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04/10

Fed Had ‘Misgivings’ About Friedman’s Goldman Stock, Towns Says Bloomberg / Jeff Plungis

Angry Schwab bond-fund customers win in court CNN / Lisa Gibbs

Treasuries Rise as Yield Touching 4% Attracts Demand at Auction Bloomberg / Cordell Eddings

Earnings ahead to drive U.S. stock-market performance Marketwatch / Kate Gibson

China Posts First Trade Deficit Since 2004 as Imports Soar 66% Bloomberg

04/09

California Water Agency Leads Week’s Sales as Bond Yields Rise Bloomberg / Catarina Saraiva and Brendan A. McGrail

Year-Over-Year Spending Up 7% in March Gallup / Dennis Jacobe

Oil prices settle below $85 a barrel AP via Houston Chronicle / Chris Kahn

Dow briefly passes 11,000, but low volume of trading worries analysts AP via Mercury News / Bernard Condon

Dow bounces off 11,000 as energy stocks power gains Marketwatch / Peter McKay

TX: Downturn isn't as bad as others, but commercial real estate's cheerleaders are gone Dallas Morning News / Steve Brown

Treasurys move lower, adding to week's decline Marketwatch / Deborah Levine

Governments have taken the debt strain, but can they get rid of it? Economist

Stocks recharge the advance CNN / Alexandra Twin

Rosenberg Sees 10% U.S. Unemployment Rate as Credit Contracts Bloomberg / Vincent Del Giudice and Thomas R. Keene

Wholesale Inventories in U.S. Rose in February as Sales Climbed Bloomberg / Bob Willis

More than 200,000 jobless counting on an extension CNN / Tami Luhby

Obama Rallies Markets With Policies That Resemble Rubinomics Bloomberg / Mike Dorning

Gold hits 3-month high on dollar dip, haven flows Reuters / Jan Harvey

Next ‘Big Crisis’ Is Unfolding in Muni-Bond Market Bloomberg / Joe Mysak

Treasuries Set for Weekly Gain on Concern Greece Will Default Bloomberg / Theresa Barraclough and Wes Goodman

Quality versus junk Marketwatch / Mark Hulbert

Bernanke Says Central Bankers Must Act Strongly to Stem Crises Bloomberg / Scott Lanman

Fed officials again pledge low rates, slow asset sales Reuters via Guardian

Consumers to Aid U.S. Recovery as Employment Grows Survey Says Bloomberg / Shobhana Chandra and Kristy Scheuble

Retail Recovery Hangs on April Sales Proving March Was No Fluke Bloomberg / Matt Townsend

U.S. eyes sales tax Boston Herald / Jay Fitzgerald

Hey buddy, can you spare a trillion? Marketwatch / Al Lewis

U.S. Banks Hid Risk by Lowering Debt Before Reporting, WSJ Says Bloomberg / Chris Peterson

When to steer clear of a money-making mutual fund Marketwatch / Mark Hulbert

Oil gains towards $86 on demand optimism Reuters via Guardian

As Greek Bond Rates Soar, Bankruptcy Looms NY Times / Landon Thomas, Jr.

Bank of Korea keeps key rate at 2 percent AP via Palm Beach Post

Euro Gains Against Yen, Credit Risk Drops as Trichet Reassures Bloomberg / Clyde Russell and Ron Harui

04/08

Junk Bonds Grab Record Share as Yields Tumble: Credit Markets Bloomberg / Bryan Keogh

Economic Policy: Lessons from History Federal Reserve Board /. Ben S. Bernanke

The Economic Outlook Federal Reserve Board / Donald L. Kohn

Greenspan Came Not to Save Consumers But to Bury Them Safehaven / Fred Sheehan

High-speed trains will steamroll taxpayers Pittsburgh Tribune Review / Jack Markowitz

33 states out of money to fund jobless benefits CNN / Hibah Yousuf

March retail sales jump, post record growth Reuters / Phil Wahba

The Importance of Financial Education Federal Reserve Board / Elizabeth A. Duke

The Present and Future of Community Banking Federal Reserve Board / Daniel K. Tarullo

Tarullo Says Need for Low Rates Won’t ‘Diminish Soon’ Bloomberg / Joshua Zumbrun

Fed is worried about stock-market bubble NY Post / John Crudele

Jobless Claims in U.S. Increased Heading Into Easter Bloomberg / Courtney Schlisserman

Dallas-area mortgage delinquencies hit new high Dallas Morning News / Steve Brown

Mortgage Rates on 30-Year U.S. Loans Jump to 5.21% Bloomberg / Brian Louis

Door shutting on super-low mortgage rates AP via Denver Post / Alan Zibel and Adrian Sainz

Thursday’s Stocktiming.com Analysis Stocktiming.com / Marty Chenard

BA and Iberia take a step closer to becoming one of the world's biggest airlines Economist

Dollar pares gains as Trichet comments on Greece aids euro Marketwatch / Deborah Levine and William L. Watts

Bernanke, Dudley Say Recovery Is Yet to Produce Major Job Gains Bloomberg / Scott Lanman and Vivien Lou Chen

IL: More than 42 percent of small rental buildings in Cook County are ‘underwater’ Chicago Tribune / Mary Ellen Podmolik

March jobs rebound has legs Marketwatch / Simon Constable

Watch out, hope is on the rise! Marketwatch / Nick Godt

Oil falls 2nd day as dollar, U.S. crude inventories rise Reuters via Guardian / Alejandro Barbajosa

Euro grinds towards March low; Aussie firm on jobs Reuters via Guardian / Charlotte Cooper

04/07

"What About Zero?" pdf Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City / Thomas Hoenig

Economic Challenges: Past, Present, and Future Federal Reserve Board / Ben S. Bernanke

Bernanke warns of U.S. debt AP via Houston Chronicle / Sewell Chan and Javier C. Hernandez

Fed officials warn on bubbles but Bernanke cautious Reuters / Mark Felsenthal

Greenspan: 'I was right 70% of the time' CNN / Ben Rooney

The Fed's radioactive housing hoard Fortune via CNN / Colin Barr

MN: Late mortgage payments rise in February Minneapolis Star Tribune / Kara McGuire

Mortgage rates jump Mercury News / Pete Carey

U.S. Air, United in merger talks Reuters / Jui Chakravorty and Deepa Seetharaman

Stocks finish with losses CNN / Julianne Pepitone

Who's Visiting The President? Forbes / Brian Wingfield and Jon Bruner

SEC May Force Sellers to Retain Portion of Asset-Backed Debt Bloomberg / Jesse Westbrook

Greenspan blames anyone but Fed for financial crisis USA Today / Daniel Wagner

Greenspan Defends Fed Record in Consumer Protection Bloomberg / Joshua Zumbrun

Times gropes at hope with talk of a job 'surge' NY Post / John Crudele

Consumer confidence falls for couples with kids Chicago Tribune / Becky Yerak

Gold climbs as debt fears fuel buying Reuters / Jan Harvey

General Motors loses $3.4 billion CNN / Chris Isidore

Wednesday’s Stocktiming.com Analysis Stocktiming.com / Marty Chenard

Property Tax Rebellion Brewing After Real Estate Collapse ABC News / Dalia Fahmy

Eurozone growth lowered to zero BBC News

Ford Sells Bonds as Junk Rallies for 14th Month: Credit Markets Bloomberg / John Detrixhe, Pierre Paulden and Craig Trudell

Fed doesn't see inflation as an immediate threat LA Times / Don Lee

Asian Stocks Rise for Fifth Day on Fed Reserve Rate Optimism Bloomberg / Shani Raja and Kotaro Tsunetomi

Yen Declines as Prospects for Asian Recovery Spur Yield Demand Bloomberg / Candice Zachariahs and Ron Harui

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