AmEx sent this: Debts Rise, and Go Unpaid, as Bust Erodes Home Equity [1]
item: TARP Billions Shipped Overseas Can’t Halt Global Slowdown [2]
David B. suggested this article: Judge orders Wells Fargo to pay back $203 Million in fees [3]
Taleb Says Government Bonds to Collapse, Avoid Stocks [4]. (Thanks to G.G., SurvivalBlog’s Poet Laureate, for the link.)
Items from The Economatrix:
Stocks Fall After Cisco Earnings, Jobless Data [5]
Jobs Picture Dims as Unemployment Claims Rise
Mortgage Rates Hit 4.44% as Economy Sours
Oil Price Slide Continues on Grim Economic Data [6]
Markets Dive As Depression Fears Grow [7]
Stock Market “Perfect Storm” Cuts Pension Income Two Thirds [8]
Fed Starts Attempt to Placate Markets [9]
JC Penney Cuts Outlook on Consumer Weakness