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09/16
Non-profits
start making painful cuts USA Today / Sue Kirchhoff
Testing
their metal The Economist
Quest
for consumer dollars gets ugly Cincinnati Enquirer Louisville Kentucky
Courier Journal / Cliff Peale
Workplace:
Burst of quitting expected - if economy gets better Garnett News via
Tucson Citizen / Stephanie Armour
Russia:
When $48.3Bln Is Just Not Enough Moscow Times / Alex Fak
Canada:
U.S. office vacancy pains hit Canada At 15.1%, worst since 1995 Financial
Post / Garry Marr
While
not illegal, is it wise? Philadelphia Inquirer / Todd Mason
Cancun
Collapse Washington Post
NYSE
Chief’s Pay Deal May Be Least Of His Problems NY Post / John Crudele
New efforts surface
to raise minimum wage Christian Science Monitor / David Francis
Underlying
U.S. Inflation Slows to 37-Year Low Reuters via Washington
Post
Bond
Traders Aren't Buying Fedspeak Anymore The Street / Aaron Task
Coastal
Homeowners Face Isabel, Higher Plywood Prices Bloomberg
Bonds
Slip, Little Reaction to Fed News AP via Miami Herald
WI:
State job market is poor Green Bay Gazette / Elaine Kauh
U.S.
targets China trade barriers Cox News via Wichita Eagle / Scott Shepard
Swedish
'no' vote dulls euro's luster AP via Chicago Sun Times / David McHugh
A
setback for global free trade Boston Globe / Robert Gavin
Fed
pledges low – not lower – rates Chicago Tribune / Bill Barnhart
Fed
Leaves Benchmark Rate at 1% to Sustain Economic Expansion Bloomberg
FOMC
Meeting Federal Reserve Board
That Alabama Tax Vote
Ludwig von Mises Institute / Christopher Westley
Blame
Texas for weak job market? CNN / Mark Gongloff
The T-Shirt Kid
Obscene Prophets via Safehaven / Rodney Cook
Recriminations
fly after failure of WTO talks FT / Edward Alden, Frances Williams,
Raymond Colitt and Tobias Buck
Argentine
Bond Offer Threatened by Dart Judgment Bloomberg
Lump-of-Labor
Fallacy Gussied Up for a New Era Bloomberg / Caroline Baum
Six-month
Treasury bills back under 1% AP via Baltimore Sun
MD:
Area home sales, prices surge again Baltimore Sun / Trif Alatzas
Ex-chairman
calls for NYSE resignations AP via Fort Worth Star Telegram / Meg
Richards
Lights out - part 2
Union Securities via Safehaven / David Chapman
Airports
look at ways to survive Dallas Fort Worth Star Telegram / Bryon Okada
German
Investor Confidence Rises to 14-Month High Bloomberg
John
Snow's China Dreams Meet S&P's Reality Bloomberg / William Pesek, Jr.
New
deductibles could hit with Isabel USA Today / Christine Dugas
Grasso
$48 Mln Giveback Could Have Been $20 Mln Bloomberg / Graef Crystal
Hedge
Funds Continue To Post Gains Institutional Investor
`Jobless
recovery' is permanent; may kill rebound Reuters via Taipei Times
European
Holiday Daily Standard / Irwin Stelzer
Saudi
Arabian rich finally recognizing plight of poor Taipei Times / Andrew
Hammond
Government
Outlines Aid for Manufacturing Washington Post / Jonathan Weisman
South
America pushes trade alliance to counter U.S. NY Times via
International Herald Tribune
The
War and the Economy Washington Post / Jonathan Weisman
Union
and Chrysler Reach Tentative Pact reg NY
Times / Danny Hakim with Micheline Maynard
Grasso's
Fate Is in Hands of Undecided reg NY Times
/ Landon Thomas
World Trade
Organization looks for way forward after defeat AP via Minnesota Star
Tribune / Traci Carl
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09/17
Members set to raise own
pay The Hill / Alexander Bolton
Will Consumers Drive
Third Quarter Earnings? Prudent Bear via Safehaven / Chad Hudson
A
Feeble Plan To Save U.S. Manufacturing Washington Post / Steven
Pearlstein
G-7
shouldn't blame woes on China's currency Toronto Star / David Crane
Canada:
Mortgage interest relief is bad economics Toronto Star / Ellen Roseman
Trade
& Tarrif Travails National Review / Bruce Bartlett
Mere
warning of a storm can trigger costs in the millions Baltimore
Sun via South Florida Sun Sentinel / Jamie Smith Hopkins
Statement
by NYSE on Grasso Newsday
Fed
stance encourages US Treasury buyers FT / Jenny Wiggins, Paivi Munter and
Barney Joseph
U.S.
Home Loan Banks vie with Fannie, Freddie Reuters via Yahoo / Mark
Felsenthal
Europe's
Mergers Won't Help Industries in Trouble Bloomberg / Matthew Lynn
Grasso
clawed his way up to most powerful man on Wall Street AP via NJ.com /
Hope Yen
CO:
Winter heat bill to soar by 73% Denver Post Steve Raabe and Jim Kirksey
Brazil
Lowers Benchmark Lending Rate to 20 Percent Bloomberg
Argentina
2004 Buget Calls for More Social Spending, Has No Money for Defaulted Debt
Bloomberg
$140m
NYSE chief resigns BBC News
Grasso
Leaves After Furor Over Pay reg NY Times /
Jack Lynch
Timeline:
Grasso's Final Days at NYSE Reuters via Fox News
MA:
Romney eyes benefit cuts for jobless Boston Globe / Rick Klein
Gold
Prices May Rise Near 8-Year High by End of 2003, GFMS Says
Bloomberg
Economic
toll Washington Times / Donna De Marco
WA: State
jobless rate stays at 7.5% Seattle Post Intelligencer / Christine Frey
NYSE chairman
resigns AP via Chicago Sun Times
Treasuries
benefit as rates look set to stay low Reuters / Pedro Nicolaci da Costa
Grasso's
pay shows need for public disclosure Dallas Fort Worth Star Telegram /
Mitchell Schurman
US Corp
Bonds-Spreads tighter after Ford sale Reuters / Dena Aubin
Companies are
cautious despite rosy analyses Knight Ridder via Detroit Free Press /
Susan Tompor
Pay
Me Now or Pay Me Later. Fed Opts for Later Bloomberg / Caroline Baum
Schwarzenegger
Is Already Biggest Winner in Recall Bloomberg / Joe Mysak
Home
Starts Stay Close to 17-Year High Bloomberg
You
Want Jobs with That Recovery? CFO.com / Stephen Taub
UK:
Unemployment at 28-year low BBC News
The Bipartisan War
Machine Ludwig von Mises Institute / Hunt Tooley
Why
you'll owe more in 2004 CNN
Trade
deficit with China coming into focus Seattle Times / Stephen Dunphy
NC:
Home sales increase 31% Raleigh News and Observer / Steve Cannon
The
2003 All-America Fixed-Income Research Team Institutional Investor / Ben
Mattlin
Pension
Funds Demand More Transparency Before Investing In CDOs Institutional
Investor / Jeremy Carter
Is Hiring A Crime?
Investors Business Daily
Japan:
Record wage cuts approved for government employees Japan Times
Can
Robert Rubin's Exit Inspire Shiokawa? Bloomberg / William Pesek, Jr.
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09/18
Voters
can be such a nuisance The Economist
The FED's
Deflation Smokescreen 321 Gold via Prudent Bear / Craig Harris
California,
North Carolina Pensions Want NYSE Seats Bloomberg
SEC
Probing Muni Deals Bond Buyer / Lynn Hume
Big
Board May Face Identity Overhaul reg LA
Times / Walter Hamilton
CA:
Bond Deal Gives State an Unhealthy Interest in Big Tobacco reg LA Times / Michael Hiltzik
The Real Supply Side
American Prospect / Robert Reich
In
life after NYSE, Grasso should find no shortage of demand for his services
CP via Canada.com / Adam Geller
Canada:
Business people applaud Paul Martin economic vision; but short on solutions
CP via Canada.com / Allan Swift
Our
War With France reg NY Times / Thomas
Freidman
A
Great Six Months Now what? National Review / Patricia Small
PA:
5,000 attend Job fair big on entry level work; many are discouraged
Morning Call / Sam Kennedy
Fed
Rate Cuts Can't Cure Structural Unemployment Bloomberg / Caroline Baum
How
the NYSE needs to change CNN / Adam Lashinsky
Census
notes rise in Hispanic population AP via Albany Times Union / Genaro
Armas
Russia
rethinks China pipeline venture Bloomberg via International Herald
Tribune / Le-Min Lim and Eduard Gismatullin
Flying
on one engine The Economist
Claims
Toll Projected For Isabel Hartford Courant / Diane Levick
Job
Satisfaction at Record Low AP via Newsday
World
Economic Outlook International Monetary Fund
Foreign Direct
Investment in Emerging Market Countries International Monetary Fund
Highlights
of IMF's World Economic Outlook FT
IMF
cautious on global growth BBC News
Business
Outlook Survey for September Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Fiscal
Experts See Pain Ahead for States Reuters
$87
Billion War Request Details Spending Washington Post / Jonathan Weisman
US junk bond
sales flourish after August lull Reuters / Dena Aubin
Fannie Mae
buys back $1 bln bonds due 2029, 2030 Reuters
Reaching for luxury
Christian Science Monitor / Kim Campbell
End
of a Rags-to-Shocking-Riches Tale Washington Post / Brooke Masters and Amy Joyce
US to China: Make
Goods More Expensive! Ludwig von Mises Institute / Jude Blanchette
MO: The
good news on the job front? Wal-Mart's hiring Kansas City Star / Diane
Stafford
Cancun
failure is a blessing for Taiwan's farmers Taipei Times / Jessie Ho
Bank coffers
bulge Washington Business Journal
MI: Mich.
jobless rate remains 7.4%; total 23.3% higher than 2002's Detroit Free
Press / John Gallagher
Big
Board May Face Identity Overhaul LA Times via Chicago
Tribune / Walter Hamilton
Bear
Stearns lifted by mortgage business FT / Ellen Kelleher
Bear
Stearns Profit Almost Doubles to $313.4 Million Bloomberg
Grasso
goes The Economist
Dollar
drops to 2½ year lows against yen FT / Jennifer Hughes
At
the end, he was alone Boston Globe / Steven Syre
Grasso's
Resignation May Be Europe's Opportunity Bloomberg / Matthew Lynn
Take
fall of Grasso as big hint Denver Post / Al Lewis
Did
The Maestro Strike An Off-Key Note? Institutional Investor / Tom Buerkle
Australian
Bonds Gain; Central Bank Unlikely to Raise Rate Soon Bloomberg
GAO
Warns of Dangerous Deficit Newsmax
Japan
ranks 10th in use of broadband AP via Japan Times
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09/19
Are
They Blowing Up or Blowing Over? Newsday / Ronald Roel
Weakening
labor market sinks interest rates Inman News / Lou Barnes
Is
the Fed lying? CNN / Mark Gongloff
"Let it Rip"
Prudent Bear via Safehaven / Doug Noland
Commission:
Steel tariffs cost $30 mln CBS Market Watch / Corbett B. Daly
More
rules for hedge funds? Reuters via CNN
Russia:
Gas Takes Spotlight at St. Pete Summit Moscow Times / Valeria
Korchagina
Argentine
GDP Grows in 2nd Quarter, Out of Recession Bloomberg
The IMF and the
World Trade Organization IMF
Grasso
drama lacks heroes Toronto Star / David Olive
Grasso's
outside relationships probed Morning Call / Andrew Countryman
As We Go Marching
The Daily Reckoning via Safehaven / Bill Bonner
Fannie and Freddie
Lew Rockwell / Rep. Ron Paul, MD
These
Tobacco Bonds Could Be the Buy of a Lifetime Bloomberg / Joe Mysak
Growing
economies, gaping deficits The Economist
Will
OPEC Make Room at the Table for Iraq? Bloomberg / David DeRosa
Other
problems illuminated by the Grasso fiasco Philadelphia Inquirer / Miriam
Hill
Fire
the Directors. Hire `Mr. Clean.' reg NY
Times / Floyd Norris
CA:
California Cut From Moody's Watch List reg
Bloomberg and LA Times
Hercules
Bonds Forbes / Leslie Wines
IL:
State joins suits to collect tax revenue from retailers Bloomberg via
Chicago Tribune
Treasuries
Fractionally Softer, trade featureless Reuters
Crude oil
falls 14 cents to $27.03 a barrel Reuters via Houston Chronicle
CA:
Housing Sales, Costs Surge reg LA Times /
Bonnie Harris
NY: Mayor raps his
own tax hike NY Post / David Seifman
TN:
Tennessee jobless rate up slightly The Tennessean / Bush Bernard
Treasuries
Headed for Fifth Weekly Gain; Traders See Steady Fed Bloomberg
G-7
to Call for Markets to Determine Exchange Rates Bloomberg
Homebuyers
altering strategy reg Orange County
Register / Hang Nguyen
Grasso
made right decision, investment professionals say Minnesota Star Tribune
/ Mike Blahnik
MN:
Twin Cities home sales set record median price: $207,500 Minnesota Star
Tribune / Neal Gardner
Bond
Group Outlines Concerns Over MSRB's Muni Reporting Plan Operations
Management via Institutional Investor / Matt Strickenberger
Russia:
Economists Detect New Capital Flight Moscow Times / Alex Fak
Is the Reserve
repeating its 1980s monetary disaster? Brookes News / Gerard Jackson
Imports are good for us
Brookes News / Gerard Jackson
Will
Keynesianism cripple China's military? Brookes News / Peter Zhang
The
Soul of Capitalism The Nation via Real Clear Politics / William Greider
Japan:
Interest rates have stopped rising: BOJ Japan Times
For
now, global growth seen International Herald Tribune / Eric Pfanner
Japan's
Economic Surge Is Giving Koizumi a Lift reg
NY Times / Ken Belson
China
Insistent on Protecting Currency reg NY
Times / Ken Belson
Fed
Leaves Communication Policy Unchanged Washington Post / John Berry
Goldman's
Hu Is `Quintessential Insider' on Chinese Economy Bloomberg
|
09/20
Home
wood prices take off Sacramento Bee / Andrew LePage
Wisconsin
Jobless Rate Rises Slightly AP via Green Bay Press Gazette
Japan:
Hiranuma eyes new agency for trade discussions Japan Times
A Considerable
Predicament Thoughts From The Frontline via Safehaven / John Mauldin
Financial
hit still stinging reg Dallas Morning News
/ Scott Burns
Financial
scandals will always be with us Milwaukee Journal / Avrum Lank
Grasso,
monkeys and the grape Financial Post / William Hanley
DC: Area's
plywood demand increases Washington Post / Chris Baker
Calif.
May Not Be Economic Basket Case AP via Chicago Tribune
Isabel
may cost $1 billion Omaha World Herald / Steve Jordon
Bill
before Congress would open consumer credit system to more transparency
Washington Post via Minnesota Star Tribune
Snow
Seeks G-7 Support for `Flexible' Currency Policy Bloomberg
|
09/21
One
Resignation Is Not Enough reg NY Times /
Muriel Siebert
Grasso's
exit is only the start reg Dallas Morning
News / Robert Dodge
Stop
this unfair attack on the American Dream Houston Chronicle / Alvin
Williams
Money
pours out of bond funds in August FT / Jenny Wiggins
September
Reports Hints At Continued Gains Pittsburgh Tribune Review / Gregory
Drahuschak
FL:
Checkered past? Become a broker -- others have Miami Herald / Harriet
Johnson Brackey
Chinese
banks to sell off $6bn in bad assets FT / James Kynge
New
gold-backed securities on menu at Denver forum Reuters via Yahoo / Alden
Bentley
Cash-for-jobs
mark desperate U.S. economy Reuters via Yahoo / Andrea Hopkins
Here’s the
Real Grasso Scandal Newsweek via MSNBC / Allan Sloan
Cheaper
Doesn't Mean Better. Ask a Canadian Washington Post / Sally Pipes
Dollar
could plumb new lows, say traders FT / Jennifer Hughes
‘Boss’ Grasso Was Cut Down To
Size NY Post / Cynthia Vespereny and Paul Tharp
Dick’s Home Depot Pals Still
Don’t Get It NY Post / Tracy Keenan
Stocks Sparkling At The
Moment, But Storm Warnings Offshore NY Post / Desmond MacRae
Runaway
productivity bites the hand that feeds it Baltimore Sun / Alfred Tella
The Roots of the
Federal Debt Ludwig von Mises Institute / Mises Memo Fall, 2003
Does
Europe Have a Beef Over the Yen? Bloomberg / David DeRosa
U.S.
jobs: Next stop, India? San Antonio Express News / Sanford Nowlin and
Travis E. Poling
Imports
draw more eyes to what we pay for drugs Boston Globe / Charles Stein
Why
bonds tanked and stocks revved up Denver Post / Aldo Svaldi
CO:
Hedgers drawn to Colo. Denver Post / Aldo Svaldi
NYSE's
Britz and Kinney Face Grasso-Style Queries on Paycheck Bloomberg
Job
hunts in unstable times Toledo Blade / Mary Beth McLaughlin
Small
towns across America facing dentist shortage AP via Chicago Tribune /
David Crary
Grasso
just average corporate hypocrite NY Times via Taipei Times
G7
meeting may focus on Japanese yen AFP via Taipei Times
A Look at the
Gold/Silver Markets Clif Droke Market Analysis via Safehaven / Clif Droke
The
unexplored scenario Toronto Star / Pat McKeough
Jobless
recovery won't last AP via Tallahassee Democrat / Rachel Beck
Ex-Citigroup
CEO Named Interim NYSE Chair AP via South Dakota Aberdeen News / Erin
McClam
Grasso's
passion was the New York Stock Exchange Bloomberg via The Morning Call /
William Ahearn
Still
on the market reg LA Times / Allison Cohen
Europe's
Money Talks, but Rich Nations Don't Listen reg
NY Times / Mark Landler
China's
Strange Hybrid Economy reg NY Times /
Keith Bradsher
The
Golden Rule in a Gray Area Called Business reg NY Times /
Jeffrey Seglin
Ready
for another bubble? Wall Street Journal via Hartford Courant / Jeff
Opdyke
Next
wave of tech has potential to dazzle Knight Ridder via Dallas Fort Worth
Star Telegram Robert Boyd
Grasso
compensation fiasco shows what money can't buy Baltimore Sun / Jay
Hancock
Hard
knocks of bear market take some investors to school Baltimore Sun /
Eileen Ambrose
G7
bankers in secret gold sale talks The Observer / Faisal Islam
France
to rock stability boat The Observer / Faisal Islam
Time
Warner name game won't heal old wounds The Observer / John Naughton
Greedy
Grasso mown down The Observer / Edward Helmore
SC:
The state's trucking industry is picking up, part of a national trend
analysts associate with an improving economy The State / Paul Wachter
Argentina
gets huge IMF loan BBC News
On
the edge of things Seattle Times / Stephen H. Dunphy
Recovery
is painful, perplexing Bloomberg via Charlotte Observer / Craig Torres
CA:
Affordable housing elusive; conference notes why San Diego Union Tribune
/ Emmet Pierce
Banks
relax rules on loans Raleigh News and Observer via Seattle Post
Intelligencer / Chris Serres
China
has bigger worries than U.S. gripes Philadelphia Inquirer / Andrew Cassel
Self-regulation
won't lead to needed change Philadelphia Inquirer / Jeff Brown
Closed-End
Bond Funds: Beware Of Bears Hartford Courant / Matthew Lubanko
G-7
ministers call for quick resumption of global trade talks CP via
Canada.com
Hedge
fund manager attacks SEC Financial Post / Sean Silcoff
Coup
at the NYSE Financial Post / Terence Corcoran
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|
09/22
Number
of businesses with no employees grows Washington Business Journal / Kent
Hoover
Beware
of extreme predictions Toronto Star / Pat McKeough
Long Term Outlook for
the HUI with Analysis on the S&P 500, and US Dollar Index Market
Letters Digest via Safehaven / David Petch
Gold
approaches new high as US dollar falls FT / Kevin Morrison
Treasuries
fall on G7 statement FT / Paivi Munter, Jenny Wiggins and Mariko
Sanchanta
Soft
Economy Aids Army Recruiting Effort reg NY
Times / Eric Schmitt
Be
careful of bond funds as interest rates rise Oakland Tribune / Cliff
Pletschet
Fund
scandal may run deeper CNN
Members
of Congress threaten China with tariffs Washington Business Journal /
Kent Hoover
Falling
U.S. dollar drags down markets CP via Toronto Star
Real
Estate Market May Show `Irrational Exuberance' Bloomberg / John Wasik
Weak
dollar sparks share rout BBC News
US Corp
Bonds- End wider as supply pipeline swells Reuters / Nancy Leinfuss
Argentina
Angers Investors With Defaulted Debt Offer Bloomberg
A dark
Monday for Wall Street UPI via Washington Times
Stocks
sink, but dollar's decline has upside reg
Chicago Tribune / Bill Barnhart
Japan's
economic champions BBC News
IMF
cautions on loans to Iraq AP via Baltimore Sun
Libya
wants to host OPEC summit in 2005 Reuters via San Diego Union Tribune
Fed's
Bernanke sees inflation drop Reuters via CNN
Isabel Blew Fallacy
Ashore Ludwig von Mises Institute / Steven Yates
Debt
overload in poor countries worries IMF NY Times via Miami Herald / Edmund
Andrews
Look
Inside To Know When to Sell Washington Post / Jerry Knight
Dollar
tumbles to new low after G7 meeting FT / Jennifer Hughes
Richard
Grasso Leaves a Selfless Gift to Us Bloomberg / Michael Lewis
Attention Turns To Grasso
Aide’s Pay NY Post / Jenny Anderson
Russia
Joins 4-Nation Economic Zone AP and Reuters via Moscow Times
Russia:
Putin Says Yukos Case All About Murder Moscow Times
They've
Gotta Have It ABC News / Catherine Valenti
Recession,
bear market make savers wary AP via Omaha World Herald
Over
1 million without power after Isabel AP via Albany Times Union / Bob
Jordan
Increased
Availability of Financial Products and the Need for Improved Financial
Literacy Federal Reserve Board / Mark Olson
U.S.
corporate bond new issues Reuters via Yahoo
Corporate/Agency
Bonds Community Events Calendar Reuters via Yahoo
Treasuries
Decline as Japan Seen Curbing U.S. Debt Purchases Bloomberg
NYC
holds off on bond sale Crains
Bean-Counting Bums NY Post
/ Christopher Byron
E-Mail
Has Turned Into the Enemy of Productivity Bloomberg / Matthew Lynn
Two
incomes still don't add up Newhouse News via Houston Chronicle / Tom
Feran
Jobless
rate worse than headlines say AP via Arizona Republic / Justin Bachman
Yen
Surges vs Dollar on G-7 Meeting, Japan's Growth Outlook Bloomberg
Ahead
of the markets: Broad recovery could fuel new gains for gold
International Herald Tribune / Eric Pfanner
|
09/23
Best way to save
Social Security Christian Science Monitor / Timothy Penny
Smell
that? Something reeks on Wall Street Denver Post / Al Lewis
Dollar--Still
Strong, But More Flexible—Sinks Forbes / Dan Ackman
Junk bond
funds relish talk of recovery Reuters / Mark Wilkinson
US Tsy's
Fisher: Unsatisfied with slow job growth Reuters
The most effective remedy
is to sue them, not jail them Slate via MSNBC / Daniel Gross
The
impossible strength of the weak US dollar Taipei Times / J. Bradford
DeLong
Fed
Officials See Economy on the Rise Reuters via Yahoo / Tim Ahmann
If
It Ain’t Broke . . . National Review / Larry Kudlow
Who
Killed Cancun? Daily Standard / Irwin Stelzer
CA:
Home sales highest in 15 years Mercury News / Sue McAllister
Economist
Galbraith blasts corporate greed Financial Post / Steve Maich
France
looks towards longer week FT / Robert Graham
EU
tells U.S. to end 1916 trade act Washington Times / Jeffrey Sparshott
CO:
States cut deep into Medicaid Denver Post / Marsha Austin
Gold is
in fine mettle Denver Post / Steve Raabe
A world out
of whack CNN / Justin Lahart
The
interest rate see-saw CNN / Walter Updegrave
Repeal
the tax cuts? CNN / Mark Gongloff
IL:
Hospitals see boon in new tax burden reg
Chicago Tribune / Bruce Japsen and Ray Long
Economy
still has a tough job ahead of it reg
Chicago Tribune / Andrew Leckey
Bank’s
$200B Helping Hand Newsday / Tania Padgett
Open
Investment Policy Looks Like 'World Occupation' to Iraq Merchants LA
Times / Mark Fineman
Mexico
reserves rise to $51.478 bln Reuters via Forbes
Where
are the customers’ yachts? The Economist
Wrangling
over exchange rates The Economist
More
money, but much less security reg Dallas
Morning News / Scott Burns
Mexican
Exports and Imports Fall, Sign Economy Weak Bloomberg
Text
of President Bush's speech Tuesday to the U.N. General Assembly Newsmax
Corporate
world still thinks we are stupid Seattle Post Intelligencer / Bill Virgin
U.S.
Vows Deficit Cut for World's Economy AP via Milwaukke Journal / Paul
Geitner
California
Fund Says NYSE Must Split Regulatory Role Bloomberg
Near-term
US budget gap not problem-Fed's Broaddus Reuters via Yahoo
MO:
Employers, workers reel from health insurance sticker shock Kansas
City Star / Julius Karash
U.S.
mortgage-backed bond prices off in thin trade Reuters via Yahoo /
Alexander Rozens
Russian Central
Bank hopes to resume bond issues in 2004 Interfax
TX:
State sued over rates Dallas Fort Worth Star Telegram / R.A Dyer
Rubin Levitt May Still Be Candidates
For NYSE Top Job NY Post / John Crudele
U.S.
Deficit Cuts Republican Support for Bush's Medicare Plan Bloomberg
Goldman
sees sharp fall-off in bond trading FT / Phil Davis
Sins of Businessmen,
Crimes of Politicians Ludwig von Mises Institute / George Reisman
Calif.
Tobacco Bonds May Require 6% Yield Bloomberg and LA Times
Fixed-income
unit lifts Morgan Stanley FT / Sabuhi Mir
Nightmare
on Wall Street? CNN / Justin Lahart
A
Generation Raised on Equities Craves Them Still Bloomberg / Chet Currier
I
Knew Plaza Accord. Dubai Is No Plaza Accord Bloomberg / Caroline Baum
Reformers
vs Ford, Rockefeller; Guess Who Wins Bloomberg / Andrew Ferguson
Survey:
Most plan to work into 70s Reuters via CNN
FASB
on M and A: Break Out Those Numbers CFO.com / Stephen Taub
Holders
of Argentine Bonds Reject 25% Redemption Offer reg
NY Times / Tony Smith
IMF:
House Prices At Risk of Collapse Reuters via Moscow Times / Anna Willard
No recession, so far, for
region using euro International Herald Tribune / Eric Pfanner
NYSE's
Head Of Regulation To Step Down Compliance Reporter via Institutional
Investor / Grant Catton
Arnold's
Money Man Institutional Investor
Illinois
Hedge Fund Builds Power Trading Desk Power Finance & Risk via
Institutional Investor / Nina Sovich
|
09/24
Internet-tax
bill could exempt telephone, cable companies from taxes St Louis Post
Dispatch / Jerri Stroud
Fitch
releases credit derivatives survey FT / Charles Batchelor
Bubble
Memory Institutional Investor / Justin Schak
U.S.
Exchange Chiefs Brace For Increased Scrutiny After NYSE Troubles Wall
Street Letter via Institutional Investor / Raul Gallegos
Clock
ticking on Freddie’s financials Inman News / Jessica Swesey
Pension
Crisis Looms In California Bond Buyer / Rich Saskal
$1.5
Billion for N.Y. Dorm Bond Buyer / Martin Braun
How the Protection of
Law Was Lost Lew Rockwell / Paul Craig Roberts
Alan Greenspan: Mr.
Creep Lew Rockwell / Gary North
Credit
Measure Advances AP via Hartford Courant / Jesse Holland
Grasso
could be entitled to a further $9.7m FT / Andrei Postelnicu and Adrian
Michaels
Paychecks
feel the pinch CNN / Mark Gongloff
Experts
say companies ultimately paying for rising consumer debt Las Vegas Sun /
Alana Roberts
Food
Fright National Review / Bruce Bartlett
CA:
Pessimism on growth, jobs in state Sacramento Bee / Dale Kasler
Mexico
Peso Rises 3rd Day in 4; Chile Gains Bloomberg
Bountiful
kiss-offs abundant in North America Toronto Star / David Olive
Nasdaq has worse
day in nearly 15 months AP via Chicago Sun Times Amy Baldwin
Canada:
Strong loonie hurts 25% of small businesses: CIBC CP via Toronto Star
Crude
rises $1.11 to $28.24 a barrel Reuters via Houston Chronicle
It's
hard to find slave labor here Philadelphia Inquirer / Andrew Cassel
Poole:
No Full Recovery Without More Jobs Reuters via Fox News
Productivity
and Monetary Policy Federal Reserve Board / Governor Donald L. Kohn
Growing
gulf between rich and poor BBC News / Rick Rowden
NYSE's
Reed Favors Shrinking Board to 10-12 People Bloomberg
Euro
Facing a Major Test Washington Post / Keith Richburg
Gambling
With the Dollar Washington Post / Jonathan Weisman
The
High Cost Of Not Spending To Modernize Washington Post / Steven
Pearlstein
WA: Money for
polling could be spent better elsewhere, critics say Seattle Post
Intelligencer / Kathy Mulady
CO:
Xcel's 73% heat-bill hike approved AP via Denver Post / Dan D’ambrosio
Buffett
sold half of Level 3 stake Denver Post / Kris Hudson
EDS
bond redemption will total $772 million Bloomberg via Dallas Fort Worth
Star Telegram
Short-covering
lifts Treasuries FT / Jenny Wiggins, Paivi Munter and Mariko Sanchanta
It's
Time to Worry About Pension Obligation Bonds Bloomberg / Joe Mysak
Some
Gaps Get All the Attention. This One Should Bloomberg / Caroline Baum
It's
Time for Deutsche Bank to Get Out of Germany Bloomberg / Matthew Lynn
Consultant
to Grasso on Pay Is Also Adviser to Exchange reg
NY Times / Landon Thomas Jr.
FL:
Broward considers dumping $17 million in touch voting machines South
Florida Sun Sentinel / Scott Wyman
CA:
State Farm to Sell Home Insurance in State Again reg
Los Angeles Times via Chicago Tribune / Kenneth Reich
Bonds
Swing Higher as Auction Goes Well Reuters via Boston Globe
Canada:
Economist expectations for Canadian growth too rosy, Merrill Lynch seer says
CP via Canada.com
U.S.
Treasuries Decline on McTeer's Economic Growth Comments Bloomberg
Back
to the bubble CNN / Justin Lahart
Strong
Dollar, Weak Dollar: Anyone Have a Scorecard? NY Times via IWon / Edmund
Andrews
The Discourteous Mr.
Walker Ludwig von Mises Institute / Gregory Bresiger
Dollar
steadies as bears pause for breath FT / Jennifer Hughes
IMF's
Koehler Warns U.S. Against Currency Demands Bloomberg
OPEC
to Cut Output, Concerned of Prices, Inventories Bloomberg
US
credit card delinquencies down a bit in 2nd qtr Reuters via Yahoo
MI: Home owners
start cming clean about their tax exemptions Detroit Free Press / Dawson
Bell
Dollar
campaign jolts global markets AP via Cleveland Plain Dealer / Martin
Crutsinger
Yen
Advances on Optimism Japan's Economy to Attract Investments Bloomberg
'Eurostat
affair' nears a finale in Parliament International Herald Tribune /
Thomas Fuller
Vultures
circle their prey International Herald Tribune / Miki Tanikawa
Russia:
Who Owns $85 Billion? Moscow Times / Alex Fak
Berkshire
lists shifts in holdings Omaha World Herald / Grace Shim
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09/25
A-a-and
down! The Economist
Rich
man, poor man The Economist
Work
longer, have more babies The Economist
Weak
dollar is good, official says Bloomberg via Taipei Times
Poll
finds worries about housing costs Gannett News via Tucson Citizen / Haya
El Nasser
Young
buyers acquire homes Oakland Tribune / Roger Harris
CA:
State sending first of thousands of pink slips reg
Orange County Register / Jim Finkle
US mortgage
bond spreads in despite Freddie news Reuters via Yahoo
Collateral
Manager Eyes REITs To Back New CDO Bond Week via Institutional Investor /
Scott Goodwin
Mexico
Has Deficits With Most Trading Partners Internet Securities via
Institutional Investor
SF
Fed President Parry to retire CBS market Watch / Rex Nutting
Is
Fed's recovery talk all spin? Financial Post / Peter Morton
CO:
Bankruptcies soar 17% as state heads for another record year Rocky
Mountain News / John Accola
CO:
Metro foreclosures on pace to surpass last year's totals Rocky Mountain
News / John Rebchook
CA:
We're No. 5 -- but Who Cares? reg LA Times
/ Michel Hiltzik
Shortages
Amid The Jobless: Survey Finds Change in Job Search Environment After
High-Tech Meltdown CATA and PMI via Canada Newswire
Congress
ponders helping states collect taxes from Internet shoppers AP via
Houston Chronicle
Deflation,
weak spending still a problem for Japan Reuters via Forbes
CA:
Median price of existing S.D. home up 17.3 percent over year San Diego
Union Tribune
Chile
to Sell Domestic Bonds for 1st Time Since 1986 Bloomberg
`Visibility'
in Stock Market Is Always Limited Bloomberg / John Dorfman
Freddie delays earnings
again Inman News / Jessica Swesey
Fed's
Stern sees faster growth, low inflation Bloomberg via Minnesota Star
Tribune / Andrew Ward
It's
Too Soon to Declare Economic Woes Over LA Times via Twin Falls Times News
/ Peter Gosselin
Freddie
Mac restatement: $4.5B AP via Baltimore Sun / Marcy Gordon
Traders
expect gold to break through $400 level Bloomberg
Stock,
bond markets react to dollar's slide Knight Ridder via Charlotte Observer
/ Ken Moritsugu
Kill or
cure? The Economist
OPEC’s
oil shock The Economist
Fannie
Mae, Freddie Mac Plan May Benefit Agency Debt Bloomberg
Paris
vows action on deficit BBC News
Mortgage
Rates Retreat Again AP via Newsday
Dollar crash
could wreck U.S. economy Knight Ridder via Detroit Free Press / Ken
Moritsugu
Is the Dollar 'Toast'?
Euro vs. Dollar War Monitor via Safehaven / Alex Wallenwein
Argentina
Offer Prompts Threat of Investor Lawsuits Bloomberg
US
capital spending shows signs of slowing FT / John Labate
Lessons
From California’s Budget reg NY Times /
Hal Varian
CA:
Robust demand for tobacco bonds LA Times / Tom Petruno
States Still
Struggling To Control Medicaid Costs Stateline.org / Erin Madigan
Rothbard Battles the
Mainstream Ludwig von Mises Institute / Benjamin Powell and Edward
Stringham
UK:
Bond probe spreads to advisers Evening Standard via This Is London /
Patrick Hosking
Fed stats miss half the recent
price increase NY Post / John Crudele
''Time
to Clear the Air'' at the NYSE CFO.com / Stephen Taub
Clueless Pimco / Bill
Gross
Does World Trade Need
World Government? Ludwig von Mises Institute / Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.
Reports
are mixed on consumer debt AP via Omaha World Herald
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09/26
Making
Use of Consultants Bond Buyer / Lynn Hume
The
U.S.'s Iraqi oil headache Financial Post / Peter Foster
Investors
drive bond prices up Dallas Morning News / Danielle DiMartino
TN:
Confidence in economy's future falls Tennessean / Richard Lawson
Who's
Next? National Journal / James Barnes
Real estate
heights still astonishing Inman News / Marcie Geffner
Housing more
worrisome than crime Inman News
Debt Illusion!
Union Securities via Safehaven / David Chapman
Central Banks,
Currencies and Interest Rates Speculative Investor via Safehaven / Steve
Saville
Employment Disaster
Daily Reckoning via Safehaven / Kurt Richebacher
Global
economy is shifting focus to East Asia Toronto Star / David Crain
UK:
Justice at last in bond battle Guardian / Tony Levene
Dubai
G-7 Meeting Confuses Currency Market Bloomberg / David DeRosa
US Corp Bonds
- Heavy supply halts spread rally Reuters / Dena Aubin
AZ:
New-home building, resales in Valley skyrocket in August Arizona Republic
/ Catherine Burrough
Taxes:
What the Hell Happened? National Review / Tom Nugent
FASB:
Time to Define Cash-Balance Plans CFO.com / Stephen Taub
UK:
Rising debt 'not irresponsible' BBC News / Evan Davies
What's
Good for Russia Is Good for America reg NY
Times / Robert McFarlane
Who's
Poor? Don't Ask the Census Bureau reg NY
Times / Jared Bernstein
Hancock
seen in serious talks Boston Globe / Steve Bailey
Brazil
to Sell $5.5 Bln in Foreign Bonds By 2004; Tapping into Rally Bloomberg
Too
soft, too open, too democratic? The Economist
SEC
Charges Three Miami Bankers With Fraud AP via Newsday
PA:
Economy grows, workforce shrinks Philadelphia Inquirer / Reid Kanaley
Stocks
Deliver Worst Weekly Loss This Year Philadelphia Inquirer / Seth Sutel
Is
it still the economy, stupid? CNN / Mark Gongloff
Dear
John Reed... CNN / Walter Updegrave
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