Friday morning links

TOP STORIES
• Bank Stress Test Results Delayed as Conclusions Debated - Bloomberg
• Chrysler's bankruptcy path is uncharted, but GM could follow - LA Times
• The war over Chrysler: A bailout built in Ottawa - Globe & Mail
• Everyone is wrong, again – 1981 in Reverse - iTulip
• Bank shareholders: Changing course - Economist
• Third gold sales pact to plant flag of support - Reuters
• Where did all the bailout money go? - CSM
• A Primer on a Chrysler Bankruptcy - NY Times

MARKETS/INVESTING
• Oil falls below $51 amid weak consumer spending - AP
• Gold Declines as Equity Rally Reduces Investment Appeal - Bloomberg
• Financial crisis brings sobriety to Buffett's capitalist jamboree - Guardian
• Is gold's April slide just a beginning? - Commodity Online
• Pumping and Dumping the 401(k) Crowd - Max Blog
• Chinese Gold Revisited - Hard Assets Investor

ECONOMY
• Odds of Depression (and Various Other Things) - NY Times
• In Sharp Contraction, Basis for an Upswing - Washington Post
• Carmakers' woes hitting state jobs, revenue - SF Gate
• Bankruptcy Hits Home in Auto Heartland - Washington Post
• College-bound students run into financial wall - LA Times

INTERNATIONAL
• Japan's jobless rate up, household spending down - AP
• MPs blame bankers for 'astonishing mess' - Telegraph
• China's gold buy raises eyebrows for all the right reasons - MarketWatch
• India Exports Plunge as Recession Hurts Demand - Bloomberg
• China Manufacturing Expands, Adding to Recovery - Bloomberg
• Bankruptcies rise to record high - Guardian
• Taxes: A nasty Brown mess - Economist
• Europe's age crisis begins to bite - Telegraph

HOUSING
• Mortgage reduction bill fails in Senate - LA Times
• Home prices still have a way to go to hit bottom - TampaBay.com
• Housing collapse blamed for industrial market’s woes - LV Sun
• Housing market woes continue - Purchasing.com

FED/TREASURY/BANKING
• Government nervous about stress test results - USA Today
• The Fed: The hedge fund of Foggy Bottom - Economist
• Regional Banks Could Need Billions More - MoneyNews.com
• Securitisation: The torpor of the TALF - Economist

INTERESTING
• Of Loos and Language - NY Times
• Stanford tries to surrender to federal authorities - AP
• Engineering suddenly hot at universities - CSM
• Talk Is Cheap, if You Ask - NY Times

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