Noteworthy Financial Stories for February 4

U.S. Economy: Productivity Keeps Climbing, Factory Orders Grow
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aa5zca0iTZM4&pos=2

Stocks, Metals Plunge as Dollar Gains on Debt, Jobs Concerns
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aOR8UFEmYXJE&pos=2

Goldman Sachs’s Corrigan Opposes ‘Volcker Rule’
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aSUCLR9VHxjg&pos=3

Greece’s Biggest Union Sets Strike, Threatens Cuts
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aN2G_2S_aP2M&pos=9

Retailers Likely to Close More U.S. Stores: Analysis
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=apMxt6_iwOeM&pos=10

U.S. Economy: Productivity Keeps Climbing, Factory Orders Grow
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601068&sid=aa5zca0iTZM4

Biggest Bubble in History Is Growing Every Day
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=a4mPCXeGTl4Y

Kill Your Favorite Subsidy to Win the Deficit War
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=aBKBXFWxjVxY

Japan Must Heed Warning of Greek Debt, Nakamura Says
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601068&sid=aIW6aB77Dako

Goldman Sachs Drop Imperils S&P 500 Advance: Technical Analysis
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601084&sid=aJjRxk56eNQU

Treasuries Climb as Stocks Drop on European Deficits, U.S. Data
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601009&sid=aYpWdT1hESus

End of TALF Means Bond Spreads Five-Fold Wider: Credit Markets
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601009&sid=aidiPsfMDXWg

Taleb Says ‘Every Human’ Should Short U.S. Treasuries
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601009&sid=azLmks3BmQm4

Chart du jour – sovereign risk
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2010/02/04/141681/chart-du-jour-sovereign-risk/

The contagion spreads, parte dos
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2010/02/04/141211/the-contagion-spreads-parte-dos/

And here’s the corporate contagion
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2010/02/04/141321/and-heres-the-corporate-contagion/

Revenue Beat Rate This Earnings Season
http://www.bespokeinvest.com/thinkbig/2010/2/2/revenue-beat-rate-this-earnings-season.html

Baltic Dry Index Continues to Drop
http://www.bespokeinvest.com/thinkbig/2010/2/3/baltic-dry-index-continues-to-drop.html

GURU OUTLOOK: THE BOND KING
http://pragcap.com/guru-outlook-bond-kin

this is how the end begins
http://thereformedbroker.com/2010/02/03/this-is-how-the-end-begins/

Sovereign CDS is spreading
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2010/02/04/141131/sovereign-cds-is-spreading/

Industry Takes Stock of Proposed Budget
http://www.globest.com/news/1592_1592/washington/183388-1.html

Optimism Trumps Gloom at MBA Real Estate Finance Conference in Glitter City
http://www.costar.com/News/Article.aspx?id=10B48D7FE0218F4B5BEBE0C9400BEDD7

The commercial real estate dilemma
http://www.costar.com/News/Article.aspx?id=10B48D7FE0218F4B5BEBE0C9400BEDD7

Hotels' Distress Lead CMBS Delinquencies To Record Level
http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=201002021255dowjonesdjonline000355&title=hotelsdistress-lead-cmbs-delinquencies-to-record-level

What's Next When the Banks Say No?
http://www.openforum.com/idea-hub/topics/money/article/whats-next-when-the-banks-say-no-trent-hamm

5 Ways That Sales People Can Benefit From Using Social Media
http://www.openforum.com/idea-hub/topics/marketing/article/5-ways-that-sales-people-can-benefit-from-using-social-media-john-jantsch

Is Small Business Employment More Resilient to Economic Shifts?
http://www.openforum.com/idea-hub/topics/innovation/article/is-small-business-employment-more-resilient-to-economic-shifts-scott-shane

Battered Industrial Property Sector Poised to Resume Growth
http://www.costar.com/News/Article.aspx?id=3C0803868E6B292E543549E07D5083C4&ref=100&iid=167&cid=4551B02CF9EBB4A3FD8AA99C29554FD4

Investor Sentiment Turns Significantly Less Bullish
http://www.bespokeinvest.com/thinkbig/2010/2/3/investor-sentiment-turns-significantly-less-bullish.html

MUTUAL FUND FLOWS SUPPORT A BULLISH THESIS
http://pragcap.com/mutual-fund-flows-support-a-bullish-thesis

Defaults Could Fall by Half This Year, Altman Says
http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/03/defaults-could-fall-by-half-this-year-altman-says/

Wall of Junk Debt Maturities Looms, Moody’s Says
http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/01/wall-of-high-yield-debt-maturities-looms-moodys-says/

The Return of the 1% Day
http://www.bespokeinvest.com/thinkbig/2010/2/4/the-return-of-the-1-day.html

Important News Releases for Short Sellers
http://www.cxoadvisory.com/blog/external/blog2-04-10/

How financial innovation causes bubbles
http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2010/02/04/how-financial-innovation-causes-bubbles/

Country & State Credit ratings
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/02/02/opinion/03schott_ready.html

Bloomberg on the Birth Death Adjustment
http://www.bloomberg.com/insight/birth-death-model.html

BlackRock's Doll says US stocks' corrective phase 'not over'
http://www.reuters.com/article/idCNN0424879320100204?rpc=44