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08/16
P/E ratios may hide the bear
IHT via Fiendbear.com / Mark Hulbert
The
Internet Is Calling Time / Jyoti Thottam
Hedge
funds pull in record $43B in Q2 CBS Marketwatch / Alistair Barr
Dollar
unmoved by strong inflows data FT / Steve Johnson
FL:
Hurricane Triggers Florida Fund Bond Buyer / Helen Chang
IRS
Takes On Tran Pools Bond Buyer / Susanna Duff Barnett
U.S.
10-Year Notes Decline; Traders Pull Back From 4-Month High Bloomberg /
Monee Fields-White
Charley
sparks jump in orange juice prices UPI via Washington Times
Costco
begins selling caskets at Chicago stores AP via Seattle Times / Don
Babwin
Big
Government Fosters High Gas Prices Newsmax / Phil Kent
Oil
prices, market detached Dallas Morning News / Danielle DiMartino
A
third of US overseas troops to come home FT / Peter Spiegel and Hugh
Williamson
Emerging
debt-Wall St relishes Chavez win, for now Reuters / Greg Brosnan
Canadian
Bonds Fall on Prospect Growth May Prompt Rate Increase Bloomberg / Bob
Brennan
U.S. Oil
Bill At All Time High Forbes / Dan Ackman
CA:
O.C. Treasurer Warns County of Pension Risk LA Times / Stuart Pfeifer
Q&A
with Frank DiMarco pdf Bond Market
Association
Spreads
stranded despite volatility elsewhere Reuters / Eric Burroughs
Our
day of reckoning draws near National Review / Bruce Bartlett
Income
Gap Up Over Two Decades, Data Show AP via Chicago Tribune / Leigh
Strope
Hedge
funds play for time on SEC's plans FT / Deborah Brewster
Yukos
Can Keep Pumping Till End of September Reuters / Melissa Akin and Mikhail
Yenukov
Berkshire
Buys 8M Shares of Pier 1 Imports AP via Aberdeen News
Krispy
Kreme chief operating officer resigns effective mid-September AP via
Canada.com
Oil
prices rattle Asia, except China AP via Arizona Republic /
Stephanie Hoo
UK: Pace
of recovery stalls in smaller factories Guardian / Charlotte Moore
Foreigners
Increase U.S. Securities Purchases in June Bloomberg / Brendan Murray
Consuming
passions The Economist
Putting
the Playboy saga behind it The Economist
New
York manufacturing sinks Globe and Mail / Terry Weber
Empire
State Manufacturing pdf Federal Reserve
Bank of New York
Parmalat's
Bondi Emerges as Debt Market's Spitzer Bloomberg / Matthew Lynn
Fed, Bush
coexist peacefully AP via Detroit Free Press / Martin Crutsinger
Ted’s Family Feud NY Post
/ Tim Arango
Pink Sheets Strumpet NY Post /
Christopher Byron
Kmart
Swings to Second-Quarter Profit AP via Newsday
Should
You Be Selling Your Vacation Home Right Now? Bloomberg / John Wasik
Crude
Oil Declines From Record After Chavez Wins Recall Vote Bloomberg /
Stephen Voss
Goldman
Gains Access Into China FT via LA Times / Francesco Guerrera and Richard
McGregor
King Kong debt
meets middle-class life Christian Science Monitor / Stacy A. Teicher
Fed
exposes fragility of US economic expansion Independent / Stephen King
Oil
price could drop to $30, says OPEC chief Independent / Damian Reece
UK:
Interest rate peak may be in sight Guardian / Ashley Seager
Korea's
New Capital Is Hardly a Capital Idea Bloomberg / William Pesek Jr.
D.C.
Slow To Reduce Its Ranks Of Jobless Washington Post / Neil Irwin
D.C.
Government Spending Up Sharply Locally Washington Post / Neil Irwin
Is Ken Lay A
Criminal? Ludwig von Mises Institute / William L. Anderson and Candice E.
Jackson
Crude
Oil Rises to Record as One Killed During Venezuelan Vote Bloomberg /
Gavin Evans
Treasury
Buyers Are Most Pessimistic Since 1990 Amid Low Yields Bloomberg /
Vivianne C. Rodrigues
Yen
May Decline Against Dollar, Euro as Japanese Growth Slows Bloomberg /
Joshua Krongold
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08/17
Gold
Rises to 1-Month High; Rising Oil May Slow U.S. Economy Bloomberg / Choy
Leng Yeong
U.S.
Treasuries flat in Asia after inflation data Reuters
Bond
prices rise as oil prices set record AP via New Jersey Star Ledger
IL:
Illinois Rule Takes Effect Bond Buyer / Yvette Shields
Atlanta
Steps Up Plans For Airport Bonds Bond Buyer / Tedra DeSue
Where's
that election-year bounce? US News / Paul J. Lim
NC: RBC
Dain Rauscher to open Charlotte office Bloomberg via Charlotte Observer
Investment
Banks Are Hiring In Europe Business Week via Yahoo
Canada:
Mutual Fund Net Sales Climb to $544 Million Toronto Star
IMF Concludes
2004 Article IV Consultation with Jamaica IMF
Latest
data complicate Fed's plans Dallas Morning News / Danielle DiMartino
$50
oil creeps nearer Dallas Morning News / Sudeep Reddy
PNC
Financial's Hoffman: U.S. CPI, Housing Starts, Economy audio Bloomberg
Singapore
to Diversify Investments AP via St.
Louis Post
Brazil's
Meirelles Granted Minister Status by Lula Bloomberg / Guillermo
Parra-Bernal
Economists
give Bush slight edge USA Today / Sue Kirchhoff
Embattled NYSE Sees Profits
Fall By Half NY Post / Jenny Anderson
Hiring
falls as technology lets more entrepreneurs go solo USA Today / Jim
Hopkins
Recession
over, workers look to move on Journal News / David Schepp
NV:
Realtors Say Las Vegas Hottest Market in U.S. AP via LA Times
FDIC
moves to ease reinvestment rules Bloomberg via Chicago Tribune
Many
U.S. banks eased rules for loans made to businesses Bloomberg via Baltimore
Sun
Rates
on CDs, money market funds creeping higher USA Today / Sandra Block
Janus
identifies client planning $5 billion withdrawal AP via Denver Post / Sandy Shore
Watching
insiders for signs to sell Philadelphia Inquirer / Todd Mason
Google
Stock Sale Delayed as SEC Doesn't Act on IPO Bloomberg / Robert Schmidt
Shares
of Mobile Home Firms Rise Bloomberg and Reuters via LA Times
NY: Geico's
area office gets boost from business in New Jersey Buffalo News /
Jonathan D. Epstein
Yukos
woes flare up again, offsetting Venezuela vote CBS Marketwatch via Google
News / Myra P. Saefong
German
Growth Expectations Fall AP and Forbes via Google News
Where
the foreclosures are CNN / Sarah Max
Pouring
oil on the flames The Economist
Crude sets
another record, nears $47 a barrel AP via Houston Chronicle
Applied
Materials sales double Globe and Mail / Roma Luciw
Cash
balances up as economic worries rise FT / Jennifer Hughes
Consumers
keep US guessing over spending FT / Andrew Balls
Mexico
Grew at Fastest Pace Since 2000 in 2nd Qtr Bloomberg / Nick Benequista
European
Corporate Bonds May Gain on Improved Ratings Bloomberg / Jennifer Ryan
Japan
Sells 500 Billion Yen of Bonds, Demand Rises Bloomberg / Keiko Ujikane
Japan:
Barclays's Richards: Japanese 30-Year Bond Sale and Yields audio Bloomberg
Costly
mortgages provoke backlash from borrowers Minneapolis Star Tribune / Dee
Depass
OH:
Summit foreclosures on upswing Akron Beacon Journal / Gloria Irwin
Industrial
Production and Capacity Utilization Federal Reserve Board
U.S.
Economy: Consumer Prices Unexpectedly Declined in July Bloomberg /
Courtney Schlisserman
Treasuries
make measured gains on inflation news Reuters / Wayne Cole
Housing
starts snap back in July Reuters via CNN
Wives’ Work and
Family Income Mobility Federal Reserve Bank of Boston /
Katharine Bradbury and Jane Katz
Price Gouging Saves
Lives Ludwig von Mises Institute / David M. Brown
Cantor
Fitzgerald spinning off unit CBS Marketwatch / Greg Morcroft
Forget
the Curve. Is Fed Behind Its Forecast? Bloomberg / Caroline Baum
U.S.
Trade Gap Represents a Lost Opportunity Bloomberg / John M. Berry
Capitalism
opens doors to freedom The Scotsman / John Bundell
Kmart
-- a Discounter, Investment Fund, or What? Bloomberg / David Pauly
SEC
May Bar Broker Rewards Washington Times / Carrie Johnson
Cement shortage
hits US housing boom Christian Science Monitor / Daniel B. Wood
Japan's
Bonds Decline as Yields at Two-Month Low Sap Demand Bloomberg / Keiko
Ujikane
Yukos Sends
Mixed Signals Over Bankruptcy Moscow Times / Guy Faulconbridge
Florida's long race
to recover Christian Science Monitor / Jacqui Goddard
Russia:
Canadians Kicked Out of Aerostar Moskow Times / Denis Maternovsky
Charley
could benefit insurers Guardian / Julia Finch
Japan
May Set Almost Four-Year-High Coupon at 30-Year Debt Sale Bloomberg /
Keiko Ujikane
Japan: Cloudy skies
ahead for economy Daily Yomiuri / Kan Tsutagawa
India's
`Unsolved Riddle' Needs Market Focus Bloomberg / Andy Mukherjee
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08/18
US “Soft Patch” Only Slightly
Slippery Liberty Whistle
Colorado
School Districts Likely To Place Record Requests on Ballot Bond Buyer /
Elizabeth Albanese
Half of UK
schemes eye hedge funds – survey Investment and Pensions Europe
Canada: Cost of
owning a home in Ottawa hits new high Ottawa Business Journal
Troubles
may soon hit home Dallas Morning News / Danielle DiMartino
Google
should grow up Globe and Mail / Mathew Ingram
Whiz
kids' blunders blacken IPO's eye USA today / Matt Krantz
Intuit
Posts Wider Loss After Charge AP via Washington Post / Spencer Schwartz
Hungary
coalition near collapse FT / Christopher Condon
Canada:
Storms boost lumber prices Globe and Mail / Peter Kennedy
S.C.
lost 32,100 jobs in July Spartanburg Herald-Journal
CO:
Large resale supply weighing on market Rocky Mountain
News / John Rebchook
Google
goes low CNN / Paul R. La Monica
Google
Raises $1.67 Billion in IPO After Cutting Value in Half Bloomberg / Peter
Robison
US
Airways could 'fail' next month Clover Herald / Sara Kehaulani Goo
Cox
board considers $7.9B buyout offer Reuters via CNN
MF Managing
Director Rodrigo de Rato to Visit South America IMF
Spending
in China booms despite bid to cool economy The Scotsman
Interest
rate relief for American firms The Scotsman / James Dow
Fed
official sees pick-up from soft patch Reuters / Victoria Thieberger
CA:
Half-million just doesn't buy as much as before San Diego Union Tribune /
Lori Weisberg
CA:
Prices gain as inventory of unsold housing soars San Diego Union Tribune
/ Roger M. Showley
Reality
Check Needed Amid World Economy Mood Swings Reuters / Mike Dolan
Freddie
Mac gets notice from SEC CBS Marketwatch
Home
Depot posts 19% increase in net income AP via Winston Salem Journal
Florida home
repair stores busy AP via Buffalo News / Harry R. Weber
United
removed pension execs Chicago Tribune via South Florida sun Sentinel /
Melissa Allison
Fund
managers must disclose conflicts Chicago Tribune / Andrew Countryman
Florida
lament: 'Charley laid me off' Chicago Sun Times / Allen G. Breed
CA:
Rate is higher here than in U.S. overall San Diego Union Tribune / Dean
Calbreath
FL: Is a $10 Bag of Ice Illegal?
The Slate via Google
News / Brendan I Koerner
Google’s
IPO rollercoaster The Economist
Oil blazes past
$47 to new record CNN / Katie Benner
Mexican
Peso Falls as Yield on Benchmark Treasury Note Declines Bloomberg /
Jennifer Coogan
Brazil
confident of $20bn investment in oil industry FT / Raymond Colitt
UK:
Citigroup Bond Trading Investigated by U.K. Regulator Bloomberg / John
Beresford-Peirse
US
Treasuries retreat, ambushed by profit-takers Reuters / Wayne Cole
Janus pays
$100M in SEC settlement CNN
Fund Crackdown NY Post /
Jenny Anderson
Our
system of paying for higher education needs to be revamped St. Louis Post
Dispatch / David Nicklaus
Canada:
Foreign investment declines CP via Globe and Mail
European
Economies: Inflation Slows for Second Month Bloomberg / Brian Swint
UK:
Bank of England Policy Makers Voted 9-0 to Raise Rate Bloomberg / Duncan
Hooper
Mexican
Peso Trades Near Seven-Week High on Yield-Gap Optimism Bloomberg /
Jennifer Coogan
L.A.
County Home Prices Cool Off, Slightly, in July LA Times / Annette Haddad
FL:
Rebuilding will provide boon Ft. Lauderdale Sun Sentinel / Jerry W.
Jackson
UT:
Job growth in Utah hits 1.9% in July Salt Lake Tribune / Lesley Mitchell
US
Treasury yields hit 4-month lows as oil climbs Reuters / Wayne Cole
U.S.
mortgage applications jump in Aug 13 week Reuters
Refinancings
soar 21% as rates slump Reuters via CNN
Oil:
Fear vs. Fact National Review / Frederick P. Leuffer
Crude Oil
Prices Move Above $47 a Barrel AP via Forbes
National
Sales-Tax Silliness . . . National Review / Bruce Bartlett
Seoul
plays a dangerous game over depreciation Taipei Times / Kung Ming-hsin
The Pension Catastrophe
Lew Rockwell / Gary North
Americans
May Flee Coasts, Won't Move to Dullsville Bloomberg / Joe Mysak
Japan
hopes opening bond sales to foreigners will solve woes Japan Times /
Mayumi Negishi
Australia:
Bonds close weaker AAP via Sydney Morning Herald
Mutual
Funds Opt to Liquidate NY Times / Riva D. Atlas
Financial
Firms Hasten Their Move to Outsourcing NY Times / Saritha Rai
Costco
Is Latest Class-Action Target Washington Post / Brooke A. Masters and Amy Joyce
Fall
Season Looks Solid for Retailers, but Holidays Could Be Another Story NY
Times / Tracie Rozhon
From
Taipei to Seoul, Tom Clancy Trumps GDP Bloomberg / William Pesek Jr.
Yen
Sheds Gains Against Dollar as Nikkei 225 Stocks Decline Bloomberg / John
Brinsley
Russia:
Central Bank Is Not Ready to Float Ruble Moscow Times / Vlasta
Demyanenko
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