Grim Forecast for L.A. and Long Beach Ports - LA Times

Poll: 57% Don't See Stimulus Working - USA Today

Why Were Better Off with the Dragon Than with Uncle Sam - The Sydney Morning Herald

Columbia: U.S. Continues Mammoth Global Military Presence - Global Research

China May Boost Energy, Mining Aquisitions by Half - Bloomberg

Toxic Loans Topping 5% May Push 150 Banks to Point of No Return - Bloomberg

U.S. Economy: Consumer Sentiment Falls, Prices Steady - Bloomberg

The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get...Fired - Business Insider

Soaring Deficits May Defy Forecasts - USA Today

Hunger Hits Detroit's Middle Class - CNN Money

The Pentagon Wants Authority to Post Almost 400,000 Military Personnel in U.S. - The Progressive

A 'Jobless' and 'Wageless' Recovery? - Nouriel Roubini - Forbes

Citi's Dirty Pool of Assets - Reuters

U.S. Posted Record Year-To-Date Budget Gap in July - Bloomberg

Cap-And-Trade's Unlikely Critics: It's Creators - Wall Street Journal

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U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Rose to 558,000 Last Week - Bloomberg

U.S. Foreclosure Filings Set Third Record-High in Five Months - Bloomberg

Back to School Shopping Gets Lean and Mean - Time

Home Price Declines Accelerate in Second Quarter - Bloomberg

The Next Fannie Mae - Wall Street Journal

A Scary Reality - NY Times

Fed Faces Its Zimbabwe Moment - Forbes

Bad Assets May Need More Support - Reuters

American Graduates Finding Jobs in China - NY Times

Homebuilders are Back at It - Should We Be Worried? - Time

U.S. Underwater Mortgages May Reach 30% - Bloomberg

China Imports Record Oil, Iron Ore as Economy Expands - Bloomberg

New York Fed Aggressively Hiring Traders - CNBC

Soaring Deficit May Defy Forecasts - USA Today

Obama Will Be Crushed Under a Mountain of Debt - Niall Ferguson - Business Insider

Fed Focusing on Real-Estate Recession as FOMC Meets - Bloomberg

China Keeps Buying Energy - Business Insider

Wages and Salaries Fell 4.7%, Most on Record - Mish

David Rosenberg: 'Clunkers' Exposes Government Stupidity - Business Insider

Job Options Narrow as U.S. Recession Bites - Reuters

Sluggish July Sales Show Tight-Fisted Consumers - Associated Press

Fed Buys $7 Billion in Treasurys - Market Watch

Obama Faces Huge Bill on Afghan Security - Financial Times

China Warns Developed Nations of Inflation, Currency Threats - Bloomberg

America Offering Chinese Leaders TIPS - The Economist

About Half of U.S. Mortgages Seen Underwater by 2011 - Yahoo! News

The Commercial Real Estate Debacle is Heating Up - My Budget 360

Banks Swamped by a Wave of Personal Debt - Times Online

Shadow Housing Inventory: The Deception of the Foreclosure Numbers and the Real REO Picture - Dr. Housing Bubble

Lost Generation? U.S. Grads Work for Free, Look Abroad - Reuters

U.S. Farmland Values Fall for First Time Since 1987 - Bloomberg

U.S. Treasury to Sell $75 Billion in Long-Term Debt - Bloomberg

Higher Prices Pushed Up Consumer Spending for June - NY Times

Four of Top 'Clunkers' Model Purchases are Foreign - Bloomberg

U.S. Prime Borrowers Slip Behind with Payments as Housing Slump Goes On - Financial Times

Goldman Sachs $100 Million Trading Days Reach Record - Bloomberg

Senators, Advisers Urge Obama to More than Double Afghan Forces - Bloomberg

Pressure Mounts on Bank of England to 'Print More Money' - Times Online

American Incomes Head Down, Threatening Recovery in Spending - Bloomberg

Private Sector Loses 371,000 Jobs in July - Reuters

Consumer Spending up .4% in June, while Incomes Down 1.3% - Bureau of Economic Analysis

Sorry Tim and Ben, Inflation Won't Solve the Debt Problem - Business Insider

Pentagon Wrestles with Possible Twitter, Facebook Ban - Wired

Bernanke's Exit Dilemma - Wall Street Journal

GMAC Posts Wider Quarterly Loss as Loan Defaults Rise - Bloomberg

U.K. Royal Mint Doubles Gold Output as Demand Swells - Bloomberg

Antidepressant Use Doubles in U.S., Study Finds - Reuters

The 10 Most Respected Global Warming Skeptics - Business Insider

China Moves to Internationalise its Currency - Times Online

Becker Says Bernanke May Fail to Curb Inflation During Recovery - Bloomberg

Clunkers Could Backfire for Deal-Happy Consumers - Market Watch

Pump Prices are on the Rise - LA Times

Consumer Spending Rises in June, Incomes Fall - Reuters

Geithner Goes Ape on Bair, Bernanke, and Schapiro Over Regulatory Reform - Business Insider

Global Economy at Risk from Oil Price Rise - Financial Times

Banks Produce Profits, with a Lot of Help - MSNBC

China Manufacturing Growth at 12-Month High in July - Market Watch

Emerging-Market Stock Rally Recoups Loss Since Lehman Collapse - Bloomberg

Ackerman Says Bad Loans are 'Next Wave' of Crisis - Bloomberg

Central Bank Dollar-Overexposure - Good for Gold, Bad for Dollar? - Mineweb

Recession Won't End until Year-End, Roubini Says - Bloomberg

U.S. Recession Worst Since Great Depression - Bloomberg

U.S. Foreclosures Spreading to Regions Formerly Spared - Philadelphia Business Today