Business/Economic/Housing/Layoff News for October 6, 2010

Washington Post graphics explain "Why It Doesn't Feel Like A Recovery"

Oil hovers below $83 ahead of new market data

Mish - Global Competitive Debasement: Currency Wars Begin

Silver, Gold, The U.S. Dollar, Bankers, And What's In Store

James Howard Kunstler: "Full Bore To The Vanishing Point"

The IMF calls the $4 Trillion in bank debts our 'Achilles Heel'

Google CEO: "Washington is an incumbent protection machine."

Atlantic City casinos cut 1,400 jobs in September

Business/Economic/Housing/Layoff News for October 5, 2010

Undercover of the Night: U.S. Congress passed an extension of the increased Fannie/Freddie/FHA loan limits for high cost housing markets to a maximum $729,750.

7 Lessons From The Latest Housing Foreclosure Scandal

Connecticut seeks a freeze on all banks' foreclosures for 60 days

Comptroller of California advises legislators to delay paying bills so the Golden Bear State doesn't have to write I.O.U.s

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For first time in a year analysts cut profits call on the S&P 500

Housing Analyst Prediction: One In Five Borrowers Will Default Into Foreclosures On Their Home Loans

Consumer bankruptcies rise 11% year over year

Greenspan: "Fiat money has nowhere to go but gold."