Money & Markets – Week of 4.25.10

Goldman Sachs Reveals it Shorted Gulf of Mexico
The Huffington Post (30 April 10)

Treasury Redeems A Gargantuan $643 Billion In Treasuries In April
Zero hedge (30 April 10)

With $2 Trillion In 3 Year Funding Needs By the PIIGS, The IMF Is Helpless To Do Anything But Sit Back And Watch
Zero hedge (30 April 10)

JPMorgan Has Biggest Exposure to Debt Risks in Europe
Bloomberg.com (29 April 10)

Obama Selects Bay Area’s Yellen as No. 2 at Federal Reserve
Contra Costa Times (29 April 10)

Goldman Puts Buffett Ethical Values in Spotlight
Reuters (28 April 10)

German Banks Have Big Investment in Greece
DealBook (28 April 10)

Greece Bondholders May Lose $265 Billion in Default
Bloomberg Businessweek (28 April 10)


U.S. Agrees to Press Russia’s Bid for WTO

The Moscow Times (29 April 10)

US Cities Forced To Consider Bankruptcy
Financial Times (28 April 10)

Gaming The US Tax Payer
Extend & Pretend (15 April 10)

Fed Pledges to Keep Low Rates for ‘Extended Period’
Bloomberg Businessweek (28 April 10)

Citi’s Return to Saudi Arabia May Need More Than Alwaleed
Bloomberg.com (28 April 10)

Deere Opens Plant Near Moscow With Eye to Greater Investment in Russia
ChicagoBusiness (27 April 10)

HSBC Chief: London And New York Are ‘Yesterday’s News’ In The New World Of Finance
Telegraph.co.uk (27 April 10)

IBM Crowd Sourcing Could See Employed Workforce Shrink By Three Quarters
Personneltoday (23 April 10)

ECB May Have To Turn To ‘Nuclear Option’ To Prevent Southern European Debt Collaps
Telegraph.co.uk (27 April 10)

An Illegal Bank Is The Second-largest Holder Of U.S. Treasury Securities
Exposing Faux Capitalist (27 April 10)

China May Announce 4 Trillion Yuan Stimulus, China Business Says
Bloomberg.com (26 April 10)

Money And The Steady State Economy
Steady State.org (25 April 10)

The 30,000 Foot View of China
Zero Hedge (25 April 10)

For Nations Living The Good Life, The Party’s Over, IMF Says
The Washington Post (24 April 10)

Netflix Shares Rocket Past $100 For The First Time Ever
Forbes (22 April 10)

Magnitudes: Dirty Money, Lost Taxes And Offshore
Tax Justice Network

Iceland Reports Record 34 Percent Inflation
Christian Science Monitor (20 April 10)