Five Steps to Fix The Banks - Portfolio

California to Delay $4 Billion in Payments Wall Street Journal

Can Countries Really Go Bankrupt Der Spiegel

US set for ‘big bang’ financial clean-up Financial Times

Foreclosure's Final Act
Area Homeowners' Fears Unfold In High-Stakes Courtroom Dramas - Washington Post

Job cuts exceed 100,000 for the week - CNN

Florida, Maryland, Utah Banks Shut as Financial Crisis Deepens - Bloomberg

The new financial bubble is here - MSN.com

Bank bailout: More money, more problems MoneyCnn.com

The Big Fix NY Times

Even Worse Than it Looks - The Economist

Obama pledges mortgage help with new financial plan - Reuters

Will $700B bailout work? We may never know - Associated Press

The Financial Crisis Is Driving Hordes of Americans to Suicide - Alternet.org

The Audacity of Reality - Every day seems worse than the previous day - SeekingAlpha

Consumers cut credit payments, struggle to pay bills USA Today

by trying to do everything all it once, the bill does nothing well. - NY Times

Why the Bank Bailouts are Doomed MSN Money

The Worst is Still Ahead of Us -Marketwatch

Mayor Bloomberg's grim doomsday budget cuts 23,000 city jobs NY Daily News

U.S. Economy: GDP Fell 3.8% in Fourth Quarter, Most Since 1982 - Bloomberg

President Obama calls $18 Billion Bonuses on Wall Street Shameful Yahoo Finance

Could Bank of America Go to Zero? SeekingAlpha

December Durable Goods Orders Down Fifth Straight Month Marketwatch

Record Numbers Standing in Unemployment Lines

New Home Sales Plummet to Record Low - Marketwatch

How About a Payroll Tax Stimulus? Wall Street Journal

The game changer -By George Soros - Financial Times

Can Free Markets Survive Real Clear Markets

U.S. Economy: Sales of New Homes, Durable Goods Orders Tumble - Bloomberg

Cram-downs Pass House Panel Head to a Vote Housingwire

Buyout Firms Face Credit Drought Bloomberg

Fed Warns of Global Slowdown Bloomberg

Starbucks to Cut 6,700 Jobs USA Today

Fed Keeps Interest Rate Near Zero USA Today

Economic Troubles Bring Many to the Brink CNN

California home foreclosures top 236,000 in 2008 - LA Times

Target to Cut 9% of Headquarters Jobs, Shut Distribution Center - Bloomberg

Should we worry about government borrowing crowding out private investment? The Atlantic

US Home Values Down Record Marketwatch

Consumer Confidence Record Low Marketwatch

Recession Batters Law Firms, Triggering Layoffs, Closings - Wall Street Journal

GIVE US SOME BANG FOR OUR BAILOUT BUCKS The Times of London

When Central Bankers Rescued Then Ruined the World - The New Yorker

TO SAVE THE BANKS WE MUST STAND UP TO THE BANKERS - Financial Times

IN THIS MELTDOWN, NON-EXPERTS KNOW BETTER - Forbes

Wave of layoffs in U.S., Europe show severity of the recession - USA Today

SOUTH FLORIDA HOME PRICES PLUNGED IN 2008 Sun-Sentinel.com

FINANCIAL CRISIS TOPPLES ICELAND GOVERNMENT - Financial Times

FANNIE TO TAP U.S. FOR AS MUCH AS $16 BILLION IN AID - Bloomberg

STAGFLATION RISK RISES - SeekingAlpha.com

INTENSE RECESSION THROUGH SPRING SAY ANALYSTS Housingwire.com

77,000 JOB CUTS ANNOUNCED TODAY - Bloomberg

GM SHIFT CUTS IN OHIO AND MICHIGAN - Bloomberg News

HOME DEPOT TO CLOSE ALL EXPOS - Marketwatch

BAD NEWS, WE'RE BACK TO 1931, GOOD NEWS IT'S NOT 1933 YET - Telegraph UK

WATCH OUT FOR STIMULUS 'LEAKS' - WSJ

THREE ECONOMIC CRISES IN ONE - Real Clear Politics

NO, WE HAVEN'T TURNED THE CORNER YET - Newsweek

RENTS DROP NATIONWIDE AS VACANCIES SPIKE Business Week

HIGHEST RATES IN GENERATION CONFRONT EVERYONE WITHOUT FED FUNDS - Bloomberg

MAJORITY OF ECONOMISTS ANTICIPATE A SLOW RECOVERY - USA Today

ECONOMISTS: RECESSION GETTING WORSE

ADMINISTRATION WARNS THE COUNTRY COULD FACE A LONG AND PAINFUL FINANCIAL RECOVERY

A REVOLUTION IN SPIRIT-ECONOMIC POLICY - The Nation

DALLAS AREA HOMEBUILDERS SUSPEND OPERATIONS- Dallas Morning News

THE WORLD WON'T BUY UNLIMITED DEBT - WSJ

SLUMP DEEPENED AS CREDIT FROZE

ECONOMY IN SHOCK: FAILURE OVERLOAD Los Angeles Times

"FEAR" SIGNALS U.S. JOBLESS ROLLS TO SWELL - Bloomberg

Government Spending Is No Free Lunch Wall Street Journal