Green Shoots & Leaves
Gallop – Obama Approval on Terrorism Up to 49% (great lead by the fanboys – I suppose they didn’t want to go with “Obama’s approval on health care at all time low, same with his handling on economy”).
Online WSJ – U.S. stock futures pared early gains on Thursday after weekly jobless claims increased more than expected last week and a separate report showed that retail sales fell in December (and why wouldn’t the Dow rise, unemployment was higher than expected and so was December retail sales – and this is why the stock market is a shitty indicator as to how the economy is coming along).
New Jersey Newsroom – 2010 Wall Street Predictions: Major food shortages, oil to rise above $100 a barrel among forecasts
The Market Ticker – Retail sales blow (remember how the state-controled media was telling us that December was a very impressive month for retail? Ya, not so much)
Guardian – Japan Airlines ‘to file for bankruptcy and cut 15,600 jobs’ (an international green shoot).
SHTF Plan – Marc Faber: It’s Very Likely the US Will Default
The Business Insider – Geithner: It Was “Absolutely” The Right Decision To Pay Out AIG Obligations At 100 Cents On The Dollar (why this guy hasn’t been put in front of a firing squad by now is beyond me).
Zero Hedge – Spread Between Seasonally And Non-Seasonally Adjusted Insured Unemployment Surges To Multi-Decade High
