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Stories I'm watching this weekend: Fox Business wins battle to uncover where your money is going The PITI-ful reason the mortgage rescue plan won't work The White House tries to get ahead of the "bank nationalization" chatter Stanford is the latest apparent fraud to use a tiny little accounting firm BusinessInsider: a look at Stanford's billionaire ... read more

Stories I'm watching this Monday, Presidents Day: More bad news from Japan, despite the fact they had their own massive stimulus plan years ago There will be no "car czar" position Does the appointment of the Treasury Secretary to head the auto team tell us anything about the long-term prospects of GM and Chrysler? President Obama is moving fast, but ... read more

Stories I'm watching this Thursday: "Stimulus" plan puts a whopping $13 bucks more per week into people's paychecks Stocks falling again today as the market votes with its wallet Roubini: More losses to come and we need to nationalize some of the biggest banks Some economists still believe the program is too small Yet more references to post World War I ... read more

Stories I'm watching this Wednesday: The financial bailout is likely to get even bigger Few are talking about it but Russia could become the next big financial disaster California has more pain to come Warren Buffett is making his own stimulus/infrastructure play The political risk of the stimulus crosses both parties The upside of a down housing ... read more

Stories I'm watching on this busy Tuesday, one which could go down as the most important in American financial history: Ladies and Gentlemen we have hit the "T" (trillion) word in the bank bailout We are actually going over $2 trillion announced today and details are still sketchy All that money and the stock market still isn't rising Don't forget the stimulus plan, which passed ... read more

Stories I'm watching this Monday: We could've paid off nearly every mortgage in America already with what the government has spent "Bad bank" plan gains steam, goes back to Hank Paulson's previous idea for private capital to invest Want to read the entire 778 page stimulus plan?   You can here Obama's plan to move to control the census could have ... read more

Stories I'm watching this Thursday. Most have to do with the stimulus plan passed by the House.    The bill passed easily but neatly split down party lines.  Not one member of the GOP voted for the plan.   It now moves to the Senate and unless the Republicans can somehow muster a filibuster it will pass easily. Even with changes to the House version it is very clear as to one ... read more

Wednesday stories I'm watching: Buy homes in Washington because D.C. is getting bigger with fat government jobs Warren Buffett's long bet on the S&P 500 Unless everyone gets their home loan modified then the system is ripe to be gamed Ex Lehman CEO sells mansion to wife for $100 bucks Why there seems to be so many ponzi schemes right now A chance for the stimulus to do read more

Tuesday stories I'm watching: Detailing Monday's job losses Beck: Obama's stimulus plan is meant to reshape - not rebuild - the economy Fannie and Freddie need more money American Express results are a negative sign for spending by the well-off and companies A bit of good news: the cost of your groceries is going down The bad news is ... read more

Stories I'm watching this Monday: Many banks who received TARP money still aren't lending - is loan demand the real problem? Businesses know the only way to create jobs is to lower their own costs and are asking for tax breaks Pelosi says some people shouldn't have more kids and wants to put them on the pill Note to the President: small, individual tax refunds don't help the ... read more