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03/01 Forgetting the economic lessons of history Brookes News / Gerard Jackson US economy and recession: theory and counter theory Brookes News / Gerard Jackson Is hiring forecast all hype? Dallas Morning News via Google / Danielle DiMartino The Intellectual Bankruptcy of Anti-Market Ideology Ludwig von Mises Institute / Jude Balnchette UK: M&S to issue bonds to aid pension shortfall Investment & Pensions Europe UK real estate returned almost 11% in 2003 Investment & Pensions Europe D.C. housing prices nearly double in five years Washington Business Journal / Jeff Clabaugh Dollar Fundamentals and Non-US$ Commodity Prices Speculative Investor via Safehaven / Steve Saville Platinum hits $900 an ounce as U.S. stocks end up Reuters via Forbes / Jerry Kearney TX: Phoenix Rises Higher Bond Buyer / Richard Williamson Mortgage Bond Abuse Targeted Bond Buyer / Susanna Duff Barnett CDO Library Goes Live: www.cdolibrary.com Bond Market Association Oil companies ordered to cut output FT / Carola Hoyos Dollar gains on solid job numbers FT / Steve Johnson The Bear's Lair: Futile courtroom dramas UPI / Martin Hutchinson West Nile virus infecting U.S. blood UPI / Ed Susman U.S. Treasuries supported in Asia despite firm ISM Reuters Greenspan: Increase national saving Reuters via CNN Assessing the Banking Industry's Exposure to an Implicit Government Guarantee of GSEs FDIC Remarks Before the Institute of International Bankers FDIC / Donald E. Powell WI: Globalization hits home for area jobless Green Bay Press Gazette / Richard Ryman ‘There certainly is life after being governor’ Staeline.org / Kathleen Murphy Money funds down $3.6 billion in latest week AP via Contra Costa Times Crude rises 70 cents to $36.86 a barrel Reuters via Houston Chronicle 'Jobless recovery' a result of business caution after recession San Francisco Chronicle via Seattle Post Intelligencer / Sam Zuckerman And then there were even more cellular rivalries AP via Seattle Times / Bruce Meyerson CDO Market Seeks Investor Directory To Help Replace Managers Securitization News via Institutional Investor EU slaps multi-million dollar trade sanctions on US AFP via EU Business A Revival for Iraq's Oil Industry as Output Nears Prewar Levels NY Times / Neela Banerjee Retirement hopes fade in U.S. Cincinnati Enquirer via Arizona Republic / John Eckberg Argentina's Kirchner Won't Better Offer for Debt Bloomberg CA: San Diego gas prices lead nation AP via San Diego Union Tribune Oil price approaches $37 a barrel, highest level in nearly a year AP via San Diego Union Tribune / Brad Foss NC: $300,000 Domiciles Charlotte Observer Greenspan Says Floating Yuan Poses Risk for Chinese Banks Bloomberg Sent packing CBS Market Watch Paul Farrell NC: Housing bubble? Not likely here Charlotte Observer / Tony Mecia Listen, you'll hear the future Boston Globe / Peter J. Howe After Aristide, what? The Economist Oracle's bid gets too personal? AP via Washington Times / Michael Liedtke Consumers Continue Spending AP via Newsday Greenspan Retirement Fix Jars Lethargic Congress Bloomberg / Caroline Baum Outsourcing: what to do? CNN / Mark Gongloff Oil prices rise to one-year highs BBC News If Eisner Goes, Who Takes His Job? LA Times / Sallie Hofmeister U.S. savings bondholders, mind the taxes Detroit Free Press / Susan Tompor EU hits U.S. imports with biggest sanctions ever AP via Houston Chronicle Soaring Premiums Dallas Fort Worth Star Telegram / Maria M Perotin This Year's Leap: Expensing Options CFO.com Stephen Taub US manufacturing grows but at slower pace FT / Christopher Swann Currencies hold firm ahead of rate decisions FT / Steve Johnson ISM Index Iraq’s thorny governance The Economist The ECB's New Headquarters May Bring Image Change Bloomberg Japan's Bond Futures Drop; Traders Try to Halt 10-Yr Coupon Cut Bloomberg Australia Central Bank May Hold Rates as Dollar Gains Bloomberg Readers seek tips on Treasury Inflation Protected Securities Christian Science Monitor / Steve Dimnen How the poverty gap fell - and why few are cheering Christian Science Monitor / David R. Francis Russia: List of Billionaires Swells from 17 to 25 Moscow Times / Denis Maternovsky Russia: Yukos Says It Can't Undo Sibneft Deal Bloomberg via Moscow Times / Eduard Gismatullin Japan's Record Yen Sales May Not Help Economy as Dollar Slides Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Notes Poised to Fall Amid Low Yields, Job Growth Bloomberg Euro May Decline on Speculation ECB May Lower Rate This Year Bloomberg

03/02 BMA to Sponsor Free Seminar On Callable Agency Securities Bond Market Association Weather-Related Derivatives Contracts Are Capital Markets Products Bond Market Association TX: County mounts fraud inquiry Houston Chronicle / Shannon Buggs MI: Winter gasoline prices high; driving season to be worse Detroit Free Press / Jocelyn Parker Mass. Looks To Refund As Much As $1B Bond Buyer / Johanna Piazza WI: Fitch drops state's bond rating to AA- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Avrum O. Lank CA: Debt-ridden Los Angeles invites name-droppers to chip in The Age Home Prices Surged 8.4% Nationally in 2003 Freddie Mac Fukuda says Greenspan not criticising intervention Reuters FDIC Study: Implications of Housing Market Boom FDIC Budget plans face hurdles UPI / Christian Bourge U.S. Treasuries extend losses as dollar rises Reuters February Auto Sales Rise 5 Percent AP via Hartford Courant / Sarah Karush CA: 3 a gallon? Some say get ready Long Beach Press Telegram / Brent Hopkins CT: State's Home Construction Off To A Strong Start For '04 Hartford Courant / Kenneth Gosselin NC: BofA CEO opts to scrap job contract Charlotte Observer / Rick Rothacker Enron's art brings 1.74M Bloomberg via NY Daily News U.S. 2003 home prices rose 8.4 percent-Freddie Mac Reuters / Aleksandrs Rozens CSFB Hands Out Stock To Keep Bankers Corporate Financing Week via Institutional Investor Weak yen 'unfair,' says GM boss BBC News Canada: Central bank cuts again Ottawa Business Journal / Leo Valiquette Democrats size up trade issues BBC News / Steve Schifferes Money, Gold, and the Great Depression Federal Reserve Board / Ben Bernanke Current account Federal Reserve Board / Alan Greenspan What's coming in March Seattle Times / Stephen Dunphy Maestro of Chutzpah NY Times / Paul Krugman No Gain, Know Pain LA Times / David Streitfeld CA: Grocery contract assailed Sacramento Bee / Gilbert Chan Targeted funds don't serve all AP via Washington Times PA: Firms, state agencies send positions offshore Philadelphia Inquirer / Bob Fernandez and Jane M. Von Bergen Dollar Hits 3-Month High Versus Euro Reuters via ABC News / Shinichi Kishima Crude falls 20 cents to $36.66 a barrel Reuters via Houston Chronicle Canada: Feb. mutual fund sales may hit $5.2B, highest in 4 years, industry estimates CP via Canada.com / Nancy Carr UK manufacturing hits seven-year high Guardian / Mark Tran UK: Strong pound predicted to keep rates on hold Guardian / Charlotte Denny Greenspan Says Extra-Low Rates Must Rise AP via Chicago Tribune / Jeannine Aversa Inflation, Banished From Realm, Starts to Stir Bloomberg / Caroline Baum Greenspan sees trade deficit contained Reuters via CNN Americans see U.S. medical prices higher than Europe Reuters via Forbes / Kim Dixon MN: Coins left at airport doing Uncle Sam good St. Paul Pioneer Press / Martin J. Moylan Proud to be a Replacement Worker Ludwig von Mises Institute / Ryan Ford Rating Agency Warns of Future Defaults CFO.com / Stephen Taub Things you can drop on your foot The Economist Dollar extends rally on bullish jobs data FT / Steve Johnson U.S. Treasuries Fall Amid Signs Job Growth May Be Accelerating Bloomberg Bond yields rise on German data and euro weakness FT / Charles Batchelor Greenspan Skips Short-Term Deficit Risk to Rates Bloomberg / John Berry US protectionism rides again Taipei Times / Bradford DeLong Japanese Bonds Plunge, Pushing Yields Up By Most Since December Bloomberg Central bank meeting gives euro the jitters Reuters via IHT Greenspan Backs Currency Peg Washington Post / Nell Henderson Taiwan: Block on bringing yuan into the country relaxed Taipei Times / Joyce Huang Revaluation of the yuan is priority number one Taipei Times Schwarzenegger, Davis Appear on Leno Newsmax Tech Revival Fueled by Sales to Government NY Times / Alex Berenson UK: Treasury ready to relax rules on pensions advice Telegraph / James Daley Rally in Russian Stocks Doesn't Pause for Politics NY Times / Erin E. Arvedlund Like Japan in the 1980's, China Poses Big Economic Challenge NY Times / Keith Bradsher Australia: Manufacturers feel dollar's sting Sydney Morning Herald / Stephen Dabkowski Russia: Report: Small Business Set to Double by 2009 Moscow Times / Simon Ostrovsky China Telecom May Raise $1 Bln to Buy Phone Networks Bloomberg Oil prices rise despite Saudi supply vow Gulf Daily News Australian Central Bank Meets as Interest Rate Seen Unchanged Bloomberg CA: Schwarzenegger's rising credibility Christian Science Monitor / Mark Sappenfield and Daniel B. Wood China: Bank of America furthers foothold in Shanghai People’s Daily Japan: Tax revenues decline 11.1% Japan Times Financial Scandal Hits Hong Kong NY Times / Keith Bradsher Treasuries May Fall; Factory Hiring Index at Highest Since 1987 Bloomberg Maastricht Fair May Lure Few U.S. Collectors as Dollar Falls Bloomberg Soybeans hit 15-year high Bloomberg via Omaha World Herald Japan's 10-Year Auction May Draw Buyers on Deflation Bloomberg

03/03 Thinking Small Forbes / Jerry Flint John Kerry's Waffles MSN via Newsmax / Michael Grunwald Snow: Economy revs up for takeoff USA Today School Bonds Win Big in California Bond Buyer / Rich Saskal Inflation or Deflation? www.sennholz.com via Safehaven / Hans F. Sennholz A Trader ought to be disciplined Guruboard / Joe Ross IBM will spend $1 billion to challenge Microsoft Seattle Post Intelligencer European investment funds rise 12% - FEFSI Investment and Pensions Europe Morgy, bank settle money-launder probe NY Daily News / Barbara Ross EU confirms US poultry import ban over bird flu AFP via EU Business EU slams South Korea as top counterfeit exporter, consumer AFP via EU Business The 12 Zen-Millionaire rules applied to fund scandal CBS Market Watch / Paul Farrell IMF head sure to become German president Reuters via Forbes $10M bond set for Ebbers Newsday / Pradnya Joshi India official says high-tech jobs will continue to leave USA Today / David J. Lynch Beige Book Federal Reserve Board Strong lost $541 million in February, figures show Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Avrum D. Lank Removal of stocks from current List of Foreign Margin Stocks Federal Reserve Board True costs of mutual funds difficult to determine South Florida Sun Sentinel / Humberto Cruz States Bent on Collecting Internet Taxes AP via South Florida Sun Sentinel / Michael Gormley Smokers help to balance state budgets Stateline.org via Prudent Bear / Pamela M. Prah The Next Best Thing to Being President NY Times via Real Clear Politics / Stephen Gillers Takin' Care of Business (The Last Vigilante Part II) Pimco / Bill Gross Betting on a jobs pop CNN / Kathleen Hayes Chief Executives Expect to Increase Hiring, Survey Says NY Times / David Leonhardt Democrats failing to use the hot issues: Trade and jobs Philadelphia Inquirer / Andrew Cassel US dollar climbs to 3-month highs BBC News New nickels are on their way CNN What Mel's Passion Will Earn Him Forbes / Penelope Patsuri The Fed chairman got Social Security right National Review / Bruce Bartlett The Three Stooges of Inflation Lew Rockwell / Doug French Mismanaging the World Lew Rockwell / Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. Grasso Shouldn't Be Made to Give Back That Money Bloomberg / Graef Crystal U.S. Economy: ISM Services Index Fell in February Bloomberg California to Sell $15 Bln Bonds as Voters Back Plan Bloomberg Euro: Pot shots and warning shots The Economist Freddie Mac prices new $5B five year reference notes Freddie Mac Oil and gold ease on dollar bounce FT / Kevin Morrison Dollar Rises to 3-Month High Against Euro on U.S. Jobs Optimism Bloomberg US Treasuries decline as dollar rally spawns fears Reuters / Wayne Cole ISM services index slips Reuters via CNN The British Pound's Party Won't Last Much Longer Bloomberg / Matthew Lynn Gold market on alert for new cenbank sales pact Reuters via Forbes / Veronica Brown Greenspan Plays Down 2 Threats to U.S. Economy NY Times / Edmund L. Andrews US fund aiming at Chinese market People’s Daily EU jobless rate steady at 8.8pc Gulf Daily Ten-Year Treasuries May Fall, Have Longest Drop Since December Bloomberg Japan Inflation Bonds Like Waiting for Godot Bloomberg / William Pesek, Jr. Russia: Sibneft Hit With $1Bln Tax Claim Moscow Times / Catherine Belton Australian 4th-Qtr Economy Grows 1.4%, Fastest Pace in 4 Years Bloomberg Russia: Oil Exports to Europe Soar 28% in February Moscow Times

03/04 Weak job picture keeps economy in spotlight MSNBC / Martin Wolk KS: State climate for business isn't good Wichita Eagle / Molly McMillin NY: City jobless jumps to 8.4% NY Daily News / Tom van Riper Hill debates changes to illegal export tax UPI / Christian Bourge America is from Mars and Europe is from Venus: UK space report Cordis News via EU Business EU clears emergency funds for Haiti AFP via EU Business Freddie Mac Lobbyist Told to Quit Washington Post / Kathleen Day Twice Blessed Pimco / Paul McCulley States and public colleges consider new relationships Stateline.org / Eric Kelderman CA: Budget fix doesn't stop with ballot victory, analysts say Contra Costa Times via Stateline.org / Dion Nissenbaum and Kate Folmar F.B.I.'s Raid on Democrats Is Used as a Salvo on Ethics NY Times / David Kocieniewski Foreign central banks buy ever more U.S. debt –Fed Reuters Fannie,Freddie proposal could hurt ratings-analyst Reuters Argentina's Poor Pick Over Garbage as Government Stalls on Debt Bloomberg Bush Says Kerry Plans Won't Help Economy, `Anger Not an Agenda' Bloomberg CBOE rights plan Chicago Tribune Will they buy it? Chicago Tribune / Delroy Alexander US Senate panel approves $2.36 trillion budget plan Reuters / Anna Willard The political battle over jobs Newsday / James Toedtman Growth in a Time of Low Interest Rates Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta / Jack Guynn Flow of Funds - Z.1 Release Federal Reserve Board IMF Managing Director Horst Köhler Resigns Following Nomination as German President IMF CBOE loses No. 1 options spot to ISE Chicago Sun Times / David Roeder Housing demand still strong Inman News What would Buffett do? CNN / Michael Sivy Power to the shareholder? The Economist The siren song of the outsider The Economist The Brahmin populist The Economist A capo's annual report The Economist Asylum seekers The Economist Stockmarket turnover The Economist Electronic ballots bring back comic alphabetical memories Baltimore Sun / Mike Himowitz Discontent Remains High After Disney's Moves on Eisner NY Times / Kenneth N. Gilpin Off With Half His Head Forbes / Dan Ackman Bank leaves rates unchanged at 4% BBC News SEC Subpoenas NYSE Directors for Grasso Pay Data Bloomberg Mortgage rates little changed; 30-year at 5.59% AP via USA Today Schwarzenegger Shows How to Win a Muni Bond Election Bloomberg / Joe Mysak Bond Market Discounts Venezuela's Crisis Bloomberg / David DeRosa Job boom still a hope, not a fact CNN / Mark Gongloff Spending? Yes! Jobs? Hmmm ... CNN / Kathleen Hayes Will Citi buy Deutsche Bank? CNN / Christopher Hughes Let's Stimulate Voters and Disable the Economy Lew Rockwell / Greg Perry U.S. Economy: Slower Productivity Gain May Help Labor Market Bloomberg Inflation Leads to Protectionism Ludwig von Mises Institute / Stefan Karlsson Investors set up $10m Gulf fund Gulf Daily News Russia: Crude Cash Fueling Bond Boom Moscow Times / Valeria Korchagina Russia: Banks Struggle to Grease Wheels of Commerce Moscow Times / Alex Fak UK: Pound hits a peak as City bets on rates Guardian / Charlotte Denny and Rupert Jones Greenspan's Wrong. Productivity Won't Move Yuan Andy Mukherjee Bloomberg / Andy Mukherjee

03/05 China pauses for breath The Economist Dick Grasso Is Dangerous Forbes / Dan Ackman Deutsche Bank left with £1bn on books FT / Charles Batchelor IMF cautiously optimistic on UK BBC News U.S. sees cause for concern over gas USA Today / James R. Healey and James Cox Americans still love to shop CBS Market Watch / Rex Nutting SEC upholds 1998 ruling against bond trader Reuters Lutherans Look For Corporate Value Bond Week Loonie gains as greenback falls on labour report Ottawa Business Journal Toronto house sales heat up Toronto Star / Tony Wong White House warns against extra pension relief Reuters Recession Politics National Review / Cesar Conda OH: Issues delay E-vote rollout Akron Beacon Journal / Erika D. Smith Jobs data a chronic problem for GOP MSNBC / Tom Curry The Russian bear and its former territories Washington Times via Real Clear Politics Bank of England Probably Will Wait Until May to Boost Rates Bloomberg Individuals Buying More Muni Securities Bloomberg via LA Times Martha Stewart convicted AP via Newsday Martha's Net Worth Drops $85 Million Forbes / Penelope Patsuris S&P downgrades Sun Micro to junk AP via San Diego Union Tribune Nation's Debt Grew at Rapid Pace in 2003 NY Times / Eduardo Porter Mortgage rates mixed in week AP via Buffalo News Government to delay inflation report AP via Houston Chronicle Temporary jobs increase, but permanent positions are painstakingly slow to follow AP via San Diego Union Tribune / Adam Geller PA: Hedge funds helped sweeten the pension pot, Pa. says Philadelphia Inquirer / Joseph N. DiStefano PA: Not the worst news on labor Philadelphia Inquirer / Andrew Cassel Morningstar Warns of Pimco Fund Unit Reuters and LA Times Senate Panel OKs GOP's $2.36T Budget Newsmax Are investors being set up for a fall? CNN / Jeanne Sahadi Morgan’s Cruz Beats Boss To The Bank NY Post / Jenny Anderson Wall Street Bigs Get Call on Grasso NY Post / Jenny Anderson   Who Made the Fannie and Freddie Threat? Ludwig von Mises Institute / Frank Shostak Earth to Planet Corzine -- Tax Cuts Are Working Bloomberg / Caroline Baum Amazing How Fast Wounds of a Bear Market Can Heal Bloomberg / Chet Currier Dollar Tumbles as U.S. Adds Fewer Jobs Than Forecast Last Month Bloomberg Insider Sales Highest Since May 2001 CFO.com / Stephen Taub Wanted: firefighting figurehead The Economist Kerry Says U.S. Job Losses Won't Be Stemmed by Bush Bloomberg U.S. 10-Year Note Has Biggest Gain Since 2001 After Jobs Report Bloomberg US February mortgage prepayments jump on low rates Reuters Payrolls disappoint again CNN / Mark Gongloff Oil prices rise amid Venezuela turmoil FT / Kevin Morrison In age of outsourcing, do the old rules apply? Christian Science Monitor / David R. Francis Corporate democracy undergoes revolution NY Times via IHT / Floyd Norris Oil prices bounce back Gulf Daily News China will never allow Taiwan separation: premier People’s Daily Menatep Chief Dies in Chopper Crash Moscow Times / Catherine Belton and Greg Walters UK: City skeptical of rates freeze Guardian / Larry Elliott ECB defies calls to make cut Guardian / Charlotte Denny Dollar Heads for Third Week of Gains on Optimism Over U.S. Jobs Bloomberg Greenspan Eyes Irrational Exuberance in Asia Bloomberg / William Pesek Jr.

03/06 Wealthy Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Ludwig von Mises Institute / William L. Anderson and Candice E. Jackson Is metered e-mail a viable anti-spam tactic? AP via Fresno Bee / Anick Jesdanun Card debt knows no age limit Dallas Morning News / Scott Burns Those Magic Unemployment Numbers Thoughts from The Frontline via Safehaven / John Mauldin Have we become a nation of cheaters? Hartford Courant via Houston Chronicle / John Jurgensen Canada 2-Yr Bond Rallies for 4th Week in 5 on U.S. Jobs Report Bloomberg CEOs better shape up before shareholders ship them out NY Times via Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Gretchen Morgenson Wall Street split over California bonds CBS market Watch / Rachel Koning Buffett Faults Fund Directors for Not Firing Firms Bloomberg Buffett's Berkshire Profit Doubles in Fourth Quarter Bloomberg Economy resists creating jobs Chicago Tribune / Michael Oneal and Bob Kempe Buffett speaks CNN / Gordon T. Anderson SEC investigations to widen Reuters via CNN U.S. job market remains anemic Minneapolis St Paul Star Tribune / Mike Meyers MasterCard Says Loss Widens 30% Bloomberg via NY Times New Patterns Restrict Hiring NY Times / Louis Uchitelle Japanese Bonds Have Biggest Weekly Decline Since August on Yen Bloomberg Barclays making vast profits from fear of debt Guardian / Phillip Inman and Colin Cottell Higher hedge Guardian Japan: Foreign reserves hit record $776.86 billion Japan Times  / Hiroko Nakata China to Hold Budget Deficit Stable, Increase Rural Welfare Bloomberg

03/07 Behind jobless numbers, the picture looks even worse Dallas Morning News / Danielle DiMartino KS: Kansas farmers find a lucrative sideline in lumber Wichita Eagle / Phyllis Jacobs Griekspoor Financial Reckoning Day Lew Rockwell / Mark Thornton PA: Greedy, Greedier, Greediest can’t seem to agree Pittsburgh Tribune Review / Jack Markowitz Jobs that won't go overseas San Francisco Chronicle / Kathleen Pender Dollar Expected to Rise on Likely Bank of Japan Interventions Knight Ridder via Miami Herald / Mutsuo Fukushima London Is City Home to Most Billionaires, Sunday Times Reports Bloomberg Software takeover battle Mercury News / Chris O’ Brien Does Disney really need to be fixed? AP via Orange County Register / Gary Gentile Stewart, Eisner pay the price for all bad CEOs Orlando Sentinel / Susan Strother Clarke Individual Retirement Account hits 30-year mark AP via Indianapolis Star / Eileen Alt Powell Debt on a grand scale Denver Post / Aldo Svaldi Martha has earned her stripes Denver Post / Al Lewis States submit new sales tax bill AP via Fresno Bee / Michael Gormley Citigroup faces more pressure in Brazil FT / Jonathan Wheatley PepsiCo, General Electric Say Efficiency Drive Slowing Hiring Bloomberg WA: The growing force of 2 Asian economies Seattle Times / Stephen Dunphy U.S. job surge could come too late for Bush Reuters / Andrea Hopkins Oil prices keep climbing as tensions rise in Venezuela AFP via Taipei Times CA: Pump Prices Just a Drop in the Bucket of Fuel Woes LA Times / James Flanigan CA: The middle-class housing squeeze LA Times / Allison B. Cohen Emotional Striptease, and Other Paths to Ethics NY Times / Amy Wu Productivity and Jobs: The Political Vagaries NY Times / Daniel Gross Now Shell faces US legal storm Guardian - Observer / Oliver Morgan New ball game, same old team Guardian - Observer / Faisal Islam No more beating about the Bush Guardian - Observer / William Keegan Conflicts at the heart of the EIB Guardian - Observer / Giles Tremlett France's growth to top forecasts BBC News Machines continue takeover Chicago Tribune / James P. Miller Assessing California's Stopgap Bond Sale NY Times / Kenneth N. Gilpin Why an S.E.C. Hurdle Won't Stop Fund Speculators NY Times / Mark Hulburt Stockholders don't share fairy-tale ending Philadelphia Inquirer / Jeff Brown CA: Home Market Boom Showing Some Strain LA Times / Don Lee U.S. housing boom poised for a bust Knight Ridder via Philadelphia Inquirer / Ken Moritsugu Earnings double -- and Buffett's not happy Chicago Sun Times / Joe Ruff Prediction: Stocks will outperform bonds and cash Boston Herald / Alan Lavine Retail Sales Seen Rebounding in February: U.S. Economy Preview Bloomberg Figuring out the jobs mystery is a not-so-little job itself Baltimore Sun / Jay Hancock For unemployment, the cure is likely worse than the disease Pittsburgh Tribune Review / Gregory M. Drahuschak Are Peanuts No Longer Enough? NY Times / Micheline Maynard The Bulls Are Back. The Brokers Are Wary. NY Times / J. Alex Tarquino It's your birthday, stock rally! CNN / Alexandra Twin Insiders are selling; is bear on the prowl? Minneapolis St. Paul Star Tribune / Mike Blahnik Why Isn't Japan Part of U.S. Election Debate? Bloomberg / David DeRosa

03/08 Many in U.S. behind on their credit cards UPI / T.K. Maloy The dark side of federal debt Contra Costa Times / Steve Butler Do Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pose a threat to the economy Brookes News / Dr. Frank Shostack The US economy: jobs and recovery Brookes News / Gerard Jackson Charlie Brown economics UPI / Martin Hutchinson UK should be “more forceful” over pension saving Investment and Pensions Europe Trading surges, in a whisper NY Daily News / Tom van Riper A Greenspan put -- for now? CBS Market Watch via Prudent Bear / John Brimelow Who says there's no credit crisis? Washington Post via Contra Costa Times / Michelle Singletary 7-Eleven to add outlets in Beijing China Business Week via People’s Daily Time to jack up interest rates? CNN / Mark Gongloff U.S. 10-Year Notes Surge to Biggest 2-Day Gain Since September Bloomberg Argentina plays 'chicken' with IMF BBC News Thailand's economy grows by 6.7% BBC News PA: Office centers rebounding by selling more than space Philadelphia Inquirer / Henry J. Holcomb How To Hedge A Bad Trial Forbes / Michael Maiello Job Shortage Is Kerry's Best Bet to Unseat Bush From His LA Times / Ronald Brownstein G-10 Central Banks Say World Recovery `Strengthening' Bloomberg U.S. Gas Prices a Penny Short of Record AP via Newsday Why They Hate the Market Ludwig von Mises Institute / Art Carden Fannie and Freddie Need a Tougher Cop Watching Them Bloomberg / John Wasik A Risky World Newsweek via MSNBC and Fiend’s SuperBear Page / Karen Lowry Miller All Real Estate, All the Time Lew Rockwell / Robert Blumen CA: Raises for top brass? LA Daily News / James Nash MA: `Free care' rise causing stress: Economy can't keep up with cost Boston Herald / Jennifer Heldt Powell Jurors explain why they found Stewart guilty AP via Detroit Free Press Funds: Investors should consider inflation risks Reuters / Clint Willis US Treasuries extend huge rally, bears in retreat Reuters / Wayne Cole Social Security change could affect strategy Detroit Free Press / Susan Tompor HSBC, SG Cowen Say Goodbye to `Buy' and `Sell' Bloomberg / Matthew Lynn U.S. Notes Rise on Speculation Fed Will Leave Rate Unchanged Bloomberg TX: Changing overtime Dallas Fort Worth Star Telegram / Andrea Ahles Heeding the Oracle CNN / Kathleen Hayes UK: Bloated banks turn into targets Telegraph / Ian Cowie Crude Oil May Open Little Changed After Protests in Venezuela Bloomberg Russia and China get Saudi gas deal NY Times via IHT / Simon Romero Automakers keep close eye on rising steel prices AP via Arizona Republic / John Porretto Shell denies inflating figures to earn bonus Telegraph / Simon Goodley Sage of Omaha wins on buffeted dollar London Times / Martin Waller A brighter outlook for Social Security Christian Science Monitor / David R. Francis A Week's Worth Christian Science Monitor / Laurent Belsie China opens door to Christianity - of a patriotic sort Christian Science Monitor / Robert Marquand U.S. Treasury Note Sentiment Index Rises to Highest 3 Months Bloomberg Dollar May Decline for First Week in Four as Rates Stay Low Bloomberg

03/09 Thomas Cook falls deeper into red BBC News UK: The mother of parliamentary rows The Economist Federal Home Loan Banks seek higher returns-study Reuters / Mark Felsenthal Low rates spur boom in US junk bond sales Reuters / Dena Aubin N.Y.C. Won't Contest MAC Injunction Bond Buyer / Martin Z. Braun Productivity gains take toll on workers LA Times via Contra Costa Times / David Streitfeld U.S. must not hide from global market, Bush says Cox via Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Kerry Nears Nomination with Wins in South Reuters / John Whitesides Former Bush adviser sees good job growth this year Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Avrum D. Lank Has the Japanese economy waddled out of depression? People’s Daily A Real Choice Daily Standard / Irwin M. Stelzer Promises, Promises NY Times / Paul Krugman How Flip-Flop Kills Kerry NY Post / Dick Morris Members Blast Buyback of Money Losing Amex NY Post / Jenny Anderson Amtrak Funding Blasted Bond Buyer / Humberto Sanchez The chorus of boos for Buffett undeserved Denver Post / Al Lewis Herb lore from the Sage of Omaha The Economist Shellshocked The Economist In debt from Day One Christian Science Monitor / Melanie Stetson Freeman MA: Doctors feeling pinched Boston Globe / Liz Kowalczyk CA: Gas sets local record: $2.22 a gallon San Diego Union Tribune / Frank Green DC: Gas seen hitting $2 per gallon Washington Times / Tom Ramstack CA: Report Triples Figure in O.C. Fraud Case LA Times / E. Scott Reckard Government, Amtrak both failed AP via Washington Times Nasdaq 5,000: Four years later CNN / Paul R. La Monica Encyclopedias collect dust in online world AP via Seattle Times / May Wong Exporting America: false choices CNN / Lou Dobbs MD: City's debt placed on credit watch list AP via Baltimore Sun Treasury Yields Continue to Drop LA Times / Tom Petruno Canada: Royal Bank study suggests household debt warnings are exaggerated CP via Canada.com / Nancy Carr In selloff, Dow also erases most of its profits since January AP via Baltimore Sun / Michael Martinez Outsourcing: Good or Evil? Pittsburgh Tribune Review / Dave Copeland A Graham-to-Buffett Guide to Value Investing Bloomberg / John Dorfman Index Funds Fall Into Trap of Their Own Designing Bloomberg / Chet Currier The States of Employment National Review / Radley Balko Takeover of FleetBoston gets key OK Boston Herald / Jay Fitzgerald What’s Wrong with Insider Trading? National Review / Stephen Moore As Yale's Bush, Kerry Tussle, Where's Harvard? Bloomberg / Andrew Ferguson Sovereign Bancorp to Buy Waypoint for $980 Million Bloomberg German Output Falls as Economy Struggles Bloomberg Argentina May Default on $3.1 Billion IMF Debt Today Bloomberg No MTV, CBS on DISH Reuters via CNN Discouraged Americans dropping out of work force Bloomberg via Morning Call / Simon Kennedy and Craig Torres Federal Reserve approves merger of Bank of America, Fleet Boston Financial Morning Call Winter killed 7% of wheat, early report says AP via Wichita Eagle Dollar Falls Against Euro on Prospects for U.S. Interest Rates Bloomberg Bahrain: Bonds subscribed Gulf Daily News Tanigaki Says Japan Yen Sales Don't Target Any Levels Bloomberg India's Asset Sales Attract Overseas Investors Bloomberg / Andy Mukherjee

03/10 U.S. Stocks Fall; S&P 500, Dow Have Biggest Drop Since October Bloomberg / Edgar Ortega SEC requests ING information Reuters via CNN Bush to pick 'manufacturing czar' CNN / John King Bonds slip lower New York (AP) via SF Gate SEC considers ways to protect mutual fund investors AP via Sacramento Bee / Marcy Gordon, Dollar rallies anew despite widening deficit Financial Times / Steve Johnson Carry on with Wayward Bonds? National Review / Larry Kudlow Fed's Rate Policy Makes Some Economists Uneasy Bloomberg / John Berry Displaced employees fight to keep work in U.S. Knight Ridder via Akron Beacon Journal / Jane M. Von Bergen Banc of America Fined Record $10 Mln in Trading Case Bloomberg Berkshire Should Pay A Dividend Forbes / Ari Weinberg South Korean Agency to Bail Out 400,000 Individuals Bloomberg Canada: Record pump prices forecast Toronto Star / Dana Flavelle Argentine Bondholders Skeptical About IMF Agreement Bloomberg Europe Can Open Its Doors Because Nobody's Coming Bloomberg / Matthew Lynn Rate drop spurs mortgage demand Reuters via CNN CA: Study downplays housing shortage Sacramento Bee / Andrew LePage KS: Tough times still on tap for landlords Wichita Eagle / Dan Voorhis   Trade gap hits new record CNN PA: State Lost 31,800 Factory Jobs Pittsburgh Tribune Review / Dave Copeland CT: Jobs: Silver Cloud, Dark Lining Hartford Courant / Michael Remez State Street receives SEC market timing subpoena Investment and Pensions Europe Talking Tough on Trade, or Knowing When to Duck NY Times / Elizabeth Becker Russia: Investors Breathe Sigh of Relief Moscow Times / Alex Fak Yen May Advance; Current Account Surplus Widens, Spending Gains Bloomberg Peerless leader Christian Science Monitor / Robert Harbison Japan: Snow blasts currency market intervention Japan Times Treasuries May Gain; Fed May Hold Rates Until More Jobs Created Bloomberg China and Its Yuan Feel Wal-Mart's Impact Bloomberg / William Pesek, Jr. Argentina avoids a default to IMF Reuters and AP via IHT Oil prices leap, but no major economic damage yet in U.S. NY Times via IHT / Simon Romero AMT Hits IRS Commissioner Newsday / James Toedtman

03/11 Can Putin keep Russia bubbling? BBC News PA: Region loses 12.700 jobs in 2003 Pittsburgh Tribune Review / Thomas Olson Greenspan: Employment Will Grow, Unless Protectionism Intervenes Newsmax Speech by Chairman Greenspan on Education Federal Reserve Board / Alan Greenspan Smile, these are good times. Truly The Economist Dow Closes Down 169 on Madrid Bombings AP via Dallas Fort Worth Star-Telegram / Meg Richards Church and State in Court Ruling: Calif. Cannot Issue for Religious Schools Bondbuyer.com / Rich Saskal The Bond Market Association Releases Exposure Draft of 2004 Practice Guidelines For Trading GSE European Callable Securities The Bond Market Association Canada Bonds Decline After Factory Report, Greenspan Comments Bloomberg / Steve Dickson Greenhill, Merger Pioneer, Files to Raise $86.3 Mln Bloomberg / Brett Cole; Dan Lonkevich SEC: Ex-Conseco execs misled investors AP via Indystar Dead' deal resurrected, Qwest attorney testifies Rocky Mountain news / Jeff Smith Nashville businessman readies move to China Tennessean / Keith Russell Even supporters worry that Bush has a PR problem when it comes to talking about jobs, growth. CNN / Mark Gongloff Oracle meets estimates CNN / Paul R. La Monica Oil rallies Reuters via CNN Greenspan-Trade limits no answer to US job losses Reuters / Glenn Somerville Cheney's ex-firm blasted over Iraq Detroit Free Press / Seth Borenstein Outside of autos, retail sales cool; jobless claims dip Reuters via USA Today Industries back illegals plan The Washington Times / Patrice Hill Users of steel alarmed by spiraling cost The Washington Times / Jeffrey Sparshott Why Alan Greenspan Is Worried About Social Security New York Post / John Crudele Bond rally pauses as prices dip slightly Mercury News Wire Services Finance Industry Left Guessing How New Regulator Will Work The Moscow Times / Alex Fak USS awards E5.6bn to Wellington, Goldman and L&G Investment & Pensions Europe / Daniel Brooksbank Import surge pushes up trade deficit China Daily / Dai Yan Sino-Kazakh oil pipeline to begin construction People’s Daily A `Taiwan first' policy will help the economy Taipei Times / Huang Tien-lin

03/12 Minneapolis Fed survey finds manufacturers optimistic Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Hitting an Oil Slick? National Review / John Park Venezuela Sells $1.5 Bln of Dollar and Bolivar Bonds Bloomberg Congress Gets Decent Forbes / Dan Ackman Chile Peso Slips for 4th Week as Copper Falls Bloomberg Outsourcing 'will create' US jobs BBC News Living paycheck to paycheck CNN / Walter Updegrave The Jobless Recovery: A Cause For Concern, Not Alarm National Journal via Wealth of Nations and Real Clear Politics Clive Crook Mass graves testify to Saddam's atrocities UPI / John Powers The Search for a Winning Combo National Journal via AEI and Real Clear Politics / William Schneider MN: Mortgage rates near record low Minneapolis St Paul Star Tribune / Jim Buchta Crude Oil Tumbles as Senate Votes to Halt Deliveries to Reserve Bloomberg Muni Regulator Considers Banning Use of Consultants Bloomberg / Joe Mysak Size Matters in Investing, Even to Warren Buffett Bloomberg / Chet Currier Argentina: The debt dilemma Guardian Speech by Chairman Greenspan on Worker Education Federal Reserve Board / Alan Greenspan Greenspan thinks hiring will speed up soon AP via Chicago Sun Times / Martin Crutsinger Combination of factors could drive up gas prices: report AP via Chicago Sun Times / Bruce Stanley L.A. Considers Selling Its Name Fox News via Newsmax MCI writes down $74B in losses AP via Baltimore Sun / Matthew Barakat Mortgage rates plunge; 30-year averages 5.41% USA Today Roh goes, for now The Economist Can they can spam? The Economist Stock market sinking over jobless concerns Philadelphia Inquirer / Todd Mason Companies crow about keeping jobs in the USA USA Today Do Falling Interest Rates Cause Investors to Take Dangerous Risks? NY Times / Floyd Norris Wall Street stages early rebound FT / Elizabeth Wine Bourses rally as Wall Street stages rebound FT / Steve Thompson and Dave Shellock US Corp Bonds-Spreads tighten as stocks rise Reuters US current account gap shrinks, consumers cautious Reuters / Eric Burroughs U.S. Notes Fall as Investors Balk at Yields Near 8-Month Low Bloomberg / Elizabeth Stanton Senate passes $2.36 trillion budget AP via Christian Science Monitor / Alan Fram Current Account Gap Narrows Unexpectedly Reuters via New York Times S&P affirms Xcel Energy long-term corp credit rtg Reuters Japanese firms help U.S. airliners keep aloft IHT / Ken Belson SEC seeks uniform rules for accounting worldwide International Herald Tribune / Floyd Norris Fed on hold, but bond buyers beware CNN / Mark Gongloff WorldCom Restates Results, Has $73.7 Bln of Losses Bloomberg / Dana Cimilluca Bomb attack hits stocks worldwide BBC News Yen Declines on Newspaper Report Al-Qaeda May Target Japan Bloomberg / John Brinsley Companies Pushed to Adopt International Audit Standards NY Times / Floyd Norris $5Bln Frozen in Yukos Probe The Moscow Times / Catherine Belton Sweden's Riksbank May Cut Key Rate to Century-Low in April Bloomberg / Dara Doyle Abramovich in talks to sellnSibneft stake - FT Reuters IRS audits more high-income taxpayers, fewer corporations AP via The Arizona Republic Financial advisers face deadline Business Day Banker Files to Take Firm Public, Putting His Pay Package on View New York Times / Andrew Ross Sorkin & Patrick McGeehan At Shell, New Accounting and Rosier Oil Outlook New York Times / Stephen Labaton & Jeff Gerth

03/13 Canadian debt soars Toronto Star CA: Public payroll soars LA Daily News / Troy Anderson Kerry Raises $10 Million Through Internet in 10 Days Bloomberg CA: Resale houses see 23 percent boost over February '03 San Diego Union Tribune / Roger M. Showley 'Offshoring' overblown as a problem Boston Globe / Stephen J. Glain OPEC Divided on Dealing with Price Surge Reuters / Barbara Lewis and Edmund Blair Euro Slides Against Dollar on Signs of Slowing Growth in Europe Bloomberg Greenspan warns on trade barriers Boston Globe / Robert Gavin Asia's mass debt weapon points to US Sydney Morning Herald Australia: Currency cowboys' last stand Sydney Morning Herald Credit card company says it with Hallmark AP via Washington Times Under the crush of debt Dallas Morning News / Anuradha Raghunathan Globalization Blurs Lineage Of U.S., Foreign Cars Philadelphia Inquirer via Hartford Courant / Harold Brubaker FL: Number of overnight visits up 5.4% in '03 South Florida Sun Sentinel / Tom Stieghorst Mortgage rates near record low Reuters via ABC News / Arindam Nag Insurance Number Crunchers Face Criticism Reuters via ABC News / Simon Challis Gasoline heats up ahead of summer CBS Market Watch / August Cole The euro debate will not be won with conviction politics Guardian / Larry Elliott UK: Lenders urged to offer all deals to all people Guardian / Mary O'Hara and Patrick Collinson SEC probes Grasso influence-peddling AP via NY Daily News China's Need for Metal Keeps U.S. Scrap Dealers Scrounging NY Times / Andrew Pollack and Keith Bradsher CA: Unemployment rate unchanged in state Sacramento Bee / Dale Kasler CA: Temp Job Surge Is Fueling Optimism LA Times / Nancy Cleeland and Don Lee CA: State Posts Modest Gain in Payrolls LA Times / Don Lee You Want Data With That? Forbes / Daniel Kruger UK: Swings, roundabouts and the mortgage rollercoaster Telegraph / Alison Steed Japan: Corporate bankruptcies slipped 23.8% in February Japan Times

03/14 U.S. Debt Burden Is Higher Now than During Depression, Study Says Knight Ridder via Dallas Morning News and Miami Herald / Danielle DiMartino Computers rule free time, too Tallahassee Democrat / Rocky Scott OPEC Is Set to Cut Oil Supply Next Month, Two Ministers Say Bloomberg Is Lou Dobbs a Communist? Lew Rockwell / Mark Thornton NY: Many fuming over soaring gas costs NY Daily News / Lisa Fleisher and Don Singleton Faith in funds hinges on improvement Boston Globe / Chuck Jaffe MBA degree no longer ticket to wealth Dallas Morning News via Contra Costa Times / Kathering Young All emerging debt eyes on Madrid Reuters / Greg Brosman TX: End of the line for Texas Growth Fund? Austin American Statesman / Robert elder, Jr. Canada: Expected deflation in clothing good news for customers, bad for retailers CP via Canada.com / Nancy Carr Congress-s-s-s Washington Post via Real Clear Politics / Robert G. Kaiser Al Qaeda Fears May Hit World Markets Reuters / Huw Jones This Week Wall Street Journal via Denver Post They wrote the book on uselessness Denver Post / Al Lewis Oh, That's Just Ol' Uncle Sam Wall Street Journal via Denver Post / Jonathan Clements Buffet still takes stock in boosting small investor Pittsburgh Tribune Review / Jack Markowitz All This Progress Is Killing Us, Bite by Bite NY Times / Gregg Easterbrook America’s Work Force is Eroding Bloomberg via Pittsburgh Tribune Review / Simon Kennedy and Craig Torres Asian outsourcing is in Seattle Times / Stephen Dunphy Oil prices likely to keep wallets light for a while Baltimore Sun / Jay Hancock Group opposing global outsourcing interesting, but faces uphill battle Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / John Torinus Buffett blasts Strong directors Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Kathleen Gallagher Jobs place 2nd in the race to please investors Chicago Tribune / Bill Barnhart A leader in Fed moving on AP via Philadelphia Inquirer / Stephanie Stoughton Wall Street Sheds 2004 Gains in Two Days AP via Chicago Tribune / Meg Richards Production, Consumer Prices Seen Rising: U.S. Economy Preview Bloomberg Target gets ready to take on Wal-Mart Minneapolis St. Paul Star Tribune / Janet Moore UK: Brown 'to tackle housing' in Budget BBC News UK: Forget politics - it's all about the economy, stupid Guardian – Observer / Faisal Islam UK: Build more cheap homes or crisis goes on, Brown told Guardian – Observer / Nick Mathiason UK: We cannot keep on spending our future Guardian – Observer / Sandy Crombie UK: Our Robin Hood's uphill struggle Guardian – Observer / Faisal Islam Little Secrets Behind the Profits NY Times / Gretchen Morgenson Investors, Do Not Try This at Home NY Times / Paul J. Lim The Man Behind Grasso's Payday NY Times / Landon Thomas, Jr. China's Economic Engine Needs Power (Lots of It) NY Times / Jim Yardley UK: Poor banks Telegraph

03/15 Will the selling continue? Knight Ridder via Dallas Morning News / Danielle DiMartino TX: Home sales in Houston zing ahead Houston Chronicle / Purva Patel CA: Water, Water Everywhere Bond Buyer / Rich Saskal What determines wages? Brookes News / Dr. Frank Shostak US productivity and the jobless mystery Brookes News / Gerard Jackson Buffett-led group acquires Safeco unit Reuters via CNN Bush narrowly leading Kerry in poll CBS Market Watch / Corbett B. Daly PA: Pension's daredevil strategy hits huge Philadelphia Inquirer / Joseph N. DiStefano FL: Gov. Bush says Florida should cut debt with new tax revenue AP via South Florida Sun Sentinel Fear Pushes Oil Prices Up More Than $1 Reuters The Explanatory Power of Economic Logic Ludwig von Mises Institute / Robert P. Murphy Yen Surges on Nikkei Report BOJ May Curtail Its Currency Sales Bloomberg Putin’s one-man show continues The Economist Fed May Wait Until Next Year to Raise Interest Rates Bloomberg The Tax Washington Isn't Going to Fix Bloomberg / John Wasik TN: Manufacturing numbers suggest hiring on horizon Nashville Tennessean / Getahn Ward IMF Survey International Monetary Fund Jobs Hunter: No one knows for certain where they are National Review / Bruce Bartlett Is Risk-Aversion Back? National Review / David Malpass Silver, Deflation, Gold and Bonds Speculative Investor via Safehaven / Steve Saville BOJ Considers `Exit Strategy' for Yen Sales Bloomberg / Richard Blackden Japanese Bonds Fall; Stock Rally Lures Investors Away From Debt Bloomberg / Keiko Ujikane Greenspan deserves credit AP via Dallas Fort Worth Star Telegram / Susan Walsh U.S. 10-Yr Treasury Rises as Foreign Investors Boost Purchases Bloomberg Bonds Looking Better to Wall St. LA Times via Hartford Courant / Tom Petruno and Josh Friedman Hanging in the balance CNN / Alexandra Twin Astronomers find 10th planet AP via USA Today and Drudge Report Industrial Production Increased 0.7% Bloomberg More CFOs Get Rich on Options CFO.com / Stephen Taub UK: Brown on brink of breaking golden rule Telegraph / Edmund Conway Benefits to Homebuyers Freddie Mac Spain: After the train bombs, a political bombshell The Economist Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization Federal Reserve Board Empire Stae Manufacturing Federal Reserve Bank of New York New York Fed's March Factory Index Falls to 25.3 Bloomberg U.S. jobs continue march overseas Sacramento Bee via Fresno Bee / Clint Swett MI: A look at the proposals to stop the outflow of manufacturing work Detroit Free Press / John Gallagher RAB, BlueCrest Lead Way in Hedge-Fund Share Sales Bloomberg / Matthew Lynn VA: Signs beginning to show when Fed will raise rates Virginia Times Dispatch / Christine Chmura Social Security needs long-term overhaul, not campaign slogans Christian Science Monitor / Tim Penny Inflation: why you don't have to worry – yet Christian Science Monitor / David R. Francis S. Korea seeks stability after debacle Christian Science Monitor / Donald Kirk Japanese Bond Futures Decline as Stocks Gain, Damping Demand Bloomberg Japan's Checkbook Shifts From China to India Bloomberg / William Pesek Jr. Dollar May Be Nearing End of Two-Year Slide Against Euro, Pound Bloomberg