The following are links to some interesting articles that you can checkout over this weekend:

1. Why The Dollar Is Getting Stronger – From Speigle Online by By Stanley Reed

2. Can the Footsie end 2008 above 4000? – By Philip Scott, This is Money

3. Finance, the American way – By The Mogambo Guru at Asia Times

4. German Auto Industry Facing the Abyss – ‘WORST CRISIS SINCE WORLD WAR II’ – By Dietmar Hawranek from Speigle Online

5. Which way now? – From The Banker

6. The Financial Times – Black Friday sales suggest longer stay in red

7. CAUGHT IN THE CRUNCH – LATIN AMERICA – By Antonio Guerrero, Global Finance