Friday morning links

TOP STORIES
• China "worried" about US Treasury holdings - Times
• Net Worth Had Record Decline in Fourth Quarter - Bloomberg
• Stewart slings barbs face-to-face with Cramer - CNN
• AIG Asked Buffett for Help Twice Before Collapse - Bloomberg
• Bronson: Supercycle Bear Market Low Still Ahead - The Big Picture
• Citi doesn't need more government aid - Reuters
• Buffett’s Berkshire Has AAA Debt Rating Cut - Bloomberg
• Madoff says felt compelled to deliver "at any cost" - Reuters

MARKETS/INVESTING
• SPDR Gold Trust Holdings Overtake Switzerland - Bloomberg
• Oil climbs ahead of OPEC meeting - CNN/Money
• Optimism prevails on Wall Street - LA Times
• Gold sales dip in UAE, Saudi Arabia - Commodity Online
• Silver's discount to gold sticks out like sore thumb - MarketWatch
• Stocks that aren't coming back - MSN Money

ECONOMY
• U.S. Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index Rose to 56.6 in March - Bloomberg
• Import prices fall for 7th straight month - MarketWatch
• Trade gap at 6-year low - CNN/Money
• Household net worth plunges by record amount - AP
• Stiglitz Enabled Obama With Nobel Ideas to Scorn Them - Bloomberg

INTERNATIONAL
• Nikkei soars 5.2% as Asian stocks have a field day - MarketWatch
• China’s Premier Wen ‘Worried’ about Treasuries - Bloomberg
• G20 rift deepens ahead of crisis response talks - Reuters
• China Can Add to Stimulus ‘At Any Time,’ Wen Says - Bloomberg
• Read the big four to know capital’s fate - FT
• Switzerland, Luxembourgto Loosen Bank Secrecy Rules - Bloomberg
• FTSE 100 heads for best week in two months - Telegraph
• World economy: The jobs crisis - Economist

HOUSING
• Every House on the Market is Not in Foreclosure - American Chronicle
• Experts: Housing market still frail - Times Call
• Paperwork flood keeps housing under water - AJC
• 88-year old shoots Realtor over payment dispute - WalletPop

FED/TREASURY/BANKING
• Fed assets total $1.88 trillion, down 0.7% - MarketWatch
• Inside Man Geithner Shines When He’s Offstage - Bloomberg
• The Problem? Bankers Point to the Rules - NY Times
• Fed Program to Spur Loans May Start With Few Deals - Bloomberg

INTERESTING
• Forget Britney; Media Outrage Hits Big Spenders - NY Times
• Navies Combat Somali Pirates With Internet Chat Room - Bloomberg
• A Besieged Bank, and Its Hometown, Look Inward - NY Times

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