Afternoon Briefs: Deficit Hawks Want New Recession; Secret to a Happy Retirement; CARD Act; Ten steps to a strong marketing plan...

• Deficit Hawks Want New (or double dip) Recession - ritholtz
• Home construction rebounds in January; permits increase 2.8% - Feb. 17, 2010 - money.cnn
• U.S. Housing Starts Rise to Highest in Six Months - online.wsj
• Secret to a happy retirement? Friends. - money.cnn
• U.S. Jan. housing starts up 2.8% to 591,000 - marketwatch

• CARD Act: Who's With It, Who's Not - consumerist
• An Illogical Attack on the GOP - gregmankiw
• ICI, kaChing in smack-down over mutual fund fees - investmentnews
• 9 Charts That Show Why Amazon Investors Have Nothing To Worry About - businessinsider
• Treasurys ease on improved housing data - Feb. 17, 2010 - money.cnn

• Ban on contingent commissions lifted for Aon, Marsh and Willis - ifawebnews
• How Can Obama Be Taking A Stimulus Victory Lap, When We Don't Even Know Where The Money Went? - businessinsider
• New York Times caught copying financial blogs - creditwritedowns
• Turf War at the New York Times: Who Will Control the iPad? - businessinsider
• Pressure Builds On NBC To Explain Why It's Ruining The Olympics - businessinsider

• Tragedy of the Senate -- How will it end? Darrell Delamaide's Political Capital - marketwatch
• CastleOak Securities Flips Switch on Fidessa Trading Platform - wallstreetandtech
• Ten steps to a strong marketing plan in 2010 - producersweb
• Tim Geithner's and Jamie Dimon's Lies Exposed - minyanville
• Judge Rakoff: IRS letter about payment to NASD members will remain sealed - investmentnews

• CNBC's Olick: Treasury Concerned about Next Wave of Foreclosures - calculatedriskblog
• Top 9 Scams Of 2009 - consumerist