$$$ Jobless Claims Rise, Confidence Falls (Bloomberg)

$$$Budget Talks Near Collapse as G.O.P. Leader Quits (NYT)

$$$ Here’s What’s Got Everybody So Excited: A Greek ‘Solidarity Tax’ (MarketBeat)

$$$ Wall Street’s Dinner With Obama: Hold the Scorn (DealBook)

$$$Moody's may downgrade 18 Italian banks (Reuters)

$$$Banks face deadline to rerun EU stress tests (FT)

$$$ As Greece Ponders Default, Lessons From Argentina (NYT)

$$$ El-Erian: Pimco Has No Direct Exposure to Greece (WSJ MarketBeat)
http://blogs.wsj.com/marketbeat/2011/06/23/el-erian-pimco-has-no-direct-exposure-to-greece/

$$$ U.S. Default Would Change Fundamentals of Rating, Moody’s Says (Bloomberg)

$$$Goldman’s history lesson on oil releases (FT Alphaville)

$$$ Dick Bove solves Europe’s debt crisis in 407 words (FT Alphaville)

$$$Group of 20 Agrees on Steps to Mitigate Food Price Swings (NYT)

$$$CalPERS: Best & worst PE & VC funds (Fortune)

$$$Henry Paulson Writing Book on US-China Relations (AP)