Paulson and Bernanke pushed Merrill deal - And tell BoA's Lewis to keep quiet or else (testimony).
Banking sector is passed the crisis stage - Or so says Bair.
Harvard's Feldstein: Inflation is coming in '10 - Wall Street disagrees.
Stat of the day - Percent of people who think air-conditioning was a necessity in 2006: 70 percent. And in 2009: 54 percent.
Is overweight the new normal? - "...the probability of self-classifying as overweight is significantly lower" in 2004 than in 1994.
--Zubin Jelveh