From Vanity Fair, on Iceland’s financial rise and fall: Wall Street on the Tundra [1] (HT: Sharon)
Flagler County, Florida, had the state’s highest jobless rate: 16.8 percent [2] (HT: F.G.)
Items from The Economatrix:
Federal Salaries Targeted As Private Sector Pay Stagnates [3]
Skies Darken For Bernanke Nomination [4]
Luxury Retailers Look To State Christmas Comeback [5]
What People Are Splurging On [6]
Tech Stocks Pull Market Out Of 3-Day Slide [7]
7 US Banks Seized, 2009 Total Now 140 [8]
66% Americans Not Confident Their Children’s Lives Will Be Better [9]
Greenspan: Threat To U.S. Fiscal Stability Larger Than Ever [10]