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The Aleph Blog – The Rules, Part VI The Twitter Platform's Inflection Point – A VC News N Economics: Reducing household financial leverage: the easy way and the hard way Europe Economy Unexpectedly Stalled in Fourth Quarter –…

Rick Bookstaber certainly thinks so. He recently wrote a piece which defines the pressure points for market risk and found the municipal bond market to be a problem in need of a solution.  Rick writes: I don’t think we will see a…

'Extreme Makeover' Show Downsizes Its McMansions – WSJ.com Ahead of the Tape: How Wide the Inflation Chasm Between Fed, Investors? – WSJ.com Greek banks hit by wealthy citizens moving their money offshore – Telegraph…

Office vacancy rate hits 16-year high| Reuters Demand for O.C. homes at 9-month high – Lansner on Real Estate : The Orange County Register FT.com / Columnists / Wolfgang Munchau – Greece will default, but not this year…

Fitch downgrades Illinois ratings, may cut again | Reuters The Last Temptation of Risk – Barry Eichengreen Economic Principals – Bloggers and Journalists New Economic Perspectives: The Chinese Are Coming! The Chinese Are Coming! Oh…

Tea Party Avoids Divisive Social Issues – NYTimes.com What's Happening to China's Migrant Workers? A New Generation Coming and Going – The China Sourcing Blog States may hold onto tax refunds for months – USATODAY.com Fed Helped Bank…

David Rosenberg takes on the sovereign debt issue in his latest commentary, highlighting the structural deficits in the U.S. and the U.K. They are actually higher than in Spain or Greece. Greece here, Portugal there. Did you know that…

The latest dust-up involving Goldman Sachs involves Build America Bonds. The New York Times reports: Senator Charles E. Grassley of Iowa has asked Goldman Sachs to clarify how much it has collected in underwriting fees as states and…

Former New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine talks with Bloomberg's Deirdre Bolton and Erik Schatzker about his concerns about the U.S. budget deficit and stimulus-spending strategy.

Folks, if I can get out of here , I will.  I need the sun and that relaxation that only Mexico can provide.  So expect light posting next week.  Meanwhile, DC expects yet more snow on Monday (ha ha ha – Schadenfreude – ha…