BP restarts sale of Alaskan assets: report (Reuters) 6 Sep 2010

Reuters - BP has revived the sale of its Alaskan assets after failing to offload them to U.S. oil and gas company Apache in July, the Financial Times reported on Monday.

China allows insurers to invest in private equity, real estate (Reuters) 6 Sep 2010

Reuters - China will allow insurers to broaden investment channels into private equity and real estate, a move that could unleash as much as $100 billion worth of fresh funding into unlisted firms and the property sector.

What might make the Fed flinch? (Reuters) 6 Sep 2010

Reuters - The U.S. economy appears to be trudging along, neither booming nor busting, growing steadily enough to diminish double-dip recession fears but not quickly enough to bring down unemployment.

Debt levels should fall after pre-crisis jump: BIS (Reuters) 6 Sep 2010

Reuters - Debt levels that ran up ahead of the financial crisis have shown only a modest decline since and are likely to fall sharply in the coming years, a study said.

McCain Hits Democrats for 'Flailing Around' on Economy (CQPolitics.com) 6 Sep 2010

CQPolitics.com - Leading voices in both parties sparred Sunday over the state of the economy and the role that Bush tax cuts should play in the recovery.