Money & Markets – Week of 8.15.10

Short Sellers Are Cutting States’ Borrowing Costs: Joe Mysak
Bloomberg (19 Aug 10)

New Jersey Case Puts U.S. Muni Issuers on Alert
Reuters (19 Aug 10)

Max Kaiser on Reform in America
chaostheorien.de (20 Aug 10)

The Layoff Kings: The 25 Companies Responsible for 700,000 Lost Jobs
Daily Finance (18 Aug 10)

New Jersey Slept While Selling $26 Billion in Bonds: Joe Mysak
Bloomberg (18 Aug 10)

McDonald’s Yuan-bond Sale to Drive Growth in China
Market Watch (19 Aug 10)

Why I Took Social Security Early
Yahoo Finance (Aug 2010)

General Electric Co Summary
Bloomberg (19 Aug 10)

Sarkozy Summons Ministers to Discuss Cuts After Moody’s Report, Times Says
Bloomberg (19 Aug 10)

Carbon Profit Grows on Trees as Kiwi Farmers Ditch Sheep
Bloomberg (19 Aug 10)

Bank of Japan Reportedly Considering More Easing
Market Watch (18 Aug 10)

General Motors Files Paperwork For Historic Public Stock Offering
The Washington Post (18 Aug 10)

Tensions Rise in Greece as Austerity Measures Backfire
Spiegel Online (18 Aug 10)

Time is Running Out For The West
Telegraph.co.uk (17 Aug 10)

Jobless Claims Deterioration Continues – Print At 484K Versus Expectation Of 465K, Prior Revised To 482K
ZeroHedge (12 Aug 10)

Goldman Tells Its “Special” Clients To Sell Gold Even As It Raises Its Price Target On The Shiny Metal
Zero Hedge (18 Aug 10)

Stanley Druckenmiller Is Retiring And Closing Duquesne
Yahoo Finance (18 Aug 10)

BHP Billiton Makes Hostile $40 Billion Bid for Potash
Bloomberg (18 Aug 10

China Doubles South Korean Bond Holdings as Asia Switches From Dollar
GATA (17 Aug 10)

Chevron Has ‘Significant’ Natural-Gas Discovery Off Australia
The Wall Street Journal (16 Aug 10)

Spitzer: Federal Reserve is ‘A Ponzi Scheme, An Inside Job’
The Raw Story (25 July 10)

When You’re Most Vulnerable to Fraud
The Wall Street Journal (16 Aug 10)

‘Super Angels’ Alight
The Wall Street Journal (16 Aug 10)

Oil Gets a New Dance Partner: Stocks
The Wall Street Journal (16 Aug 10)


Must Watch Kyle Bass Interview: “I Don’t Know How I Can Be Long Stocks
Zero Hedge (17 Aug 10)

Chinese Economy Eclipses Japan
The Vancouver Sun (16 Aug 10)

Matterhorn Asset Management There Will Be No Double Dip… It Will Be A Lot Worse
Zero Hedge (16 Aug 10)

US and China to Clash Over Yuan Fall
Telegraph.co.uk (15 Aug 10)

China Erases Yuan’s Gains on Dollar
The Wall Street Journal (13 Aug 10)

Japan Hints at Yen Intervention
The Wall Street Journal (12 Aug 10)

We Want Our IOUs
PropZero (12 Aug 10)

Bill Black: U.S. Using “Really Stupid Strategy” to Hide Bank Losses
Yahoo Finance (11 Aug 10)

Weak Japan GDP Hits Markets
The Wall Street Journal (16 Aug 10)

Consumer Prices Rise After 3 Straight Declines
abcNews (13 Aug 10)

U.S. Bailouts Benefited Foreign Firms, Report Says
The Washington Post (12 Aug 10)

J&J Sells $1.1 Billion of Debt at Record-Low Rates
Bloomberg (12 Aug 10)

The Hindenburg Omen Has Arrived
Zero Hedge (12 Aug 10)

We Want Our IOUs
NBC Los Angeles (12 Aug 10)

John Williams: Times That Try Our Souls
The Energy Report (5 Aug 10)

Reality Check – Gavin Menzes
Gavin Menzies (Aug 2010)