Fannie and Freddie
The Fannie-Freddie Maelstrom Continues – WSJ MarketBeat
The Fannie and Freddie doomsday scenario – Fortune
McCain Says Fannie, Freddie `Vital,’ Must Not Fail – Bloomberg
Kiss of death for Fannie, Freddie? – MarketWatch
Finance
Lloyds TSB pulls out of German talks – Telegraph
Lehman Brothers shares tumble to new low on more credit fears – Globe & Mail
PIMCO: We’re Still Trading With Lehman – WSJ MarketBeat
Bailouts and the ‘Too Big to Fail’ Problem – Real Time Economics
Marc Faber: Bernanke, Fed a ‘Joke’ – Street Talk
Spain Bond Sale Postponed as Investors Get Skittish – Bloomberg
The only way is down – The Economist (article abut Matthew Simmons and peak oil)
Economy
UK Inflation: Further blow to rate cut hopes as figures show retailers have pushed up food prices by 7% – Guardian
Big Drop in U.S. Jobless Claims – WSJ
UK House building crisis: Q&A – Telegraph
Worst of Housing Crisis Is Behind Us — Really – Bloomberg
Lufthansa wage talks collapse – Globe & Mail
Japan’s Wholesale Inflation Rises to a 27-Year High – Bloomberg
Student Loans Gone Awry Trap Retirees in Auction Debt – Bloomberg
Politics
Something Big is Going On – Ron Paul (hat tip The Mess That Greenspan Made)
The euro’s eastern future – FT
Jesse Jackson gets a little nutty – Carpetbagger Report
Ted Kennedy, coming through when it counts (again) – Carpetbagger Report
McCain’s ’straight talk’ on contraception – Carpetbagger Report
It’s Hard Out Here For A Nominee – Blogometer
Odds and Ends
Amidst rising prices, might food crime be the next trend? – Japan Economy and Newslog
Obese Men Produce Less Semen, More Abnormal Sperm – Bloomberg
Female employment – Economist
Spain
Banesto aumenta un 15% su beneficio, hasta 449 millones – El Mundo
Los fabricantes de automóviles creen que las ventas caerán un 20% en 2008 – El Mundo
Sebastián habla de ‘casi recesión’ y Solbes no descarta que se produzca un ‘crecimiento cero’ – El Mundo
‘The Economist’ y ‘Financial Times’ piden un G-12 que incluya a España – El Pais