From Vanity Fair, on Iceland’s financial rise and fall: Wall Street on the Tundra (HT: Sharon)
Flagler County, Florida, had the state’s highest jobless rate: 16.8 percent (HT: F.G.)
Items from The Economatrix:
Federal Salaries Targeted As Private Sector Pay Stagnates
Skies Darken For Bernanke Nomination
Luxury Retailers Look To State Christmas Comeback
Tech Stocks Pull Market Out Of 3-Day Slide
7 US Banks Seized, 2009 Total Now 140
66% Americans Not Confident Their Children’s Lives Will Be Better