In The Newz

• Samuelson: China’s $2.4 trillion global grip (RCM)
• Game over Tishman Speyer: look for CRE CMBS numbers to plunge next month (Bloomberg, WSJ)
• More Bernanke-fail threats for the peasantry: fire and brimstone, Geithner edition (Politico)
• Obama’s bank plan could level high-frequency field (Reuters)
• UBS tax ruling by Swiss court may prompt new U.S. legal battle (Bloomberg)
• Goldman to cap London partners’ compensation at 1 million pounds (Bloomberg)
• FTW: Krugman “I favor Bernanke’s reappointment” (NYT)
• FTW²: Salmon’s musings on Krugman as Fed chairman (Reuters)
• Expectation for decline in existing home sales: conensus -9/8% (Goldman -15%)
• For our German-speaking readers: Ben Bernanke – Mr. Inflation (Focus, h/t Oisin)
• Goldman’s Jim O’Neill, Man U fan, slams club’s bond issuance (Bloomberg)
• AIG restricts use of corporate aircraft (Reuters)
• Fleckenstein: Why bankers haven’t earned bonuses (MSN)
• The president’s bank reforms don’t add up (WSJ)
• The Fed’s raging conflicts of interest (Jr Deputy Accountant)
• A note from inside (Mankiw Blog, h/t Niall)
• Suicides inside France Telecom prompting Sarkozy stress testing (Bloomberg)

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