Courtesy of Tyler Durden
- Mandatory Prison in Securities Frauds Sought by New York’s District Attorney Cyrus Vance (Bloomberg)
- Financial Meltdown Was ‘Avoidable,’ Inquiry Concludes (NYT)
- Default worry sees US muni bond sales dry up (FT)
- Greece Default With Ireland Breaks Euro by 2016 in Global Poll (Bloomberg)
- Lehman Brothers amends bankruptcy plan (Reuters)
- Davos Moguls Adjust to Fast, Slow, Reverse: Mohamed El-Erian (Bloomberg)
- Bernanke Gets 66% Approval From Investors Disliking QE2….all of whom can afford a Bloomberg terminal (Bloomberg)
- Fed warns banks to be weary of expensive CDS: Impact of High-Cost Credit Protection Transactions on the Assessment of Capital Adequacy (Fed)
- China Is No White Knight in Euro’s Debt Crisis (Bloomberg)
- Egyptian government bans demonstrations (FT)
- Germany inflation to hit 4% experts warn (Bild)
- Obama Embraces Business Agenda on Exports, Roads, Taxes (Bloomberg)
- The Troubled Fannie & Freddie Omission (Real Clear Markets)
- Thank you Japan: EFSF Debut Bond Rises on 1st Day Amid `Blowout’ Investor Demand (Bloomberg) as hyperindebted Japan purchases 20% of bond (Dow Jones)
- Is College Tuition Too Low?(NYT)