Weekend Links of Interest

Here are some links of interest to articles from the week:

• Hedgie's Newest Gambit: KEEPING INVESTORS IN
  


• The Best iPhone Apps of 2008
  


• Most companies don't plan to cut jobs in 1st quarter
  


• Billionaire Blowups of 2008
  


• GE Struggles to Keep AAA Rating
  
  
• Mortgage-Bond Spreads Narrow on Fed Plans
  
  
• Thousands of stores to disappear in '09
  
  
• Mutual funds suffer $320bn outflow
  
  
• Unwinding of carry trades triggers the yen's surge
  
  
• A long NYT article on risk management
  
  
• Hoyer says stimulus unlikely before inauguration
  
  
• Fed needs to mimic below-zero rates