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02/16
Small
businesses are banging at their bankers' doors again Washington Business
Journal / Kent Hoover
Dollar
drinking in the Last Chance Saloon Independent / Stephen King
Is
globalisation a force for good in India? BBC News / Kaushik Basu
The 7 stages of a
dollar crisis MSNBC via Prudent
Bear / Bill Fleckenstein
Bush
Says Tax Cuts Spark Election-Year Economic Boost Bloomberg
Kerry
Leads Bush by 5 Percentage Points in CBS Poll of Voters Bloomberg
Market Commentary
Prospector Asset Management via Safehaven
/ Leonard Kaplan
Funds: Seeking
bargains in bond funds Reuters via Yahoo / Clint Willis
Canada:
Offshore B.C. drilling bans could be lifted Globe and Mail / Brent Jang
Bush
budget compounds fiscal bind for cities, states Seattle Times / Neal Peirce
Alternative
Minimum Tax still wreaking havoc Mercury News / Mark Schwanhausser
New
Jersey to Sue Allianz Over Pimco Fund Trades, Person Says Bloomberg
Canada's
2-Yr Bond Yield Holds Near 15-Yr Low on Rate Prospects Bloomberg
Mexico
Bolsa Breaks 10,000 Level on U.S. Growth: Latin Stocks Bloomberg
Taiwan:
Domestic demand seen boosting the economy AFP via Taipei Times
Dollar
Stuck as Jitters Keep Lid on Yen Reuters via ABC News
Dean's
lament: Woulda, coulda, shoulda UPI / Martin Sieff
U.S.
may add 21.3 million jobs by 2012 Bloomberg via Morning Call / Joe
Richter
Italian welfare
spending doubles to E228bn Investment and Pensions Europe
Interest Rates
and the Gold Price Guruboard / Bob Coppo
The
Emperor’s New Climate: Is Global Warming Real? Newsmax / Duncan Maxwell
Anderson
Disney
board rejects Comcast offer FT / Tim Burt and Peter Thal Larsen
Give
everyone a place at global dining table Guardian / Benjamin Mkapa
Talks between
developing states, EU, open in Addis Ababa AFP via EU Business
Loonie: U.S.
holiday dampens trading Ottawa Business Journal
World
faces crude price shock Gulf Daily News
Oil
Guards Gains After OPEC Cuts Reuters
American
firms 'seeking new Iran oil contracts' Gulf Daily News
White House job comments touch a
nerve MSNBC / Martin Wolk
Protecting
your assets CBS Market Watch / Andrea Coombes
Aborting the
next boom? UPI / Martin Hutchinson
Cingular
ups bid for AT&T wireless Reuters via CNN
Weak
dollar lifts base metals to new heights FT / Kevin Morrison
Euro
edges up as Trichet talks FT / Jennifer Hughes
One
last push for peace The Economist
Hanging
on the telephone The Economist
NY:
North Fork to Buy GreenPoint for $6.3 Bln, Expands in New York Bloomberg
U.S.
Nears Clash With Governors on Medicaid Cost NY Times /
Robert Pear
German
Airport Testing Iris Scan AP via Newsday / Matt Surman
Optimism
on economy remains high Chicago Tribune / John Schmeltzer
Jobs
turnover means less pay, benefits for many Americans KRT News via Morning
Call / Jeffrey McCracken
Round
the world Bund trading moves one step closer Reuters via Forbes / George
Matlock
UK:
Gloom has crept over 10 Downing and all of Labour Taipei Times / Martin
Kettle
Gold
prices volatile in thin trade FT / Neil Dennis
PA:
Long-blighted area lures business with tax breaks Philadelphia Inquirer /
Peter Binzen
Cutting
the deficit in half Washington Times / Joshua B. Bolten
Euro
rally stalls ahead of Trichet speech FT / Neil Dennis
Taiwan:
Central bank says NT may go higher Taipei Times
Euro:
Bond prices remain flat in subdued trading FT / Päivi Munter
Wal-Mart
sees Feb. sales at high end of forecast Reuters via Forbes
Kerry
Would Be Third-Richest U.S. President Forbes / Dan Ackman
It's
downhill all the way for UK trade traffic Guardian Larry Elliott
America
Needs a Leader Like George Washington Newsmax / Dr. John Ridpath
'Boomerang
kids' keep returning home Baltimore Sun / Eileen Ambrose
MD:
States in region seen competing for slots money Baltimore
Sun
Australian,
New Zealand Dollars Rise as Higher Yield Attract Bloomberg
UK:
House prices soar in early 2004 BBC News
Experts
Discuss Loans to the World's Poor AP via Newsday / Parveen Ahmed
Bank
of England's King Is Guilty of Mission Creep Bloomberg / Matthew Lynn
Older
end of work force growing Seattle Post Intelligencer
Could
Investors Have Detected Parmalat, Enron Woes? Bloomberg / John Wasik
Forecast
Fever National Review / Bruce Bartlett
Yen
Holds Near 41-Month High; Growth May Be Fastest in 3 Years Bloomberg
Japanese
Economy Probably Grew at 4.7% Annual Pace in 4th Qtr Bloomberg
Yukos
Investors Offer $14.6 Billion Stake to Free Khodorkovsky Bloomberg
GreenSpam Lew
Rockwell / Mark Thornton
Dollar
May Drop Against Euro for Third Week, Survey Indicates Bloomberg
U.S.
Treasury Investors Less Inclined to Sell, Survey Shows Bloomberg
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02/17
The BMA Warns that
IRS Proposal Would Disrupt Municipal Market and Drive Up Issuing Costs
BMA
MN:
Low rates helping owners of rentals Minneapolis - St Paul Star Tribune / Jim Buchta
The
coming storm The Economist
Outsourcing
comment stirs a firestorm even if it's good economics St. Louis Post /
David Nicklaus
Circular
230 Expansion Condemned Bond Buyer / Susanna Duff Barnett
Treasury
bond market at a glance AP via NJ Post
BMA Finds Proposed
Trading Activity Fee Falls Short of Exchange Act Requirements BMA
FDIC Reports
Year-End 2003 Financial Results For Bank and Thrift Insurance Funds FDIC
Reuters to revamp
asset management division Investment and Pensions Europe
CA:
Market for prebuilt homes is looking up Sacramento Bee / Andrew LePage
CA:
Bills aim to slow overseas job flow Sacramento Bee / Clint Swett
The
Next Wave Of Banking Consolidation Forbes / Ari Weinberg
Money Supply and the
Presidential Election Clif Droke via Safehaven
Bonds Are
Still Lighting It Up Active-Investor, Inc. via Guruboard / J. Scott
Rader
Canada:
Household bankruptcies in Ottawa finish 2003 at new high Ottawa Business
Journal / Leo Valiquette
US
presidential candidates play 'China cards' People’s Daily
China's
trade surplus to fall this year People’s Daily
Treasury chief hedges on jobs
forecast Reuters via CNBC
NY:
Liberty Bonds sought for Downtown A.C. NY Daily News / Lore Croghan
MI: January
layoff warnings drop in Michigan Detroit Free Press / John Gallagher
IRS
takes tougher tack Denver Post / Aldo Svaldi
Equal
pay for women is worth the work Denver Post / Al Lewis
The end of the
world Christian Science Monitor / Jane Lampman
Disney to
buy Muppets, others from Jim Henson Co. AP via Houston Chronicle
Fannie Mae
raises 2004 US mortgage forecast Reuters via Yahoo & Prudent Bear
Weak
data lift Treasuries FT / Jenny Wiggins, Päivi Munter and Mariko
Sanchanta
Treasury
prices edge higher CNN
El
Paso cuts reserves by 41% FT / Sheila McNulty
All-round
increase seen in prices of base metals FT / Kevin Morrison
Dollar
buoyed by US net inflows data FT / Jennifer Hughes
Brazil
Real Falls, Chile Peso Rises Bloomberg
Disney's
'no' is far from the final word Philadelphia Inquirer / Miriam Hill
Specialists
settle trading probe CNN
Gas
prices to stay high, analysts say Baltimore Sun / Dan Thanh Dang
Running on Empty
Ludwig von Mises Institute / Frank Shostak
She sold
name to Kmart, bought stock in Wal-Mart Bloomberg via Detroit Free Press
/ Shobhana Chandra & Phil Serfino
Shipping Out
White-Collar Jobs Christian Science Monitor
Australian
Central Bank Looking at Inflation, Housing Bloomberg
Soybeans
Rise Sharply; Grain Also Climbs AP via Philadelphia Inquirer
Growing
economy sparks takeover mania San Francisco Chronicle / John Shinal
Testifying
for The Economy Washington Times / Larry Kudlow
Economy
May Work in Bush's Favor Washington Post / Jonathan Weisman
U.S. mortgage
bonds rise, Fannie portfolio shrinks Reuters via Yahoo
Fannie
Mae Jan duration gap at minus one month Reuters via Yahoo
NYSE specialists under gun
NY Post / Jennifer Anderson
SEC,
NYSE Specialist Firms Negotiating AP via Hartford Courant / Michael
Martinez
Gold
higher as dollar weakens further FT / Neil Dennis
Reuters
Shares Surge on Profit, Outlook for Sales Bloomberg
Strong
currencies lift European bond prices FT / Päivi Munter
Dollar
rallies on strong portfolio flow data FT / Jennifer Hughes
US
assets still attractive despite dollar fall FT / Jennifer Hughes
Christopher Swann
UK
inflation rate creeps higher BBC News
Copper
Rises on U.S. Manufacturing Gains, Dwindling Inventories Bloomberg
New
York factory sector jumps Reuters via CNN
Top housing markets
CNN
Dollar
Drops Against Euro, 11 Other Currencies on Rate Outlook Bloomberg
Who’s
the real winner? The Economist
Out
for the Count CFO.com / Ben McLannahan and Poul Funder Larsen
Industrial
Production and Capacity Utilization Federal Reserve Board
New
Issue-Fannie Mae issues S$400 mln 5-yr bond Reuters via Moreovernews
Cingular
agrees to buy AT&T Wireless AP via Dallas Fort Worth Star Telegram / Charles
Odum
Loomis
Sayles's Fuss: U.S. and Global Bonds, Strategy Bloomberg
NE:
Taxable sales up 3.1% in Nebraska Omaha World Herald / Deborah Alexander
New EU
states join veterans in pact push Guardian / Ian Black
As
intervention fear fades, the euro rises AFP via IHT
Siemens
to relocate 15,000 jobs AP via IHT
Auction
could make a winner of Verizon NYT via IHT / Matt Richtel
Greenspan
Worries About Math Gap, Not Wage Gap Bloomberg / Andy Mukherjee
Japanese
Capital and Jobs Flowing to China NY Times / Ken Berlon
Japan:
Retail beef prices set new record, up fifth straight week Japan Times
Good
Times Roll On for Developing World, for Now Eduardo Porter
Australia:
Dollar's rise adds unease to reporting season Sydney Morning Herald /
James Chessell
Russia:
Oil Delegation Travels to Baghdad Moscow Times
Indian
Rupee Poised to Gain as Growth Lures Foreign Investors Bloomberg
Can retraining
offset rush of jobs offshore? Christian Science Monitor / Ron Scherer and
Kimberly Chase
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02/18
Sale of
HH U.S. saving bonds ends in August Milwaukee Journal / Avrum D. Lank
US
Treasury's Snow seeks distance from job forecast Reuters via Forbes /
Glenn Somerville
Dollar
recoils as scepticism lingers about reversal Reuters via Forbes / Mariko Hayashibara
Free
Trade, Fairly Managed Washington Post / Steven Pearlstein
MSRB
Plans Rule to Ban Consultants Bond Buyer / Craig T. Ferris and Lynn Hume
San
Antonio Water's $43M Study Could Lead to $1 Billion of Bonds Bond Buyer /
Elizabeth Albanese
A Picture is Worth a
Thousand Words Aden Forecast via Safehaven
/ Mary Anne & Pamela Aden
Looks can be
deceiving with U.S. economy Trilateral Institute via Asahi Shimbun and Fiend’s SuperBear Page / Sankyoku Keizai
Kenkyusho
Italy may face
strike over pension reform Investment and Pensions Europe
El Paso
stock tumbles, and credit rating downgraded Houston Chronicle / Laura
Goldberg
General Mills denies shipping
retailers excess production Bloomberg via Waterbury Republican American
Beef growers
win suit vs. Tyson Fresh Meats AP via Detroit Free Press / Kyle Wingfield
Treasury
to stop issuing 'HH' bonds AP via Houston Chronicle
Treasuries
Rise on Speculation Bank of Japan May Buy U.S. Debt Bloomberg
Canada
cheapest place to do business Ottawa Business Journal
Britain signals
open door to workers from new EU states AFP via EU Business
Offshoring
trend called badly timed Knight Ridder via Contra Costa Times / Ken
Moritsugu
Moving
U.S. jobs sparks debate San Jose Mercury News via Contra Costa Times /
Karl Schoenberger
WI:
New jobs paying less than ones Wisconsin lost Green Bay Gazette / Richard
Ryman
Will
Disney's Miramax Support Comcast Takeover Bid? Corporate Financing Week
via Institutional Investor
/ Jessica Sommar
Dean
Ends Bid for Democratic Presidential Nomination Bloomberg
Brazil
Keeps 16.5% Benchmark Rate, Undermining Lula Bloomberg
Germany
Risks Deficit Breach for Fourth Year, EU Says Bloomberg
Germany,
France, U.K. Urge EU Economic Commissioner Bloomberg
National
debt surges to $7 trillion Reuters via CNN
Early
retirement here we come CBS market Watch / Robert Powell
UK:
How safe is this lifeboat? Telegraph
China
Merchants Bank trims bond offering Bloomberg via IHT / Tian Ying and Jianguo
Jiang
Fraud
at Pimco Bond Unit Alleged LA Times / Josh Friedman and E. Scott Reckard
Comcast
in no rush to buy Disney Philadelphia Inquirer / Patricia Horn and Akweli
Parker
Big
investment banks thrive when deal-making heats up Philadelphia Inquirer /
Joseph N. DiStefano
White
House retreats on employment forecast FT / Alan Beattie
A
renewed force in Asia The Economist
As boomers
retire, many firms face staffing crunch AP via Chicago Sun Times /
Michael P. Regan
Commerzbank
reports record losses UPI via Washington Times
Japanese
bonds rise in spite of GDP growth FT / Barney Jopson, Päivi Munter and
Jenny Wiggins
TX:
Commercial foreclosures soar in Tarrant Dallas Fort Worth Star Telegram /
Sandra Baker
CA:
Orange County Home Prices Hit New High LA Times / Roger Vincent
The Regulators Will
Botch It Again Ludwig von Mises Institute / Gregory Bresinger
World
Economic Confidence Rises for Third Quarter, Survey Finds Bloomberg
Dollar
Rises Against Yen, 13 Major Currencies; Japan May Sell Bloomberg
Dodd:
Save Our Jobs Hartford Courant / John M. Moran
Making money
in the market will be tougher Detroit Free Press / Susan Tompor
FL:
Palm Beach County socked with state's biggest penalty for not trimming class
sizes South Florida Sun Sentinel / Scott Travis
Chinese
Fortunes? National Review / James K. Glassman
Loan applications rise 4.9%
as rates continue slide Inman News
Mortgage rates take a dip
Inman News
Buffett
firm acquires Cadbury ADRs Bloomberg via Wichita Eagle
Consumers
Aren't as Fickle as Surveys Suggest Bloomberg / Caroline Baum
The
end of the affair? The Economist
Fed-Funds
Rate in the Danger Zone? CFO.com / Ed Zwirn
Something Will Give!
Tomorrow’s Gold via Safehaven
/ Mar Faber
Muni
Bond Dealers on Notice About Price Reporting Bloomberg / Joe Mysak
US Corp
Bonds-Spreads narrow as yields fall Reuters via Forbes
Where
Martha went wrong CNN / Justin Lahart
Greenspan's
Deep Job Analysis Affects Policy Bloomberg / John Berry
Brussels
casts doubt on German growth FT / George Parker
Md.
offers an advance of $42 million Baltimore Sun via Stateline.org / Tanika White
Let
the meager times roll; half of states face shortfalls Stateline.org /
Pamela M. Prah
Housing
starts sink 7.9 percent CNN
Euro:
Bond yields fall on fears of ECB intervention FT / Päivi Munter
Australia: Bond market recoups losses The Age via Moreovernews
Mizuho plans
euro, dollar subordinated bonds Reuters via Moreovernews
Kuwait's
largest bond launched Gulf Daily News
Australia:
Dollar takes off after RBA speech AAP via Sydney Morning Herald
Blair
seeks threesome with Chirac, Schroeder Guardian via Taipei Times / Ian
Black
US
budget fear drives dollar to record low Telegraph / Edmund Conway
UK:
Lack of bargains pushes up inflation Guardian / Charlotte Moore
Big
merger planned by U.S. banks AP, Reuters & IHT
Yen
Holds Near 3-Year High; Japanese Economy Grew at 7% Pace Bloomberg
Is
BOJ's Fukui World's Best Central Banker? Bloomberg / William Pesek, Jr.
Take
This Job and Be Thankful (for $6.80 an Hour) NY Times / Michael Massing
U.S.
Economic Recovery Begins to Trickle Into Mexico NY Times / Elisabeth Malkin
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