Tuesday reading…

• Home prices “only” falling 18% from last year
• AIG may need more taxpayer money
• Why GM will never repay our $50 billion
• Why Madoff couldn’t have acted alone
• Iraqi oil auction ends with a big yawn
• The chicken plant battle over jobs and the economy
• Huge new hotel planned for next to Sears Tower
• An already cold and rainy season may stay that way
• Okay this is just for fun
• I am one of these people and will be off the rest of the week

What I’m reading today:

• Brookings also calls budget outlook ’scary’ (check out my blog Friday on the latest CBO report)
• FBN Exclusive: The government nearly allowed AIG to go bust
• Banks now going after debit card users
• Why financial reforms won’t prevent another crisis
• The argument for a second stimulus package
• Fed seeks millions from baseball players in alleged Stanford fraud
• Are lower oil prices in the offing?
• Is “W-Arby’s” a good bet?
• 100 ways to survive without a job
• 10 most dollar discounted housing markets
• How many Facebook users will go public?

Stories I’m reading this Tuesday:

• Ford, Nissan and upstart Tesla Motors get government loans
• Nissan CEO “not worried” about selling electric cars
• Another Boeing Dreamliner delay
• Bernie Madoff’s lawyer asks court for only a 12 year sentence
• Many Dems don’t care about higher taxes … so long as taxes don’t go up for everyone
• Is a North Korean vessel carrying weapons to Burma
• Great graphic outlining the different kinds of bankruptcies
• The contrarian’s take on gold
• 10 things your home insurance company won’t tell you
• I almost signed up for Clear … glad I didn’t
• $7 million for Golden Monkeys that never showed
• Yet another personal number - the I.D. score
• How to send smarter emails

Stories I’m reading this Tuesday:

• Let the recount in Iran begin
• In true form, Iran clamps down on foreign journalists
• What the market’s moving averages tell us
• Are hedge funds making a comeback?
• How do you say “I’ve found a buyer” in Swedish?
• Who exactly is Koenigsegg
• Boeing really means it will deliver the 787 this time
• High altitude wind machines could power NYC
• Biotech Genzyme finds an unwelcome bug in its production
• Using maps to better understand our world
• America’s best food stops
• 12 most amazing pools in the world

Stories I’m reading this Monday:

• The President compares America to GM (9th paragraph) with regards to health care
• Why the “46 million uninsured” line the White House throws around isn’t true
• 8,000 California employees making more than $100,000 per year
• Fox learns the President may “trade” fewer lawsuits for health care reform support
• What’s another $283 billion among amis?
• The coming sweeping changes in financial regulation
• Tear gas and Twitter in Iran
• What New York can learn from Pittsburgh
• Yet more subprime mortgage downgrades
• Freakonomics author on the economics of crack
• Goldman Sachs downgrades Wal-Mart
• 4 hardest-hit U.S. counties
• 2050 population projections (hint: India)

Stories I’m reading this Friday:

• Shocking debt-to-GDP historical graphs
• Watch oil if the hard liners win again in Iran
• Why the recession may not end as soon as many think
• Getting tougher on tobacco
• Dell  is making money on Twitter
• Buyer for the Boston Globe?
• Brookings on a North Korea collapse scenario
• “Thanks for not running“
• Why a Burger King put up a “global warming is baloney” sign
• 25 essential books about money
• Cool graphic on the tech world around us
• 10 most/least expensive cars to insure
• Stunning facts about lightning

Stories I’m reading this Thursday:

• California nearing financial meltdown
• But is California too big to fail?
• Retail sales actually rose a bit last month
• People who bought homes in the last 5 years not only overpaid but now also will miss out on what could be a $15,000 tax credit
• But will it even matter with higher interest rates?
• Laffer says get ready for even higher rates and inflation
• Clorox raises its dividend
• The high cost of small car repairs
• Are you ready for the Facebook land grab?
• Would you pay $300,000 for a parking space?
• Worst .. weather .. ever

Try starting your work day like this (looks like he did it on purpose, doesn’t it?)

Courtesy: Failblog

Stories I’m reading this Wednesday:

• On again, off again Chrysler / Fiat deal is on again
• Michigan workers try to reinvent themselves
• Stocks set to rise on positive economic data out of China
• Home Depot also helps the market by raising its forecast
• Opinion: Why it’s in China’s interest to help Tim Geithner
• Inverse indicator?   BusinessWeek proclaims housing slump “over”
• Big hedge fund makes big commercial real estate investment
• Saudi Arabia starts pumping its giant Khurais oilfield
• You just can’t win with the sleep issue

After much time on the road (San Diego, Cairo) I’m back to a normal reading schedule … here’s what’s on my radar today:

Yikes (below)

Courtesy: Haver Analytics via The Big Picture

• Fox Biz exclusive: regulators say more stress tests may be needed
• SCOTUS puts Chrysler deal on hold … does it have more TARP implications?
• Saving?   Hardly … as household debt-to-net worth ratio continues to climb
• One hedge funds analysis on the mortgage crisis
• Paperless papers?
• Pepsi Bottling Group continues its buying spree
• Not so fast on a housing recovery
• Appraisals are a big part of the housing market pain
• Darn it Apple .. I just paid the full price for mine a month ago
• California lawmakers continue to take full pay even as regular folks struggle
• CEO ‘forgets’ to tell wife he’s working for nothing
• 100 most listed brands on Twitter
• Vancouver is the most liveable city in the world
• Will the Northeast have a “year without summer?”

Stories & news I’m following this Thursday:

• Report: GM will file for bankruptcy on Monday
• Even though bondholders may accept the new deal
• Watch my interview on the future of newspapers with boss Rupert Murdoch
• More from ‘All Things D’ and Microsoft’s big announcement
• I’ve used Microsoft’s new search engine, “Bing,” and its pretty darn cool
• Despite government intervention foreclosures and mortgage delinquencies are on the rise
• Gross’ ‘green shoots
• AOLne again
• Scary slideshow about life in North Korea’