By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com

Baltimore — (TFN): You don’t believe all the hype do you? As we close out another year and another decade, the pundits are busy rehashing the action of the past ten years.

The political types are discussing the rise and fall of the Bush administration, a couple of wars and the nation’s first black president. The Hollywood folks are talking about the end of the sitcom, the death of an icon and the phenomenon that is American Idol.

Back in the US of A, the feds have decided the results of the stress tests are not to be released on the May 4 deadline as promised. One is reminded of the pathetic delays of the Bush administration’s report on WMDs in Iraq. What could be so sensitive in the stress tests results that the public, who funded the tests, can’t be apprised of?

Paulson heads back to congress…  BOJ cuts rates to below the US…  China to continue increasing the value of the Renminbi… And Now… Today’s Pfennig!

A tentative Bush Administration plan aimed at keeping as many as three million homeowners who are behind on their mortgages from losing their houses will be difficult to administer, and could end up costing the country hundreds of billions of dollars more than the plan’s architects expect.