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08/01
How
dismal science jolts the markets Financial Post / William Hanley
Bush
says recovery might have looked strong if he'd let recession deepen AP
via The San Diego Union Tribune
AZ:
Cracks starting to show in Valley housing market The Arizona
Republic / Catherine Burrough and Glen Creno
Bonds Slip as
Mortgage Players Hedge Risk Reuters / Ellen Freilich
Carmakers
deliver year-high sales FT / Jeremy Grant
The
Treasury Correction The National Review / David Malpass
Treasury
Trajectory The National Review / Victor Canto
Economy
still sending mixed signals Reuters via USA Today
Mortgage
havoc wreaks 100-yr storm on bond markets Reuters / Aleksandrs Rozens and
Eric Burroughs
CT:
State Consumers' Mood Darkens, But Still Outshines Nation's The Hartford
Courant / Barbara Nagay
MA:
Taxpayers give extra $800,000 The Boston Globe / Bruce Mohl
CA:
Manufacturing credit didn't make budget cut reg
The Orange County Register / Mary Ann Milbourn
CO:
Refinancings plunge The Rocky Mountain News / John Rebchook
Prison
Population Boom Means Added Costs For States Stateline / Mike Clements
Crude
rises $1.82 to $32.31 a barrel Reuters via The Houston Chronicle
Freddie
Mac, Fannie Mae Bill in Senate Bloomberg via LA Times
Job
Market Remains Outlier in Improving Economy Bloomberg / Caroline Baum
An
ocean apart The Economist
Job
drought threatens economy CNN / Mark Gongloff
The
"if" economy is back The Seattle Times / Stephen H. Dunphy
Will
the bond market spoil the party? Fortune via CNN / Bethany McLean
Russia's
Finance Ministry To Place 5 Bln Rbl Bond Issue Institutional Investor
UK
factories perk up BBC News
UK:
Bankruptcies hit 10-year high BBC News
MN:
Military spending boosts economy Minnesota Star Tribune / Mike Blahnik
Emerging
Market Bonds Head for Biggest Weekly Loss in a Year Bloomberg
CA:
Jobless fraud stumps state Sacramento Bee via Fresno Bee / Christina
Jewett
Unemployment
rate drops as 470,000 give up looking AP via Omaha World Herald
Transatlantic
divide Economist
An Austrian in Grad
School: Confronting the Mainstream Ludwig von Mises Institute /
Robert Murphy
Treasury
Notes Poised to End Sixth Week of Losses in Seven Bloomberg
Dollar
gains capped by weak US numbers FT / Jennifer Hughes
Why
You'll Be Making More in Munis This Fall Bloomberg / Joe Mysak
U.S.
Treasuries Decline as Jobs Report May Spur Growth Optimism Bloomberg
Keeping
a wary eye on bonds The Boston Globe via International Herald Tribune /
Steve Syre
Worst
may be over in euro zone IHT / Eric Pfanner
CT:
State's Housing Market Shows Surge For June The Hartford
Courant Kenneth Gosselin
Strong
military spending propels GDP sharply higher, lifting stocks and dollar
NYT via IHT / Kenneth Gilpin
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08/02
Unity
Behind Gray Davis Unraveling AP via Fox
Jobless
rate off, but so is job total reg Chicago
Tribune / John Schmeltzer
Hispanics,
blacks hit extra hard by slump AP via Houston Chronicle / Deborah Kong
NYSE Black Eye NY Post /
Jenny Anderson
Argentine
workers take over idle factories in response to hard times AP-Canadian
Press via Canada.com / Alan Clendenning
All
about bonds CNN / Justin Lahart
Some
perspective on the 'ham-fisted' S&P 500 Universal Press Syndicate via
Houston Chronicle / Scott Burns
Another
tough August on tap AP via The Seattle Times / Amy Baldwin
Department
stores struggling AP via The Arizona Republic / Anne D'Innocenzio
Nation's
Jobless Plight Worsens La Times / Peter G. Gosselin
Jobless
decline `illusory' Mercury News / Margaret Steen
Why
markets come up with right answers National Post / Jason Chow
OK:
National manufacturing rebounds Omaha World Herald / John Taylor
Currencies:
U.S. jobs report weighs on dollar Bloomberg via IHT
Japanese
Bonds Have Weekly Decline on quickening U.S. Economy Bloomberg
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08/03
UK: Home
loans to cost more as fixed rates rise The Observer / Maria Scott
How
much confidence should investors have in the consumer confidence index? Pittsburgh
Tribune Review / Gregory Drahuschak
US
homeowners 'losing money on mortgages' FT / Ellen Kelleher
'Bye
bye,' or buy bonds? CBS Market Watch / Tomi Kilgore
Looking
at Sept. 11 levels CBS Market Watch / Michael Ashbaugh
Debt Buyers Live Off Consumer
Woes NY Post / Suzanne Miller
U.S.
ignores ally next door, Mexico, at its own risk The Houston Chronicle /
Thomas F. McLarty III
Socialism, American-Style
The Slate / Daniel Gross
‘It's
Dishonour, Sir!' Safe Haven / Sean Corrigan
Sick Sigma
Safe Haven / Rodney C. Cook
Argentina
Didn't Fall on Its Own Washington Post / Paul Blustein
CA:
State budget slashing a one-two punch for business San Francisco
Chronicle / Benjamin Pimentel
Iffy
Bonds Now May Prove to Be Smart Bet LA Times / Tom Pertruno
Treasuries
as Predictor and, Maybe, Shocker reg NY
Times / Kenneth N. Gilpin
Bond
Prices May Fall, but the Market Can't Really Crash AP via Washington
Post / Amy Baldwin
As
US dollar gains, so do some European exporters Bloomberg via The Taipei
News
As
interest rates rise, so do fears The Denver Post / Aldo Svaldi
Service
Economy Seen Expanding in July: U.S. Economy Preview Bloomberg
Gauge
of Investor Fear Signals Market Drop Bloomberg
CA:
With housing prices soaring, condo and apartment complexes are rising again
in San Diego San Diego Union Tribune / Mike Freeman
WI:
Drop in bond prices is tempting some investors; others shying away The
Milwaukee Journal / Kathleen Gallagher
Turkey
gets IMF extension BBC News
NC:
Charlotte's economy on a roll Charlotte Observer / John Silvia
MA:
Bay State is falling into (bottom) line The Boston Globe / Charles Stein
AK Today's
low interest rates have a dark side Anchorage Daily News / Chris Stephens
UK: Great
British credit binge sets alarm bells ringing at Bank The Observer /
Faisal Islam
Cheers
to the Hummer Heroes Philadelphia Inquirer / Jeff Brown
Interest
rates' rise may slow recovery Philadelphia Inquirer / Ken Moritsugu
CA:
The budget and the economy The Sacramento Bee / Dale Kasler
Consumer
mood key gauge to recovery The Sacramento Bee / Loretta Kalb
Bond
chaos hits US mortgage giants FT / Jenny Wiggins
Another
Wall Street Turnaround? Newsday / Pradnya Joshi
Japan's
Ruling Party Delays Bank-Aid Debate Bloomberg / David DeRosa
Please
Be Kinder While Trading reg NY Times /
Heather Timmons
Economics
Can't Solve Everything, Can It? reg NY
Times / Daniel Altman
Teaching
Fannie and Freddie to Act Like Grown-Ups reg
NY Times / Daniel Akst
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08/04
Former
treasury chief sells his fund firm FT / Deborah Brewster
Understanding
Greenspan’s Bond Bubble Arab News / Habib F. Faris
Interest-ing
Situation National Review / Bruce Bartlett
FL:
They look like tourists -- but don't spend like them Sun Sentinel / Todd
Pack and Jeff Oliver
SC:
Employers facing healthy insurance hikes in 2004 The State / Kevin
Dietrich
Reform
or bust The Economist
Fed
Up, Lots Of People With Jobs Are Job Hunting Newsday via The Hartford
Courant / Patricia Kitchen
Like
a Cloud, Economic Woes Follow Bus Tour reg
NY Times / Elisabeth Bumiller
First
Tennessee, the Ben Curtis of Agency Debt, Beats Merrill Bloomberg
Storm season
is brewing CNN / Alexander Twin
As
interest rates rise, bond mutual funds pummeled USA Today / John Waggoner
NY:
Occupancy Down, Room Rates, Too Newsday / Janice Fioravante
Treasuries
Advance After Yields Rise More Than Growth Forecasts Bloomberg
After
Treasuries' Steep Losses, Is the Sell-Off Nearing an End? reg LA Times / Thomas Mulligan
$2
million will buy you an average house in some areas Omaha World Herald /
John Taylor
Night
owls don't help many firms The Boston Globe via Omaha World Herald
FL:
Rental rates drop as vacancies rise in south Orlando The Orlando Sentinel
/ Jack Snyder
Show Us The Money NY Post
/ Christopher Byron
U.S.
corporate bond new issues Reuters via Yahoo
US
Treasury to sell $17.0 bln 4-week bills Tuesday Reuters via Yahoo
Dollar
steady as market seeks new impetus FT / Jennifer Hughes
European
bonds rise on hopes of economic recovery FT / Paivi Munter and Mariko
Sanchanta
Government
cuts could be bloody Austin Business Journal via Washington Business
Journal / Mary Alice Kaspar
The
Red Scare Newsweek / Jonathan Adams
Shades of '87
Safehaven / Sean Corrigan
GE
Sells Insurance Unit to PMI-Led Group for $1.9 Bln Bloomberg
TX:
Urban sprawl Dallas Star Telegram / Andrea Jares
Bond
rumors CNN / Justin Lahart
Commercial War: George
III to Present Mises Institute / H.A. Scott Trask
Free-spending
billionaire now cutting costs at his companies Newhouse News Service via
The Cleveland Plain Dealer / Jeff Manning
Is
China Replacing Japan as U.S. Scapegoat? Bloomberg / William Pesek Jr.
U.S.
June Factory Orders Rise 1.7%; Ex-=Transportation Up 1.2% Bloomberg
Brazilian
Bonds Decline on Debt Swap, Pension Bill Concerns Bloomberg
Sluggish
economy takes toll on government jobs USA Today / Sue Kirchhoff
Clues
Start Emerging About the Losses Since the '90s Boom reg NY Times / Janny Scott
Wait-and-see
economy keeps jobless on edge Christian Science Monitor / Ron Scherer
Canada:
The Stagnant 70’s Canada Business / Joel Mollins
U.S.
Treasury Debt Rout May Be Nearing an End, Survey Shows Bloomberg
Russia:
Some Stats Suggest an Economic Slowdown The Moscow Times
/ Igor Semenenko
A
rout in bonds before its time? The International Herald Tribune / Eric
Pfanner
Many
investors yawn at higher dividends The International Herald Tribune /
Floyd Norris
|
08/05
Is A
1929-style Stock Crash Likely October 2003? Gold Eagle / Andrew McKillop
States'
Rites The New Republic / Gregg Easterbrook
Census:
More people leaving California than moving in AP via San Diego Union
Tribune / Genaro Armas
California
has no corner on crisis market NY Times via The National Post / Paul
Krugman
Interest-Rate Moves Warn The
Economy May Be Broken NY Post / John Crudele
Rising
rates clobber mortgage makeovers Orlando Sentinel / Jack Snyder
A
Drooping Dollar's Mixed Blessings Business Week via Yahoo / Lisa Miller
IMF
Says U.S. Budget Gap Threatens Investment, Growth Bloomberg
The Keynesian Myth of
Consumer Confidence Lew Rockwell / Gary North
Dead
Wrong The National Review / Larry Kudlow
Review of The
U.S. Economy PDF International Monetary
Fund
IMF:
U.S. recovery is uneven Reuters via CNN
Voter Reward
backers add retroactivity clause The Arizona Republic via AZ Central / Robbie Sherwood
S&P
500 index still has value The Dallas Morning News / Scott Burns
Pumping
oil into government reserve may have added to price increases, critics charge
AP via The San Diego Union Tribune / H. Josef Hebert
CO:
Apartment vacancies maintain 16-year high Rocky Mountain News / John
Rebchook
CA:
State's bonds are downgraded again The Sacramento Bee / Dale Kasler
Euro-zone
unemployment rate stuck at highest level in years: 8.9 per cent AP via
The Canadian Press
Monetary
policy is not the force it was FT / Stephen Cecchetti
Three-year
Treasury auction disappoints FT / Jenny Wiggins, Charles Batchelor and
Mariko Sanchanta
Life
not ho-hum for bond traders reg LA Times
via Chicago Tribune / Thomas Mulligan
Market
Recovery Meets a Big Stumbling Block Bloomberg / Chet Currier
Maytag
Moves Out of U.S. Draws Criticism AP via Newsday / David Pitt
IL: Hard
times for mall anchors Chicago Sun Times / Sandra Guy
The
Lure of Junk Bonds: Oasis or Mirage? Business Week / Robert Rosenberg
CA:
Moody's Lowers State's Rating LA Times / Tom Petruno and Nancy Vogel
PMI
to buy bond insurer San Francisco Chronicle / Carolyn Said
So
I Was Off by a Few Trillion Business Week / Michael J. Mandel
A
Warming Economy Burns Bonds US News / Paul Lim
Job cut
announcements up 43% CNN / Mark Gongloff
Bond
bashing The Economist
Rate
Rise Is Real. Stocks Ignore Circe's Warning Bloomberg / Caroline Baum
U.S.
Treasuries Drop Before Auctions; Service Industries Expand
Bloomberg
U.S.
July ISM Service Economy Index Rises to Record 65.1 Bloomberg
Corporate Citizenship:
A Tax in Disguise Ludwig von Mises Institute / Richard Teather
MBIA
2nd-qtr profit jumps 53 pct, premiums rise Reuters via Forbes / Jonathan
Stempel
Booming China trade
rankles US Christian Science Monitor / Ron Scherer
Surge
in Rates May Hurt Pillar of the Economy NY Times via IWon / Edmund
Andrews
Market
Recovery Meets a Big Stumbling Block Bloomberg / Chet Currier
Mortgage
bubble splatters Philadelphia Enquirer / Todd Mason
European
bonds take a breather FT / Charles Batchelor
Russia:
Oil Output Soars to 8.5 Million bpd Reuters and Bloomberg via The Moscow Times
Dollar
turns lower on job losses in U.S. Bloomberg via The International Herald
Tribune
|
08/06
Treasury
Bond Danger Signs Kiplinger / Jeffery Kosnett
Europe
counts cost of scorching summer BBC / Doreen Walton
Schwarzenegger
Is a Candidate for California Governor Bloomberg
Market
Update: Auction boosts long view of economy reg
Chicago Tribune / Bill Barnhart
Making
the Move ABC News / Catherine Valenti
Treasury
Yields Drive Down Dollar Prices, Cut IOs reg
Real Estate Finance and Investment via Euromoney
Why I Never Write About the
Services ISM Index Bloomberg / Caroline Baum
NJ:
State board nixes bond bailout for New York City AP via NJ.com / Michael
Gormley
Freddie Mac
chief says company weathers bond storm Reuters
Russia:
Bank Profits at Expense of Next of Kin Moscow Times / Igor Semenenko
Junk
economics Financial Post / Pierre Lamieux
Market
Softens for Leasing Retail Space reg NY
Times / Terry Pristin
New
Freddie Mac CEO promises to straighten out financial reporting AP via
NJ.com / Maecy Gordon
Around
U.S., a House Is a Home but Not a Bonanza reg
NY Times / David Leonhardt
Bond
Rise, Bombing Prompt Selling AP via Newsday
CT:
Factories Bleeding Jobs The Hartford Courant / Barbara Nagy
Surprise
rise in German unemployment FT / Bettina Wassener
Five-year
Treasuries auction finds favour FT / Jenny Wiggins and Alex Skorecki
Soaring
Yields Hit Shorter-Term Bonds reg LA Times
/ Tom Petruno
Boom
or mirage? CNN / Mark Gongloff
Nixon
II The National Review / Bruce Bartlett
Clinton
learned it early: Keep the bond traders happy The Philadelphia Inquirer /
Andrew Cassel
Terminators
& Litigators In Calif. AP via CBS News
WI:
Dry summer for teens The Milwaukee Journal / Joel Dresang
Bill
may weaken state credit protections LA Times via The Baltimore Sun /
Kathy Kristoff
Oil jumps to highest levels since
war Reuters via MSNBC
Corporate/Agency
Bonds Community Events Calendar Reuters via Yahoo
Bonds
drift amid auction CNN
The
Real Internet Revolution Business Week via Yahoo / Christopher Kenton
CA:
Job seekers still have way to go The Orange County Register / James
Kelleher
CA:
Few new jobs expected in Bay Area The San Fransisco Chronicle / Sam
Zuckerman
CA:
Housing market staying tight The Orange County Register / Hang Nguyen
Asia
depends on China, India The Taipei Times
Imagine
Bill Gross Is Right and the Fed Succeeds Bloomberg / Joe Mysak
Inflation,
Deflation, Reflation Safehaven / Clif Droke Market Analysis / Clif Droke
French
Government Leads EU7 Billion Rescue for Alstom Bloomberg
Hold
onto your hat CNN / Justin Lahart
Mises and His School
Ludwig von Mises Institute / J.G. HÜlsmann
CA:
State finances bridge projects Bloomberg via The Oakland Tribune / Dennis
Walters
Payoff
for payouts? NY Times via The International Herald Tribbune
Treasuries
Gain; Higher Yields Draw Investors on Fed Rate View Bloomberg
Japan:
Tokyo deletes 'weak' from economic outlook The Japan Times / Hiroko
Nakata
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|
08/07
Rising
mortgage rates may take a breather USA Today / Sandra Block
Benefit
changes paining hospitals USA Today / Julie Appleby
Health
care a bet-the-country-sized problem The Houston Chronicle / Scott Burns
TX: New
home rally likely to slow a bit Houston Chronicle / Ralph Bivins
Can Arnold run a state
economy? CNBC via MSNBC / Jane Wells
Total
Recall CBS News / Russ Britt
Japan's
central bank keeps monetary policy steady AP via NJ.com
Canada:
No North American Monetary Union Yet – BoC Reuters via Yahoo Canada /
Gilbert Le Gras
Rising
bond yields loom over robust US housing, analysts say AFP via Yahoo
ECB
upbeat about economic activity in eurozone FT / Bettina Wassener
and Christopher Swann
Total
recall, total craziness SF Chronicle / Feedback
Despair
of the Jobless reg NY Times / Bob Herbert
WA:
Home sales soar 25 percent in rush to beat rising rates Seattle Times /
Kristina Shevory
CA:
Housing Construction Surges LA Times / Daryl Kelley
Exuberance
Returns Safehaven / Smithers and Company / Andrew Smithers
Recovery
bad news for taxable bond funds Boston Herald / Jon Chesto
Your
home: Worst-case scenario CNN / Sarah Max
Gold
reserves cheaper to build than to buy Financial Post and Bloomberg / Drew
Hasselback
Bush
Approval Rating Falls to 53%; Economy Concern Up Bloomberg
Good
reports, but no hiring CNN / Mark Gongloff
Rate spike
threatens housing industry Washington Times / Patrice Hill
Watch
that cardboard! CNN / Justin Lahart
Unhatched
Chickens Tech Central Station / Stephen W. Stanton
What
Would the Luddites Say About Productivity? Bloomberg / Caroline Baum
U.S.
corporate bond new issues Reuters via Yahoo
Treasuries
hesitant after sale, more supply ahead Reuters via Yahoo / Wayne Cole
Bank
profits may survive end of mortgage boom Reuters via The South Florida
Sun Sentinel / Jonathan Stempel
Consumers
wary of adding debt CBS Market Watch / Greg Robb
Companies
Squeezing More Out of Workers Reuters via ABC News / Glenn Somerville
MS:
Economy will rebound, expert says The Biloxi Sun Herald / Patrick
Peterson
US
30-yr mortgage rates 6.34 pct, highest in year Reuters via IWon
Analysts
Question Freddie's New CEO On His Role in Deals The Washington Post /
Kathleen Day and David Hilzenrath
2
former Dynegy executives detail hanky-panky in books AP via San Antonio
Express – News / Kristen Hays
It's
still true in many cases: If you follow Suze, you lose The Boston Globe /
Chick Jaffe
BondHub
has raised $2.3 million in funds Seattle Post Intelligencer
Bush
to States: Buck Stops With You, Not Me Bloomberg / Gene Sperling
Dallas
Fed chief is searching for signs of a turnaround reg Dallas Morning News / Angela Shah
Does
the Fed matter? CNN / Justin Lahart
Concerning the Export
of Capital Ludwig von Mises Institute / William Anderson
Engineering Earnings
Prudent Bear via Safe Haven / Chad Hudson
Needed: Central Bankers With
Far Away Eyes Pimco Bonds Fed Focus / Paul McCulley
Dollar
bulls encouraged by bond auction success FT / Jennifer Hughes
Investors
like 5-year T-notes USA Today / John Waggoner
Report:
Banks Kept Millions From Taxes AP vis The Dallas Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Fannie
Mae's Loss Risk Is Larger, Computer Models Show reg
NY Times / Alex Berenson
Currencies:
Mood on Treasuries sends dollar higher Bloomberg via International Herald
Tribune
U.S.
Treasuries May Rise, Yields Near Year-High Attract Buyers Bloomberg
|
08/08
Workers’
Comp: A Brewing Crisis For States? Stateline.org / Pamela Prah
UK:
Millions struggle with card payments BBC
The Post-Boom Boom
Safehaven / Doug Noland
Conflicting
Opinions Safehaven / John Mauldin
Beyond
sticker shock Wall Street Journal via The Orange County Register /
Jonathan Welsh
Lawsuits
Mount Against Freddie Mac Reuters via Yahoo
Putting
The Pieces Together Institutional Investor / Georgina Leslie
Workers’
Comp: A Brewing Crisis For States? Stateline.org / Pamela M. Prah
Canada's
July Jobs Data Keep Clouds Over Economy Reuters via Yahoo Canada /
Gilbert Le Gras
Washington
events for August 11 - 15 CBS Market Watch
Attention,
Arnold: This Is Real Life LA Times / Doug Gamble
California
loses more than 21,000 jobs AP via The San Diego Union Tribune / Alex
Veiga
Sears
bonds fall on skepticism about debt reduction Bloomberg via The Chicago
Tribune
Convertible
bond funds past peak? AP via The Washington Times
That Was The
Week That Was! Safehaven / Julian Phillips
It’s War at NYSE NY Post /
Jenny Anderson
CA:
State Says Banks Kept Millions From Taxes LA Times / Cathy Kristof and
Scott Reckard
UK:
House price rises slow BBC
Refinancing
drying up The San Francisco Chronicle / Sam Druckerman
PA:
Leaving isn't the problem, relocating to Philadelphia is The Philadelphia
Inquirer / Andrew Cassel
Buffett's
Berkshire 2nd-Qtr Profit More Than Doubles Bloomberg
Bond
Prices Rise AP via The Miami Herald
Treasuries
Up Await Next Week's Fed Meet Reuters via The Boston Globe / Ros Krasny
U.S.
Treasury 10-Year Note Rise on the Week After Debt Auctions Bloomberg
U.S.
corporate bond new issues Reuters via Yahoo
Asset-backeds-Citigroup
sells $750 mln transaction Reuters via Yahoo
Fannie
Mae rebuffs report of potential losses Bloomberg via The Seattle Times /
Al Yoon
Bond
Trader at Merrill Taps the Firm's Bank to Spin Gold NY Times via IWon
Gold Bugs
Send Index to 6-Year High Reuters via ABC News / Alden Bentley
Fed
Expected to Leave Rates Alone Washington Post / John Berry
The
wait-and-see Fed CNN / Mark Gongloff
U.S.
Economy: Dollar Drop Means Nebraska Jobs, Gillette Sales Bloomberg
Lawsuits
Mount Against Freddie Mac Reuters via ABC News
Don't
Forget the `Emerald City' in Buying Muni Bonds Bloomberg / Joe
Mysak
Overproductive
and underemployed The Economist
Bush's Hidden
Corporate Tax Ludwig von Mises Institute / D.W. MacKenzie
Italy
slide into recession BBC News
Banks
in buying mood for store credit cards reg
Chicago Tribune / Rachel Osterman
Dollar
Gains Against Euro as Leading European Economies Stall Bloomberg
Consumer
debt falls for first time in 7 months amid refinancings Bloomberg via
Orange County Register / Andrew Ward
How
Investors in Index Funds Got Ambushed by Bear Bloomberg / Chet Currier
PA:
Recorder of deeds falls ‘months behind’ Pittsburgh Review Tribune / Sam
Spatter
What
To Do With Those Corporate Governance Ratings - Are They Useful? Institutional
Investor / Helen Shaw
3
insurers quietly end a brokerage policy NY Times via The International
Herald Tribune / Joseph B. Treaster
Legal
but Absurd: Borrow a Billion and Report a Profit reg
NY Times / Floyd Norris
NY:
Rates and Anxiety Rise Newsday / Christian Murray
|
08/09
Conan
the Republican Financial Post / Peter Foster
Pros Feel
Bonds' Pain Barron’s via Wall Street Journal via LA Daily News / Andrew
Bary
Loss
of factory jobs may have a long fall to bottom The Boston Globe / Charles
Stein
Cool,
pointless purchases keep economy humming The Houston Chronicle / Jeff
Brown
Fed
Questioned After Bond Market Rout Reuters / Tim Ahmann
All the
Fed should do this week is wait The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Avrum
Lank
WI: It
could be a bank-eat-bank world again The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel /
Paul Gores
IN:
Wal-Mart is viewed as area's salvation The Indianapolis Star / Dana
Knight
PA:
Rate rises kill mortgage deals The Philadelphia Inquirer / Jeff Gelles
Buffett's
reputation is stymieing a deal Bloomberg via The Philadelphia Inquirer /
David Plumb
Canada:
Should we prepare for higher rates? The Financial Post / Jason Chow
CA:
Recall bad for state finances The San Francisco Chronicle / Benjamin
Pimentel
CA:
Valley jobless rate remains high at 8.4% The Mercury News / Margaret
Steen
Does
spike in bonds spell 1987-like stock meltdown? CBS Market Watch via IWon
/ Rachel Koning
Dollar
Gains Against Euro as Leading European Economies Stall Bloomberg
Ten
year Treasury note gains as U.S. sells a record $60B in debt Bloomberg
Thousands
Rally in France, Trade Battle in Mind reg
NY Times / John Tagliabue
Pension
Funds Sue Freddie Mac The Washington Post / Jackie Spinner
Thrifty
image bedevils Buffett Bloomberg via The Omaha World Herald
To
Insurers, a Long, Free Ride Is Looking Risky reg NY
Times / Joseph B. Treaster
Fuel
Prices Move Higher, and Trend Is Expected to Persist reg NY Times / Neela Banerjee
Recall
predicted to increase California's woes AP via The Washington Times /
Michael Liedtke
Euro-zone
weakness helps lift the dollar Bloomberg via The International
Herald Tribune
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|
08/10
Defense
spending gives boost to economy USA Today / Sue Kirchoff
Revival
of protectionism puts U.S. economy further at risk USA Today
PA:
The housing market is hurting over a difference of $125.44 Pittsburgh
Tribune Review / Gregory Drahuschak
Economists
Raise U.S. 3rd-Qtr. Growth Estimate, Blue Chip Shows Bloomberg
If
Arnold wins recall, the old rules are history The Arizona Republic
/ Nick Gillespie
Coming
Soon: 'Rise of the Arnold Democrats' LA Times / Tony Quinn
Dollar
drifts higher as foreign central banks invest in US AFP via Taipei News
Consumers
could feel the pinch of credit-debit war AP via NJ.com / Kathy Chu
Time
is money: As German economy stagnates, some call for less vacation
Canadian Press / David McHugh
Online
traders returning Dallas Morning News / Bill Deener
The
cure may be in the details Dallas Morning News / Scott Burns
Gas
prices up 4 cents a gallon CNN
American
vacations undergo downsizing The Baltimore Sun / June Arney
New
mortality data suggest cheaper life insurance rates AP via The Baltimore
Sun
Contrarians
And The Keynesian Myth Safehaven / Nelson Hultberg
As
Long-Term Bonds Fall, Consider Getting Shifty The Hartford Courant /
Matthew Lubanko
Only in California Newsweek
Via MSNBC / Jonathan Alter and Karen Breslau
Convertibles
May Be In for A Slowdown AP via The Washington Post / Hope Yen
Chinese
imports will cut U.S. jobs, close plants, industry leaders say The
Augusta Journal / Jim Nesbitt
UK: Bank's
growth gloom puts more pressure on Brown The Guardian Observer / Faisal
Islam
Big Apple
turns sour on Mike Bloomberg The Guardian Observer / Joanna Walters
Sales
at Retailers Seen Rising in July: U.S. Economy Preview Bloomberg
Economy
could be hurt by rise in interest rates Knight Ridder via The Morning
Call / Ken Moritsugu
CA:
Concerns Rise With Mortgage Rates LA Times / Tom Petruno, Bonnie Harris
and Kathy M. Kristof
AZ:
State must get real on budget The Arizona Republic / Debra Roubik
Japan
steps up pressure on China to revalue FT / David Pilling and Richard
McGregor
Anger
rises as Maytag makes run for border AP via The Arizona Republic / David
Pitt
NY:
A Few Rays of Light Pierce New York City's Economic Fog reg NY Times / Janny Scott
When
the Laws of Supply and Demand Don't Apply reg
NY Times / Matthew Wald and Jennifer Lee
CA:
It's not really a debt bond, state says The San Francisco Chronicle /
Kathleen Pender
Ban
sleazy payola stockbrokers collect The Philadelphia Inquirer / Jeff Brown
Japan
Asks: Hey Brother, Spare Some Change? Bloomberg / William Pesek Jr.
FT
preview: UK and Europe await recovery FT / Chris Flood
Who'll
buy goods when jobs are gone? Knoxville News Sentinel / Jim Shelby
Refinancing
boom threatens to bust The Milwaukee Journal / Michele Derus and John
Schmid
TX:
Housing values not soaring in Texas The Dallas Fort Worth Star Telegram /
Mitchell Schnurman
CO:
Job losses paint grim picture The Denver Post / Kelly Pate
Jobless
recovery lasting longer than economists expected Knight Ridder via The
Miami Herald / Ken Moritsugu
Bulls
on the beach? CNN
Running
in place: Americans working harder The Miami Herald / Gregg Fields
In
Japan's stagnant economy, managers can become bullies AP via The
Cleveland Plain Dealer / Gary Schaefer
A
scared employee is a productive employee The Denver Post / Al Lewis
Gutfreund Say’s 'Dump Debt'
NY Post / Desmond MacRae
Mister
Bond reg NY Times / Emily White
Bulls
Have Left Bonds, but Should You? reg NY
Times / Jonathon Fuerbringer
Business
Spending Helps Offset Lag in Refinancing reg
NY Times / Louis Uchitelle and Jennifer Bayot
Wall
Street's Legal Woes Aren't Over Just Yet reg
NY Times / Gretchen Morgenson
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08/11
Dallas
Fed chief's remarks on economic recovery anger some The Dallas Morning
News / Angela Shah
It's
alphabet soup on state's ballots NY Times via The LA Daily News / Dean
Murphy
Hope for
Calif. recall: ruin all around The Houston Chronicle / George Will
When
a virtuous circle turns vicious FT / Philip Coggan
CA:
States set bait to lure California companies The Sacramento Bee / Dale
Kasler
New-Economy
Stimulus National Review / Bruce Bartlett
Appraisers still under
pressure to inflate valuations Inman News / Susan Romero
U.S.
Treasuries May Fall on View Fed to Signal Faster Growth Bloomberg
Downturn
robs rural U.S. of jobs won in '90s AP via The Chicago Tribune / Adam
Geller
Clarity,
please, Mr. Greenspan CNN Justin Lahart
Fed
meeting brings out jitters FT / Jenny Wiggins, Paivi Munter and Mariko
Sanchanta
Traders
keep close eye on Fed's fine print FT / Christopher Swan and Joshua
Chaffin
Jolted
Over Electronic Voting Washington Post / Brigid Schulte
Oil not
drowning economy – yet CNN Mark Gongloff
States Borrowing To
Boost Bottom Line Stateline.org / Jason White
Deficit
won't stop raises for Congress Connecticut Post / Peter Urban and Zack
Finley
CA:
Driven to dismay LA Daily News / Lisa Mascaro
Iraqi
masses may have slippery hold on oil wealth AP via The Augusta Chronicle
Alabama
governor pushes tax increase to attract businesses, 7E7 The Seattle Times
/ Davis Postman
Indicators
of '20s saw rosy future The Wall Street Journal via The Baltimore Sun /
Cynthia Crossen
French
WT0 protest movement grows BBC / Megan Rowlinig
China
sees factories boom BBC
Philadelphia's
shrine to monetary policy The Christian Science Monitor / Jeff Meyer
Canada:
Bad judgment versus dishonesty The National Post / Michael Stern
Options
could be edging up Washington Business Journal / Brian Jones
Outsourcing
Jobs: Is It Bad? Business Week via Yahoo / Michael J. Mandel
CA:
Manufacturing Forecast Looks Hazy in California LA Times / Nancy Cleeland
The Roots of the
Housing Shortage Ludwig von Mises Institute / Gene Callahan
Short-dated
bunds fall as euro weakens FT / Adrienne Roberts
Dramatically
different tracks await Amtrak Washington Business Journal / Kent Hoover
Stock-bond
hybrids wear out their worth AP via The Fresno Bee / Hope Yen
Fannie
Mae to sell $11.5 billion bills on Wed. Reuters via Yahoo
Fannie
Mae, Freddie Mac bill sale calendar Reuters via Yahoo
Foreign
investors finds bargains in Argentina Reuters via Yahoo / Lucas Bergman
Is
Boeing's site search just a tease? Dallas Fort Worth Star Telegram /
Bob Cox
All talk and no
action - how the US bond market rodeo broke away from the Fed The
Guardian / Charlotte Denny
U.S.
Treasuries Fall as Fed May Highlight Signs of a Recovery Bloomberg
Fed
adds $7.25 bln in reserves via 2-day repos Reuters via Forbes
Note
to Fed: Say It Straight or Don't Say It Bloomberg / Caroline Baum
Bush
Tax Cuts Are Starting to Help U.S. Economy, Executives Say Bloomberg
Arnold
Built Vast Financial Empire Newsmax
Under the weather
The Washington Post via The Dallas Fort Worth Star Telegram / Bill Brubaker
Budget gap can
shrink with stepped up tax collection The Christian Science Monitor /
David Francis
Booby
Trap in Aisle Eight CFO.com / Craig Schneider
California's
action hero US News and World Report / Michael Barone
Moored
To The Job The Hartford Courant / Fran
Silverman
WA:
Desperate job hunters face cattle calls The Seattle Times / Shirleen Holt
Trader
Gordon Investigated for $43 Million Theft at Merrill Bloomberg
Dollar
May Weaken Against Euro for a Second Week, Survey Shows Bloomberg
Structurers
Converge On ABS Credit Definitions Institutional Investor
ABN
AMRO Hedges Against The Euro Institutional Investor
NY:
Liberty Bond Program Sees Surge Institutional Investor / Marianne Nardone
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08/12
High
office vacancies let firms move in on good deals USA Today / Barbara
Hagenbaugh
A
Sleuth in the Murky World of Oil Data reg
NY Times / Jeff Gerth
How
to fix a broken industry Financial Post / Jonathan Chevreau
Home-shopping
frenzy in July breaks sales record The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel /
Michele Derus
The Fed's
tightrope act US News / Paul Lim
TX: Home
resales bust records once again The Houston Chronicle / Ralph Bivins
Shifting
sands The Economist
Free-Trade
Free-Fall The Daily Standard / Irwin M. Stelzer
Bush, under fire,
to meet economic team Reuters via Yahoo / Christina Lang
U.S.
fights WTO ruling on tariffs AP via The Indianapolis Star
Treasury
finds evidence that respect for April 15 tax deadline is eroding AP via
The San Diego Union Tribune / Mary Dalrymple
Fed
Leaves Rates Unchanged The Washington Post / John Berry
Economists
unanimous: Rate hike far far away CBS Market Watch / Corbett Daly
Punch
cards hanging by chad The Oakland Tribune / Alec Rosenberg
Fed
Suggests It May Keep Rates Low for Some Time to Come reg NY Times / Edmund Andrews
Layoffs
take more than jobs The Boston Globe via The Rocky Mountain News / Diane
Lewis
Russia:
State Fed Up With Bankrupt Firms The Moscow Times / Igor Semenenko
Capital
controls split US experts BBC / Rachel Clarke
Morgan
Stanley accused of high pressure tactics in complaint AP via the
Minnesota Star Tribune / Justin Pope
Maybe
the Market Is Hearing Fed Loud and Clear Bloomberg / Caroline Baum
Surprise
rise in UK inflation BBC News
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