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01/16
Mood
falters in European corporate bond market FT / Adrienne Roberts
TX:
Office building construction pace slows to '95 level reg Dallas Morning News / Steve Brown
Credit-dependent
Americans pushed to the edge MSNBC / Martin Wolk
UK
pension schemes hit by interest rate drop FT / Norma Cohen
Commodity
prices rose 19.2% in 2003: BMO CP via Globe and Mail
Old Economy
Jolt: Wider Pension Woes Forbes / Dan Ackman
Banking
consolidation not over yet AP via Florida Times Journal / Eileen Alt
Powell
Oil jumps
nearly $1 as U.S. shivers Reuters via CNN
Issing
Says ECB Is `Worried' About Swings in Euro Bloomberg
Snow
reiterates strong dollar policy Reuters via CNN
U.S.
Judge Questions Russian's Detention Moscow Times / Catherine Belton
Ex-Enron
chief Lay eager to talk, his lawyer says Houston Chronicle / Bill Hensel,
Jr.
NASD
Panel Suspends Quattrone; Goldsmith Criticizes SanctionAs Too Soft
Institutional Investor
U.S.
holiday retail sales rise 5.2% to $216.3 billion South Florida Sun
Sentinel
Weill
Pupils Dimon, Prince to Vie at 2 Biggest Banks Bloomberg
Real
estate agent pool getting more crowded Knight Ridder via Detroit Free
Press / Alan J. Heavans
CA:
Sticker shock makes county a hard sell, say job recruiters San Diego
Union Tribune / David Washburn
NY:
Major Job Losses? Bank on It Newsday / Pradnya Joshi and Randi Marshall
Lucky
Andrew Fastow Makes the Trade of His Life Bloomberg / Ann Woolner
Michael
Price Calls Fund Profits `Embarrassing' Bloomberg / Chet Currier
Recovery
Trickles Down Very Slowly Washington Post / Jonathan Weisman
Buyers
ask: Where's the beef from? Miami Herald / Christina Hoag
Why
Doesn't Rubin Trust You With His Thoughts? Bloomberg / Michael Lewis
Court
Again Turns Down Bail Request of Russian Oil Tycoon reg NY Times / Erin E. Arvidlund
Bill
Gates buys property surrounding his estate to preserve family's privacy
AP via San Diego Union Tribune
Venezuela
Bonds Tumble as Chavez Seeks $6 Billion Bloomberg
Manufacturing
more confusion Washington Times / Thomas Sowell
US Corp
Bonds-Spreads firm as new supply fades Reuters / Dena Aubin
When
Banks Go National reg NY Times
Bank
megamerger to cost 10,000 jobs Chicago Tribune via Baltimore
Sun / Mark Skertic
IL:
Chicago area prices drop for 3rd straight month AP and Bloomberg via
Chicago Sun Times
Dollar
Has Biggest Gain in More Than Four Months Against Euro Bloomberg
Here's
How Texas Topped Closed-End Fund Rankings. Bloomberg / Joe Mysak
Will
China Avoid Japan-Like Debt Nightmare? Bloomberg / William Pesek, Jr.
Oil
falls by 8% as speculators take exit FT / Kevin Morrison
For
$199, I could be an exec Denver Post / Al Lewis
PA:
Tax-break favoritism trumps real development Philadelphia Inquirer / Andrew
Cassel
U.S.
January Michigan Sentiment Index Rises to 103.2 Bloomberg
Industrial
output ticks upward CNN
MN:
Twin Cities-area housing market going through the roof Star Tribune /
Neal Gendler and Jim Buchta
Industrial
Production and Capacity Utilization Federal Reserve Board
US junk bond
funds take in $396 mln in week Reuters
Mortgage
Rates Drop to mid-5 Percent AP and Pittsburgh Tribune Review / Sam Spatter
Repudiating the
National Debt Ludwig von Mises Institute / Murray N. Rothbard
Pepsi
is back in Baghdad Gulf Daily News
Japan:
Government may declare 'recovery' Japan Times
CO: Mad
cow hurting industry, ranchers tell lawmakers AP via Denver Post /
Colleen Slevin
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01/17
CA:
County jobless rate increases to 8.8 percent Santa Cruz
Sentinel
CA:
Jobless rate drops, but experts are concerned San Diego Union Tribune /
Michael Kinsman
Europeans
fret about soaring euro Knight Ridder via Wichita Eagle / Matthew
Schofield
The Supercycle of
Debt Thoughts from the Frontline via Safehaven / John Mauldin
CA:
California's job loss parallels U.S. report For 6 of past 7 months, payrolls
shrank San Francisco Chronicle
Fannie
Mae Withholds Details of Derivatives, Senator Hagel Says Bloomberg
Insider-trading
investigation launched in banking merger Bloomberg via Seattle Times
Globalization
Foes Strategize Against WTO AP via Newsday / Neelesh Misra
CA:
State's Job Losses Persist reg LA Times /
Marla Dickerson
Dropping
dollar pays off for some, costs others San Francisco Chronicle via
Seattle Post Intelligencer / Sam Zuckerman
The
mystery of the missing jobs reg Chicago
Tribune
As
Exchange Rates Swing, Carmakers Try to Duck reg
NY Times / Mark Landler
Russia
Sees Iraqi Debt Relief as Link to Oil, U.S. Aides Say reg NY Times / Christopher Marquis
U.S.
Treasuries Rise on Speculation Inflation Will Remain Tame Bloomberg
European
Two-Year Note Yield Ends Week Close to October Low Bloomberg
There
must be one born every minute Guardian / Edmond Warner
UK:
ECB turns to verbal remedy Guardian / Charlotte Denney
South
Korean Won Has Weekly Slide; Taiwan Dollar Ekes Out Gain Bloomberg
Australian
Dollar Falls for First Week in Four as Gold Declines Bloomberg
Parmalat
lenders reveal exposure BBC News
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01/18
Burned
by economy, consumed by debt Atlanta Journal Constitution / Michael E.
Kanell
Treasury
publishes notice it plans survey on paperless savings bonds Providence
Journal via San Diego Union Tribune
CA:
Grocers' losses still mystery LA Daily News / Nicholas Grudin
A
silver-lining type of guy gets set to retire from the Fed USA Today /
Barbara Hagenbaugh and Jack Gruber
Despite
Drop, Signs Look Good for Gold reg NY
Times / Jonathan Fuerbringer
Internet
trading of currencies a different animal reg
Chicago Tribune / Bill Barnhart
Greenback
Blues? Think Foreign Bonds Wall Street Journal via LA Daily News / Jeff
D. Opdyke and Craig Karmin
Electronic
trading helps boost CBOT FT / Jeremy Grant
EU
heads for sharp clash on spending FT / George Parker
Central
banks set to renew gold pact FT / Tony Major and Andreas Krosta
Freddie
Mac raises forecast for home sales Bloomberg via Baltimore
Sun
Majority
of homes are underinsured AP via Seattle Post Intelligencer
Flows
shock gives dollar faint stabilization hope Reuters via Yahoo
Reducing
debt on credit cards has its dangers reg
Kansas City Star / Paul Wenske
Repeal
the Do-It-Yourself Tax Cuts Washington Post / Albert B. Crenshaw
Illegal
workers wary of Bush plan Arizona Daily Sun / Chris Markham
Banking
on a lower dollar Journal News / Jay Loomis
Mortgage
refinancing in '04 may make sense reg
Orange County Register / Holden Lewis
Fastows:
From privilege to prison reg AP via Orange
County Register / Kristen Hayes
CA:
State must lead the way San Francisco Chronicle / David Lazarus
Sell
oil for gold, Mahathir tells Saudi Arabia Reuters via Forbes
German industry
sees EU enlargement as historic opportunity AFP via EU Business
Bulgaria and
Romania want to join the EU too AFP via EU Business
Canada-Laying
seige for a bank rate cut Reuters via Yahoo / Russell Blinch
Nagging
Matter of Unemployment Raises Consumer Spending Issues Pittsburgh
Tribune Review / Gregory M. Drahuschak
EU
set to crack down on credit rating agencies Guardian / Nick Mathiason
IMF:
from rates to ratings Guardian / William Keegan
The
overruling of the President Guardian / William Keegan
Now,
what am I bid for a six-month CD? Morning Call / Richard Burnett
FDA's
economist in chief Boston Globe / Christopher Rowland
Black gets the boot NY
Post / Tim Arango
Press
Holdings International to buy Hollinger Inc. for $605.5M CP via
Canada.com
Trade
creates more jobs than it kills Philadelphia Inquirer / Andrew Cassel
PA:
Oil price collapse likely in late 2004 Pittsburgh Tribune Review / Dave
Copeland
Home
Starts Seen Close to Two-Decade High: U.S. Economy Preview Bloomberg
US
no longer over a barrel Boston Globe / Charles Stein
Increased
Scrutiny Could Shrink World Oil Reserves reg
LA Times / James Flanigan
Quirky
HH bond's days are numbered: Here's what to do Baltimore Sun / Eileen
Ambrose
UK:
UK interest rate rise may be delayed FT / Chris Flood
It's
Not That Easy to Win Damages Against a Broker for Bad Advice reg LA Times / Kathy Kristof
CA:
Moving up, not out reg LA Times / Allison
B. Cohen
WA:
Economy 33, Dunphy 27 Seattle Times / Stephen Dunphy
CO: At
long last, Invesco gets a clue Denver Post / Al Lewis
IA:
Corn and soybean prices rise amid tight supplies Des Moines Register /
Anne Fitzgerald
IL:
Bank One exit not just a blow to Chicago's ego reg
Chicago Tribune / Michael Oneal, Bruce Japsen and Mark Skertic
Big
bounce for dollar International Herald Tribune / Eric Pfanner
Is
China the Next Bubble? reg NY Times /
Keith Bradsher
O'Neill
Says Bush Was Set on Cutting Taxes, Too reg
NY Times / Edmund L. Andrews
Investing
in the Future, and Mortgaging It reg NY Times
/ Edmund L. Andrews
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01/19
FOREX-Euro
stagnant, digests finance ministers' worries Reuters / Shinichi Kishima
2004 home
decline clouds lumber UPI / Hil Anderson
The costs of
workaholism UPI / Martin Hutchinson
Employees
claim 'silence' perks AP via Washington Times / Tom Hays
Immigration
reform has backers AP via Indianapolis Star / Adam Geller
Travelers
are back, airline profits aren't USA Today / Dan Reed
FL:
Is the U.S. becoming Cuba's bread basket? Miami Herald / Jane Bussey
Eurozone finance
ministers warn against 'excessive' forex moves AFP via EU Business
Shrinking
workforce to knock economic output in EU, Japan: WEF AFP via Yahoo
Britons
fall further into debt Guardian / Sandra Haurant
Finance
ministers fret over euro BBC News
Bank
chief held in Parmalat probe BBC News
Euro's
strength, budget-pact dispute dominate EU finance talks AP via San Diego
Union Tribune / Paul Ames
Trading
losses may rise, National Australia warns Bloomberg via International
Herald Tribune / Kevin Foley
Euro
steadies after sinking to one-month low FT / Jennifer Hughes
Strong
euro worries European leaders Reuters via CNN
Glowing
housing report expected Bloomberg via Morning Call / Vince Golle
Bush did not
cause the recession Brookes News / Gerard Jackson
Budgets and
spending: a contrarian's view Brookes News / Gerard Jackson
Copper
price hits new high on rising demand FT / Kevin Morrison
As
job market rises, focus on employee retention AP via Louisville Courier
Journal / Joyce M. Rosenberg
MN:
Small companies lead the recovery ... or do they? Minnesota
Star Tribune / Larry Werner
OH:
Even big businesses barter Cincinnati Enquirer / John Eckberg
KS: With soy
breakthroughs, Wichita could find itself counting on beans Wichita Eagle /
Phyllis Jacobs Griekspoor
Bank One
name may go bust after merger is completed Chicago Sun Times / Tammy
Chase
The
state of the Bush economy CNN / Mark Gongloff
Citigroup's
Prince May Post Biggest Profit Growth in Four Years Bloomberg
Japanese:
Unknowns about beef still linger AP via Omaha World Herald
New
York Budget Battle to Focus on Schools, Medicaid Bloomberg
UK:
House prices resume upward trend BBC News
G20
optimistic on trade, cautious on 2004 goal Reuters via Forbes / Andrew
Hay
U.S.
jobs jumping ship CNN / Mark Gongloff
IBM
giveth, taketh away CNN
Black
and the Barclays The Economist
Bund
prices fall as euro weakens FT / Charles Batchelor
Keynes
Was No Crypto-Fascist National Review / Bruce Bartlett
Parmalat
Brazil Missed $2 Mln Payment, Sumitomo Says Bloomberg
You
Can Stop Brokers Skimming Your Retirement Funds Bloomberg
Why does
dollar have value we say it does? Because we say so NY Times via Houston
Chronicle
Dollar
Steady Vs Majors on Capital Inflow Reuters via ABC News / Mariko
Hayashibara
Russia:
Boeings Threaten Domestic Industry Moscow Times / Lyuba Pronina
Australia:
NAB directors cover their backs Sydney Morning Herald / Sharon Kemp
Deutsche,
J.P. Morgan to Manage Indonesian Bond Sale Bloomberg
Persian
Gulf oil money keeps democracy at bay AFP via Taiwan Times
Parmalat
shockwaves spread far and wide AFP via Taiwan Times
German
December Producer Prices Stay Unchanged for Third Month Bloomberg
The
West's failed interventions suggest a need for new modesty Guardian via
Taipei Times
Jobs
go overseas, but impact unclear Cox News via Omaha World Herald
Taiwan:
Steering a safe passage for the nation's economy Taipei Times
Intrigue,
and Perhaps a Lead, Over Missing Parmalat Billions reg NY Times / Eric Sylvers
Market
hates downside surprises Minnesota Star Tribune / Mike Blahnik
Credit-card
changes coming NY Times via Arizona Republic / Jennifer Bayot
A
Sure Bet US News / James M. Pethokoukis
Is
Conrad Black facing his Moscow retreat? Independent / Cahal Milmo and Ian
Burrell
Australia:
Day of reckoning looms for manufacturers amid dollar's stellar run Sydney
Morning Herald
Oil
price collapse likely in late 2004 Sydney Morning Herald
Treasury
Note Investors Are Most Bearish Since 1990, Poll Shows Bloomberg
Funding
U.S. Twin Deficits Business as Usual Bloomberg / David DeRosa
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01/20
Fed's
market role hotly debated Atlanta Journal Constitution via Prudent Bear / Tom Walker
A
banker's delight The Economist
Debt
sale in India curbs rise in bonds Bloomberg via IHT / Bharat Ahluwalia
Who Rules the World,
Really? Euro vs Dollar Currency War Monitor via Safehaven / Alex Wallenwein
IMF Survey
PDF International Monetary Fund
Dollar
Inches Up Ahead of ECB Meeting Reuters via ABC News
Don't be
fooled: Accountants' global affiliates independent Chicago Sun Times /
Ted Pincus
What
happens when home-building boom goes bust? AP via Philadelphia
Inquirer / Rachel Beck
NY:
Pataki Unveils $99.8B Fiscal 2005 Budget Bond Buyer / Martin Z. Braun
KS:
Area home-building surges Kansas City Star / Julius A. Karash
OR:
Northwest Nonsense National Review / Paul Prososki and Sandra Fabry
CT: Gas
prices may hit $3 a gallon Connecticut Post / Charles Walsh
Soaring
energy prices could hurt economy AP via San Diego Union Tribune / Rachel
Beck
The
state of the Bush economy CNN / Mark Gongloff
Drunken
GOP Sailors reg Wall Street Journal
UK:
Head-to-head: Call centre jobs BBC News
Euro
rises on failure to turn words into action FT / Tony Major, George Parker
and Jennifer Hughes
Germany:
Ackermann trial worries hit Deutsche Bank FT / Patrick Jenkins
Japan,
Canada begin moves vs. weak dollar USA Today / Barbara Hagenbaugh
China
unable to quench thirst for oil FT / Victor Mallet
CA:
If bond fails, it's time for Plan B Sacramento Bee / John Hill
Treasuries
Slip a Bit Amid Lack of Data Reuters / Pedro Nicolaci da Costa
Schwarzenegger
kicks off pitch for $15 bln bond Reuters via Forbes / Jim Christie
PA:
Ackermann trial worries hit Deutsche Bank Pittsburgh Tribune Review / Sam
Spatter
Martha
Stewart Pleads Not Guilty Newsmax
More
investors plant cash in hedge funds USA Today / Adam Shell
UK
inflation data boost likelihood of rate rise FT / Anna Fifield
EU Blames Bush for it’s Low
Imports NY Post / Paul Tharp
Brazil's
Real Reverses decline as Inflows Test Central Bank Bloomberg
ASEAN
prepares "road map" for economic integration AFP via Yahoo
Canada:
Economic micromanager extraordinaire Globe and Mail / Mark Mullins
Davos:
The Buzz Is Back Business Week via Yahoo
What The President Didn’t
Want to Hear from Paul O’Neill NY Post / John Crusele
Jobs
seen rising, barely Reuters via CNN
Salvation
Army's golden arches Reuters via CNN
Crude
oil prices hit post-Iraq war high FT / Kevin Morrison
U.S.
corporate bond new issues Reuters via Yahoo
CA:
Market might lose a little fizz reg Orange
County Register / Mary Ann Milbourn
Fed
to Discuss How It `Talks' at Next Meeting Bloomberg / John M. Berry
KS:
Handsome rates help move houses Wichita Eagle / Dan Voorhis
NV:
Home sales should remain strong Las Vegas Review Journal / Hubble Smith
NV:
Gaming industry bonds notch yields of 15 percent Las Vegas Review Journal
/ Rod Smith
WI:
State manufacturers skeptical about jobs plan Green Bay Gazette / Avi
Stern
Next
Move Is Bush's in Reform of Investing System Bloomberg / Chet Currier
This
Year the January Effect Forgot to Show Up Bloomberg / John Dorfman
U.S.
Trade Deal, Tax Overhaul May Stall in Congress This Year Bloomberg
Circuit
City rids itself of more credit card biz Washington Business Journal /
Jeff Clabaugh
Canada:
Bank of Canada lowers target for the overnight rate by 1/4 percentage point
to 2 1/2 per cent Bank of Canada
Euro
Surges; EU Ministers Signal They're Not Close to Selling Bloomberg
Bank
of China launches plan to write off bad loans Bloomberg via Taipei Times
Eurozone
government bond prices rise FT / Päivi Munter
Canada:
Bank cuts interest rate to 2.5% CP via Toronto Star
BoJ
unexpectedly eases monetary policy FT / David Pilling and Barney Jopson
Blowing
bubbles CNN / Justin Lahart
How Does Money Acquire
its Value? Ludwig von Mises Institute / Frank Shostak
Dollar
May Advance After ECB, Finance Ministers Urge Stability Bloomberg
Crude
Oil Rises in New York as U.S. Faces Colder Weather Bloomberg
Australia:
Rating agency puts NAB on watch negative AAP via The Age
Japan:
Number of failed firms falls for first time in four years Japan Times
Banker's
trial in Germany has U.S. echo NY Times via International Herald Tribune
/ Mark Landler
No
Strong Japan-Europe G-7 Front Expected Moscow Times / Shinichi
Kishima
Canada
may move to cut rates Bloomberg via International Herald Tribune /
Bernard Simon
China's
Economic Growth Accelerated to 9.1 Percent in 2003 Bloomberg
Dollar
May Rise Against Yen; Yomiuri Report on Currency Sales Bloomberg
Thai
Central Bank Will Probably Keep Interest Rate at 1.25% Bloomberg
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01/21
Spending
threatens UK debt rule FT / Ed Crooks
Parmalat
gross debt could top E14bn FT / Fred Kapner
S&P in
warning over German pension reform Investment and Pensions Europe
Saudi,
Qatar, UAE, Kuwait to Cut Iraq Debt, U.S. Says Bloomberg
Mexico
Jobless Rate Has Biggest Rise in Almost Decade Bloomberg
Bush
withdraws mortgage regulator nominee Reuters via Yahoo
U.S.
House panel to hold Freddie Mac hearing Reuters via Yahoo
A World Recreated
Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. / Lew
Rockwell
Capital
One cuts bad loans Washington Business Journal / Jeff Clabaugh
The
Bank of New York Ranked Number One Municipal Debt Trustee for 2003
Business Wire via Stockhouse
BoNY eyes
continued strategic investments Investment and Pensions Europe
Bonds
Have Fans Overseas Smart Money via Yahoo
So
Where Are The Jobs? They're On The Way... Business Week via Yahoo
So
Where Are The Jobs? Maybe They're Not On The Way Business Week via Yahoo
Bush
under fire for widening deficit AFP via Yahoo
Under The Gun NY Post /
Jenny Anderson
WA:
Newest job is how to get one Seattle Post Intelligencer / Paul Nyhan
MN:
State job market tops U.S. St. Paul Pioneer Press / Mike Hughlett
IN:
Indianna Turns to Tobacco Bond Buyer / Elizabeth Carvlin
Bullish
US could end in global slump BBC News / Tim Weber
Vital
issues remain to be decided as EU expansion looms EU Business / Breffni
O'Rourke
Bush
Proposes 'No Down Payment' Home Loan AP via Newsday
Dollar
weaker vs majors on pre-G7 jitters Reuters via Forbes / Mariko
Hayashibara
Snow's
Doubts Knock Treasuries from Highs Reuters via Boston Globe / Amanda
Cooper
TX:
Incoming business prospects look good Dallas Fort Worth Star Telegram /
Andrea Ahles
US Corp
Bonds-Unchanged; trade light, profits eyed Reuters / Nancy Leinfuss
Flying
Pork Forbes / Andrew T. Gillis
A
deficit in global growth reg Kansas City
Star / Jerry Heaster
Economists
mixed on Bush message reg Kansas City Star
/ Eric Palmer
WA:
Seeking clues from tax coffers Seattle Times / Stephen Dunphy
Lower
mortgage demand hurts Washington Mutual profit Seattle Times / Bradley
Meacham
Greenback
resumes fall, bonds make gains CNN
Bush deficit
plan seen having murky math MSNBC and CNBC / John W. Schoen
Can
an Outcry Stem Outsourcing AP via Pittsburgh Tribune Review / Rachel
Konrad
Public
disgust with executive enrichment is humbling Baltimore Sun / Jay Hancock
Jet
fuel prices pressure industry USA Today / Dan Reed
GE
exec explains effects of globalization on United States Las Vegas Sun /
Jennifer Shubinski
Corporate
bigwigs can learn, ski, hobnob at Davos bash Bloomberg via Seattle Times
/ Michael Mckee
Corporate
Germany on trial The Economist
Iran's
President, at Davos, Displays Hope and Defiance reg
NY Times / Mark Landler
China’s
Challenge: Making Capitalists Out of Communists Newsmax / Jeremy Bradshaw
The
Frozen Fed, Looking Back, Standing Pat Washington Post / Steven
Pearlstein
Fannie
Mae Profit More Than Doubles Washington Post / Richard Leong
CA:
FBI Seeks Orange County Money Manager reg
LA Times / E. Scott Reckard
CA:
L.A. County Leads U.S. in Factory Jobs reg
LA Times / Marla Dickerson
AZ:
Consumer confidence up in state Arizona Republic / Russ wiles
PA:
One source for the newcomers Philadelphia needs Philadelphia Inquirer /
Andrew Cassel
Does
Citi fear consolidation? CNN / Christopher Hughes
Treasuries
rise as markets await new data FT / Paivi Munter, Jenny Wiggins, Mariko
Sanchanta
Euro
firms below highs against dollar FT / Ivar Simensen
Crude
falls as output cut fears recede FT / Kevin Morrison
Rates
and Bush ... better lucky? CNN / Kathleen Hayes
U.S. budget
deficit must be curbed-Treasury's Snow Reuters
OPEC:
Oil supply healthier than it sounds UPI via Washington Times
Brazil
Unexpectedly Keeps Benchmark Rate at 16.5% Bloomberg
Mexico
Plans U.K. Pound Bond, Joins Pemex, Poland Bloomberg
Here
We Go Again? National Review / Bruce Bartlett
Yes Virginia, Your
Gold is at Risk Clif Droke Market Analysis via Safehaven / Clif Droke
Britain
goes deeper into the red BBC News
UK:
Bank voted 8-1 to hold interest rates Guardian / Mark Tran
Live in
France, work in Britain and help out Eurotunnel Guardian / David gow
Taiwan:
Foreign economists bullish on Taiwan Taipei Times / Bill Heaney
China
says `no chance' of revaluing yuan this year Bloomberg via Taipei Times
The Austrian
Contribution to Development Theory Ludwig von Mises Institute /
Christopher Mayer
CA:
Grocery workers ask AFL-CIO to make strike national issue San Diego Union
Tribune / Penni Crabtree
CA:
Orange County Home Prices Soar reg LA
Times / Roger Vincent
Mad cow's
fallout has cost hundreds of layoffs so far AP via Houston Chronicle /
Joe Ruff
What
the Muni Market Is Telling Us About California Bloomberg / Joe Mysak
For
Paul O'Neill, It's Always About the Truth Bloomberg / Caroline Baum
CBOT to
charge extra dues to help it compete with Eurex Chicago Sun Times
Argentine
bond group says legal action possible Reuters
Even
for Experts, Analyzing the Job Market Is an Adventure reg NY Times / David Leonhardt
U.S.
December Housing Starts Rise to 2.088 Million Bloomberg
Merrill
Lynch's Profit More Than Doubles AP via Newsday
Economic
Talks Draw Elite to Davos, but Have No Salient Issue reg NY Times
Bahrain
financial sector registers strong growth Gulf Daily News
Russia
Looks to Join World Bank Creditors Moscow Times / Vladimir Isachenkov
Russia:
Planned Pipeline to Avoid Neighbors Moscow Times / Simon Ostrovsky
Australia:
No buck-passing, sack the bosses Sydney Morning Herald / Anthony Higgins
Leaders
in Davos are hoping for more than just a talkfest IHT / Eric Pfanner
Short-term
corporate bonds attractive Reuters via Bangkok Post
UK
inflation remains steady Guardian / Mark Tran
Cheney,
Daft, Much to Be Quizzed on Little Green Men in Davos Bloomberg
Japan:
G-7 wants currency stability: Tanigaki Japan Times
Euro
May Gain on Speculation ECB Won't Sell Currency, Cut Rates Bloomberg
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01/22
In
search of a theme The Economist
Two-faced
capitalism The Economist
Current-account
balances The Economist
The
loonie flies too high The Economist
Canada's
Exporters Seek More Rate Cuts to Halt Dollar Bloomberg
Show
Us the Cash! CFO.com / Kara Newman of Thomson Financial
The
Book of Jobs Daily Standard / Irwin Stelzer
Leasebacks
'Widespread' Bond Buyer / Susanna Duff Barnett
U.S. agency
seeks Freddie Mac executive testimony Reuters via Yahoo
Foreign
central banks hold record U.S. debt – Fed Reuters via Yahoo
CBS
MarketWatch's Calandra resigns amid SEC probe Reuters via Yahoo /
Jonathan Stempel
FL:
A good year to build on Miami Herald / Douglas Hanks III
OH: New tire may put
Goodyear on track Akron Beacon Journal / John Russell
CA:
Low-Pay Sectors Dominate U.S. and State Job Growth reg LA Times / Nancy Cleeland
Economic
conference is cautiously upbeat Knight Ridder via Wichita Eagle / Ken Moritsugu
CBOT
ownership settlement OKd reg Chicago
Tribune / Mark Skertic W/ Robert Manor
For
fee, companies can trace old stocks and bonds Philadelphia Inquirer /
Jeff Brown
Freddie
Mac board blamed for mistakes Bloomberg via Philadelphia Inquirer / James
Tyson
Treasury
prices rise as investors reposition FT / Päivi Munter, Jenny Wiggins and
Barney Jopson
Low-fare
carriers may find '04 hard USA Today / Dan Reed
IA:
Gas prices rise 14› in a month Des Moines Register / William Ryberg
CT:
Global changes alter economy Connecticut Post / Rob Varnon
India's
Foreign Debt Raised to Investment Grade Bloomberg
Eurozone recovery 'at
risk' BBC News / Tim Weber
Brazil's
Move to Halt Rate Cuts May Prevent Inflation Bloomberg
U.N.:
World Unemployment Nears Record 186M AP via Dallas Fort Worth Star
Telegram / Jonathan Fowler
MBA:
No bubble in this forecast CNN / Sarah Max
Mortgage
Rates Down AP via Newsday
Immigrant-Labor
Economics reg NY Times / Jeff Madrick
Report
Says Europe Is Behind on Single-Economy Goal reg
NY Times / Paul Meller
AZ:
Consignment stores thriving Arizona Republic / Yvette Armendariz
CA:
Apartment vacancy rates surge Sacramento Bee / Andrew LePage
Economists
say Bush must deal with deficits Washington Times / Patrice Hill
US
inventory fears keep crude prices higher FT / Shamal Ratnayaka
Did
recession begin in 2000? CNN
U.S.
December Index of Leading Economic Indicators Rises 0.2% Bloomberg
Kodak
to Cut Up to 15,000 Jobs, Take $1.7 Bln Charge Bloomberg
Which
Wage Are We Going? National Review / John E. Tammy
Argentina's
Economy to Expand 6% in 2004, Central Bank Says Bloomberg
Passing
the buck Cox News via Dallas Fort Worth Star Telegram / Shelley Emiling
Inflated
fears, deflated hopes The Economist
Currency Wars
Ludwig von Mises Institute / Sean Corrigan
Japan's
Cash Pumping May Help Slow Yen's Rise Bloomberg / David DeRosa
Player
piano CNN / Justin Lahart
Recession
dates ... who cares? CNN / Kathleen Hayes
Euro
Rises as ECB Eases Concern It Will Sell Currency, Cut Rate Bloomberg
European
government bond prices rise FT / Päivi Munter
No
way back on globalization, ex-president tells Davos Guardian / Larry
Elliott
Germany's
corporate culture in the dock Guardian / Ben Aris
Aging
society a threat and an opportunity Toronto Star / David Crane
Housing
Keeps Driving the Economy reg NY Times /
Jennifer Bayot
Wall
Street Bankers, Reelection Backers Washington Post / Ben White
Former
Futures Chief Settles Charges reg Reuters
via NY Times
If poor get richer,
does world see progress? Christian Science Monitor / Brad Knickerbocker
Australia:
Give us a month, asks NAB chair Sydney Morning Herald / Anthony Hughes
Saudi
prefers crude at 'miracle' price of $25 Gulf Daily News
Japan's
20-Year Sale May Draw More Bids Than Average Bloomberg
UK:
Secretary stole $9.5m from firm Telegraph via Sydney Morning Herald
Euro
Rises After ECB's Wellink Says Gains Are `Not Excessive' Bloomberg
Russia:
Putin Has World Bank's Support Moscow Times / Alex Nicholson
Agriculture
secretary defends federal response to mad cow AP via Denver Post / Mark
Sherman
MN:
Under-30 readers shun newspapers Minnesota Star Tribune / Steve Alexander
Fund
chiefs are willing to take on more risks Bloomberg via International Herald
Tribune
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01/23
Causey
May Put GAAP On Trial Forbes / Dan Ackman
Bonds
Could Fall Under Shelter Regs Bond Buyer / Susanna Duff Barnett
Market
at a crossroads Globe and Mail / David Parkinson
Financial Bubbles
Rages On Prudent Bear via Safehaven
/ Doug Noland
Latin
America to grow 4 percent this year UPI via Washington Times
It's
good to talk at Davos BBC News / Mike Rake
Bond
prices fall abruptly Friday AP via Seattle Post Intelligencer
Canada:
Loonie retreat a delayed reaction? Ottawa Business Journal
Fading
chance of ECB action hits dollar FT / Jennifer Hughes
Bush
Left Economic Vision on Cutting Floor Bloomberg / Gene Sperling
FDIC And FBI
Investigating Fraudulent Emails FDIC and FBI via FDIC
More
cold weather keeps oil price pumped FT / Ivar Simensen
Tough
EU Budget talks ahead EU Business
IMF warns Slovenia
on risk accession to ERM2 could bring AFP via EU Business
Pension funds
plan “huge” hedge fund move – study Investment and Pensions Europe
China's peasants
opt for urban grindstone Christian Science Monitor / Robert Marquand
CA:
The economic news sounds good, but why does it still feel so bad? San
Jose Mercury News / Mike Cassidy
Computers
are tougher to fix on Mars Seattle Post Intelligencer / Matthew Fordahl
Treasuries
Tumble as Low Yields and More Supply Deter Investors Bloomberg
Chile
Bonds Push Latin America Debt Sales to Record Bloomberg
Argentina
May Pay Debt Advisers $88 Million Bloomberg
Parmalat
employee dies in bridge plunge FT / Mark Nicholson
O.C.
Money Manager Arrested in Texas reg LA Times / E. Scott Reckard
Dean
criticises Greenspan over Bush tax cuts FT / James Harding
SEC
threatens NYSE specialists FT / Andrei Postelnicu
Oil discovered
in northwest India UPI via Washington Times
At
Davos the rich hear the poor UPI via Washington Times / John C. K. Daly
Too
Much Regulation? Corporate Bosses Sing the Sarbanes-Oxley Blues reg NY Times / Floyd Norris
Pentagon
seeks $402 billion in 2005 CBS Market Watch / August Cole
Fed
will keep pedal to the metal CNN / Mark Gongloff
Have
you bought your second home? CNN / Sarah Max
Bank
mergers: There will be more CNN / Dan Cook
Prettying
up the job market CNN / Mark Gongloff
Latte
give Big Mac the worldwide bounce Seattle Times / Stephen Dunphy
Dean says
new Fed chief needed Reuters via MSNBC and CNBC
TX: Many
wait on Congress to fix 'bleak' pension shortfall Houston Chronicle /
L.M. Sixel
CO:
From Atkins to Fatkins Denver Post / Al Lewis
PA:
Shifting retirement money to hedge funds Philadelphia Inquirer / Joseph
N. DiStefano
China-US:
Double bubbles in danger of colliding Asia Times via Prudent Bear / Ian Williams
Fed
May Affirm `Considerable Period' of Low Rates Bloomberg
Don't
Buy Into Pension Obligation Bond Plans Bloomberg / Joe Mysak
Over-Investment
Plagued the Labor Market, Too Bloomberg / Caroline Baum
Who Benefits From Free
Trade, and How Ludwig von Mises Institute / Robert P. Murphy
Chile
Bonds Push Latin American Debt Sales to Record Month Bloomberg
Kodak
changes the picture The Economist
Russia:
Yukos Hit With New Tax Evasion Charge Moscow times / Valeria Korchagina
Weakness
of Critical Technology Area Has Weighed Down Sector Washington Post /
Mike Musgrove
Columnist Quits Amid SEC
Probe NY Post / Stephen Lynch
Recession
Could Have Begun Early Washington Post / Nell Henderson
Bush's $5 trillion
problem: Rising deficit troubles GOP Christian Science Monitor / Gail
Russell Chaddock
US
consumers borrow big to save the world Dow Jones via Sydney Morning
Herald
Japanese
Bonds May Gain After Auction Shows Demand Bloomberg
Weak
dollar 'threat to Europe' Gulf Daily News
UK:
BCC warns of danger ahead if Bank raises rates Guardian / Charlotte Denny
UK:
£3bn hole in defence budget Guardian / Richard Norton-Taylor and David
Gow
Japan:
U.S. rules out testing all cows Japan Times / Mayumi Negishi
Japan
and Russia Working Hard to Build Economic Ties reg
NY Times / James Brooke
As
Japan Recovers, Will Bond Yields Surge? Bloomberg / William Pesek, Jr.
Parmalat
founder 'spirited 2bn' Telegraph / Bruce Johnston
How
much oil does the world have left? Observer via Taipei Times
Dollar
continues to plummet as doubts grow about support Reuters via Taipei
Times
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Cheney
seeks to mend fences in Davos FT / Guy de Jonquières and Charles Pretzlik
The
talk of the town at Davos: China IHT / Eric Pfanner
Global
Business Leaders Fret About Growth Reuters via Yahoo / Stella Dawson
At
Forum, white-collar job migration is a hot topic IHT / Jennifer L.
Schenker
Investors
warming up to coal industry AP via Houston Chronicle / Brad Foss
Fingers in the
Dyke and Fingers in the Pie Lew Rockwell / Sean Corrigan
Dubya’s Spending
spree NY Post
Gap grows
between high, low earners Wall Street Journal via Indianapolis Star /
Greg Ip
WI:
Going... going... well, maybe Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Kathleen
Gallagher
MI: Jobless
rate rises to 7.2% Detroit Free Press / John Gallagher
TX:
State jobless rate rises Dallas Fort Worth Star Telegram / Andrea Ahles
MD:
Realtors see more sunny days Boston Globe / Chris Reidy
Thailand's
economy at risk from flu AFP via Taipei Times
China:
Overseas financial institutions allowed to register directly in Shanghai
People’s Daily
`Bull
market for bonds almost over' Toronto Star / Rick Westhead
Jobs
drought leads to freeze in US interest rates AFP via Yahoo
Halliburton
officials took bribes: WSJ AP via Taipei Times
CT:
Unions keep on fading Connecticut Post / Rob Varnon
MS: Experts: Time
prime for refinancing Clarion Ledger / Nell Luter Floyd
CA:
Orders for flood insurance are just trickling in San Diego Union Tribune
/ Rachel Laing
Labor
finds itself laboring reg Kansas City Star
/ Jerry Heaster
CA:
State Bonds Lure Buyers Despite Budget Woes reg
LA Times / Tom Petruno
MD:
Mortgage rates dip; refinances in boom Baltimore Sun / Paul Adams
IA:
Thousands of Iowans' jobless pay set to end Des Moines Register / Jane
Norman
MA:
Bay State's jobless ranks swell: Level matches nation's rate Boston
Herald / Jay Fitzgerald
Nasdaq
Declines for First Week in Seven on Valuation Concerns Bloomberg
Runaway
train CNN / Justin Lahart
Canada
Dollar Falls for Second Week as Central Bank Cuts Rate Bloomberg
A
Year of Worry for Cambodia's Garment Makers reg
NY Times / James Brooke
Bush
looking for jobs rebound Minnesota Star Tribune / David Westphal
MN:
Heat costs chill profits Minnesota Star Tribune / Jim Buchta and Mike
Meyers
Greenback
woes put G7 on the rack Guardian / Mark Milner
Japan:
27.65 billion yen in '02 wages unpaid Japan Times
Australia:
Greasing mortgage deals Sydney Morning Herald
UK:
Fraud office to examine Equitable scandal Guardian / Rupert Jones and
Phillip Inman
Aventis
poised to fend off hostile bid Guardian / Heather Stewart
Baghdad
economy perks up as income rises Gulf Daily News
WTO
members divided over trade agreement Gulf Daily News
Saudi
rules out plans to raise crude prices Gulf Daily News
Yes, But What
High Yields? Forbes / James Grant
Berkshire
shares hit milestone Omaha World Herald / Virgil Larson
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