Mid-day News Update

Big banks don't want California IOU's (WSJ)
Oil, Gas Market Speculation May Face Restrictions (Bloomberg)
Delinquencies on Home-Equity Loans Reach Record (Bloomberg)
U.S. House May Include Surtax on Wealthy in Health-Care Package (Bloomberg)
Alcoa's Kleinfeld Say Aluminum Usage Recovering in China, U.S. (Bloomberg)
U.S. must be open to second economic stimulus: Hoyer (Reuters)
U.S. consumers fall behind on loans at a record pace (Reuters)
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