Monday Afternoon Readings

December 21, 2009 4:47pm by Barry Ritholtz

Quite a few interesting reads, in what is otherwise expected to be an light week:

• Economic Improvement two-fer:

–Labor Data Show Surge in Hiring of Temp Workers (NYT)
–Treasury Yield Curve Steepens to Record Amid Growth Outlook (Bloomberg)

• Why can’t Americans make things? Two words: business school (TNR)

• Fed’s approach to regulation left banks exposed to crisis (Washington Post)

• Dollar Strength Seen in Stocks 1st Since Lehman Died (Bloomberg)

• Down-Payment Standards Eased (WSJ)

• Year’s best business books to make sense of financial crisis (USA Today)

• DNA Shifts Timeline for Mammoths’ Exit (Science Times)

• I killed myself on Facebook, and lived to tell the tale (The Punch)

• Top Ten Astronomy Pictures of 2009 (Discovery)

What are you reading?

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