Money & Markets – Week of 1.8.12

The Truth About Private Equity: Politicians Need It, Taxpayers Fund It
The Daily Beast (13 Jan 12)

Goldman Said to Bid for N.Y. Fed’s AIG Assets
Bloomberg (13 Jan 12)

Kodak Eyes Bankruptcy Cash From Citigroup: Report
Yahoo Finance (12 Jan 12)

Dire Straits in the Pearl River Delta
caixin.com (12 Jan 12)

EU Iran Oil Embargo Likely Delayed Six Months
Bloomberg (12 Jan 12)

JPMorgan May Report Record Profit
Bloomberg (12 Jan 12)

Carlyle Founders Paid $137 Million Each
FIN Alternatives (12 Jan 12)

Potential Suitors Circle American Airlines: Sources
Yahoo Finance (12 Jan 12)

A Run On The Global Banking System—How Close Are We?
Gonzalo Lira (27 Dec 11)

Raymond James to Buy Morgan Keegan for $930 Million
Advisor One (12 Jan 12)

Sears Noose Tightens As CIT Leaves Company Cold With No Vendor Financing
Zero Hedge (12 Jan 12)

Everything You Need to Know About Insourcing
The White House Blog (11 Jan 12)

CFTC Adds Protections to Customers’ Money
Reuters (11 Jan 12)

The True Cost of Using Privately Provided Currency
Blitz (12 Jan 12)

The USDollar Paper Tiger
GoldSeek (11 Jan 12)

Europe’s $39 Trillion Pension Risk Grows as Economy Falters
Bloomberg (11 Jan 12)

A New Reserve Currency to Challenge the Dollar – What’s Really Going on in the Straits of Hormuz
Information Clearing House (17 Dec 11)

2012 Investment Themes
Investors Insight.com (9 Jan 12)

Carlyle Founders Reap Bumper 2011 Profits
Yahoo Finance (10 Jan 12)

CHART OF THE DAY: It’s Pretty Obvious What’s Driving Unemployment
Business Insider (10 Jan 12)

Iran, Russia Replace Dollar with National Currencies in Trade Exchanges
FARS (10 Jan 12)

Who Would You Buy From?
Benefitspro (Jan 2012)

Local Government Job Losses Continue
Off The Chart (6 Jan 12)

The Myth of Japan’s Failure
The New York Times (8 Jan 12)

MF Global Sold Assets to Goldman While It Was Looting Their Customer Accounts
Jesse’s Café Américain (4 Jan 12)

Bank of America Severing Some Small-business Credit Lines
Los Angeles Times (3 Jan 12)

Merkel Meets Sarkozy to Draft EU Fiscal Rules as Part of Euro-Rescue Plan
Bloomberg (9 Jan 12)

Video series by Eric deCarbonnel of Market Skeptics about the Exchange Stabilization Fund
Charleston Voice (14 Dec 11)

European Credit Crunch Hits Broad Economy As M3, Private Loans Collapse
Zero Hedge (29 Dec 11)

A Thinly Veiled Bail
Zero Hedge (29 Dec 11)

Canadians Challenge Central Bank In Court
Rense (20 Dec 11)

Euro Hits 11-month Low Against The Dollar as Banks Hoard ECB Cash
The Guardian (28 Dec 11)

Moving the Economy: The Future of the Maker Movement
Forbes (26 Oct 11)