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10/16
Business Outlook Survey
for October Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Templeton
feeling bearish Herald Tribune via Prudent
Bear / Michael Braga
Thailand:
S&P Upgrades Ratings on Stronger Fiscal Health County
Briefings via Institutional Investor / Barry Wheelock
Congress
seems set to make a mistake on pension funds St Louis Post / David
Nicklaus
California
Readies $3B Ran Issue Bond Buyer / Rochelle Williams
Regulators
Warn Dealers - Taxable Muni Deals Must Be Reported to MSRB Bond Buyer /
Lynn Hume
Deficits, Debts and
Growth A Reprieve but not a Pardon Levy Economics Institute / Anwar
Shaikh, Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, Claudio H. Dos Santos and Gennaro Zezza
Fannie Mae
profits climb Inman News / Jessica Swesey
America
Should Be Looking Over Its Shoulder Newsday via RealClear Politics / James
Pinkerton
On The
Determinants of First-Time Sovereign Bond Issues pdf
International Monetary Fund / David Grigorian
Profits
Up 17% At FleetBoston Hartford Courant
Real estate
invites banks to the party Inman News / Warren Lutz
China's
rising ambitions Washington Times
Cadillacs For
Communists Forbes / Robyn Meredith
Snow
urges tough mortgage regulator AP via Baltimore Sun / Martin Crutsinger
Inside
Mexico: The lost country UPI / Ian Campbell
CA:
Gov.-Elect May Seek a Cap on Spending reg
LA Times / Jeffrey Rabin
George
and Arnie show offers style over substance FT / James Harding and Scott
Morrison
Treasuries
fall on hopes of recovery FT / Päivi Munter and Barney Jopson
WA:
Loyalty to the home team may be waning Seattle Post Intelligencer / Bill
Virgin
MI: Michigan
jobless rate sits at 7.4% Detroit Free Press / John Gallagher
From
third way to Thatcherism The Economist
PA:
Pittsburgh credit rating is sent to junk status Bloomberg via
Philadelphia Inquirer / Eddie Baeb
The
economy's big surprise CNN / Mark Gongloff
US Corp
Bonds-Spreads tighten to new 4-year lows Reuters / Dena Aubin
Bonds
Extend Slide Amid Signs of Strength AP via Miami Herald
On
Wall Street, Bonuses Back in Vogue Newsday / Pradnya Joshi
Poor
countries meet for trade talks BBC News / Andrew Walker
Asian Bond Fund II by December
Business Day Newspaper / Umesh Pandey
Takenaka
says Japan will overcome deflation FT / David Pilling and Daniel Bögler
U.S.
October Philadelphia Fed Factory Index Surges Bloomberg
The Forgotten Payroll
Tax Ludwig von Mises / Gregory Bresiger
Mortgage
rates rise for second week CNN
Still
counting the cost The Economist
A
Franco-German beauty contest The Economist
Gold Bears Turn Up
the Volume Golden Bar via Safehaven
/ Edmund J. Bugos
Starting to Overheat
Prudent Bear via Safehaven / Chad Hudson
Can
Bush End Asia's Escalating Currency War? Bloomberg / William Pesek, Jr.
Sales
Feed Optimism On Growth Washington Post / John M. Berry
A
cycle of violence and poverty The Economist
Canada:
Strong economy keeps rate steady Toronto Star / Steven Theobald
Dollar
Strengthens on Speculation U.S. Output Up a Third Month Bloomberg
Damocles
report warns of dollar trouble ahead reg
UK Telegraph / Simon English
China
Foreign-Currency Debt Rating Raised by Moody's Bloomberg
Russia:
Is Russia Ready for a Change of Regimes? Moscow Times / Lyuba Pronina
Russia:
Khristenko: Euro Switch Is Inevitable Moscow Times
Russia:
From Honduras to France, Russians Charge On Moscow Times
/ Alex Nicholson
Philippines:
Gov't to borrow $500M from foreign bond mart Business World
IMF
policy chief to lead NY Fed FT / Alan Beattie
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10/17
Bush's
beggar-thy-neighbor policies are damaging to prosperity, here and abroad
National Review / Patricia Small
Is a degree worth
a million bucks? CNBC / Liz Pullman Weston
Apec
summit heads for trade clash BBC News / Steve Schifferes
China
space venture could prove profitable BBC News / Tim Bowler
UK: European
pension funds eye commodities – Goldman Investment and Pensions Europe
Netherlands: PGGM
investment chief wary of hedge funds Investment and Pensions Europe
Crude
futures lower after inventory data show strong builds Arizona Daily Sun
FL:
Free trade hosts await U.S. money South Florida Sun Sentinel / Doreen
Hemlock
Cleanup
crew got little help on big job Denver Post / Al Lewis
When
is a tax cut or increase right? Philadelphia Inquirer / Andrew Cassel
Rite
Aid Ex-Chief Counsel Brown Convicted of Fraud Bloomberg
MA:
Recovery of jobs lost in state seen taking years Boston Globe / Robert
Gavin
NC:
Students describe financial woe Charlotte Observer / Diane Suchetka
First-timers
finance to the max Inman News / Marcie Geffner
Why home
ownership's rising Inman News
Economy
spins wheels in faux recovery Inman News / Lou Barnes
BofA Rings Fannie
Prudent Bear via Safehaven /
Doug Noland
Oil:
Thirty years of turmoil BBC News / Andrew Walker
30
years after OPEC embargo Dallas Morning News via Wichita Eagle / Sudeep
Reddy
Canada:
Wind power to take off Toronto Star / John Spears
It
glitters, but it's volatile, too Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Paul Gores
Don't
Hate Them Because They're Rich, Juries Told Bloomberg / Ann Woolner
Europe
must change Wall Street Journal via Financial Post / Gordon Brown
Change
Fannie Mae regulator now, CEO says Bloomberg via Seattle Post
Intelligencer / James Tyson
TX:
Foreclosure levels still high in region Dallas Fort Worth Star Telegram /
Andrea Jones
Canada:
Dollar continues upward journey Globe and Mail / Terry Weber
Fed should
set inflation objective-Fed's Bernanke Reuters via Yahoo / Tim Ahmann
Treasuries
Rise as Investors See Value After Surge in Yields Bloomberg
A
Market Indicator You Can't Ignore Smart Money via Yahoo / Donald Luskin
US
consumers remain confident of upturn FT / Jennifer Hughes
An
awkward agenda The Economist
Pittsburgh
Talks Bankruptcy, Gets Rating Body Slam Bloomberg / Joe Mysak
Carl Menger: The
Nature of Value Ludwig von Mises Institute / Gene Callahan
Long-Term
Investing Quietly Gets Vindicated Again Bloomberg / Chet Currier
Japanese
Bondholders To Join Europeans In Opposing Argentine Restructure Deal
Internet Securities via Institutional Investor
There's
life in Germany's economy yet, despite bland forecasts DPA via Taipei
Times
TX:
S.A. sees increase in joblessness San Antonio Express News / Bonnie
Pfister
Issue
of New Regulator Unresolved at Hearing Washington Post / David S.
Hilzenrath
NYSE
Finds Proof Of Trading Abuses Washington Post / Kathleen Day and Ben White
On
trade, will U.S. lead or rule? NY Times via International Herald Tribune
/ Elizabeth Becker
Gold - The Weekly
Perspective Gold-Authentic Money via Safehaven
/ Julian D. W. Phillips
GDP
per person The Economist
Treasuries
Head for Third Weekly Loss on Signs of U.S. Growth Bloomberg
Switzerland,
Once the Envy of the World, Contracts in Isolation Bloomberg
Russia:
Small Business Is 20% of GDP Moscow Times / Simon Ostrovsky
Russia:
LUKoil Says Oil Exports Are Up 25% Reuters via Moscow Times
Russia:
Moscow Top Target for European Firms Moscow Times / Denis Maternovsky
Social
Security Payments To Rise 2.1% Newsday / Tania Padgett
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10/18
More
join ranks of self-employed reg Dallas
Morning News / Victor Gomez
Grocery
strike spoils market for tomatoes San Diego Union Tribune / Elizabeth
Fitzsimons
ND
/ Canada: The value of a loonie Grand Forks Herald / Lisa Davis
NE:
High hopes for the holiday Omaha World Herald / Deborah Alexander
Canada:
Fund firms crack down on 'timers' Financial Post / Keith Kalawsky and
Steve Maich
CA:
More strikes ahead? LA Daily News / Harrison Sheppard
Jobs
will return ... someday San Francisco Chronicle / Dave Murphy
Cantor
Fitzgerald negotiating return to Lower Manhattan AP via Newsday
Record
highs as investors spread exposure FT / Kevin Morrison
Contradictions: The
Fed vs. the Bond Market Thoughts From The Frontline via Safehaven / John Mauldin
Heavy
lifter for the West's economy? Seattle Times / Alwyn Scott
NYSE's
Reed Considers Setting Up Two Boards, N.Y. Times Says Bloomberg
U.S.
Treasuries Fall for 3rd Straight Week as Economy Improves Bloomberg
U.S.
economy rides 'strong upturn' Financial Post / Jason Chow
Mortgage
bankers meet amid uncertainty reg Chicago
Tribune / John Handley
Growth
in China hits 9.1% in quarter International Herald Tribune / Thomas
Crampton
Deutsche
Bank chief gets court date but will stay on job NY times via
International Herald Tribune / Mark Landler
Netherlands
shares WTO experiences Taipei Times / Bill Heaney
Funds
at heart of probe suffer outflows of $8bn FT / Deborah Brewster
FBI
Agents Raid Philadelphia Departments Linked to Mayor Street Newsmax
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10/19
SEC
casts wary eye on hedge funds Atlanta Journal Constitution / Tom Walker
WTO
chief urges effort to revive Doha talks FT / Amy Kazmin
Dallas Fed Boss Finds Reason
In Rhyme NY Post / Sheila Mullan
Economists
fear Americans will run out of money in retirement LA Times via Dallas
Fort Worth Star Telegram / Kathy Kristoff
A
System Going Under? Washington Post / Albert Crenshaw
New
Problems in A Medicare Solution Washington Post / Stan Hinden
Floor Faze Out NY Post /
Andrew Osterland
Sallie Mae
policy is misguided Washington Post via Indianapolis Star / Michelle
Singletary
Trade
deal hurts U.S. textiles Dallas Morning News via The State / Katherine
Yung
Earnings
may be slightly overstated AP via The State / Rachel Beck
This
time, economic recovery has a twist AP via Dallas Fort Worth Star
Telegram / Adam Geller
Dollar
Diplomacy in Asia Gets Trickier Washington Post
What
Is Bush's Message to Asia on Currency? Bloomberg / David DeRosa
Potential Dollar
Scenarios Safehaven / Hans F. Sennholz
Canada:
Higher education = higher expenses Toronto Star / Ellen Roseman
Now
Taiwan has world's tallest, but not for long AP via Chicago Sun Times /
William Foreman
UK:
Brown 'right on growth but wrong on spending' reg
Money Telegraph / Robert Watts
Iraq
begins pumping oil into Turkey; prices drop AP and Reuters via Taipei
Times
Leading
Economic Indicators Seen Falling: U.S. Economy Preview Bloomberg
OH:
Art of economic analysis Ohio Beacon Journal / John Russell
FL:
S. Florida hotel officials are hopeful as economy improves South Florida
Sun Sentinel / Tom Stieghorst
If
this is a recovery, where are the jobs? Boston Globe / Barbara C.
Kasselmann
Add Gold
(Just a Pinch) Barron’s via Wall Street Journal via LA Daily News /
Sandra Ward
UK:
Brown heading for £40bn deficit The Guardian Observer / Faisal Islam
UK:
Black cloud over BP oil deal The Guardian Observer
UK:
Bear market over? That's just a load of bull The Guardian Observer
Restatements
of earnings multiplying reg LA Times via
Chicago Tribune / Kathy Kristof
Overcapacity
Stalls New Jobs reg NY Times / Louis
Uchitelle
The
Market Crash of '87 - Rare but Hardly Unique NY Times via IWon / Mark
Hulbert
How
to Recover From a Bad Economy, and Win reg
NY Times / Richard Stevenson
21
Trade Ministers Seek to Revive Global Talks reg
NY Times / Jane Perlez
Fawning
Analysts Betray Investors reg NY Times /
Gretchen Morgenson
The
Fall of a Wall Street Ward Boss reg NY Times
/ Gretchen Morgenson
Wal-Mart,
Driving Workers and Supermarkets Crazy reg
NY Times / Steven Greenhouse
An
Illusion of Health Insurance reg NY Times
/ Michelle Andrews
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10/20
Power
outages and the financial system Federal Reserve Board / Mark W. Olson
Crude
falls as traders sense output hike Houston Chronicle
U.S.
posts record $374.22 bln budget gap in 2003 Reuters via Yahoo via Prudent Bear / Jonathan Nichols
Saving
time no longer a tech reality Seattle Times / Paul Andrews
Options
recovering their luster with climb of Nasdaq AP via Seattle Times /
Michael Liedtke
Has the
'spring sprung?' CNN / Mark Gongloff
Judge
Keeps Stewart E-Mail From Trial Newsday / Patricia Hurtado
Economists
groping to explain lack of job growth Dallas Morning News / Robert Dodge
Freddie
Mac could miss November restatement target Reuters via IWon
US posts record budget
gap BBC News
Treasuries up
a sliver after cautious Fed speaker Reuters / Pedro Nicolaci da Costa
Portrait of a
corporate debacle Philadelphia Inquirer / Chris Mondics
Richmond
Fed's Broaddus-Many job losses permanent Reuters via Yahoo
The
Debtor's Empire Washington Post / Kenneth Rogoff
Different take on
the '90s boom Christian Science Monitor / Wayne Yang
Snow
remarks spur rate concerns Reuters via CNN
Economy
takes slight hit Inman News
Bond
Prices Mostly Higher at Midday AP via Tallahassee Democrat
IMF Staff Visit to
the Slovak Republic International Monetary Fund
It’s
security, stupid The Economist
Mutual
recriminations The Economist
An
angry people bring down their president The Economist
UK
government finances slip further into deficit FT / Anna Fifield, Florian
Gimbel and Jean Eaglesham
Dollar
Rises as Snow Says U.S. Wasn't Seeking Lower Currency Bloomberg
Hot
and Bothered in Bangkok Bloomberg / William Pesek Jr.
U.S.
Economy: Leading Indicators Index Falls 0.2% Bloomberg
Monsieur
Trichet Prepares to Run the ECB Bloomberg / David DeRosa
Sentiment,
schmentiment CNN / Justin Lahart
Japan:
Japan must rethink trade policy Japan Times / Yoshio Nakamura
UK:
Brown ponders plans to tax all house sales reg
Money Telegraph / Robert Watts
The End of Dollar
Supremacy? Ludwig von Mises Institute / Antony P. Mueller
Euro
Rises Against Dollar and Japanese Yen for a Second Day Bloomberg
U.S.
Sept. Leading Indicators Seen Falling: Bloomberg Survey Bloomberg
Employee
stock options again hot commodities AP via Dayton Daily News / Michael
Liedtke
The
Edge of a Hedge Latin Finance via Institutional Investor
Fresno
Searching For Small-Cap Growth; Eyes Junk Money Management Letter via
Institutional Investor
Tomorrow's
World Global Investor Magazine / Maha Khan Phillips
UK:
AllianceBernstein Bulks Up For British Pension Bid Bond Week via
Institutional Investor
West
Virginia Winnings Bond Buyer / Emily Newman
Demand,
productivity and revenue Minnesota Star Tribune / Jeremy Bupp
Sizzling
Economy Revitalizes India reg NY Times /
Amy Waldman
European
Deflation Has Had Its 15 Minutes of Fame Bloomberg / Matthew Lynn
Russia:
Second Yukos Billionaire Faces Prison Moscow Times / Alex Nicholson
Russia:
Europe Presses Russia on Euro Reuters via Moscow Times / Lisa Jucca and
Melissa Akin
Are portable
mortgages a good deal? Inman News / Jack Guttentag
Business
taxes at 20-year low Bloomberg via Arizona Republic / Ryan Donmoyer
Nation
Losing More Than Unskilled Work reg LA
Times / Peter G. Gosselin
Grocers,
Union Still Aren't Talking reg LA Times /
Leslie Earnest and Jerry Hirsch
Will
sending jobs overseas pay off in the long run? Boston Globe via Seattle
Post Intelligencer / Charles Stein
Waiting
for that pause CNN / Justin Lahart
Trade reps
discuss Western Hemisphere free trade zone AP via Chicago Sun Times/
Harry Weber
Qwest
Communications International Inc. finally restated its results for 2000 and
2001, and the revision was not pretty CFO.com / Stephen Taub
Job
cull fears at Sony BBC News
UK:
'Seller's market' sees house prices rise BBC News
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10/21
Disappearing
Doctors ABC News / Catherine Valenti
Retail
Economics Daily Standard / Irwin Stelzer
US Treasuries
up as traders cover short positions Reuters / Pedro Nicolaci da Costa
Dispute
on the Trading Floor Washington Post / Ben White and Kathleen Day
Freddie’s
financial fog to lift soon Inman News / Jessica Swesey
Two
Fed Officials Dare to State the Obvious Bloomberg / Caroline Baum
Psychology versus
Praxeology Ludwig von Mises Institute / Robert Murphy
Even
Bond Investors Get Performance-Chasing Blues Bloomberg / Chet Currier
Ending
a day in the sun Boston Globe / Steven Syre
What
would it take for Treasury Secretary Snow's jobs prediction to come true?
CNN / Justin Lahart
Got
$672 for the holidays? CNN
UK:
Fresh hopes for UK manufacturing BBC News
Oil
selling abates ahead of US inventories FT / Gordon Smith
(How
to) Follow the Money National Review / Larry Kudlow
`Thaksinomics'
-- Asia's Future or Debt End? Bloomberg / William Pesek Jr.
Canada:
House-price gains moderating Toronto Star / Tony Wong
NASD may take over regulation
of exchange NY Post
After our
industries exit, then what? Seattle Post Intelligencer / Bill Virgin
Lower
wages may help slow job losses Seattle Post Intelligencer / Marilyn
Geewax
Snow Blindne$$ NY Post /
Paul Tharp
Why
are top execs dumping stocks? Denver Post / Al Lewis
Snow's words
boost dollar, interest rates Washington Times / Patrice Hill
Russia:
Putin Keeps China, Japan Guessing Moscow Times / Dmitry Zhdannikov
Treasury
Chief Sees a Jobs Boom, but Most Don't reg NY
Times / Edmund Andrews
Russia:
Yukos Probe Goes to the Top Moscow Times / Catherine Belton
Ruble
Hits 30 Barrier, Eases Back Moscow Times
Japan:
GM chasing bigger slice of Asia mart Japan Times / Akemi Nakamura
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10/22
Beijing
bond issue dazzles market reg NY Times via
Prudent Bear / Enid Tsui
Snow
job or Snow's jobs? Financial Post / William Hanley
Poorer
by comparison CBS Market Watch / Andrea Coombes
Snow:
Markets should set rates Reuters via CNN
Give
This Employment Policy The Guillotine Business Week via Yahoo /
John Rossant
The
Deficit: No Longer Quite So Scary Business Week via Yahoo / Ryan Brecht
Lawyer
Fined Under 6700 For 1st Time Bond Buyer / Susanna Duff Barnett
J.P.
Morgan, Ala. School District Subpoenaed in FBI Philly Probe Bond Buyer /
Martin Braum and Gillian D’ Ambrosio
Oregon
POBs Held Up Bond Buyer
Moody's
ups Bear Stearns, Lehman long-term ratings Reuters via Yahoo / Kevin
Plumberg
Qwest
fund surplus gone Rocky Mountain News / Jeff Smith
Most
expensive housing markets CNN / Sarah Max
US mortgage
bonds spreads narrow for third session Reuters via Yahoo
Goodyear
to restate 5 years of earnings AP via USA Today
Mortgage
Lending Seen Plummeting in 2004 Reuters via Washington Post
FL:
Mortgage firms adding hundreds of jobs in Broward South Florida Sun
Sentinel / Purva Patel
Finding
Nemesis The Economist
Testing
the Swap Waters Bond Buyer / Yvette Shields
CA:
Angelides Warns About Bonding Suits Bond Buyer / Rich Saskal
Study
undermines charge China is stealing U.S. factory jobs Philadelphia
Inquirer / Andrew Cassel
Taking
the wealth of rich men is neither moral nor efficient National Review /
Bruce Bartlett
Mortgage
purchases inch higher Inman News
S.F. Bay
Area home sales lose steam Inman News
Economic
freedom, not ideology, is the key to Asian wealth Taipei times / Ronald
Meinardus
J.P.
Morgan 3rd Quarter Profit Rises; Bad Loans Drop Bloomberg
Four
New Jersey Cities Become First to Sell Sewers Bloomberg / Joe Mysak
States
try to poach California businesses AP via San Diego Tribune / Gillian
Flaccus
Good
News! Higher Prices On The Way AP via Hartford Courant / Rachel Beck
Price
of NYSE seats plunges FT / Andrei Postelnicu
Market prophet is
battening the hatches MSN via Prudent
Bear / Jon Markman
Another
bear digs in – deep CBS Market Watch via Prudent Bear / Peter Brimelow
Cato's Letters on
Liberty and Property Ludwig von Mises Institute / Gary Galles
Freddie
Mac may be on the hook to IRS Reuters via USA Today
Economic
Malpractice Forbes / Richard Epstein
Report:
Decline in Income Taxes Newsmax
Workers
Feel Pinch of Rising Health Costs reg NY
Times / Milt Freudenheim
32%
of uninsured workers at big firms AP via Arizona Republic
UK:
Interest rate rise on the cards BBC News
Former
ECB official to head Bank of France AFP and Reuters via International
Herald Tribune
China's
Boom Adds to Global Warming Problem reg NY
Times / Keith Bradsher
Japan:
'Unfair' currency rate hit Japan Times
Canada:
Inflation, growth targets lowered but economy still looking good CP via
Financial Post
You
Get What You Pay for in Treasury Secretaries Bloomberg / Caroline Baum
Fed
to let some sun in CNN Mark Gongloff
Dollar
weaker in broad-based slide FT / Jennifer Hughes
The
Motor City and California: Is It Splitsville? Reg
NY Times / Danny Hakim
More big
firms' workers are uninsured Detroit Free Press / Kim Norris
Russia:
Incomes Are Rising Faster Than Wages Moscow Times / Valeria Korchagina
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10/23
About
those election promises The Economist
Computing
the gains The Economist
Germany
to breach deficit rules in 2004 FT / Bertrand Benoit and Tobias Buck
Famine
in a Land of Plenty Bond Buyer / Amanda Briggs
Professor
Bubble Forbes via Yahoo / Michael Maiello
House
Panel Deals Blow To Rail Bonds Bond Buyer / Humberto Sanchez
FL:
Hike in minimum wage sought Miami Herald / Gregg Fields
FL:
Orlando existing-home sales soar reg
Orlando Sentinel / Jack Snyder
Canada:
Bank cautiously forecasts growth Toronto Star / Les Whittington
Canada:
Foreign markets liking loonie: Bank governor CP via Toronto Star
U.S. mortgage
finance agency reform losing steam Reuters via Yahoo / Mark Felsenthal
and Richard Leong
US SWAPS-Most
spreads suffer in choppy trade Reuters via Yahoo
Mortgage
industry predicts plunge reg Chicago
Tribune via Orange County Register / John Handley
Mortgage
industry boom years fading San Diego Union Tribune / Carl Larsen
Countrywide
earnings break records Inman News
CA:
Area home buyers still on tear Oakland Tribune / Alan Zibel
Prosperity creates a new
market CNBC via MSNBC / Sue Herera
India,
China are allies and rivals CNBC via MSNBC / Sue Herera
Goodyear
to Lower 5 Years of Earnings AP via Boston Globe
Asymmetric
Returns And Optimal Hedge Fund Portfolios Journal of Alternative
Investments via Institutional
Investor / R. McFall Lamm, Jr.
West
Coast Manager Hunts For Underwriter, Investors In Debut CDO Bond Week via
Institutional
Investor / Scott Goodwin
Freddie
Mac's Glenn Pays Fine; Gives Up $13 Million Bloomberg
The Fed, Then and Now
Ludwig von Mises Institute / Christopher Mayer
Medicare
blimp will spread the word AP via Buffalo News
15-Year
Mortgage Rates Edge Up This Week AP via Fox News
The
China bubble CNN / Paul R. La Monica
AZ:
Strike issue tearing at grocery workers Arizona Republic / John
Stearns and Christine L. Romero
MN:
Mortgage buyers beset by rate-lock problems Minnesota Star Tribune / Jim
Buchta
NV:
Cost of housing at issue Las Vegas Sun / Jennifer Shubinski
Bond
prices surge; yield on 10-year falls to 4.25% AP and Dow Jones via
Mercury News
Taiwan:
Unemployment rate falls to 5.05 percent Taipei Times
Pension
strike to paralyze Italy BBC News
Cash-strapped
officials weigh sponsorships Stateline.org / Kathleen Murphy
Why
the fund probes matter Boston Globe / Steven Syre
TX:
Bullish beefeaters bite into restaurants' profits Houston Chronicle / Dai
Huynh
Déjà Vu Prudent
Bear via Safehaven / Chad
Hudson
Russia:
Ignatyev: $9Bln Bank Fraud Moscow Times / Alex Fak
OPEC sets
capital needs at $200 billion Bloomberg via Houston Chronicle
U.S.
Said to Be Open to Ending Credit Lines of Loan Giants reg NY Times / Stephen Labaton
Despite
Public Fears, Quick Fed Rate Hike Unlikely Washington Post / John Berry
U.S.
Unemployment Rolls Fall to Lowest in Six Months Bloomberg
One
Night in Bangkok Shows the Folly of APEC Bloomberg / William Pesek, Jr.
Other
States Poach Businesses From Tax-Crazed California Newsmax
Laid-off
take survival jobs to pay the bills USA Today / Stephanie Armour
3.3
million workers have lost pension coverage since '02 Philadelphia
Inquirer / Bob Fernandez
For
majority of people, penny still makes cents Albany Times Union via The
State C.J. Lais Jr.
Sayonara,
hot money CNN / Justin Lahart
Investors
shunning debt of Ford, DaimlerChrysler Bloomberg via Omaha World Herald
CA:
Clash Focuses on Co-Pays, Premiums -- and Risk LA Times / Nancy Cleeland
Social
insecurity AP via Washington Times / Eileen Alt Powell
Mortgage
refinance index fell by 5.8% Bloomberg via Philadelphia Inquirer /
Courtney Schlisserman
Hong Kong craves
retail bonds Evening Standard via This Is Money / Bill Condie
Germany
reduces growth forecast BBC News
Saddam's
evil debts Financial Post / Jeff King
Health
costs scare us toward socialism Pittsburgh Tribune Review / Jack
Markowitz
Japan's
Sept. Trade Surplus Widens to 3-Year High Bloomberg
UK:
Crumbling London a 'threat to economy' / Business Telegraph / Helena
Keers
UK:
King's casting vote signals rate rise on cards Business Telegraph / David
Litterick
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10/24
The
right kind of money? The Economist
Jester
on MSRB Agenda Bond Buyer / Lynn Hume
Canada:
Bank eyes loonie rebound warily Financial Post / Sherry Cooper
Investors
shift focus to economy from earnings Reuters via USA Today / Elizabeth
Lazarowitz
Washington
events for October 27 – 31 CBS.Market Watch
Greenspan
losing reins on economy Inman News / Lou Barnes
The
Interest-Rate Debate National Review / David Malpass
Italians take to
streets over pension reform Investments and Pensions Europe
NV:
Foreign visitor drop projected Las Vegas Review Journal / Chris Jones
CA:
Home sales hit 15-year high San Francisco Chronicle / Kelly Zito
NY:
Prosecutor tackles state of the state Albany Times Union / Kenneth Aaron
Co-creator
of the euro offers 'terra' Denver Post / Aldo Svaldi
Fed
to let some sun in CNN / Mark Gongloff
The
Legacy of Milton and Rose Friedman's Free to Choose Federal Reserve Board
/ Ben Bernanke
Stricter
security harming tourism UPI via Washington Post / Shaun Waterman
The Real
Big Board Scandal Forbes
Russia:
Banks Will Soon Power GDP Reuters via Moscow Times
Ferguson,
Bernanke win new terms at Fed Reuters via USA Today
Anecdotes
Auguring Job Revival Are Piling Up Bloomberg / Caroline Baum
DC:
City With A Built-In Broke Factor Washington Post / Steven Pearlstein
U.S.
Treasury Notes Surge as Global Stock Indexes Decline Bloomberg
US Corp
Bonds-Improve; Junk sector sees more cash Reuters / Nancy Leinfuss
UK:
Retail boom points to rate rise BBC News
A
note from your faltering Social Security system Philadelphia Inquirer /
Andrew Cassel
Goodyear's
credibility punctured Akron Beacon Journal / John Russell
"Jobless
recovery" continues Seattle Times / Stephen Dunphy
Interest Rates, Gold,
the Fed and the Markets The Speculative Investor via Safehaven / Steve
Saville
Can
Poland beat the bears? BBC News / James Arnold
German
public deficit is highest since war Business Telegraph / Kate Connolly
Fed
Will Wait to Signal Higher Rates, Bond Firms Say Bloomberg
Muni
Investors Better Prepare for Bleak Days Ahead Bloomberg / Joe Mysak
External
debt The Economist
Total
tax revenue The Economist
Mutual
Funds Might Find Sleaze Tough to Scrub Off Bloomberg / Chet Currier
CA:
State Budget Briefing Is Grim reg LA Times
/ Matea Gold, Evan Halper and Nancy Vogel
More
red ink forecast for states in coming year Stateline.org / Jason White
Getting
irrational? CNN / Justin Lahart
A
regional barrier to free trade? International Herald Tribune / Thomas
Crampton
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10/25
MO:
Workers caught in grocery strike lean on principle St Louis Post Dispatch
/ Repps Hudson
MA:
Cool rainy weather chills fall tourism Boston Globe / Keith Reed
Strides
will keep talks on schedule Houston Chronicle / Bill Hensel, Jr.
Trusting
markets, not managers International Herald Tribune / James Glassman
Liar,
liar! Whom to hire? San Francisco Chronicle / Dave Murphy
It’s not over, Spitzer and
NASD is next NY Post / Chris Nolan
Yukos
Executive Khodorkovsky Charged With Fraud, Tax Evasion Bloomberg
Russia's
richest tycoon charged in probe many believe is politically rooted CP via
Canada.com via Financial Post / Jim Heintz
Plenty
of Oil, Not Enough Pipe Washington Post / Peter Baker
Barron's:
Buffett preaches patience CBS Market Watch / Rex Crum
WA:
Job seeker hopes to stand out with billboards on Seattle buses Mercury
News via Silicone Valley / Kristi Heim
WI:
Encourage economics be taught; don't insist Milwaukee Journal Sentinel /
Avrum D. Lank
Dollar
Declines an 8th Week in Nine Against Euro as Stocks Fall Bloomberg
Changing Course
Euro vs. dollar War Monitor via Safehaven
/ Alex Wallenwein
Earnings Deflation
Thoughts From The Frontline via Safehaven
/ John Mauldin
More On
"Erroneous" Government Data - So What! Gold-Eagle via Safehaven / Harry J. Clawar
Heeding
advice of an elder reg Dallas Morning News
/ Scott Burns
U.S.
pension fund deficit continues sharp climb Financial Post / Peter Morton
Wall
Street mistrial still sheds light on the 90's NY Times via International
Herald Tribune / Floyd Norris
Taiwan:
Government budget review postponed again after talks fail Taipei Times /
Fiona Lu
Japan:
Woo foreign investors, make babies: report Japan Times
Russian
company moving to take over bankrupt U.S. steelmaker NY Times via
International Herald Tribune / Erin E. Arvedlund
AZ:
Dwindling land cause of pricing Arizona Republic / Catherine Burrough and
Glen Creno
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The Stealth Bush Boom
Insight On The News / John Berlau
Nearly
30% of workers yet to save to retire Chicago Tribune via Baltimore Sun /
T. Shawn Taylor
Some
economists see rates rising sooner than expected USA Today / Barbara
Hagenbaugh
What Will the Next
Two Months Unfold for Gold? Clif Droke Market Anylsis via Safehaven / Clif Droke
Economic
Lessons come by the bagful Pittsburgh Tribune Review / Jack Markowitz
Greenspan
Tells G-20 Meeting War Stalled U.S. Growth Bloomberg
U.S.
ambassador warns of trouble for Russian economy after tycoon's arrest CP
via Canada.com and Financial Post / Kim Heintz
Russia
tycoon arrest concerns US BBC News
Fall
in Gas Prices Continues Nationwide AP via Aberdeen News
Earnings
come in good but not magical AP via Louisville Kentucky Courier Journal /
Meg Richards
Good
news: Corporate America is raising prices on consumers AP via Cincinnati
Enquirer / Rachel Beck
Russia's
risky revolution The Guardian Observer / Conal Walsh
UK:
Rates to hit 5.5pc by 2005 The Guardian Observer / Faisal Islam
UK:
Old Lady breaks ranks on rates The Guardian Observer / Faisal Islam
Lenders
stretch as rates rise reg LA Times / Diane
Wedner
A
Single Currency but Little Solidarity reg
LA Times / Jeffrey Fleishman
Colombian
Sovereign Bonds in Crosshairs Reuters / Hugh Bronstein
Korea:
Banks Expand Issuance of Hybrid Bonds Korean Times / Kim Jae-kyoung
Snow
Pursues Talks on Iraqi Debt, China's Currency Bloomberg
Focus
on Fed Meeting, Economic Data, Earnings Reuters via Fox News
Investors refocus on the
economy MSNBC / Roland Jones
WA:
The big picture Seattle Times / Stephen Dunphy
Penny-pinching
on Iraqi peace Philadelphia Inquirer / Trudy Rubin
Bullish
on bullion Toronto Star / Lisa Wright
Shoppers,
who didn't spend last year, will be looking for bargains Morning Call /
Leslie Earnest
Japan
Says No to Pressing China on the Yuan Bloomberg / David DeRosa
Fed Policy
Makers Meet, Earnings Wrap Up Wall Street Journal via LA Daily News
Not-so-special
charges reg Chicago Tribune / Andrew
Countryman
Reflections
on a journey into the heart of capitalism Minnesota Star Tribune / Steve
Lagermeier and Howard Richards
Job
fears threaten to sap U.S. economy Reuters
via Toronto Star / Andrea Hopkins
Clark
on the economy Washington Times
Investors
stay calm despite tycoon's troubles BBC News / James Arnold
Canada:
Strong loonie good news for snowbirds Toronto Star / Nancy Carr
Snow
to Discuss Iraqi Debt, China Currency With G-20 in Mexico Bloomberg
Housing,
Factories Signal Stronger Growth: U.S. Economy Preview Bloomberg
Federal
Budget Watch Wall Street Journal via LA Daily News
Job
loss in U.S. is worth exploring Philadelphia Inquirer / Andrew Cassel
Wal-Mart
quietly enters Japanese market AP via Charlotte Observer
Economy
is looking happier, but job growth is essential Baltimore Sun / Jay Hancock
Bonds
remain a secure, slow way to earn money Knight Ridder via Dallas Fort
Worth Star Telegram / Jeff Brown
Pension
Ship Listing For Many Near Retirement Washington Post via Hartford
Courant
TX:
Texas muni funds combine unfulfilled promise and inertia Boston Globe via
Dallas Fort Worth Star Telegram / Chuck Jaffe
PA:
Nonprofits in a charitable mood Philadelphia Inquirer / Karl Stark
CO:
Give mayor no quarter on parking Denver Post / Al Lewis
NC:
Economy takes human toll Charlotte Observer / Peter Smolowitz
A
Statistic That Tells Only Half the Story reg
NY Times / Daniel Gross
Job
Creation Math: The Three-Card Monte of Economics reg
NY Times / David Leonhardt
No
Consensus on Tighter Rules for Hedge Funds reg
NY Times / John Kimelman
When
Jobs Move Overseas (to South Carolina) reg
NY Times / Yilo Zhao
It's
a Girl! (Will the Economy Suffer?) reg NY
Times / David Leonhardt
A
Tight Job Market Dampens Ivy League Hopes reg
NY Times / Amy Wu
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