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Thursday AM Reads

Posted By Anna W On July 21, 2011 @ 7:00 am In Financial Press | Comments Disabled

The latest adds to my Instapaper this morning:

• Layoffs Deepen Gloom (WSJ ^[1]) see also Chokehold on wages (Washington Post ^[2])
• WTF? Banks Pay Back TARP Funds by. . . .Borrowing from Treasury (Yahoo Finance ^[3])
• Worst. Congress. Ever. (Foreign Policy ^[4]) see also Does ‘Gang of Six’ Raise or Cut Taxes? (WSJ ^[5])
• China’s fake Apple stores (Bird Abroad ^[6])
• Friedman: Can Greeks Become Germans? (NYT ^[7]) see also USA, Euro: Crunch time (BBC News ^[8])
• Current account dilemma (China Financial Markets ^[9])
• Banks continue robo-signing (Fidelity ^[10]) see also Wells Fargo’s big mortgage ripoff (CNNMoney ^[11])
• 5 Reasons Borders Went Out of Business (and What Will Take Its Place) (Moneyland ^[12])
• Sizzle Factor for a Restless Climate (NYT ^[13])
• Utterly Hilarious: Damn You, Auto Correct! (DYAC ^[14])

What are you reading?

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[1] WSJ: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903461104576458322987900468.html?mod=wsj_share_twitter

[2] Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/corporate-americas-chokehold-on-wages/2011/07/19/gIQAL2ieOI_story.html

[3] Yahoo Finance: http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daniel-gross/banks-pay-back-tarp-funds-borrowing-treasury-205658852.html

[4] Foreign Policy: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/07/19/worst_congress_ever?print=yes&hidecomments=yes&page=full

[5] WSJ: http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2011/07/19/does-gang-of-six-plan-raise-or-cut-taxes/

[6] Bird Abroad: http://birdabroad.wordpress.com/2011/07/20/are-you-listening-steve-jobs/

[7] NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/20/opinion/20friedman.html

[8] BBC News: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14224699

[9] China Financial Markets: http://mpettis.com/2011/07/current-account-dilemma/

[10] Fidelity: https://news.fidelity.com/news/news.jhtml?articleid=201107182334RTRSNEWSCOMBINED_TRE76H5XX_1&cat=Top.Investing.RT&IMG=N

[11] CNNMoney: http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2011/07/20/wells-fargos-big-mortgage-ripoff/

[12] Moneyland: http://moneyland.time.com/2011/07/19/5-reasons-borders-went-out-of-business-and-what-will-take-its-place/

[13] NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/20/opinion/20cullen.html?_r=2

[14] DYAC: http://damnyouautocorrect.com/10484/the-top-15-most-popular-dyac-texts-of-all-time/

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