2011 Articles of Interest
DECEMBER
Fee Drought Triggers 'Bloodletting' for Stock Traders
Fiskalunion is worst of all worlds for Europe
Global slowdown triggers China factory strikes
ECB stymied on debt crisis without fiscal union
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard's Predictions for 2012: China's growth model tests its limits
China manufacturing PMI raises fears for 'hard landing'
Postrel: U.S. Universities Feast on Federal Student Aid
UK banks must brace themselves for euro break-up
U.S. Workers' Pay Slide Poses Consumer Risk
NOVEMBER
MF's Missing Money Makes You Wonder About Goldman
Barclays' profits blasted as 'tricks' by City analysts
Lowe's Plans to Shut 20 Underperforming Stores, Affecting 1,950 Employees
Student Loan Debt Leads to Despair, Protests -- and Many Defaults
Wall Street Unoccupied With 200,000 Job Cuts
OCTOBER
Best Buy Sales at Risk as Impulse Wanes
California Nears Automatic Spending Cuts With Revenue $705 Million Short
European banks face collapse under debts, warns Deutsche Bank chief Josef Ackermann
An important lesson from Jackson Hole 2010
Gordon Brown fears euro crisis worse than Lehman as 1930s beckon
OECD Cuts Growth Forecasts for U.S., Japan
Pennsylvania capital files for bankruptcy
Recession Officially Over, U.S. Incomes Kept Falling
Trichet warns of 'systemic' phase of crisis
SEPTEMBER
China Faces Subprime Credit Bubble Crisis
Spain Raises Taxes on the Rich
The $2 Billion UBS Incident: "Rogue Trader" My Ass
Germany's Resiliency Buoys Europe
Double-dip fears across the West as confidence crumbles
Struggling with a great contraction
UK debt levels damaging growth, warns BIS
Why you should care about tax expenditures
AUGUST
Euro bail-out in doubt as 'hysteria' sweeps Germany
European officials round on Lagarde
Boomer Retirement: Headwinds for U.S. Equity Markets?
Lagarde calls for urgent action on banks
Bank job cuts top 60,000 after ABN Amro axes thousands
Barclays sees S&P 500 way up by end of year
Decade of Stimulus Yields Nothing but Debt: Caroline Baum
Goldman Sachs point to a US consumer revival
Margin Calls Push Stock Leverage Down Most In Year
Mind the gap; bonds signal a depression
Dial-a-Crowd Confronts Debt-Laden Spanish Banks by Thwarting Foreclosures
Outlook for UK jobs market turns bearish
Part-time Britain hits record high as unemployment soars
Rise of Consumer Credit in Chile and Brazil Leads to Big Debts and Lender Abuses
3 Hitches in Bank of America's Big Mortgage Settlement
Curse Those Who Gave Us Bank of America
The City Payroll May Include a Few Too Many Bosses
Building Bloom in China Stirs Fears of Debt Overload
Chongqing - The Largest Construction Site In The World
Middle-Income Boomers Expect Tough Retirement
Vanguard Maintains Retirement Account Balances Not So Bleak
Worse Start To The European Earnings Season In A Decade
JULY
Italy money supply plunge flashes red warning signals
Rome accused of fiddling while Italian economy burns
BofA, Goldman Among Banks Cutting Jobs
Brazil risks tumbling from boom to bust
Brazil's New Middle Class Goes on a Spree
Germany isn’t about exports anymore
The bull market in doom rhetoric, FOMC minutes edition
Realty trade group overreported Chicago home prices
The Fed's forecasts Serial disappointment
Widening GM Truck Supply Reminiscent of 2008 ‘Bad Habits’: Cars
JUNE
Wall Street Braces for New Layoffs as Profits Wane
Global economy menaced by return of living dead
Most Euro-Zone Economies Contract
Trichet Says Risk Signals Are Flashing Red as Debt Crisis Threatens Banks
Affluent Investors Worried About Retirement
BlackRock's Fink Says Europe's Financial Problems Go 'Way Beyond' Greece
Federal shadow housing inventory is getting bigger
Under-reported – and non-performing – assets at US banks
GM Plans Plant Shutdowns to Pare Truck Supply
Many May Need To Work 'Far Beyond' 65, Says Study
U.S. Postal Service to Stop Paying Pension Fund
UK Banks Abandon Eurozone Over Greek Default Fears
‘Hidden’ debt raises Spain bond fears
The PP says there is no money to pay payrolls in Castilla-La Mancha
MAY
Albert Edwards and an afternoon tea-party with the Vestal Virgins
German exposure to Greece, a bad bank tale [updated]
Greece crisis worsens amid political stalemate
Greek debt restructuring would do 'massive harm' to eurozone, Jurgen Stark says
Meanwhile, in the Spanish periphery…
Why the British economy is in very deep trouble
No light at end of the tunnel for Greece means dark clouds on Ireland's horizon
Greece and Portugal debts worse than expected
Greece appeals to Brussels for further financial aid
Ireland's future depends on breaking free from bailout
The financing pyramid and margin debt
Why I Won't Support More Bailouts
U.S. post has $2.2 billion loss, warns of Sept insolvency
Biggest Banks Beating Estimates Can’t Hide 13% Drop in Revenue
GM Channel Stuffing Hits Record In April
Greece Can’t Avoid Debt Restructuring, Germany’s Feld Says (2)
Japanese production suffers record fall
Lost decade? We've already had one
Portugal faces two years of recession, warns finance minister Teixeira dos Santos
Portugal Wins Aid, Heightening Euro Backlash Over Bailouts (1)
Market Valuation: The Message from the Q Ratio
‘Squatter Rent’ May Boost Spending as U.S. Mortgage Holders Bail
APRIL
The US recovery is little more than an economic 'sugarrush'
Wells Fargo Eliminates 1,900 Mortgage Jobs as Home Lending Slows
MARCH
Los Angeles, Unions Reach Deal
Postal Service to Cut 7,500 Managers
TrimTabs Finds Social Benefits Are Equal To One Third Of All US Wages And Salaries
As Big Boxes Shrink, They Also Rethink
CoreLogic: 11.1 Million U.S. Properties with Negative Equity in Q4
Dubai Can’t Kick Building Habit as Property Glut Expands
Honesty for Banks Is Still Such a Lonely Word: Jonathan Weil
U.S. Loans in Foreclosure Tie Record; Lenders Delay Seizures
ECB prepares rate rise as global tide turns
The global economy is critically ill
FEBRUARY
Campbell Cuts 2011 Earnings, Sales Forecast
Fed Tells Banks to Stress Test Capital for Recession
Greece's Efforts to Limit Tax Evasion Have Little Success
QE safeguarded 3m American jobs, says Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke
Gasoline Inventories Jump To 20 Year High As Gas Price Surges
Greece Joins Italy in Objecting to Proposed EU Debt-Reduction Benchmarks
Ireland’s Lenihan Wants Senior Bank Debt Discounts
Japan Economy Shrinks Less-Than-Estimated 1.1%, Surpassed by China in 2010
Spain orders drastic caja clean-up to win confidence and fight off EMU debt contagion
Amagerbanken Senior Bondholders to Suffer Losses
Substantial Future Home Price Declines Predicted By Goldman Sachs And Peak Theories
Merkel Defies Deutsche Bank as Ackermann Frets Bonds in Davos
'Toxic' Assets Still Lurking at Banks
UK consumer confidence suffers 'astonishing collapse'
JANUARY
Bank of England chief Mervyn King: standard of living to plunge at fastest rate since 1920s
Bankrupt Vallejo May Repay Its Creditors as Little as 5% of Claims
US Banks Reporting Phantom Income on $1.4 Trillion Delinquent Mortgages
Downturn's Ugly Trademark: Steep, Lasting Drops in Wages
ECB intervenes as debt crisis deepens
EMU policies are pushing Southern Europe into systemic political crisis
EU plans for bondholder haircuts unsettles debt markets
Irish lenders besiege central bank for emergency loans
Junk Borrowers Turn Tables With Looser Terms: Credit Markets
Mayor Bloomberg Vows No New York City Tax Increase as He Confronts Deficit
OPEC denies lack of supply is to blame for $99 oil
Spain to Ramp Up Bailout of Banks
Birinyi Says S&P 500 Index May Surge to 2,854 by 2013 (Update3)
Goldman Goes For Broke, Raises 2011 S&P Target To 1,500
Charting Three Decades Of The Exponential December BLS Seasonal Adjustment
U.S. Shopping Center Vacancies Rise as Unemployment Rate Climbs
Wall Streets Big Fat Fear Trade Scam
California’s Brown Says Budget Plan Will Be ‘Painful’ (Update2)
Albert Edwards, SocGen bear, takes a bite out of China
Borders Tumbles After Delaying Publisher Payments (Update1)
Illinois Has Days to Plug $13 Billion Gap That Took Years to Create