Money & Markets – Week of 4.26.09

Support For Free Market Economy Up Seven Points Since December
Rasmussen Reports (27 Apr 09)

Talks Tip Chrysler Toward Bankruptcy
Washington Post (30 Apr 09)

Bronte Capital With a Major Scoop on Alleged Fraudster
Columbia Journalism Review (28 Apr 09)

FBI Looks Into Losses at Freddie [requires subscription to view full article]
Wall Street Journal (1 May 2009)

The Quiet Coup
The Atlantic (May 09)

CNNMoney.com’s Bailout Tracker
CNNMoney.com

Shell Q1 Profit Falls On Oil Price
Reuters.uk (29 Apr 09)

Carlyle Sees Opportunity in Toxic Asset Program
Reuters.uk (28 Apr 09)

Finra Oversees Auction-Rate Arbitrations After Exiting Market
Bloomberg (29 Apr 09)

Economy in U.S. Shrank at 6.1% Rate in First Quarter
Bloomberg (29 Apr 09)

Criminal Authorities Focus on 3 in Investigation of AIG
Wall Street Journal (28 Apr 09)

Insider Selling Jumps to Highest Level Since 2007 (Update2)
Bloomberg.com (27 April 09)

Need Seed Capital? Angel Groups May Be Your Best Bet
Kiplinger (27 April 09)

Bank of Japan Governor Says US Must Tackle Household Debt
Telegraph.co.uk (24 April 09)

Commodities Throw a Curveball
The Wall Street Journal (24 April 09)

U.S. Mass Layoffs Rise to Highest on Record
Reuters (23 April 09)

The Arms Race in High Frequency Trading
Rick Bookstaber (21 April 09)

The Wail of the 1%
NY News & Features (19 April 09)

The Capital Well is Running Dry and Some Economies Will Wither
Telegraph.co.uk (26 April 09)

GM Employee Stock Fund Dumps all Company Shares
Associated Press (26 April 09)

US ‘Soft Power’ and the Banks
Global Research.ca (24 April 09)

Zimbabwe Declares its Currency Dead
Commodity Online (21 April 09)

IMF Plans to Issue Bonds to Raise Funds for Lending Programs
Bloomberg (27 April 09)

U.S. Said to Seek a Chrysler Plan for Bankruptcy
The New York Times (23 April 09)

AG Brown Sues Wells Fargo Subsidiaries
ABC Local (23 April 09)

Germany’s Slump Risks ‘Explosive’ Mood as Second Banking Crisis Looms
Telegraph.co.uk (24 April 09)

When Will the Press Catch On to Uncle Sam’s Collections Meltdown?
News Busters (22 April 09)

Dire Straits For State Budgets
CNN Money (23 April 09)

Super-jails Are First to Feel Squeeze From Whitehall
The Independent (24 April 09)

Link: $1.2 Million Stolen From Kiri Te Kanawa
“Scoop” Top Scoop (23 April 09)

Jamaican Army Deployed Ahead of Tax Increase
Reuters (23 April 09)