• Fed's bank results reassuring [and a joke at the same time], show no insolvency ( Bloomberg )
  • GM posts $6 billion loss as bankruptcy looms ( FT )
  • SPG boosts size of follow on offering to $1 billion ( Bloomberg ) [only about $30 billion more to be raised by MeREIT Lynch before the rally is over]
  • Trichet says ECB will buy bonds, says rates appropriate ( Bloomberg )
  • Billions required to bolster US banks ( FT ) [how about non-US banks?]
  • The promise of shifting alliances ( Finem Respice )
  • Jonathan Weil: Lehman bosses walk, while small fry walk plan ( Bloomberg )
  • Blackstone, Fortress seek distressed debt hedge fund takeovers ( Bloomberg )
  • The ongoing structured finance mess at Barclays ( FT )
  • Roubini says Asia export-led growth model is now broken ( Bloomberg )
  • Cashing in on Government Sachs ( The Nation )