It’s the economy, stupid
- Foreclosures’ financial strains take toll on kids – USA Today
- It’s All Over But the Dating for U.S. Recession: Caroline Baum – Bloomberg
- Los datos parciales hasta mayo apuntan a un crecimiento cero de la economía española – El Pais
- Excuse Me, Do You Work Here? No, I Just Need to Fold Clothes – WSJ
- Export Decline Offers More Evidence Of German Slowdown – Euro Watch
Politics
- G-8 Vows to Fight Climate Change, But Disagreements Pose Challenge – WSJ
- Partying like it’s 1980 all over again – MarketWatch
Housing
- Irish house prices fall to lowest level in more than two years – Irish Independent
- Los precios de la vivienda nueva bajan un 2,1% – El Pais
- UK mortgage rate soars to eight-year high – Times Online
Finance
- Old Harvard Ties Failing in New Egalitarian Age: Amity Shlaes – Bloomberg
- RBC’s writedowns could double to more than $3B: analyst – National Post
- Merrill may get $5 bln for Bloomberg stake: report – MarketWatch
Odds and Ends
- How Much Does It Cost You in Wages if You “Sound Black?” – NY Times
- Recessions are Good for Google, Yahoo and Wikipedia – Infectious Greed
- Managing Your Online Reputation – Market Movers
- Newer, Faster, Cheaper iPhone 3G – WSJ
- Oversease iPhone 3G Review: Great But Not Perfect – PCWorld
- Yahoo must call time on Jerry Yang – FT