Wall Street Roundup: Warren Buffett and Uncle Sam. Will Ferrell vs. JPMorgan.

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Gold: Trading now at $1,350 per ounce, up 1% from Wednesday. Dow Jones industrial average: Trading now at 11,182.10, up 1.6% from Wednesday.

GM rising. After Wednesday’s initial sale, the price of General Motors shares keeps rising -- up from $33 yesterday to $36 in morning trading. In other good news for the government, the Center for Automotive Research reported that the bailout of auto companies may have saved over a million jobs.

Morgan Stanley and Uncle Sam. Morgan Stanley generally plays second fiddle on Wall Street to Goldman Sachs, but the GM deal is only the latest one in which Morgan Stanley has been the favored banker of the government. Here’s a look at the festive scene inside the bank after yesterday’s GM IPO.

Warren Buffett and Uncle Sam. Soon after Warren Buffett wrote a love letter to the U.S. government’s bailout plan in the New York Times, the government announced it was giving the Nebraskan the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Here’s a sarcastic take on what Buffett’s letter really should have looked like.

Goldman Sachs and women. After Goldman Sachs announced its new class of vaunted partners, some quick calculations revealed the number of women rising in the ranks -- and the results are not pretty.

Will Ferrell vs. JPMorgan. Will Ferrell sought compensation from JPMorgan for money of his that the bank lost -- instead an arbitrator is making him pay the bank’s legal fees.

One man’s mortgage. A fascinating visual re-creation of the torturous financial path of one man’s mortage.

--Nathaniel Popper