Fed Split on Move to Bolster Economy

At least seven of 17 Fed officials spoke against or expressed reservations on a plan...

Wall St reet fears grow over stress test results

FT.com: Rising panic over how the results will be released has raised fears the results could lead to another collapse of confidence in the battered financial sector.

Among other concerns, there is uncertainty over how the federal government will release the results, whether it will publish one aggregate number, or a bank-by-bank breakdown.

Bulls and Bears Both Point to Lending

Online.wsj.com: The bulls are finding more evidence that this rally is the start of something lasting. The bears warn that the higher the market goes, the more pain will be suffered on the other side.

Strangely, both are pointing to the same part of the economy to make their opposing cases: the lending system.

BIG MAN ON CAMPUS. Business big shot: Sir Martin Sorrell

Business.timesonline.co.uk: Sir Martin Sorrell is expected to warn the world today that the economy is back in the “bath” – a vicious recession that is hitting revenues of WPP, the world’s second-largest advertising group.