Sunday morning links

TOP STORIES
White House assessing options to aid carmakers - AP
'All Just One Big Lie' - Washington Post
China plans to increase money supply 17% in 2009 - IHT
Citadel suspends redemptions from two hedge funds - Reuters
A Champion of Wall St. Reaps the Benefits - New York Times
Geneva banks lost more than $4 billon to Madoff - Reuters
GM to cut production by 250,000 vehicles - CNN/Money
Inflation is Now the Lesser Evil - Project Syndicate

MARKETS/INVESTING
Wall Street focus: Autos and the Fed - CNN/Money
Comex said warning brokers about December gold squeeze - GATA
Commodity Boom Is So Over - Washington Post
Comparison of 1928-32 and 2007-11 - Jessie's Cafe Americain
Before Investing, Develop a Plan - Washington Post
Silver investigation: CFTC does U-turn - Investegate

ECONOMY
Prices May Have Tumbled as Economy Sank: U.S. Economy Preview - Bloomberg
To Build Confidence, Aim for Full Employment - New York Times
Stimulus Package To First Pay for Routine Repairs - Washington Post
Consumer movement at a crossroads - LA Times
GM, Chrysler Bankruptcies Would Hit Confidence, Deepen Slump - Bloomberg
Confessions of a crass Keynesian - Financial Times

INTERNATIONAL
Persian Gulf Shares Fall, Led by Al-Rajhi; Qatari Shares Climb - Bloomberg
Merkel dampens hopes of fresh German stimulus soon - AP
Global car crisis far from over, executives say - Reuters
Santander to cut 1,900, or 8%, of UK banking jobs - MarketWatch
German bank bail-out has failed, say MPs - Financial Times
Iceland: Cracks in the crust - Economist

HOUSING
S.F. feels the pain of real estate meltdown - SF Gate
A helping hand - Dallas Morning News
This may be golden age for first-time home buyers - Seattle Times
Local housing market is different than national - Las Vegas Review Journal

FED/TREASURY/BANKING
Banks and consumers brace for new credit card rules - Reuters
Fed regulators shut 2 banks in Georgia, Texas - AP
Fed Refuses to Disclose Recipients of $2 Trillion - Bloomberg

INTERESTING
A lexicon of woe for today's dismal science - MarketWatch
The man who is unwinding Lehman Brothers - IHT