Money & Markets – Week of 2.28.10

Russia Nudging Belarus, Kazakhstan Away From Dollar
GATA (5 March 10)

Treasury’s Bailout Overseer Shifts Course From ‘Too Big to Fail’
The Washington Post (5 March 10)

Greece Should Sell Islands to Keep Bankruptcy At Bay, Say German MPs
Guardian.co.uk (4 March 10)

Demint: White House Land Grab
The Washington Times (2 March 10)

Argentine Senators Get ‘Rough’ in Central Bank Clash
Bloomberg.com (4 March 10)

JPMorgan Tops Goldman in Investment Banking as Fees Swell 13%
Bloomberg.com (4 March 10)

Trichet Phases Out Some Tools, Opposes IMF Greek Aid
Bloomberg.com (4 March 10)

The Cringely 2010 (Not in Silicon Valley) Startup Tour
Cringely.com (Feb 2010)

Storing Wealth in Cash Paying Negative Real Returns
Safehaven (3 March 10)

More Consumers File For Bankruptcy Protection
USA Today (3 March 10)

Goldman Says Matt Taibbi, Zero Hedge, Louise Story, And Janet Tavakoli Have Become Risks To Its Business
Clusterstock (1 March 10)

Harry Markopolos On Rachel Maddow Show (video)
Shallow Nation (1 March 10)

China’s Hidden Debt Risks 2012 Crisis, Northwestern’s Shih Says
Bloomberg.com (3 March 10)

BBC America Tonight 7pm EST: Palast Hunts the Vulture
Greg Palast (2 March 10)

15 Years Ago, the Combined Assets of the 6 Biggest Banks Totaled 17% of GDP… By 2006, 55% … Now, 63%
Washingtons blog (1 March 10)

California is a Greater Risk Than Greece, Warns JP Morgan Chief
Telegraph.co.uk (26 Feb 10)

The Future of Money: It’s Flexible, Frictionless and (Almost) Free
Wired (22 Feb 10)

Lower Chinese PMI: Canary in The Coalmine?
Market Club (2 March 10)

IMF-Style Austerity Comes to America
Counterpunch (2 March 10)

GM Recalling 1.3 Million Vehicles Over Steering Problems
Yahoo News (2 March 10)

Eike Batista May Raise 9.92 Billion Reais in OSX IPO
Bloomberg.com (2 March 10)

Queen’s Bankers to Rich Enlist Taxpayers Through RBS
Bloomberg.com (2 March 10)

Time to Outlaw Naked Credit Default Swaps
Financial Times (28 Feb 10)

Steps to Financial Cataclysm Paved with Industry Dollars
Wall Street Watch

Central Bank Report Tells South Korea to Prepare For Dollar’s Fade
GATA (28 Feb 10)

Pictures of a Market Crash: Beware the Ides of March, And What Follows After
Jesse’s Cafe Americain (27 Feb 10)

Why We Don’t Have Hyperinflation Even Though The Fed Has Printed $1 Trillion
The Money Game (27 Feb 10)

Man Who Broke The Bank of England, George Soros, ‘At Centre of Hedge Funds Plot to Cash in on Fall of The Euro’
Mail Online (27 Feb 10)

Hedge-Fund Assets Offshore Exempt From Reporting Rule
Bloomberg.com (26 Feb 10)