Money & Markets – Week of 7.12.09

American Express Halts UK Pension Payments
TimesonLine (16 July 09)

Calif. Tax Officials: Legal Pot Would Bring $1.4B
Yahoo News (15 July 09)

World Bank Warns of Deflation Spiral
Telegraph.co.uk (15 July 09)

Funds Drawn to China Like ‘Moths to a Flame’
Telegraph.co.uk (15 July 09)

“A Tremendous Secret”
Dollar Collapse (14 July 09)

Will Dems Allow Goldman to Manipulate a Cap-and-Trade Market?
American Thinker (14 July 09)

Immigrants in US Are Asking For Money From Home
Yahoo Finance (30 June 09)

A Tale of Two Bailouts
The Wall Street Journal (15 July 09)

CIT Group Says Its Failure Risks Demise of Customers (Update3)
Bloomberg.com (15 July 09)

Bank of America Said to Balk at Paying Backstop Fee (Update2)
Bloomberg.com (15 July 09)

Greenlight Holds Bullion, Buys Reinsurance Stocks (Update1)
Bloomberg.com (15 July 09)

France’s `Special Bond’ Raises Doubts Over AAA Rating
Telegraph.co.uk (14 July 09)

Goldman’s Back, and Why We Should Be Worried
Truthout (14 July 09)

Tomgram: Michael Klare, Peak Oil and the Remaking of Iraq
Tom Dispatch.com (14 July 09)

Berlin Brothel Offers Discounts for Cyclists
Reuters.uk (13 July 09)

Goldman Executives Sold $700m of Stock
Financial Times (13 July 09)

California Poised to Shut Gates on 80% of The States Great Outdoors as Parks Struggle With Budgets
Current Green (13 July 09)

Job Losses Show Wider Racial Gap in New York
The New York Times (12 July 09)

Farming as The Next Big Thing
Paul Kedrosky.com (09 July 09)

Business Owners Ache as CIT Scales Back
The Wall Street Journal (13 July 09)

Some Choice Words for “The Select Few”
Truthout (14 July 09)

Collect Now, or Later? Timing Your Social Security Benefits
The New York Times (10 July 09)

DPS May Wind up in Bankruptcy
Freeb.com (10 July 09)

62% Oppose Federal Bailouts for State Budget Problems
Rasmussen Reports (10 July 09)

Obama’s Jobless Safety Net Torn by Rebecca Alvarez (Update1)
Bloomberg.com (10 July 09)

US, Swiss Ask For Delay In UBS Secrecy Case
The Huffington Post (12 July 09)

Billions in Aid go to Areas That Backed Obama in ’08
USA Today (09 July 09)

China Passes US Auto Market in First-half Sales
Yahoo Finance (09 July 09)

Russia Won’t Repay State-Run Firm’s Debt
The Wall Street Journal (09 July 09)

When Will The Recovery Begin? Never
Truthout (09 July 09)

California in Not Such a Golden State
Financial Times (09 July 09)[Must subscribe to read full article.]

Up To 10,000 Illinois Prisoners May Be Released
CBS2 Chicago (08 July 09)

Just 27% Favor Second Stimulus Plan This Year, 60% Oppose
Rasmussen Reports (06 July 09)