Noteworthy Financial Stories for February 25

Orders for U.S. Durable Goods Fall Excluding Aircraft
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aw9wWF6uUguE&pos=3

U.S. Stocks Drop on Greek Debt Concerns, Durable-Goods Orders
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aBfp7l.Ux1vo&pos=1

Home Prices Decline 1.2%, Smallest Drop in Two Years
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aAyeLAKZ9DuU&pos=7

How to Kill Innovation: Keep Asking Questions
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/harvardbusiness?sid=Hdce46ee0bd8fdb46e5b60dd41038aacf

Greece Risks Downgrade Within Month on Budget Worries
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601068&sid=a2BP6wB.c_.k

Hedge Funds Lure More Cash From Pensions as Gap Looms
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601084&sid=aSvG5_ZbQErU

Behold the great Chinese tightening
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2010/02/25/158261/behold-the-great-chinese-tightening/

Price clustering and stop losses
http://www.psyfitec.com/2010/02/irrational-numbers-price-clustering.html

Learning To Love The Bubble
http://www.forbes.com/2010/02/24/financial-bubbles-are-good-opinions-contributors-matthew-bishop-michael-green.html?boxes=Homepagelighttop

Default or Inflate or...
http://www.morganstanley.com/views/gef/index.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+creditwritedownsnews+%28Credit+Writedowns%27+News+Feed%29#anchor4e3c234c-220c-11df-978b-bbc960980e46

Iceland on track for joining EU
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/24/iceland-eu-membership-application?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+creditwritedownsnews+%28Credit+Writedowns%27+News+Feed%29

Commercial Mortgage Default Rate in U.S. More Than Doubles
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601206&sid=aExgk1dEfRrA


Troubled banking industry sharply reduced lending in 2009
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/23/AR2010022302120.html

Morgan Stanley’s Klopp May Expand Investing in Property Debt
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-02-24/morgan-stanley-s-klopp-may-expand-investing-in-property-debt.html

Despite challenges, analysts say REITs belong in investors' portfolios
http://www.bankinvestmentconsultant.com/bic_issues/2010_3/whats-happening-with-reits-2665896-1.html

Why Are Warehouse Stocks So Hot?
http://www.forbes.com/2010/02/23/real-estate-advisor-personal-finance-warehouse-reit.html?partner=yahootix

Hospitality Properties shares drop on downgrade
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Hospitality-Properties-shares-apf-2121916005.html?x=0&.v=1

Sector Snap: Analyst sees trucking recovery
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Sector-Snap-Analyst-sees-apf-1721291407.html?x=0&.v=1

Apple CEO Jobs favors flexibility of cash hoard
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Apple-CEO-Jobs-favors-apf-120261537.html?x=0&.v=8

Highest % of Buy and Sell Ratings
http://www.bespokeinvest.com/thinkbig/2010/2/25/highest-of-buy-and-sell-ratings.html

Flood Of Idle Ships Coming Out Of Lay-Up Because They See A Sustained Global Rebound
http://www.businessinsider.com/rumor-flood-of-idle-ships-coming-out-of-lay-up-because-they-see-a-sustained-global-rebound-2010-2

Double dip watch
http://blogs.ft.com/money-supply/2010/02/25/double-dip-watch/

Housing: Still very shaky
http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2010/02/24/housing-still-very-shaky/