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Stories I'm reading this Thursday: The phantom jobs stimulus Mortgage delinquencies hit a record AOL cutting more jobs Even blogs aren't immune to the media slowdown How to make $170 million in just two years Gold's rise in context Why cap & trade is 'dead policy walking' Lehman's bankruptcy slideshow More on the FAA glitch As pensions dried up, 4 companies ... read more

Stories I'm reading this Wednesday: Housing permits, applications tumble Goldman, Buffett team up to help small business "Dr Doom" Roubini: the worst is yet to come $98 billion in wasteful health care payments this year Brookings on what's blocking the recovery The stimulus fraud of fake job creation As con men cash in on stimulus funds Stunning visual of the growth of ... read more

Be sure to catch the latest in our American Icon series.    All day Monday I will be broadcasting from one of the oldest and most well known companies in America.   It's a company that has paid -- without  cutting -- a dividend for 111 years, is consistently ranked as a top place to work and whose products are known to everyone.   Here's a hint: its based in the city that has more theater ... read more

Photo courtesy: Detroit News What I'm reading today: FHA audit shows cash reserves dangerously low The 'awkward dance' between America and China Another sign of a China bubble? Fascinating unsolicited home loan modification offer Intel pays off AMD World's most powerful people Unions pushing on state legislatures GE and HP make deals Builders brace for long winter read more

Stories I'm reading this Wednesday: AIG CEO threatens to walk Another day, another record for gold What mortgage mods?   Orange County foreclosure notices hit highs FHA now trying to boost the Miami condo market Apple now taking on Nintendo Motorola seeks buyer for set-top box unit Huff Po: Pharma deal could net industry $137 billion Revisit: my blog on big pharma a few ... read more

Stories I'm reading this Tuesday: Life on severance: comfort then crisis Suddenly even Democrats are concerned about all the spending New York state "on the brink" because of entitlement spending Dodd unveiling financial reform plan Counting the jobs created by stimulus Taxing Private Ryan Bullish on Walmart Pfizer slashing R&D spending, read more

Stories I'm reading this Wednesday... Intel smacked with antitrust lawsuit Fears of a new global bubble Gold, gold, gold ADP report shows continued layoffs Virginia cuts unemployment benefits California stealin' Bill Gates buys more AutoNation While Buffett sells Moody's The "new" Japan Apparently even the dead can vote Toyota latest to pull out of Formula ... read more

Stories I'm reading this Tuesday: Buffett/BNI deal: "All in wager on the economy" My take: big bet on coal, too Evercore beats the big banks for the deal Factory orders rise in September Get ready for middle class tax hikes Break up the big banks? Housing nightmare: Paid $559,000, now worth $360,000 China rushing toward a Japan-like bubble Barrons: read more

Stories I'm reading this Monday: Another very busy week How Goldman secretly bet on the housing crash We're governed by callous children Health care overhaul cheat sheet Pelosi pushing for health care vote this week Lazear: Stimulus and the jobless recovery SEC unveils trove of Madoff-related material Tempers flare over Chinese involvement in Texas wind ... read more

What I'm reading this Wednesday: Wall Street Journal on former AMD CEO Ruiz being implicated in the Galleon case Kiplinger asks 6 big names where we are headed MarketWatch says that LA is choosing Google over Microsoft Smart Money on 3 stocks that should benefit from a weaker dollar MarketWatch on the 7 best hidden economic indicators GlassDoor on the lowest rated CEOs according ... read more