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08/16
Wall
Street holds a pajama party Financial Post / Jason Chow
Stupid Economist Tricks
John Mauldin’s Thoughts From The Frontline via Safehaven / John Mauldin
Blackout
may cost billions Financial Post / Jacqueline Thorpe
Energy
policy has us stuck in the Iron Age Financial Post / Peter Foster
Did
you catch a good mortgage rate? St.
Louis Post Dispatch / Eric Heisler
Schwarzenegger
sticks to his plan NY Times via LA Daily News / Bernard Weinraub and
Charlie LeDuff
CA:
Taxpayers under attack LA Daily News
Rising
rates take toll on borrowers The San Francisco Chronicle via The Seattle
Post Intelligencer / Kelly Zito
Consumers
may pay for blackout NY Daily News / Daniel Dunaief
CO:
Debt hamstrings DIA Rocky Mountain News / David Kesmodel, David Milstead And Heather
Draper
Der Vild, Vild
Vest! The Village Voice / Michael Musto
Even
mediocre job growth may score in '04 NY Times via The International
Herald Tribune / Floyd Norris
Heyday
over for index funds? The Milwaukee Journal / Kathleen Gallagher
Russia
in crisis: Five years on BBC News / James Arnold
Traders swapped their
pinstripes and wingtips for T-shirts and sneakers NY Post / Suzanne
Kapner and Erica Copulsky
Mortgage
company suddenly closes doors The Seattle Times / Bradley Meacham and
Peter Lewis
Stock
Sales Followed 'Smoothing' The Washington Post / Kathleen Day and David S. Hilzenrath
Shutdown
Domino Triggered by a Mystery The Washington Post / Kenneth Bredemeier and Peter Behr
WTO
rejects Japan's U.S. complaint The Japan times
NE:
Omaha firm's machines will help in recall Omaha world Herald / John
Taylor
China:
Analysts worried about real-estate bubble in Shanghai AFP via The Taipei
News
A
fund that gains from bonds' pain Bloomberg via The International Herald
Tribune / Aaron Pressman
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08/17
Sun
may be setting on one of history’s longest bull markets Santa Cruz
Sentinel / Jeffrey R. Scharf
Many
affluent Americans plan to stick with bonds Reuters via The Houston
Chronicle Jonathan Stempel
Immigration
deform The LA Daily News
Facts
murky in dispute over bottled spring water AP via Dayton Daily News /
Matt Crenson
Medicaid
cuts shred a safety net for the poor The Denver Post / Karen Auge
Why
do we suffer power blackouts? Toronto Star / Bruce Wollenberg
Canada:
Bank profits expected to soar Toronto Star / Rob Ferguson
CA:
Fed chief no help to state The Orange County Register / Jonathan Lanser
Bond
market isn't as safe as some perceive St. Petersburg Times via The Orange
County Register / Helen Huntley
Abraham
Sees Power-Grid Standards; Watchdogs Disputed Bloomberg
UK: House
prices stagnate as buyers take fright The Observer / Maria Scott
SC:
College tuition rising faster than inflation rate The State / Chris
Roberts
Students weigh costs of an
MBA FT via MSNBC News / Victoria Griffith
A Crackup for World Trade?
Newsweek via MSNBC News / Robert Samuelson
Strong
euro weakens Germany The Philadelphia Inquirer / Markus Verbeet
CT:
State's Job Picture Still Splintered Then Hartford Courant / Barbara
Nagay
Reach
of budget pinch felt even at state fairs The Washington Times
CD
rates creeping higher Knight Ridder via The Philadelphia Inquirer / Susan
Tompor
High-end
restaurants start dressing down Chicago Tribune / Kathy Bergen
The Price of Darkness
Newsweek via MSNBC News
Both
here and in Japan – Showing signs of strength Pittsburgh Tribune Review /
Gregory Drahuschak
NV:
Hardly the right stuff Las Vegas Review Journal / Hubble Smith
TN:
Greenspan plans Nashville trip for October meeting The Nashville
Tennessean / Gethan Ward
China:
Taiwan must now choose democracy, professor insists Taipei Times /
Stephanie Wen
Warren
Buffett seems full of surprises The San Diego Union Tribune / Mike
Freeman
Wall Street looks to bond markets
Reuters via MSNBC News
Take
what you can get AP via The Arizona Daily sun / Adam Geller
Low Tech
Isn't Dead, As Blackout Shows The Wall Street Journal via The LA Daily
News / Andrew Blackman
How to Say
'Invest' In Any Language The Wall Street Journal via The LA Daily News /
Craig Karmin
CA:
Inflation rate for county at 4.1% The San Diego Union Tribune / Rachel
Laing
What Went Wrong News Week /
Michael Hirsh and Daniel Klaidman
US
public faces bill for power upgrade FT / Neil Buckley and Demetri
Sevastopulo
Suit
against broker may open door to more AP via The Omaha Worl Herald
Leading
Indicators May Rise for July: U.S. Economy Preview Bloomberg
Bonds'
fast ride slowing The Sacramento Bee / Loretta Kalb
Fleeing
bonds for stocks may not be a wise move The Baltimore Sun / Eileen
Ambrose
California’s
Choice The National Review
Banks
relax rules on who can get loans The Raleigh News Observer / Chris Serres
Is economic
recovery a mirage? The Minneapolis Star Tribune / Mike Meyers
Falling
off the brand wagon The Observer / Ben Wootliff
UK:
Treasury to delay new inflation target amid Bank row The Observer /
Faisal Islam
UK:
Britons slow to pay off card debt The Observer / Maria Scott
U.S.
won't recover magic of the '90s The Arizona Republic / Diane C. Swonk
Some
wonder why Buffett stepped into California mess The LA Times via The
Chicago Tribune / Tom Petruno and Thomas S. Mulligan
Consumers
are likely soon to pay cost of debit-credit card war Dow Jones and AP via
The Baltimore Sun
Heed
'rebalance' sign the markets are flashing CBS Market Watch via The
Seattle Times / Chuck Jaffe
Revolt
of the tax-weary in California The Washington Post / Larry Elder
CA:
Buffett lays down gauntlet on Prop. 13 The San Francisco Chronicle /
David Lazarus
How
to cope in uncertain times Knight Ridder via The Seattle Times / Jeff
Brown
For
some, a bad dream come true The Boston Globe / Charles Stein
NASD
proposal falls far short of banning payola The Philadelphia Inquirer via
The Miami Herald / Jeff Brown
Top
brass may yet pay piper The Denver Post / Al Lewis
Power
Grid More Vulnerable Daily The Washington Post / Justin Gillis
Mortgage
Markets Are Out of Control reg NY Times /
Gretchen Morgenson
Factories
Move Abroad, as Does U.S. Power reg NY
Times / Louis Uchitelle
Help
Wanted reg NY Times / Walter Kirn
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08/18
Steeper
costs hit US junk bond market FT / Jenny Wiggins
Blackout
Will Be an Indiscernible Blip on GDP Bloomberg / Caroline Baum
Battle
of the banks going to Hong Kong Bloomberg via The International Herald
Tribune / Michele Batchelor
Japan's
recovery still lacks consumers Bloomberg via The International Herald
Tribune / Daisuke Takato
FirstEnergy:
Don't Blame Blackout on Us Reuters via The Washington Post
Freshman Rep. Janklow kills
cyclist in South Dakota The Hill
Tailoring
an economic plan for the Americas The Miami Herald / Jane Bussey
PC-makers
look forward to brisk sales to students The San Francisco Chronicle /
Benjamin Pimentel
Power
blackout is latest of FirstEnergy problems AP via The Washington Times /
Dafna Linzer
Non-Canadians
Sold Canadian Bonds and Paper in June Bloomberg
The
"Predator" Effect The Daily Standard / Eric Pfeiffer
A
graying workforce The Orange County Register / James Kelleher
Steady
Fed rate desired for rest of year Bloomberg via The Seattle Post
Intelligencer
US SWAPS-Spreads
shrink as mortgage fears fade for now Reuters via Yahoo
Mexico
brings three complaints against the United States to the WTO Canadian
Press / Naomi Koppel
INTERVIEW:
Michelle Russell-Dowe, portfolio manager, Hyperion Capital Management
Institutional Investor
SEC's
Goldschmid Expects Federal Analyst Standard In One Year Institutional
Investor / Paul Torres
A
Nation of Hamburger Flippers? The National Review / Bruce Bartlett
UK:
House prices at a standstill BBC News
Big bets on
bonds turn up large losers The Detroit Free Press / Susan Tompor
NYC
Economy Loses $1 Billion in Blackout Reuters via The Washington Post
Blackout
effect on economy expected to be minor AP via The Chicago Sun Times /
Marcy Gordon
Rebalance
portfolio every year to lessen risk Knight Ridder via The South Carolina
State / Harriet Johnson Brackey
Rates
on Treasury bills climb to highest levels in more than two months AP via
The San Francisco Chronicle
No
place like homes, some investors find The Sacramento Bee / Henry Gomez
It's
the 'New Economy' Knight Ridder via The Charlotte Observer / Gregg Fields
Ten-Year
Treasuries Gain; Investors are Lured By Rising Yields Bloomberg
Temporary
work force also has seen slowdown The Omaha World Herald / Deborah
Alexander
Personal
Bankruptcies Continue to Surge AP via The Chicago Tribune
Americans
feeling less entrepreneurial NY Times via The Chicago Tribune / Eric
Palmer
Plugging
away to make electricity available all the time The Philadelphia Inquirer
/ Andrew Cassel
Treasuries pop
higher, buyer catches market short Reuters via Yahoo / Wayne cole
U.S.
corporate bond new issues Reuters via Yahoo
Populist Rumblings
Obscene Prophets via Safehaven / Rodney Cook
Market Comments DOW
Theory Letters via Safehaven / Richard Russell
Fed moves give
recently battered bonds a boost The Christian Science Monitor / David
Francis
Jitters
and generators CNN Mark Gongloff
Rethinking the
Articles of Confederation Ludwig von Mises Institute / H.A. Scott Trask
U.S.
Economy's Naysayers Just Don't Know History Bloomberg / David Pauly
European
Economies Need Baby Boom to Boost Growth Bloomberg / Matthew Lynn
Dollar
higher as investors eye US growth FT / Neil Dennis
Protect
yourself from declining bond prices San Antonio Express News / Jeanie
Wyatt
Chinese
leaders warn of burgeoning jobless crisis AFP via Taipei Times
Blackout?
What Blackout? CFO.com / Ed Zwirn
No
deflation? CNN / Justin Lahart
UK:
Housing boom 'creates underclass' BBC News
Jobs
market might be quietly improving NY Times via The Omaha World Herald
New
York Blackout a Security Nightmare Newsmax / Stewart Stogel
Japan's
Recovery Depends on Consumer Spending, Rising Exports Bloomberg
Japan's
Bonds May Fall on Speculation Auction Will Spark Sales Bloomberg
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08/19
'Tis the season
to slash jobs US News / Paul Lim
America
wins with a supermarket sweep FT / Robert Gordon
Italy's
High Quality of Life and Strained Pension Plans reg
NY Times / Eric Sylvers
US
banks transfer analysts' work to India FT / David Wells and Khozem
Merchant
The
underestimated recovery CNN / Justin Lahart
Stick
to the Mission, Mr. Greenspan The National Review / Patricia Small
Hasta
la Vista, Bay-bee The San Francisco Chronicle Adam Sparks
Central
bank boosts reserves Bloomberg via The Rocky Mountain News / Jennifer
Itzenson
NY: Summer of
Sanity The City Journal / Steven Malanga
The
price of uncertainty The Economist
Housing's
last hurrah CNN / Mark Gongloff
Bonds
Climb as Multiple Attacks Frighten Reuters via The Boston Globe / Pedro
Nicolaci da Costa
US companies
shelve junk bond deals as rates rise Reuters / Dena Aubin
Corporate
Squeeze The National Review / Daniel Mitchell
CT:
State's Huge Job Loss Raises Eyebrows The Hartford Courant / Barbara
Nagay
CA:
Scramble over mortgages The Sacramento bee / Andrew LePage
CO:
Experts: Utilities need incentives to boost grid AP via The Denver Post /
Brad foss
Canada:
Business leaders not optimistic on economy Financial Post / Drew
Hasselback
Investors
See Goldman As Culprit In Falling Calpine Deal Institutional Investor /
Molly Jackson Sell
Not-So-Private
Equity Institutional Investor / Steven Brull
3 Charged in NASD’s Hedge Fund
Crackdown NY Post / Jenny Anderson
Bombs
Found at Schwab Office, Home AP via The Washington Post
Soybeans, Corn
Fall After Night of Rain AP via ABC News
U.S.
Economy: Housing Starts Surge to 17-Year High Bloomberg
After
Bond Crackup Comes the I-Told-You-So Chorus Bloomberg / Chet Currier
The Failure of the
Social Market Ludwig von Mises Institute / Jude Blanchette
Ford
favours Canada, Mexico plants over U.S. The Financial Post / Peter
Brieger
High
heat takes toll on corn, soybeans The Des Moines Register / Anne
Fitzgerald
If
recovery loses steam, U.S. economy may face big-time trouble The Wall
Street Journal via The Arizona Republic Greg Ip
Banana
peels are all over the road to economic recovery The Kansas City Star /
Chris Lester
A
Nordic no The Economist
U.S.
August Michigan Sentiment Index Falls to 90.2 Bloomberg
MN:
Twin Cities home sales continue red-hot pace Minneapolis Star Tribune /
Neal Gendler
Canada's
largest companies cut back energy usage, thousands off work Canadian
Press via Canada.com / Craig Wong
WA:
Paying through the hose: Gas prices up 7% in past month Seattle Times /
Sigrid Aufterbeck
Japan:
Bad-loan disposal costs still higher than profits The Japan Times /
Mayumi Negishi
Russia:
The 12 Lessons of 1998 Default The Moscow Times / Igor Semenenko
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08/20
When
Enron is owed money, it plays hardball The Sacramento Bee / Dale Kasler
McTeer
steps on a raw nerve Dallas Morning News / Angela Shah
Hedging
The Mortgage Market Decline Forbes / Ari Weinberg
Uncle
Sam rips off California Town Hall / Terence Jeffrey
Two
more worms spread across the Internet The Boston Globe / Hiawatha Bray
A
Sense of Honor Is a Rare Quality in Business Bloomberg / Matthew Lynn
Credit
report's use rankles many The Denver Post / Kevin Simpson
What
are Warren Buffet and Pete Wilson telling the Terminator? The National
Review / Victor Canto
Lights-Out
Economics The National Review / Paul Krugman
Big-Government
Conservativism Is Here The National Review / Bruce Bartlett
Unemployment
rate may not present the true picture The Philadelphia Inquirer / Andrew
Cassel
Putting Things Into
Perspective The Aden Forecast via Safehaven / Mary Anne and Pamela Aden
Housing,
retail bolster economy: Experts downplay lower sentiment The Boston
Herald / Jay Fitzgerald
Warren
Buffett Loses Appeal to Keep Holdings Secret Bloomberg
The
lights start to flash at end of the blackout The Baltimore Sun / Jay
Hancock
Italian
Puzzle: The Land That Doesn't Seem to Fit reg
NY times / Frank Burn
Forget
'New' Politics, the Same Old Rules Apply LA Times / Peter King
A
greenback comeback? CNN Mark Gongloff
French
economy in trouble BBC News
The Real
California Problem Forbes / Rich Karlgaard
US
Treasuries stumble on burst of mortgage selling Reuters via Forbes / Ros
Krasny
China:
Sovereignty is not the issue, the economy is The Taipei Times / Wang
Chien-chuang
Immigrants
lower the pay scale, study says AP via The Orange County Register
The
Messenger Shoots Back Institutional Investor / Andrew Capon
New
high-tech bills use techniques to thwart counterfeiters San Antonio Express
News / Travis Poling
For
Bond Buyers, Is Insurance Worth It? LA Times / Thomas Mulligan
Blackout
Forces Meat Recall in Detroit Reuters via ABC News
Stock Supporters and Bond
Boosters Face Off on Street NY Post / Suzanne McGee
Cantor Appeals $1.5M Award to
Ex-Exec Bloomberg via NY Post
Corporate/Agency
Bonds Community Events Calendar Reuters via Yahoo
Fannie
Mae, Freddie Mac bill sale calendar Reuters via Yahoo
High
cost of failure in networked world The Toronto Star / David Olive
Canada:
Falling inflation points to interest rate cut The Toronto Star / Steven
Theobald
Fed
can keep rates low for some time, Broaddus says Reuters via USA Today
Treasuries
Take a Spill, Lack Liquidity Reuters via MSNBC / Wayne Cole
Calif.
Bonds Offer Buying Opportunity AP via The Kansa City Star / Hope Yen
Bonds still worth
the current bumpy ride, analysts say Knight Ridder via The Clarion Ledger
/ Todd Mason
The Demographics of
Saving and Growth The Ludwig von Mises Institute / Christopher Mayer
U.S.
MBA's Mortgage Applications Index Fell 10.7% Bloomberg
GA:
Schools try to rid campus of card offers The Augusta Chronicle / James
Gallagher
TX:
D/FW job picture getting brighter The Dalls Fort Woth Star Telegram /
Mitchell Schurman
AZ:
Economy can't run on fumes The Arizona Republic / Dawn gilbertson
TN:
Office vacancy on the rise The Tennessean / Richard Lawson
Mortgage
rate rise may slow home price growth USA Today / Thomas Fogarty
What
Wall Street Wants, `Governor' Schwarzenegger Bloomberg / Joe Mysak
France
Contracts, Extending Slump Bloomberg
Eurozone
bonds fall on doubts about recovery FT / Pavi Munter
Russia:
More Income: Less Vodka, More Beer The Moscow Times / Alex Nicholson
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08/21
“High Risk” finance at the
federal level Insight On The News / Kelley Patricia O’ Meara
Why
everybody thinks alike The Financial Post / Pierre Lemieux
Sharp
Drop in Jobless Claims Draws Skepticism on Wall St. The Washington Post /
Jerry Knight
Companies
fleeing California again? CBS Market Watch / Russ Britt
Americas summit
called for January 2004 Reuters via Yahoo
INSTANT
VIEW-Philadephia Fed survey Reuters via Yahoo
Euro
sinks against dollar BBC News
Security
fixes often ignored The Dallas Morning News via Silicon Valley / Doug
Bedell
U.S.
health administration costly The Boston Herald / Jennifer Heldt Powell
CA:
Surplus Property Sits Idle, Audit Finds LA times / Patrick McGreevy
CA:
Home Sales Stay on Fire, Especially in Inland Empire LA Times / Bonnie
Harris
Canadian
Ten-Year Bond Slides on Views of Interest Rate Cuts Bloomberg
AZ:
Pipeline break exposes state's vulnerability The Tuscon Citizen / Oscar
Abeyta
Weekly mortgage rates up in
Freddie Mac survey Inman News
Terminating
Any Doubt The National Review / Larry Kudlow
Bank
Consolidation, Internationalization and Conglomeration: Trends and
Implications for Financial Risk IMF
Treasuries
Tumble; 2-Yr Note Yield Hits Highest Since December Bloomberg
IL:
Layoffs more common in last 4 months of year, firm says Chicago Sun Times
/ Francine Knowles
Corporate
scandals costing taxpayers billions Bloomberg via The Albany Times Union
/ Antonio Olivo
Oil prices
surge nearly 4 percent Reuters via The Houston Chronicle
Bring me
your powerless masses The Economist
Fed's
Parry, in San Diego, sees no 'early start' on U.S. rate hikes Reuters via
The San Diego Union Tribune
SEC
treads lightly on muni misbehavior AP via The Chicago Tribune
Merrill
Draws Up Novel CDO To Grab Extra Basis Points Institutional Investor /
Karen Brettell
Did
Florida Hedge Fund Try To Pull A Fast One On Bear Stearns? Institutional
Investor
How
low can Fannie Mae go? CBS Market Watch / Peter Brimelow
Vacations
are being vacated The Kansas City Star / Diane Stafford
Euro
Tumbles Against Dollar, Yen on Outlook for Economic Growth Bloomberg
Betting
on a better U.S. economy to revive maquiladoras San Antonio Express News
/ David Hendricks
Schwarzenegger
offers few specifics in plans for economy The San Francisco Chronicle /
David Lazarus
Nobody Owns Arnold, And
That’s a Good Thing The New York Observer / Richard Brookhiser
CA:
Home sales may slow LA Daily News / Gregory Wilcox
Lender's
shutdown is a warning for homebuyers Chicago Sun Times / Terry Savage
U.S.
Homeowners, Gambling on Rates, Choose Adjustable Mortgages Bloomberg
Euro
Tumbles Against Dollar, Yen on Outlook for Economic Growth Bloomberg
Betting
on a better U.S. economy to revive maquiladoras San Antonio Express News
/ David Hendricks
Schwarzenegger
offers few specifics in plans for economy The San Francisco Chronicle / David
Lazarus
CA:
Home sales may slow LA Daily News / Gregory Wilcox
Lender's
shutdown is a warning for homebuyers Chicago Sun Times / Terry Savage
U.S.
Homeowners, Gambling on Rates, Choose Adjustable Mortgages Bloomberg
Whatever
Happened to `Accentuate the Positive?' Bloomberg / Caroline Baum
Target:
Microsoft The Economist
Jammed
by junk CNN / Alexandra Twin
U.S.
July Index of Leading Economic Indicators Rises 0.4% Bloomberg
MS: State jobless
rate hits 7.2% AP via The Clarion Ledger
Is Beijing
successfully sabotaging the US economy? Brookes News / Gerard Jackson
Effort
to earn a Big Mac varies country to country The Japan Times
Japanese
Bonds Gain, Halting 8-Day Slide, as Yields Attract Bloomberg
Tax-funded
healthcare 'could save US $200bn' FT / Christopher Bowe
Russia:
Oil Output Boom Set to Continue Reuters via The Moscow Times
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|
08/22
Prediction: The Future
of the USA Stock Market UCLA Earth and Space Sciences via Safehaven /
Didier Sornette
Waiting for Godot
The Daily Reckoning via Safehaven / Kurt Richebächer
New
twist to phone number portability Chicago Tribune / Jon Van
UBS hires 2
Merrill execs for private wealth group Reuters via Yahoo
Upbeat
U.S. economic reports weaken bonds and the euro AP via The Orange County
Register
Brazil
Unsure Whether to Renew IMF Deal reg AP
via NY Times
Gilts
fall as UK equities make tentative gains FT / Paivi Munter
Way Behind the Curve
Prudent Bear via Safehaven / Doug Nolan
Japan and US Busts
Zeal Research via Safehaven / Adam Hamilton
MS: Heating bills
may skyrocket this winter The Clarion Ledger / Clay Harden
Last dash for the housing
market? MSNBC / Martin Wolk
Gas Prices
Skyrocket Across the Country AP via ABC News
Blackout
May Prompt Interest in Fuel Cells AP via The Seattle Times / John
Christoffersen
A
call to ARMs over jump in mortgage rates Bloomberg via The Seattle Times
/ Kathleen M. Howley
The Anatomy of
Deflation The Ludwig von Mises Institute / George Reisman
PAC
Bond Inventor Resurfaces, Eyes Prime Brokers Institutional Investor
Bond
Fund Manager Shifts Away From Interest Rate Sensitive Investments
Institutional Investor
China:
Overdue Institutional Investor / Richard Meyer
PA:
Electricity market penalizes region The Philadelphia Inquirer / Andrew
Cassel
Economists
Stick to Growth Forecasts-Poll Reuters via Yahoo
GA: Area
job growth has a downside The Atlanta Journal Constitution / Michael
Kanel
Muni
Bond Yields May Peak at 5.58 Percent This Year Bloomberg / Joe
Mysak
Do-It-Yourself
Power Catching On The Washington Post / Martha McNeil Hamilton
Freddie
Mac Ousts Parseghian Amid Accounting Errors Bloomberg
CO:
Welfare caseload up; fewer comply with work rules The Denver Post / Kelly
Pate
Homeowners'
big headache: Insurance CNN / Sarah Max
US muni
bond funds see $244 mln wkly outflows Reuters via Yahoo
U.S.
corporate bond new issues Reuters via Yahoo
Fannie
Mae, Freddie Mac bill sale calendar Reuters via Yahoo
CA:
Spinning money for California San Francisco Chronicle / David Lazarus
Wanted: Spending
Cuts The Christian Science Monitor
Feds
Had Prime View of Spreading Blackout AP via The Sun-Sentinel / Mark
Jewell
Regulator
may force out Freddie chief FT / Paul Davies
Different
this time, maybe The Economist
CA:
Fed official sees more S.D. growth San Diego Union Tribune / David
Washburn
Blackout
a blessing for some The Financial Post / Jonathan Cheveau
South
Korea's Economy Shrinks 0.7%, Second Straight Contraction Bloomberg
Japanese
Bonds Fall on Prospects for Faster U.S. Recovery Bloomberg
The Great Blackout:
Any Conclusions Besides Self-Congratulations? Newsmax / Lev Navrozov
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08/23
Pop Goes the Bubble
LewRockwell.com / Gary North
TX: Can
new hotels survive Houston's economic drought? The Houston Chronicle
/ David Kaplan
NC:
Jobless figures spike into double digits The Charlotte Observer / Adam
Bell and Charles Lunan
Visa
CEO calls this a revolutionary time in credit card business AP via The
St. Louis Post / Eileen Alt Powell
A
Rebound for the Dollar, but Maybe Not for Long reg
NY Times / Jonathan Feurbinger
For
Budget Shortfalls, Choose Grim or Grimmer reg
NY Times / Edmund Andrews
Saddam's
Hometown Gets Unrestricted Web AP via The South Florida Sun Sentinel /
Hrvoje Hranjski
UAL
bond plan adds to cost of upgrades Bloomberg via The Denver Rocky
Mountain News
Manufacturing the Data
John Mauldin’s Thoughts From The Frontline via Safehaven / John Mauldin
The
High Stakes of 2004 The Weekly Standard / William Kristol
Canada:
Series of compounding crises throughout Canada taking their economic toll
Canadian Press via Canada.com / James Stevenson
Thank
You for Flying Whatever Airline This Is NY times / Robert Crandall
CA:
State outlines $18 billion bond sale to fund budget The Mercury News /
Mark Schwanhausser
NV:
LAS VEGAS ECONOMY: Trouble seen ahead The Las Vegas Review Journal /
Hubble Smith
California's
woes make risky bonds seem like a bargain AP via The Omaha World Herald
NY:
Area Housing Prices Continue to Climb Newsday / Christian Murray
NE:
Drought's grip tightens The Omaha World Herald Bureau / Nancy Gaardner
Luxury
car dealers are facing pressure to lower prices NY Times via The
International Herald Tribune / Micheline Maynard
CT:
New Bright Lights On Map Of Market The Hartford Courant / Matthew Lubanko
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08/24
Bankruptcies
at a troubling level The Dallas Morning News / Pamela Yip
Market’s
biggest problem – unemployment – showing signs of improvement Pittsburgh
Tribune Review / Gregory Drahuschak
Home-Sales,
Confidence Data Give Economists Fresh Look The Wall Street Journal via
The LA Daily News
End
of the Olds The Des Moines Register / William Ryberg
Land
of economic unrest The Boston globe / Stephen Glain
Crime
falls to 30-year low in 2002 CBS Market Watch / Carolyn Pritchard
WTO tries last-ditch
compromise AP via CNBC via MSNBC
Gas
prices zoom at record pace CNN
A
Chance for Utilities to Clean Up Their Act reg
NY Times / Patrick McGeehan
Trendy
middle class bucks Germany's falling birth-rate trend Reuters via The
Taipei Times / Clifford Coonan
China:
Thirty percent of Chinese computers may be infected Taipei times
Don't
Let Dip Push You Out of Bonds The Baltimore sun via Newsday / Eileen
Ambrose
Bubble
Won't Reinflate LA times Robert Polin
New
wires, switches could boost rid capacity without erecting new pylons AP
via NJ.com / Jim Krane and John Seewer
Long-term
bonds pose risks as economy recovers Knight Ridder via The Dallas Fort
Worth Star Telegram / Gail Marksjarvis
Tough
times continue for Freddie Mac FT / Jenny Wiggins
Reduced
hopes for mortgagecash-outs The Philadelphia Inquirer / Todd Mason
A
Recovery High on Efficiency, Low on Jobs La Times / James Flanigan
IL:
Personal bankruptcies hit record Chicago Sun Times / Shamus Toomey
Factory
Orders, Confidence Seen Rising: U.S. Economy Preview Bloomberg
California
muni bond yields up AP via The State / Hope Yen
NC:
Counties, cities face dilemma on outsourcing Charlotte Observer / Stella
Hopkins
High
gas prices not putting brakes on holiday travel The Baltimore Sun /
Meredith Cohn
Forging
a case for U.S. jobs in manufacturing The Arizona Republic / Jon
Talton
CA:
Face facts, state must raise taxes The San Francisco Chronicle / David
Lazarus
CA:
Who’s Buying? Well, Who Isn’t? Mercury News / Sue McAllister
Credit
Suisse, Other Companies Sell Debt in U.S. as Rates Rise Bloomberg
In
weak economy, investors should go back to basics The Washington Post via
The Seattle Times / Albert B. Crenshaw
Consumers
Must Demand A (Pricey) New Power Grid The Washington Post / Michael
Barbaro
Pundits Playing A Game For The
Pros NY Post / Tracy Byrnes
Loan
deals that didn't quite fall apart The Philadelphia Inquirer / Jeff
Gelles
Wall
Street Seeks Clearer Deficit Signal The Washington Post / Jonathan
Weisman
With
stock demand down and selling flat, analysts fear downturn AP via The
Knoxville Sentinel / Amy Baldwin
Pensioners
might be left hungry The Denver Post / Al Lewis
The
Cost of Great Expectations: Disappointment reg
NY Times / Charles Morris
Greenspan
the loser in central bankers' pay league The Observer / Faisal
Islam
Cantor
sued again for 'poaching' The Observer / Faisal Islam
UK:
MPs to referee Brown-King bout The Observer / Faisal Islam
Oil
price casts pall over global recovery hopes The Observer / Faisal Islam
TX:
Although agencies are nonprofit and economy is slow, administrators draw
impressive salaries and benefits The San Antonio Express News / L.A.
Lorek
Europeans sure know
how to take long vacations The Pittsburgh Gazette / Judy Olian
Hey,
check this out – yourself The Boston Globe / Mark Pothier
From
Wall Street to Mean Street reg NY Times
/ Geraldine Fabrikant
A
Rebound for the Dollar, but Maybe Not for Long reg
NY Times / Jonathan Feurbinger
For
Budget Shortfalls, Choose Grim or Grimmer reg
NY Times / Edmund Andrews
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08/25
Retailers
Getting Out of Credit Card Business Washington Post / Dina ElBoghdady
WI:
'Stealth depression' seen in some neighborhoods The Milwaukee Journal /
Joel Dresang
Dollar's
Rise May Hurt U.S. Corporate Profits Reuters via Fox News
Mortgage
securities are in a risky place The Dallas Morning News / Scott
Burns
Mexican
immigration is killing California Brookes News / Addison Ross
A surge in
self-made electricity Christian Science Monitor / Jim Brumm
US Corp
Bonds-Spreads unchanged, bond sales slow Reuters via Yahoo / Dena Aubin
Treasuries
hit by robust housing data FT / Jenny Wiggins, Paivi Munter and Mariko
Sanchanta
US mortgage
bond spreads narrow on bargain hunting Reuters via Yahoo / Dan Wilchins
The
Deficit May Be Back on a Leash Business Week via Yahoo / Ryan Brecht
Hedge-Fund Hold-Up NY Post
/ Christopher Byron
Schwarzenegger
economic team differs on tax hikes Reuters via Yahoo / Michael Kahn
Brazil's
Lula Loses Support From Business on Economy Bloomberg
Oslo
now the most expensive world city AP via Fresno Bee / William Stoichevski
Freddie
Mac Credit Ratings Cut Reuters via ABC News / Mark Felsenthal and Lynn
Adler
Are we done with the
40-hour week? MSNBC / Jon Bonne’
Bright
ideas Boston Globe / Scott Kirsner
Federal
deficit expected to approach $500 billion next year AP via San Diego
Union Tribune / Jim Abrams
Alabama
tax plan causes unholy outrage The Seattle Times / Neal R. Peirce
Indicators
Flash Red, but Should Investors Stop? reg
LA Times / Josh Friedman
Cool
reception for WTO plan BBC News
AZ:
A renter's paradise Arizona Republic / Catherine Burrough and Erica Sagon
The
call to move overseas St. Petersburgh Times / Robert Trigaux
Price
tag for power grid about to surge Chicago Tribune / Michael Barbaro
Canada:
Canada fears U.S.-imposed energy plan Financial Post / Peter Morton
U.S.
Heads for $495 Bln Deficit Next Year, House Lawmaker Says Bloomberg
Treasurys
reverse, now broadly lower as U.S. data weigh CBS Market Watch via IWon
Rachel Koning
The
bonds help fight stagflation Financial Post / Jonathan Chevrau
The Question of the
Cable Monopoly Ludwig von Mises Institute / D.W. MacKenzie
Imperial Jawbones
Obscene Prophets via Safehaven / Rodney Cook
Options
Are Out, Bonuses Are In CFO / Ed Zwirn
Blackout
Continues To Fuel Doom Forbes / Dan Ackman
No
problem at the pump CNN / Justin Lahart
Broadbandits
/ Rocky Mountain News / Om Malik
U.S.
July Existing Home Sales Rise to 6.12 Mln Rate Bloomberg
Wi-Fi
Moves From Storeroom to Store NY Times via IWon / Roy Furchgott
Bush
Gives Bond Investors Reasons to Doubt Deficit Will Drop Bloomberg
Seniors
tighten budgets as interest rates on savings stagnate Detroit Free Press
/ Susan Tompor
Price
of deregulation: a flickering power grid NY Times via The International
Herald Tribune / Neela Banerjee and David Firestone
MN:
Taxpayers may bear the burden of future budget shortfalls The Minnesota
Star Tribune / Mike Meyers
Dollar
May Extend Three-Month Gain Against Euro Bloomberg
Japan's
July Trade Surplus Rose 3.5% as Exports Gain Bloomberg
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08/26
What
Ever Happened to Yahoo!'s Millionaires? Forbes via ABC News / Kerry Dolan
Poll:
Confidence in a standstill CNN
Labor Day driving to hit
8-year peak MSNBC
The Myth of Price
Stability Ludwig von Mises Institute / Frank Shostak
Housing health: Higher
interest rates hurt affordability Inman News / Jessica Swesey
Someone
Left the Price Rule in the Rain National Review / Victor Canto
US
Treasury prices rise in late trade FT / Jenny Wiggins, Mariko Sanchanta
and Salamander Davoudi
Penny
pinching at pump Akron Beacon Journal / Mary Ethridge
Bank
earnings boosted St. Louis Business Journal via Washington Business
Journal / Chad Garrison
Russia:
Ford to Up Production by 20% Bloomberg via Moscow Times
China:
WTO membership poses puzzle for industries Taipei times / Jessie Ho
Budget
Office Says 10 Years of Deficits Could Total $5 Trillion reg NY times / Edmund Andrews
Grain
Prices Soar Amid Diminishing Crop Hopes Reuters via Fox News
National
do-not-call list may kill jobs The Dallas Star Telegram / Aman Batheja
Bond
Prices Rise AP via Aberdeen News
The
blackout's silver lining Boston Globe / Steven Syre
Fed
Camp's Activities Are a Secret Bloomberg / Caroline Baum
French
PM says budget deficit is worsening FT / Philippe Mabille and Judy
Dempsey
Strong
US data fail to buoy dollar FT / Jennifer Hughes
For
Budget Shortfalls, Choose Grim or Grimmer reg
NY Times / Edmund Andrews
Why
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Look Vulnerable Bloomberg John Dorfman
Offshoring
fad has a dark side The Kansas City Star / David Hayes
Why The Economy May Appear
Weaker NY Post / John Crudele
Wall St. Runors Sparked After
Execs Leave Giant Hedge Fund NY Post / Jenny Anderson
Freddie Mac
duration gap widens to +1 month in July Reuters via Yahoo
U.S. mortgage
bond spreads unchanged in thin trade Reuters via Yahoo
$35
billion slated for `American Dream' Mercury News / Sue McAllister
Va.
Budget Cutting Might Not Be Over The Washington Post / R.H. Melton
WTO toils
over global growth deal The Washington Times / Jeffrey Sparshott
Rising mortgage
rates push buyers The Clarion Ledger
Reading
China’s tea leaves The Economist
UK:
Investors back bonds over shares The London Evening Standard / Andrew
Oxlade
U.S.
Economy: Durables Goods Orders, Consumer Confidence Rise Bloomberg
Home
sales go up in July Joe Richter / Bloomberg
Fed
seeks to clarify the rules on 'tying' FT / Gary Silverman and Adrian
Michaels
Chinese
Economy's Underside: Abuse of Migrants reg
NY Times / Joseph Kahn
Treasuries
May Fall; Economic Reports May Support Recovery View Bloomberg
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08/27
Market
or Nation? Newsmax / Francisco Jose Moreno
CA:
California voters say state's in bad shape LA Daily News
NY:
Merchants’ Summer Has Been A Bummer Newsday / Jamie Herzich
In
Wal-Mart's America Washington Post / Harold Meyerson
Costs of the
Surveillance State Ludwig von Mises Institute Erich Mattei
Canada:
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