Slow Afternoon News Round-Up

BOE's Miles says helpful to include housing in inflation gauge [Amen]
Boeing lost orders for 15 787 Dreamliners in past week: those lost airplanes sure not helping the manufacturing index
China Vice Premier says global financial crisis hasn't bottomed
Russia Central bank says scraps recommendation for banks not to increase foreign currency denominated assets from Q3
Weather Derivatives latest forecast sees average temperatures in the US for the next 6-10 days to be 0.2F vs. Prev. -1.3F
US to provide $1.175 bln to wind down GM, previously the number was $950 million
FDIC board weighs rules for buyout firms acquiring failed banks
Gazprom seeks global deal to build gas grid encircling Europe (Bloomberg [1]) - Naming contest is on: most PC incorrect name wins of course
Michael Lewis on Wall Street's Day of Reckoning (WS Tech [2] h/t Joe)
William Cohan on Goldman Sachs and AIG (Tech Ticker [3])

Links:
[1] http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aDk_.y4R59.E
[2] http://www.wallstreetandtech.com/blog/archives/2009/07/is_wall_streets.html;jsessionid=A04RRNWHN5MFSQSNDLPSKH0CJUNN2JVN?cid=nl_wallstreettech_daily
[3] http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ticker/article/273168/Goldman-Primed-to-Benefit-from-AIG's-Woes----Again-William-Cohan-Says?tickers=GS,MS,JPM,AIG,XLF,FAS,^DJI&sec=topStories&pos=9&asset=&ccode