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Stories I'm reading this Thursday: Quietly mortgages continue to fall into record deliquencies Jobless claims rise more than expected Dems may split health care bill to push parts through on own He misses the point that even Dems don't want to lose an election over health care Cash for Corpses GM cancels new SUV one week after announcing it Pro Publica's take ... read more

Tuesday reading: Pelosi clearly hearing it from her California constituents on health care Whole Foods CEO pays for his views with store boycotts What one hotel is doing to survive The guy behind the hacking of 130 million credit card numbers The Swedish car company with the unpronounceable name buys the other Swedish car company Cocaine in the ... read more

What I'm checking out this morning: Tough start to the week for stocks NY Attorney General goes after Schwab Cash for clunkers a big negative for auto parts companies 12 next economic bubbles to burst? 10 steps to better health care Lowe's figures show fewer doing home improvement projects Ethical companies last longer Entrepreneurial tips looking back at Microsoft Why we ... read more

Stories I'm reading this Wednesday: The Fed won't move on rates today Whole Foods CEO on what we need to do about health care Micromanaging can be a good thing with the economy on the line Madoff exec: "it was all fake" Tone deaf health campaign? America still is #2! (in corporate taxes) Microsoft and Nokia team up to take on RIMM Our guests yesterday went ahead and read more

Stories I'm reading this Tuesday: Fewer workers means those working are working more Small banks the next big threat? Brookings on paying for health care No New Hampshire town hall attendees screened The growing movement for a national sales tax 230mpg for the Chevy Volt? That 230mpg figure comes with caveats Huge California real estate firm defaults on some ... read more

FYI - Driving to northern Michigan today for a long weekend.   Going I-80 to I-75 to Rte 23.  If anyone in the areas I'm boogying through knows of any major highway issues (construction delays, etc) please let me know. Stories I'm reading today .. a bit shorter today due to my impending drive: The pace of job loss continues to ease Warren "Bailout" Buffett? Homebuilder DR Horton ... read more

Stories I'm reading this Tuesday: Emmanuel pressured the media about the last press conference How a small music magazine broke in to Walmart Corporate America's female Madoff? Has China become a giant ponzi scheme? Can Barry Diller make content pay? How 'car czar' Rattner lost control Pepsi close to buying two bottlers for nearly $8 ... read more

Stories to start the week: Get ready for the middle class tax hike 185 companies say they oppose health care overhaul Many more big companies release earnings this week Pimco's McCulley says rates wont rise until 2011 More on the capital ratios of banks Buying Madoff "insurance" with private investigators Groups of investors buying foreclosures Rare ... read more

Stories I'm reading this Friday: Longest recession on record Memo: Dems plan battle against insurers How Yahoo really gets shafted in the Microsoft deal The deficit: how we got it and why it matters Airlines cashing in on your bad luck Khosla on the money to be made in cleantech New Jersey finally wins at something How to eat on just $36 bucks per month Restaurant volume ... read more

Stories I'm reading this Wednesday: Microsoft teams up with Yahoo and no one cares Much chatter on housing market recovery Bernie speaks and says he hates his kids The politics of speculation KKR plans its first IPO in a long time Farm lobby divided over climate bille Massachusetts pension fund continues to get hammered Apple plays hardball with Google over iPhone apps Is ... read more