Afternoon Reading: Pickens, Madoff, China, etc.

Some quick links to items of interest:

• Madoff’s records "utterly unreliable". Gosh. (Bloomberg)
• T. Boone Pickens wants a bailout (sort of) (EMII)
• U.S. Consumers Prefer “Economy Size” To “Downsized" (Nielsen Wire)
• China’s economy hits the wall (FT)
• Bill Emmott on why the euro’s strength won’t hold (Guardian)
• Auto bankruptcy filing ahead, with 25% recoveries for bondholders (Moodys)
• First Madoff class-action suit includes Marketwatch columnist (Securities Digest)
• Stress credit card securites: Move along, no problem here. Really. (Fitch)
• Distribution of Madoff returns was "kleptokurtotic" (Twitter/StockJockey)