldman Sachs Demands Derivatives Collateral It Won’t Dish Out - Bloomberg
Regulators shut 3 more banks for a total of 30 failures this year - AP
Real-Estate Recovery Signaled With Homebuilders - Bloomberg
US, UK top debt ratings safe for now, Moody's says - AP

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MARKETS/INVESTING
Oil falls below $81 amid weak US crude demand - AP
Gold off 2-week lows, mkt wary of gold use for EMF - Reuters
Ordinary Outcomes of Extraordinary Recklessness - Hussman Funds
OPEC Expands Oil Rigs Most Since 2007 as Quotas Prove Illusory - Bloomberg
Hearts may swoon when stocks do, study suggests - AP
The challenges ahead for world oil - EconBrowser

ECONOMY
Global Demand for U.S. Assets Slowed in January - Bloomberg
Appliance rebates get hot-and-cold response from buyers - USA Today
Nearing Retirement and Unemployed or Underemployed - Calculated Risk
Trade Papers Struggling in Hollywood - NY Times
The Sham Recovery - Reich, HuffPo

INTERNATIONAL
China fires back at currency critics - Globe and Mail
Stop nagging China to revalue: ex-EU chief Prodi - Reuters
Foreign investors drive loonie toward parity - Globe and Mail
EU finance ministers to try to agree on multi-billion euro Greece aid package - Telegraph
Brown Steps Up Attack on Economy as Poll Gap Narrows - Bloomberg
Fragile recovery may push up unemployment, warns Bank of England - Guardian
Al-Suwaidi Says Dubai Not Likely to Need More Aid - Bloomberg
Final Shirts - Debt Watch

REAL ESTATE
Is house-price dip a blip or a trend? - O.C. Register
Florida, 4 other states rush plans for $1.5B in housing funds - Sun Sentinel
It's Official: The US Housing Downturn Has Resumed in Earnest - HuffPo
Mortgage Fraud Declines but Remains Virulent - WSJ

FED/TREASURY/BANKING
Fed may hint at how long rates will stay at lows - AP
China trims holdings of Treasury securities - AP
Still printing money at full speed - MSN Money
Larry Kudlow on Janet Yellen - Sense on Cents

INTERESTING
Probe questions runaway Prius story - AP
Glenn Beck Denounces "Born In The USA" as Anti-American - The Big Think
Tiger Woods Practices in Isleworth FL, Nation's 2nd Worst Housing Market - Huliq
Lawmakers get eviction notices - Chicago Tribune

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