Tuesday morning links
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
TOP STORIES
Congress says Toyota misled public - Washington Post
Wall Street Bonuses Rose 17%: Thomas DiNapoli - CNBC
Harvard’s Rogoff Sees ‘Bunch’ of Sovereign Defaults - Bloomberg
AIG Document Shows Goldman Sachs Minted Most Toxic CDOs - Bloomberg
Greenspan, Friedman and Summers win Dynamite Prize - Real World Economics
Pimco Rejected by Court on Market-Manipulation Suit - Bloomberg
Government Stimulus, One Year Later - Ron Paul
Rehearsals for a Civil War - Kunstler, CFN
MARKETS/INVESTING
Oil price slide to under $79 - AFP
Gold eases as euro loses traction, Bernanke eyed - Reuters
Gasoline heading above $3 a gallon; oil hits $80 a barrel - AP
Stock market: Investors cautious as stocks drop slightly - USA Today
Charts: Stocks Likely to Double Dip After May - CNBC
I Should Have! - Saut, Raymond James
ECONOMY
Case-Shiller home price index down 0.2% - MarketWatch
Nearly 20% of US Workers Underemployed in Jan - CNBC
Miami’s Municipal Woes (Again): Exiting Before the Tide Goes Out - aucontrarian
Low-Inflation Doctrine Gets a Rethink, but Shift Is Unlikely - WSJ
Horrid Job Number Coming - NY Times
INTERNATIONAL
Goldman defends Greece debt swaps - BBC
Prime land expected to set market record - China Daily
Deathbed of Keynesian Economics Will Be in U.K. - Bloomberg
What the PBoC cannot do with its reserves - China Financial Markets
Venezuela Has $5 Billion Stockpile to Boost Unregulated Bolivar - Bloomberg
Yuan hits new high against US dollar - China Daily
Fiat Shuts All Plants in Italy for Two Weeks - NY Times
A chilly spring for Germany? - MarketWatch
REAL ESTATE
Selling mansion? Expect to wait 3 years! - O.C. Register
Short Sales as Loan Modification Alternatives, Can They Work - Blown Mortgage
Already Glacial, Foreclosure Process May Get Even Slower - WSJ
Demand grows for multi-generational housing - O.C. Register
FED/TREASURY/BANKING
Banks Apply Pressure to Keep Fees Rolling In - NY Times
Yellen Says U.S. Economy Will Perform Below Potential - Bloomberg
Geithner pushes for independent consumer agency - Reuters
Fed Presidents Take Case to Congress for Keeping Bank Oversight - Bloomberg
INTERESTING
Schwarzenegger slams GOP stimulus hypocrisy - the raw story
Hourglass Figures Affect Men's Brains Like a Drug - LiveScience
Deal to Sell Hummer to China Company Meets Obstacles - NY Times
Obama's odd relations with Vegas show new reality - Salt Lake Tribune
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