Saturday Night Links

• Alice Rivlin looking for solutions to America's National Deficit .  From Bloomberg
• "Robo-signing" mortgage paperwork appears to be prevalent at Wells Fargo Bank.  From Karen Weise of ProPublica
• Fitch puts U.S. banking sector on negative watch.  A good article.  Has more information than the title implies.  From Tracy Alloway of FTAlphaville
• Some interesting things related to QE2 and the timing of Fed bond purchases.  Worth the read.  Again from Tracy Alloway of FTAlphaville
• Not crucial reading, but if you have free time and need something to mull on and chew on for the weekend, related to QE and currency.  Fun for those who are into these things. From Neil Hume of FTAlphaville
• Morgan Stanley has extremely high VaR in the 3rd Quarter of 2010.  From Zero Hedge.  We have discussed VaR before on this blog.  If you don't understand VaR, I highly encourage you to read this post on VaR.

• Tibetan students in China protest the forced learning of Mandarin as their first/main language in schools and school textbooks.
• Xi Jinping likely to be China's next #1 Leader.  He'll likely be marketed as friendly to foreign businesses.  Place your wagers.   What American businessmen are slow-witted to learn is Chinese love foreign capital, but hate foreign businesses.  

• Our Female Vision of The Day:  Hilary Swank.  One of our favorites.  Eleven pictures in a "photo gallery" from Los Angeles Times.  Just use the left/right arrows after the jump.  

Hope Everyone is having a tranquil weekend!!!