Money & Markets – Week of 8.02.09

Animal Rights Extremists Target Novartis CEO
Swissinfo.ch (04 Aug 09)

AIG Breakup Is Fee Bonanza
The Wall Street Journal (07 Aug 09)

Judge Won’t Approve Bank of America: Sec Settlement
Reuters (06 Aug 09)

Banks Reopen Global Casino
Spiegel online (28 July 09)

News Corp May Charge For Web News; Blasts Amazon
Reuters (06 Aug 09)

Weekly Unemployment Claims Portend Disaster
Global Economic Trend Analysis (01 Aug 09)

Dow, ExxonMobil Slam New Yes Men Film
Scoop.co.nz (05 Aug 09)

Crackdown on ‘Naked Short-selling’ Intesifies
Financial Times (05 Aug 09) [Must subscribe to read full article.]

Buffett’s Betrayal
Reuters (04 Aug 09)

Goldman Princes Told: Spend Like Paupers
New York Post (04 Aug 09)

S.E.C. Starts Crackdown on ‘Flash’ Trading
The New York Times (04 Aug 09)

Higher Prices Pushed Up Consumer Spending For June
The New York Times (04 Aug 09)

Sec Slams General Electric on Financial Irregularities
MarketWatch (04 Aug 09)

Blackwater Founder Implicated in Murder
Truthout (04 Aug 09)

1,200 R.I. Businesses Face Closure Over Sales Tax
Projo.com (30 July 09)

Bair Says Single U.S. Bank Regulator Is ‘No Panacea’ (Update1)
Bloomberg.com (05 Aug 09)

Sec to Ban Flash Trades of U.S. Stocks, Schumer Says (Update3)
Bloomberg.com (05 Aug 09)

BofA Settles Merrill Bonus Case With Sec For $33 Million
Reuters (03 Aug 09)

End The Fed? A Not-so-Crazy Idea
The Christian Science Monitor (03 Aug 09)

China Moves to Internationalise Its Currency
TimesOnLine (03 Aug 09)

Obama Officials Eye More Jobless Aid, Weigh Taxes
Reuters (02 Aug 09)

KKR Eyes Market Blitz of up to Six IPOs
Financial Times (01 Aug 09) [Must subscribe to read full article.]

Lingering Fear Likely to Hold up a Wall of Cash
Reuters (29 July 09)

Corporate Co-Opt of ‘Local’
City Beat (29 July 09)

UBS Tax Agreement Is Reached by U.S., Switzerland (Update3)
Bloomberg.com (03 Aug 09)

£1.3bn Highland Playground For The Super-rich
The Scotman (01 Aug 09)

Wall Street Benefits From Fed And Treasury
Financial Times (02 Aug 09) [Must subscribe to read full article.]

Bond Worry: Will China Keep Buying?
The Wall Street Journal (31 July 09)

Icelandic Bank Kaupthing Threat to WikiLeaks Over Confidential Large Exposure Report, 31 Jul 2009
wikileaks.org (31 July 09)

UPDATE 1-U.S. Judge Rules For Fed in Fox News Network Request
Reuters (30 July 09)

After Rescue, New Weakness Seen at A.I.G.
The New York Times (30 July 09)

Senate Probes Banks for Meltdown Fraud
The Wall Street Journal (30 July 09)

Billions in Lehman Claims Could Bury an Elusive Insurer
The New York Times (30 July 09)

Barack Obama’s Financial Reforms Meet Political Reality
Economist.com (30 July 09)

Tax Evaders Flock to IRS to Confess Their Sins
The Wall Street Journal (30 July 09)

75% Favor Auditing The Fed
Rasmussen Reports (29 July 09)

How You Finance Goldman Sachs’ Profits
Mother Jones (28 July 09)

Elite Chinese Politics and Political Economy
Chinese Politics (25 July 09)

Tough Times Lead to Local Currencies
Time.com (13 July 09)