Interesting Headlines in the News Dec 29

U.S. Fifth Fleet says won't allow Hormuz disruption
Gold Daily and Silver Weekly Charts -

Bank of America Dumps $75 Trillion In Derivatives on US Taxpayers With Federal Approva
If a Global Recession is Not Looming, then Why Are Bailouts Flying Around Like The End Of The World Is Coming
MSM Pushing Turnaround for Economy
Banker Who Fled Kim Jong Il

China and Japan plan direct currency exchange agreement
China, Japan to Back Direct Trade of Currencies
China-Japan Currency Deal

To save middle class, create good jobs
Build-A-Bear recalls nearly 300,000 teddy bears
US Retirement Assets Declined By $1.4 Trillion
Remarks by Governor Ben S. Bernanke
Transcript for Ann Barnhardt Interview
Why "Tax the Rich" Won't Solve our Deficit/Spending Crisis
China, Japan Bypass U.S. Dollar in Pivotal Trade Agreement
Japan â€" Land of the Rising Debt
State cuts to Medicaid affect patients, providers
US declines to cite China as currency manipulator
Fed seeks to curb repo market risk
Oil price climbs amid Iranian threat
Euro hits 11-month low

Morgan Stanley to slash more than 500 jobs in New York
Mayo Clinic plans to sequence

America warns Iran that blocking oil route will 'not be tolerated'
Kabuki financial theatre – Congress net worth up 15 percent from 2004 to 2010 while the average American sees their net worth decline by 8 percent in the same timeframe. Welcome to plutocrat USA.
Clouded Title: The Gross Illegality of MERS
Euro crisis blocks the path to full economic recovery
Bond sale puts Italy to the test
Arab Spring: the revolution has only just begun
US Navy 'will not tolerate' Iran closing Strait of Hormuz
Gold Near-Term Outlook 2012
Did Bernanke protect the U.S. from the euromess?
Postal Service’s

Iran unlikely to block oil shipments

Pentagon trimming ranks of generals, admirals
Being Christian is a death sentence
MF Global chief missing $1.2B is financial adviser to EPA
Tax bill set for increasingly rare conference committee
Iran warns of closing strategic Hormuz oil route
Recipe for Disaster: The Formula That Killed Wall Street
World's Second And Third Largest Economies