Brunch Briefing: Remember How We Bailed Out The Banks So They Could Keep Lending?

• Treasury: Only about 4% getting long-term mortgage help - money.cnn
• Fed Q3 Flow of Funds Report - calculatedriskblog
• Everything The Decade Made Obsolete - businessinsider

• CME Group Thrives on Technology Innovation - wallstreetandtech
• Bank of America avoids Feiberg's latest round of pay cuts - money.cnn
• Comparing Expectations: Big Business vs. Small Business - businessweek

• Why Bank of America's TARP Payback Is Bad News - consumerist
• The China Bubble - forbes
• Retail Sales: "Looks like the middle of August out there" - calculatedriskblog

• Gallup: Spending Down Across Incomes; WSJ: Stores Face Discount Dilemma - globaleconomicanalysis
• WaPo: New TARP Rules to Aid Small Businesses? - calculatedriskblog
• How the Bazaar by Jose Andres Is Changing Restaurants - online.wsj

• $13 Billion 30 Year Auction Closes At 4.52%, Big Tail In Ugliest 30 Year Auction This Year - zerohedge
• U.S. household net worth grows $2.7 trillion - money.cnn
• Remember How We Bailed Out The Banks So They Could Keep Lending? - businessinsider