• Stocks surge as financials, materials jump (AP)
  
• Leadership Quiz - Do You Pass or Fail? (Forbes)
  
• Fate of Bush tax cuts unclear (CNNMoney)
• Taxpayer advocate slams IRS for 'hard core' enforcement
• Congress Has Inhibited Growth By Creating Uncertainty: Fisher
• Market Needs Tax-Cut Extension: Gartman (CNBC)
  
• A Bold Management Strategy: Keeping Quiet
• The Fed: Banks should be taxed on risk, Fed official says
• Mortgage applications rise 7 pct. as rates fall (AP)
  
• Octopus or Economist (Who Would You Trust?)
• Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac delist from NYSE, change tickers
• Redesigning the Health-Care System (perspective)
• Can the Web solve your money woes?
• This Is No Time For More Federal Stimulus (Forbes)
  
• Wells Fargo cutting 3,800 workers in restructuring
• NY plan to cut wealth tax break worries charities (Reuters)
• Bank bailouts profitable for U.S.: Study
• Economic Report: Credit-card delinquencies fall to 8-year low: ABA
• 6 savvy tax moves to make now (Bankrate)
• Who Says Micromanagement Is Bad?
• Sam's Club tests small business loans
• The Democratization Of Corporate Philanthropy (Forbes)
  
• 5 ways to slash energy bills