Tuesday morning links

TOP STORIES
• Goldman Sachs to raise $5bn from investors - Telegraph
• Treasury Plans to Tap Fannie Mae Chief to Run Bailout - Wash. Post
• Bernanke Sees Signs U.S. Contraction May Be Slowing - Bloomberg
• The Case of the Missing Month - Norris, NY Times
• Wells Fargo May Need $50 Billion in Capital, KBW Says - Bloomberg
• Much Vilified, Financial Titans Find a Friend in Bloomberg - NY Times
• The Global Financial Crisis: How bad will it get? - Debt Deflation
• What’s the tab for the bailout? Take your pick - MSNBC

MARKETS/INVESTING
• Oil gains on bank reports - AP
• India gold imports resume as prices fall - Commodity Online
• Dollar’s Fade Won’t Support Wall Street’s Party - Kennedy, Bloomberg
• Survey finds all-time low in Americans' retirement confidence - MarketWatch
• A Simple Decision - Butler, Investment Rarities
• “Economic Stability?” - Saut, Raymond James

ECONOMY
• Retail Sales Unexpectedly Drop as Jobs Evaporate - Bloomberg
• Wholesale prices fall unexpectedly in March - AP
• Oregon's jobless rate soars to 12.1% in March - Seattle Times
• Averting Depression as Consumer in U.S. Fades - Roach, Bloomberg
• Investment guru fears inflation - CHINADaily

INTERNATIONAL
• China’s Fan Calls for Asia to Diversify Reserves - Bloomberg
• Singapore economy shrinks more than expected - MarketWatch
• China imports record volume of iron ore in March - CHINADaily
• Unemployment Surges in Germany’s Golden City - NY Times
• Carry Trade Comeback Means Biggest Gains Since 1999 - Bloomberg
• Fed's Fisher: China cannot abandon U.S. - CNN/Money
• China housing prices could halve by 2011: report - MarketWatch
• McDonald's to step up hiring in China this year - CHINADaily

HOUSING
• Investors Dive Back into Las Vegas Housing Market - Las Vegas Now
• Latest Housing Market Indicator: More Siblings Sharing Rooms - WSJ
• Foreclosure sales stalled by red tape - MSNBC
• The price is right - MarketWatch

FED/TREASURY/BANKING
• Bernanke sees 'signs' decline is easing - CNN/Money
• Libor Falling Fastest Since January on Credit Revival - Bloomberg
• Fed Buys $7.37 Billion in Two- and Three-Year Debt - Bloomberg
• TALF Needs Chaperon Before Investors Will Dance - Bloomberg

INTERESTING
• North Korea to end talks, restart nuclear program - MarketWatch
• Lehman Sitting on Bomb’s Worth of Uranium - Bloomberg
• When fast food gets in the fast lane - LA Times

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