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08/25
The
jobs numbers that you're not hearing about USA Today via Newsmax / Timothy Kane and Andrew Grossman
Texas
Exports – Hot Stats Dallas Federal Reserve
A
damning verdict The Economist
Ohio
Preps $401M Deal Bond Buyer / Elizabeth Carvlin
Illinois
Plans Debt for Toll Overhaul Bond Buyer / Yvette Shields
Who
will pay for pensions? Dallas Morning News / Danielle DiMartino
Manufacturing
adds to proof economy is cooling FT / Christopher Swann
Washington
Mutual's Growth Strategy Plagued by Missteps LA Times / E. Scott Reckard
California
on Path to Become Nation's Gambling Capital LA Times / Dan Morain
US
comes to terms with Chávez FT / Andy Webb-Vidal
Venezuela's
Foreign Debt Rating Raised to B by S&P Bloomberg / Alex Kennedy
Time
for Tax Reform? National Review / Bruce Bartlett
The
Key Word in the Headline is "Despite" Elliott Wave via Bear Market Central
CO:
Condos' square-foot costs shatter ceiling Denver Post / Christine Tatum
CO:
Home prices chasing $300,000 Rocky Mountain News / John Rebchook
AZ:
Valley's housing market refuses to take vacation in July Arizona Republic
/ Glen Creno
Emerging
debt-Profit-taking hits market Reuters / Walter Brandimarte
Yen
intervention hasn't hampered Fed—Greenspan Reuters
Merrill
Brokers Seek Transfers From N.Y. AP via Newsday
NC:
Increasing costs of steel, cement, wood get passed on to consumers
Winston – Salem Journal / Brian Louis
TN:
Companies spend more, hire to fight online evils Tennessean / Bush
Bernard
MD:
Restaurant barometer signals a good year for Maryland Baltimore Sun / Jay
Hancock
TX:
Insurer profits in Texas at 5-year high AP via Dallas Morning News
MO:
St. Louis' office market has lower vacancy rate in Q2 St. Louis Business
Journal
U.S.
banks want a piece of Texas Reuters / Chris Sanders
Canada:
TD Bank stockholders cool to possible acquisition of New England's Banknorth
CP via Canada.com / Andrew Flynn
Canada: Local
bankruptcy rate jumps in June Ottawa Business Journal / Leo Valiquette
Canada:
Loonie continues to strengthen Ottawa Business Journal
Middle
Market Bond Dealer Regional Report for 2004 Q2 pdf
Bond Market Association
IMF Concludes
2004 Article IV Consultation with the People's Republic of China IMF
Currency
Flexibility Is in China's Interest, IMF Says Bloomberg
Ersatz
Europeans The Economist
Oil
falls almost $2-a-barrel as gas demand slides Reuters via USA today /
Andrew Mitchell
Dropping
the torch CNN / Mark Gongloff
NV:
Leaving Las Vegas? CNN / Sarah Max
Data
provide no clear signal for the dollar FT / Steve Johnson
Putnam
as pariah Boston Globe / Andrew Caffrey
Responding
to Global Competitive Pressure Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta / Jack
Guynn
Atlanta
Fed President Guynn Says Inflation Not All 'Transitory' Bloomberg /
Alison Fitzgerald
Some
job-seekers get interviews, but no offers AP via Philadelphia Inquirer /
Abbey Foster
CA:
Median home price up $152K in a year San Diego Union Tribune
New
Jersey's New Anti-Pay to Play Rule Sets Standard Bloomberg / Joe Mysak
The
era of cheap oil is history, geologist warns Philadelphia Inquirer /
Harold Brubaker
Will
spike bring inflation, recession or both? Philadelphia Inquirer / Andrew
Cassel
Nasdaq
chief comments on NYSE controversy AP via Cleveland Plain Dealer
Bottom's
up for tech? CNN / Paul R. La Monica
It's
Not The Economy, Stupid Forbes / Dan Ackman and Mark Hazlin
NASD Chasing Wall Street
Deadbeats NY Post / Jenny Anderson
Newsday’s Bad Lot NY Post
/ Holly M. Sanders
Bank
of America: Departing exec to get $20.7 million AP via USA Today
The Subsistence Fund
Ludwig von Mises Institute / Frank Shostak
Some
economic advice for baby boomers: You'd better save San Antonio Express
News / David Hendricks
MN:
Factory jobs starting to make a comeback Minneapolis Star Tribune / Dee
Depass
Durable Goods Report
US Census Bureau
New Residential
Sales US Census Bureau
Economists
Baker, Peach: Outlook for U.S. Housing Market audio
Bloomberg
U.S.
10-Year Treasury Note Holds Gain After New Home Sales Drop Bloomberg /
Robert Burgess
US
Treasuries perk up as economic doubts linger Reuters / Wayne Cole
Inflation
still menacing China, central bank warns AFP via Taipei Times
Mortgage
applications fall Reuters via CNN
High Prices as
Policy Lew Rockwell / Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.
The Numbers Never Lie: MOC
Safehaven / Rob Kirby
Skilled
Labor in High Demand Washington Post / Nell Henderson
Angels of Deception Part 1
of 2 Safehaven / John Mackenzie
A Primer on Government
Economic Reporting Gillespie Research via Safehaven / Douglas R.
Gillespie
Dollar
Trades at Three-Week High Before Durable Goods Report Bloomberg / John
Brinsley
Fed
remarks strengthen greenback Gulf Daily News
Ban on soft money
has simply diverted the money flow Christian Science Monitor / Linda
Feldman
Minnesota's
power grid to get $1 billion upgrade Minneapolis Star Tribune / Chris
Serres
It's
Monday in Germany. Time for Social Protest. NY Times / Mark Landler
Australia:
Bond market closes weaker AAP via Sydney Morning Herald
Sumitomo's
$29bn bid hots up fight Guardian / David Teather
Russia:
Money Is Fleeing Abroad Again Moscow Times / Guy Faulconbridge
Japan:
`Financial Viagra' Making BOJ Less Impotent Bloomberg / William Pesek Jr.
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08/26
UK:
Fewer mortgages approved in July BBC News
Reviewing
the good and bad Dallas Morning News / Danielle DiMartino
IMF
denies strain with Argentina FT / Adam Thomson
Republican
fundraisers on Wall St shy away from Bush FT David Wighton and James
Harding
FL:
Higher deductibles hit hard Orlando Sentinel / Richard Burnett
GDP May Spoil Party For GOP
NY Post / John Crudele
Vonage Gets $105M IN Venture
Capital NY Post / Holly M. Sanders
Greenspan Rips Fund Plan
NY Post
Ex-Broker Fighting Merrill
Over Cash NY Post / Jenny Anderson
Poll:
Presidential race remains dead heat CNN
Reform
of Legislative Yuan needs to go farther Taipei Times / Liu Kuan-teh
Inflation Explosioin:
SOLUTIA: Solutia Announces Price Increases for Vydyne and Ascend Center
of Immigration Studies via Liberty
Whistle
Whites no
longer the majority in Texas AP via Houston Chronicle
Hello,
Vonage, get me cable Financial Post / Paul Kedrosky
FDIC Quarterly Banking Profile
FDIC
The
wink-wink world of campaign-finance laws Seattle Times / Collin Levy
US
Seen Headed for Smallest Farm Surplus Since '72 Reuters / Randy Fabi
London
oil drops to $40 a barrel BBC News
Crude
Oil Declines for Fifth Session on Easing Supply Concern Bloomberg / Mark
Shenk
Brazil's
Central Bank Signals It May Raise Rates Bloomberg / Carlos Caminada
Bank
chief says 'normal' rates higher Scotsman
Survival of
fittest in world of retail Seattle Post Intelligencer / Bill Virgin
Poverty
spreads CNN
A
giant hedge fund The Economist
Deutsche
Bank, Weisel to Pay $100 Mln in Belated SEC Settlement Bloomberg / Amy
Strahan
Regaining
energy The Economist
Canada:
Abusive short-term trading targeted CP via Toronto Star
Hedge-fund
performance The Economist
Pop
goes the bubble? CNN / Mark Gongloff
`Small'
bank change seen as threat to poor Chicago Tribune / Mark Skertic
Iowa
teen figuring out day trading AP via Omaha World Herald
Retailers
report sluggish back-to-school sales Ft. Lauderdale Sun Sentinel / Rachel
Katz and Greg Wiles
Consumer
confidence The Economist
Nought
to worry about The Economist
The
future's a gas The Economist
US
Treasuries tick higher, curve slowly flattens Reuters / Wayne Cole
Californians
liking economy Sacramento Bee / Clint Swett
AL: The Crime Wave
That Wasn't Ludwig von Mises Institute / Christopher Westley
Crude
Oil Falls as Najaf Cease-Fire May Reduce Iraq Tensions Bloomberg /
Stephen Voss
MA:
State threatens to pull business from bank Boston Globe / Sasha Talcott
Jobless
Claims Up on Impact of Charley AP via Forbes
Currencies
drift ahead of Greenspan speech FT / Jennifer Hughes
UK: CBI
calls for caution on rate rises Guardian / Mark Tran
Nobel
economics prize winners endorse Kerry Gulf Daily News
Angels of Deception, Part 2
Safehaven / John Mackenzie
Speculators
driving up oil prices says Kuwait Gulf Daily News
FASB's Ineptness
"Exposed" FALL Street via Safehaven / Brady Willett
Citigroup
Trades Show Market Flaw, Not Foul Play Bloomberg / Mark Gilbert
Who's
Right About China -- Greenspan or Zhou? Bloomberg / Andy Mukherjee
Mexico:
A Boom Along the Border NY Times / Elisabeth Malkin
Kremlin
Snubs Foreign Yukos Investors Bloomberg via Moscow Times / Todd Prince
For
Mutual Funds, First the Slap. Now Comes the Pinch. NY times / Riva D.
Atlas
Three decades
later, a campaign that's still about Vietnam Christian Science Monitor /
Brad Knickerbocker
Japan's
Trade Surplus Unexpectedly Widened in July Bloomberg / Lily Nonomiya
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08/27
Downshifting
US News / Paul J. Lim
GA:
Fresh Start in Atlanta Bond Buyer / Tedra DeSue
NY:
Region avoids economic slowdown Newsday / James Toedtman
Greenspan:
Change social safety net CNN / Kathleen Hayes
Callable
Confusion Bondweek / Caroline Salas
High-Yield
Drop Highlights How Europe Lags Bondweek / Marlies Morsink
Chirac calls on EU
to create industrial champions AFP via EU Business
I'll
drink to Prohibition Party honesty Denver Post / Al Lewis
Economic fallout of
$50 a barrel Christian Science Monitor / Scott Peterson
Expensive
corporates may be due a fall FT / Ivar Simensen
Treasury's
Snow Speaks: Economy, Health-Care, Energy Prices audio
Bloomberg
Favourable
polls for Bush ahead of convention FT / James Harding
Princeton's
Krugman: U.S. Economy, Job Growth and Election audio
Bloomberg
U.S.
Trust's Leach: Energy Stocks, Outlook for Oil Prices audio Bloomberg
Washington
events, Aug. 30 to Sept. 3 CBS Marketwatch via 1st Headlines
Buy Stock, Vote Bush The Slate /
Daniel Gross
Dollar’s
bounce appears unconvincing FT / Steve Johnson
August's
New Vehicle Sales May Disappoint AP via Baltimore Sun / John Porretto
Toys
depicting WTC attack recalled AP via Newsday
N.Y.
nervous? Fugedaboutit Boston Globe / Keith Reed
When They Say "Buy," Sell
The Slate / Henry Blodget
Financial
Update Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Crude rises
8 cents to $43.18 a barrel Houston Chronicle
Russia:
ConocoPhillips ready to buy Reuters via Houston Chronicle / Vlasta
Demyanenko
Mexico
Raises Interest Rates for Fifth Time Bloomberg / Adriana Arai
Brazil
Budget Deficit Widens as Lula Boosts Spending Bloomberg / Guillermo
Parra-Bernal
California
city and counties sue Microsoft for antitrust AP via Mercury News
Portfolio
Problem May Be Case of Missing Mid-Caps Bloomberg / Chet Currier
Greenspan
Sees Risk of `Painful' Changes for Retirees Bloomberg / Craig Torres
Did
They "Backpedal" ... If No One Was There to Hear It? Elliott Wave
/ Robert Folsom
Of
Scalloped Potatoes and Coconut Cream Pie Pimco / Paul McCulley
WA:
Recession hit the state's poor, uninsured hard Seattle Post Intelligencer
/ Vanessa Ho, Paul Nyhan and Kery Murakami
In Search of the Lesser Evil
Safehaven / Hans F. Sennholz
U.S.
Treasuries falter as GDP slows, not slumps Reuters / Wayne Cole
Day
of Reckoning Ahead for California, New Jersey Bloomberg / Joe Mysak
Speech
by Chairman Alan Greenspan on global demographic change Federal Reserve
Board / Alan Greenspan
Banking
Agencies Issue Host State Loan-to-Deposit Ratios Federal Reserve Board
Greenspan
Warns on Baby Boomer Benefits AP via The State / Martin Crutsinger
GDP growth
slows in 2Q CNN
NE:
Minority bankers reaching out Omaha World Herald / Steve Jordan
The
German Question: If Workers Get Less, Will More Get Work? NY Times /
Floyd Norris
Record
Level of Americans Not Insured on Health NY Times / Milt Freidenheinm
Traders,
Analysts Expect Oil Selloff to Continue, Survey Finds Bloomberg / Mark
Shenk
Exports
to Asia hit record 2.6 trillion yen in July Japan Times
Toronto-Dominion
Makes Maine Bank Deal NY Times ./ Ian Austen
Asia
Needs a Bonding Experience, And Fast Bloomberg / William Pesek J.
In Search of the Lesser Evil
Safehaven / Hans F. Sennholz
New
wave of home refinancing Newsday / Kenneth Harney
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