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Wednesday morning links

Wednesday, March 04, 2009

TOP STORIES
Feds unveil plan to help 9 million stay in homes - AP
Ex-Leaders of Countrywide Profit From Bad Loans - NY Times
As Markets Slump, U.S. Tries to Halt Cycle of Fear - Wash. Post
Fed Chairman Backs Call for Higher Spending - NY Times
MGM Mirage delays 10K; warns of default - MarketWatch
Already Bleak, Auto Sales Take a Fall in February - NY Times
'Gold is still vulnerable' - Telegraph
AIG: The Nexus of Capital, Debt and Insurance - YMOYL

MARKETS/INVESTING
Oil Gains on Speculation China Will Boost Stimulus - Bloomberg
Gold flat as investment demand cools - Globe & Mail
Elliott Wave predicts bear-market rally? - MarketWatch
'Investors are embracing gold stocks & ETFs' - Commodity Online
Obama's words do little to spur Wall Street - LA Times
Oil producers running out of storage space - MSNBC

ECONOMY
U.S. private sector cuts 697,000 jobs in February - Reuters
Bass: Government Creating ‘Inflationary Time Bomb’ - Bloomberg
How can U.S. break the vicious economic cycle? - SF Gate
Google CEO Says Economic Situation 'Pretty Dire' - Dow Jones
STAIRWAY TO RETAIL HEAVEN - Financial Sense

INTERNATIONAL
China said to mull buying oil with foreign reserves - MarketWatch
Boom gives way to bust in Ireland's oversold economy - LA Times
Brown to US: 'Seize the moment' on economic crisis - AFP
Australia's GDP shrinks for first time in eight years - MarketWatch
Global policy shortcomings will cost us dear - Financial Times
The NPC meets, Krugman refers to savings glut - China Financial Markets
China built enormous stake in US equities just before crash - Telegraph
Countries Stepping in to Finance Export Trade - NY Times

HOUSING
Report: Nearly One in Five Owe More Than Homes Are Worth - Time
As projects grind to a halt, home sites turn to wasteland - LA Times
Bank-Owned Homes Surge, Communities Stung - Washington Indpendent
Citi Homeowner Assist Launches for Unemployed Borrowers - Blown Mortgage

FED/TREASURY/BANKING
Does Tim Geithner have a plan? - Curious Capitalist
Banks brace for mortgage remodels under Obama plan - USA Today
Geithner Says U.S. Financial Rescue ‘Might Cost More’ - Bloomberg
Bernanke defends AIG rescue, says U.S. had no choice - Reuters

INTERESTING
The Rick Santelli 'Tea Party' Controversy - Alternet
Madoff agrees to give up property, art, tickets - AP
Google CEO: Twitter A 'Poor Man's Email System' - CNN/Money

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