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11/01
Diffusion Illusion?
Contrary Investor via Safehaven
WI: As
medical bills pile up, more people look to bankruptcy for relief
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Tom Rybarczyk
Russia
angry at Yukos criticism BBC News
UK:
New chief for European Bank BBC News
Flying
off the shelves CNN Mark Gongloff
Ex-Prudential
brokers targeted Reuters via CNN
SEC
Subpoenas NYSE Specialists for Trading, Organization Data Bloomberg
U.S.
factories begin to ramp up production National / Financial Post / Peter
Morton
Desperate
Measures AP via Dallas Fort Worth Star Telegram / William Kole
Dollar
Has Biggest Weekly Advance Since August Against Euro Bloomberg
Caught
by surprise Rocky Mountain News / Allison Linn
S&P
500 hits 17-month high AP and Bloomberg via Chicago Sun Times / Eileen
Alt Powell
St. Louis
grocery workers settle AP via Buffalo News
CA:
A First Step Toward Recovery reg LA
Times / Kathy Kristof
CO:
Denver's economy slow to recover Rocky Mountain News / David Milstead
DC:
Small-business help Washington Times / Marguerite Higgins
MA:
State deals blow to utilities in bid to hike rates Boston Globe / Peter
J. Howe
Shopppers
trim spending as US tax rebates dry up Gulf Daily News
French
face struggle to cut deficit Gulf Daily News
Hot
enough for you? US News / Jodie Allen
Asian
Currencies Fall; Central Banks May Sell After Snow Speech Bloomberg
Confidence
on the rise in France AP and Bloomberg via International Herald Tribune
Bank
of Japan Sees 2.5% Growth in 2004 reg NY
Times / Ken Belson
Arrest
of Russian Billionaire Captures Attention of Germany reg NY Times / Mark Landler
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11/02
Touch-Screen
Voting Could Present Problem for Floridians Fox News / Nancy Harmeyer
Bond Pros Rebounding, Now
Heroes NY Post / Suzanne Miller
WA:
Shopping for affordable housing: The shelves aren't exactly stocked The
Sun / Amy Trask
NE:
Getting their fill at the grocery store Omaha World Herald / Grace Shim
WA:
Some small public companies hang on despite years of losses Seattle Times
/ Alwyn Scott
MO:
Former Fed governor Laurence Meyer raises profile of his firm St Louis
Post Dispatch / David Nicklaus
Seeds
of change will target flaws in mutual funds Miami Herald / Harriet
Johnson Brackey
Strong
Mutual Funds Says Richard Strong Resigns as Chairman Bloomberg
The battle of people vs.
machines CNBC via MSNBC / Bob Pisani
The
German social paradise faces a battery of crises DPA via Taipei Times
Putin
launches assault on Russian capitalism Guardian - Observer / Conal Walsh
Canada:
Bulls, bears, sheep Toronto Star / Steven Theobald
CA:
Decision: Should we stay or should we go? San Diego Union Tribune /
Leslie Berenstein
Like
an old pickup, the economy just keeps on truckin’ Dayton Daily News / Jim
Dillon
SEC
probes NYSE firms Reuters via CNN
Rocketing
property underpins US too Guardian - Observer / Faisal Islam
Global
warming -- the quadrillion dollar question Reuters via Taipei Times /
Alister Doyle
Companies
Adding Jobs as Growth Picks Up: U.S. Economy Preview Bloomberg
Does 7.2%
growth rate mean we're recovering? Clarion Ledger / Scott Walker
Long-term
market watcher not convinced bear is gone St. Petersburg Times via
Minnesota Star Tribune / Helen Huntley
Growth
Spurt Washington Post
UK:
Homeowners will be first to feel the pain Guardian - Observer / Maria
Scott
UK:
Bricks and mortar could turn into a house of cards Guardian - Observer /
Faisal Islam
Arrest
opens way for Russian state to renationalise Yukos Guardian - Observer /
Conal Walsh
France
tests pact to breaking point Guardian - Observer / Faisal Islam
Bonds
Washington Post / John Berry
PA:
Phila. could be, again, a manufacturing mecca Philadelphia Inquirer
Not
Rich? You'll Pay Anyway Washington Post / Kevin Adler and Annette F.
Simon
UK:
Rate rise is 'foregone conclusion' Guardian - Observer / Faisal Islam
Japan
Needs BOJ Cooperation to Stem Deflation, Koizumi Says Bloomberg
For
the Fund Business, What Went Wrong? reg LA
Times / Josh Friedman, Tom Petruno and Walter Hamilton
In
Japan, as in the U.S., Companies Fear China reg LA
Times / Evelyn Iritani
Investors
courting frustration Denver Post / Al Lewis
Dismantling
a Wall Street Club reg NY Times /
Landon Thomas. Jr.
Pension
safety net is one federal program that works Baltimore Sun / Jay Hancock
Why
Inflation Seems Higher Than Many Had Expected Wall Street Journal via LA
Daily News / Andrew Blackman
Why
Do Employers Pay for Health Insurance, Anyhow? reg
NY Times / Daniel Akst
Bank
of Japan Sees Deflation Woes Continuing Bloomberg / David DeRosa
Beneath
the Smiles, a Churning Anxiety reg NY
Times / Louis Uchitelle
If
Enough People Complain, Somebody Will Do Something Hartford
Courant / Kenneth Harney
Is
the Party Ending for Home Builders? reg NY
Times / J. Alex Tarquino
Wal-Mart
case not isolated in U.S. Dallas Fort Worth Star Telegram / Mitchell
Schnurman
Need
a New Barometer for Stocks? Try the Price of Oil reg
NY Times / J. Alex Tarquino
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11/03
Amex
members to control exchange Reuters via CNN
Bush
Uses Good Economic News for Tax Cut Message reg
NY Times / David Stout
Head of SEC in Boston steps
aside Reuters via MSNBC
Mutual
Funds Under Fire Bond Buyer / Lynn Hume
The China Colossus
Union Securities via Safehaven /
David Chapman
MO:
Grocery workers gained respect, though little else St Louis Post Dispatch
/ Repps Hudson
Toward a
Stronger Europe in the Global Economy International Monetary Fund / Horst
Köhler
UK: Bank of
Ireland boosts UK institutional team Investment and Pensions Europe
UK: Unions sue UK
government over pensions Investment and Pensions Europe
Bush to be
asked to pay for SoCal fires United Press International / Hil Anderson
Housing now
less affordable Inman News
Borrowers
cut monthly payments Inman News
Depression
Impression National Review / Bruce Bartlett
A better ballot?
Christian Science Monitor / Mary Wiltenburg
The Bear's
Lair: No compass for money United Press International / Martin Hutchinson
PA:
Rendell’s Folly National Review / Paul Gessing
Dealers
Have Lots on Hand reg LA Times / John O’
Dell
Spitzer
warns mutual funds of 'pain' ahead FT / David Wells
Dollar
at month high against euro after ISM FT / Jennifer Hughes
Germany
and France accused over EU rules FT / George Parker
In
Vietnam, a Fragile Trust in Private Banks reg
FT via LA Times / Amy Kazmin
The
exotic doctor calls it a day The Economist
Canada:
Bankruptcy's the quick fix National – Financial Post / Jonathan Chevreau
U.S.
Auto Sales Weaken as Summer Boom Fades Reuters via Fox News
Scams
target elderly desperate for profits AP via Washington Times
IL: Little
holiday cheer for job seekers Chicago Sun Times / Francine Knowles
Keeping
up and falling behind Dallas Fort Worth Star Telegram / Cecil Johnson
U.S.
and China Can Avoid Collision on Trade Bloomberg / Gene Sperling
Gas
Prices at Pump Hit Lowest Levels Since Late July Reuters via Fox News
Borrowing
plan would be largest amount ever for a quarter AP via San Diego Union
Tribune / Jeannine Aversa
U.S.
dollar sinks despite lip service National - Financial Post / Peter Morton
Senators
seek reforms in mutual fund industry Baltimore Sun / Paul Adams and Bill
Atkinson
Businesses
to the rescue? CNN / Mark Gongloff
UK:
Will Trichet's charm protect the euro? BBC News / Quentin Sommerville
The fall
-- and rise -- of a topnotch bond fund Morningstar via MSNBC / Eric
Jacobson
U.S.
homes less affordable in 3Q Reuters via CNN
Strong
Should Not Survive Forbes / Dan Ackman
Canada's
Manley Will Project C$2.3 Bln Surplus for Fiscal 2004 Bloomberg
CA: Luxury
home sales rising in Silicon Valley Mercury News via Silicon Valley.com /
Sue McAllister
Treasuries
Fall After Manufacturing Index Rises for October Bloomberg
Dean
proposing Fannie Mae-like loan entity Washington Business Journal / Kent
Hoover
Job-Creation Schemes
Don't Work Ludwig von Mises Institute / Richard Teather
UK:
Brownomics is about to cost you dear reg
Telegraph Money / George Trefgarne
U.S.
October ISM Manufacturing Index Rises to 57 From 53.7 Bloomberg
The
crisis rumbles on The Economist
CA:
Some Brace for Struggle Over Insurance Relief reg LA Times / Kenneth Reich
Construction
Surges to Record in Sept. Reuters via ABC News
US
Air's Woes Infect Pittsburgh Airport Bonds Bloomberg / Doron Levin
PA:
Survey finds improvement in commercial office vacancy rate Pittsburgh
Tribune Review / Ron DaParma
Deep in Debt, Caught
in a Net Safehaven / Hans F. Sennholz
Hedge
Funds Face More Regulation After SEC Probes Bloomberg / Matthew Lynn
Russia:
Timing of Raid Raises Eyebrows Moscow Times / Valeria Korchagina
Russia:
Potanin: Yukos Problem Didn't Fall From Sky Moscow Times / Lyuba Pronina
Australian
Sept. Retail Sales Rise for Ninth Month Bloomberg
A close look at who
wins when banks go a-courting Christian Science Monitor / David Francis
For mutual-fund
clients, a question of confidence Christian Science Monitor / Clayton
Collins
All
eyes on U.K. amid pressure to raise rises International Herald Tribune /
Eric Pfanner
Western
firms wary amid Russia oil fight NY Times via International Herald Tribune
/ Neela Banerjee
How
money changes hands in deflationary Japan Japan Times / Noriko Hama
U.S.
Treasuries Set to Fall a 2nd Straight Week, Survey Shows Bloomberg
Buffett,
Soros, Gross Have Nothing on Tokyo Bloomberg / William Pesek, Jr.
Dollar
May Advance Against Euro and Yen, Bloomberg Survey Shows Bloomberg
Tax Cutter's Boom
Investor’s Business Daily
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11/04
Today
Putnam, tomorrow the rest The Economist
Pennies
on a volcano The Economist
Canada:
Morgan Keegan heads north National – Financial Post / Barry Critchley
International
Versus Domestic Auditing of Bank Solvency International Monetary Fund /
Andrew Feltenstein and Roger Lagunoff
CA:
Dairies are liquid gold for state, study finds Sacramento Bee / Mike Lee
UK:
Shops and factories signal rate rise Guardian Observer / Charlotte Denny
Outsourcing
of jobs continues to hinder economic recovery Boston Globe via Ohio
Beacon Journal / Hiawatha Bray
Canada
Bonds Gain on View Bank of Canada May Cut Interest Rates Bloomberg
Memphis
Utility Plans Record Deal Bond Buyer / Tedra DeSue
Municipal
Mutual Fund Pricing Appears to Be in SEC Crosshairs Bond Buyer / Lynn
Hume
Purpose of
"Gold" Gold-Authentic Money via Safehaven / Julian D. W.
Phillips
The
real college-cost story has been ignored National Review / Neal McCluskey
A day chock full of scandal
MSNBC / Jon Bonné
Auto
sales down third month in row Toronto Star / Rick Westhead
Nasdaq
Closes At 22-Month High Hartford Courant
Job
Market Remains A Lingering Concern Washington Post / Jerry Knight
U.S.
retailers are forecasting growth in holiday sales Bloomberg via Morning
Call / Greg Wiles
Canada:
Strong U.S. manufacturing clips high-flying loonie Toronto Star / Malcolm
Morrison
IL: City
looks at bond backing for Block 37 Chicago Sun Times / David Roper and
Fran Spielman
CA:
State treasurer calls for CalPERS, CalSTRS to drop Putnam Investments AP
via San Diego Union Tribune
Brown
attacks EU economic record FT / George Parker
NAFTA's shop-floor
impact Christian Science Monitor / Kris Axtman
Merger
math: 13 million missing? Charlotte Observer / Amber Veverka
Challenger
Job-Cut Report Econoday via Nasdaq
U.S.
Voters to Decide on Governors, Mayors and Bonds Bloomberg
Let's
Hear It for the Folks Who Are Working Bloomberg / Caroline Baum
MA:
Taxachusetts Robs Lawyers Who Helped It Rob the Tobacco Industry Newsmax
Frank
Quattrone to face retrial CBS.Market Watch via IWon / Luisa Beltran
US Treasuries
up as layoff data sows payroll doubt Reuters / Ros Krasny
Little
fear after fire San Diego Union Tribune / Emmet Pierce
71
American firms ignore Cuban embargo, flock to Havana for trade fair South
Florida Sun Sentinel / Vanessa Bauzá
MA:
Romney's budget honcho sees proof of Mass. economic woes Boston Herald /
Elisabeth J. Beardsley
Dollar
strong as short positions are unwound FT / Jennifer Hughes
Builders
construct tenacious lobby Seattle Post Intelligencer / Bill Virgin
Make
Baghdad Pay reg NY Times / Mark Medish
SEC
wades through a mutual-fund 'cesspool' USA Today / John Waggoner,
Christine Dugas and Thomas A. Fogarty
AZ:
Job growth likely soon Arizona Republic / Jonathan J. Higuera
Russia:
Deutsche Bank Buys UFG Stake Bloomberg and Moscow Times
Russian
oil giant Yukos puts American in charge Reuters via Houston Chronicle
How Recessions Become
Depressions Ludwig von Mises Institute / Sean Corrigan
U.S.
Treasuries Pare Losses, Cutting 10-Year Yield to 4.35% Bloomberg
Who
can we trust in times like these? Denver Post / Al Lewis
Bush
Knows How Election-Year Markets Can Fool You Bloomberg / Chet Currier
The
Ok Economy Financial Sense Online via Prudent Bear / Jim Puplava
Savings
Bond Interest Rates Cut reg LA Times / Tom
Petruno
Retirement
storm clouds CNN / Walter Updegrave
Former
Prudential Brokers Charged in Trading Probe Bloomberg
Japanese
Bonds Decline as Stock Rally Reduces Demand for Debt Bloomberg
Asian
Bonds Gain, Paced by Utilities as Economy Grows Bloomberg
BOJ
Should Stop Enabling Japan's Addictions Bloomberg / William Pesek Jr.
OPEC
reasserts grip on oil supplies as global demand rises International
Herald Tribune / Eric Pfanner
New
alliances alter balance of global trade NY Times via International Herald
Tribune / Larry Rohter
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11/05
AZ: Fox
pushes his agenda in Arizona Yuma Sun / Louie Villalobos
Money-Conscious
Voters Stick to Basics on Policy Questions Bond Buyer / Richard
Williamson
A
Tough Day for Bonds Bond Buyer / Elizabeth Varvlin
General
Motors to make, sell Cadillacs in China AP via Morning Call / Elaine
Kurtenbach
PA:
Loss of young college grads isn't a brain drain exactly Philadelphia
Inquirer / Andrew Cassel
WTO
expects world trade to rise by a disappointing 3 percent in 2003 AP via
San Diego Union Tribune / Naomi Koppel
France,
Russia told Saddam he could block US assault Guardian via Taipei Times
EU: Baltic states
say will be ready to join EU on Time AFP via EU Business
Charter
to sell 10-year notes to pay bank debt Seattle Post Intelligencer /
Jenniffer Itzenson and Terence Flanagan
OH:
October bankruptcies set record Toledo Blade / Gary T. Pakulski
TX: Shaky
Russian oil firm's new board has Texas ties Houston Chronicle / Rebecca
Santana
CA:
Treasurer Urges Upgrade for Grid reg
Bloomberg via LA Times
Canada:
CIBC caught in SEC's mutual fund crackdown National - Financial Post /
Keith Kalawsky
Feds
Charge Scrushy With Life Of Crime Forbes / Dan Ackman
What
will Greenspan say? Reuters via CNN
Illegally
in U.S., and Never a Day Off at Wal-Mart reg
NY Times / Steven Greenhouse
Snow
Says Economy Shows `Real Muscle,' May Add Jobs Bloomberg
Martha:
I'm No Enron Newsday / Patricia Hurtado
Financial
Education in a Dynamic Banking Environment Federal Deposit Insurance
Corp. / Donna Gambrell
Different
cities, different pay scales CNN / Leslie Haggin Geary
So much for
getting the message Forbes / Virginia Citrano
Interest
rate increase boosts Aussie FT / Neil Dennis
Brazil,
IMF to Agree on $14 Billion Loan Accord Bloomberg
Canada's
Dollar Holds Near Its Lowest Level in Almost a Month Bloomberg
NY:
Study: NJ Economy Gains at Expense of NYC, LI Newsday / Randi Marshall
How
Russian Oil Tycoon Courted Friends in U.S. reg
NY Times / Timothy L. O’Brien
Putin
denies Yukos license threat BBC News
Reed’s
rejig The Economist
King
May Be Bank of England's `Nasty' Governor Bloomberg / Matthew Lynn
Free
Trade Fall Washington Post / Steven Pearlstein
EU
slaps $200m tariff on US imports BBC News
Russian
companies rush to market BBC News
Existing
condo sales smash record Inman News
Refi share
of activity drops to 51% of total applications last week Inman News
CA:
Unhealthy trend? reg Orange County
Register / Nancy Luna
U.S.
corporate bond new issues Reuters via Yahoo
Desirable
Deficits National Review / Bruce Bartlett
Job
market may be slipping Dallas Morning News / Victor Godinez and Danielle
DiMartino
Eurozone
Unemployment Remains Steady AP via Aberdeen News
Treasury
has no plans to revive 30-year bond Reuters via Yahoo
Dollar
Reaches 5-Week High Versus Euro as Services Index Rises Bloomberg
The Case of the
Paparazzi Ludwig von Mises Institute / Erich Mattei
US to Sell
$57 Bln in Debt Refunding Reuters via ABC News
Russia
threatens to strip oil giant of licenses AP via Toronto Star / Vladimer
Isachenkov
Bankers expect bigger
bonuses Reuters via MSNBC
NYSE
names candidates for new board FT / Phil Davis
October’s Job Cuts Soar 125%
NY Post Paul Tharp
U.S.
September Factory Orders Rise 0.5%; Ex-Trans. Rise 0.6% Bloomberg
U.S.
October ISM Service Economy Index Rises to 64.7 vs 63.3 Bloomberg
Two
Different Worlds (We live in...) Pimco / Bill Gross
University
of Virginia Loves Hedge Funds, More May Bloomberg / Joe Mysak
Aussie
driven higher by RBA interest rate rise FT / Neil Dennis
Hungary: Central
Bank wins bond-trading rights Bloomberg via Budapest Business Journal
Market
drives workers to self-employment Knight Ridder via Tallahassee Democrat
/ Victor Godinez
KS:
Workers object to costly insurance Wichita Eagle / Phyllis Jacobs
Griekspoor
Russia:
Battle for Russian Gold Draws Western Miners Reuters via Moscow Times /
Maria Golovnina
France
Agrees to Try Harder; Europe Delays Deficit Vote reg
NY Times / Paul Meller
Snow
denies weak-dollar policy Japan Times
Report
Sees Vast Needs for Energy Capital reg NY
Times / Jeff Gerth
Tyco,
the Conglomerate, Now Suggests That Less Is More reg
NY Times / Barnaby J. Feder
Bush
under pressure to intervene over Yukos FT / Guy Dinmore
EU
talks tough in U.S. trade spat International Herald Tribune / Brian
Knowlton
Bigger
paydays for many traders International Herald Tribune / Eric Pfanner
Russia:
IEA: Russia Must Invest $1 Trillion In Energy Reuters via Moscow Times
OPEC
Rejects Moscow Call for Output Hike Reuters via Moscow Times
Investors
deterred by tax debate in Germany Bloomberg via International Herald
Tribune
Australian
Central Bank Raises Rates Qtr Point to 5% Bloomberg
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11/06
Nobody
sues in a bull market National – Financial Post / Jonathan Chevreau
Angelides:
Deficit Bonds A Bad Idea California Treasurer Warns Gov.-Elect Bond Buyer
/ Rich Saskal
Is the Bear in
Long-Term Hibernation? Clif Droke Market Analysis via Safehaven / Clif Droke
The
Jobless Recovery Federal Reserve Board / Ben S. Bernanke
Remarks
by Chairman Alan Greenspan Federal Reserve Board / Alan Greenspan
Fed's
Guynn sees balanced growth CBS Market Watch / Rex Nutting
Analysis:
It's embezzlement, stupid! United Press International / Martin Hutchinson
Fund
investors to hear of possible refunds soon Reuters via USA Today
When
part-timers seek full-time work MSNBC / Martin Wolk
The
New Inflation Hedges Forbes via Yahoo / Ari Weinberg
Putin's
summit disappointment United Press International / Roland Flamini
Calif.
treasurer fears losing debt market access Reuters via Yahoo / Michael
Kahn
Fewer Californians can
afford homes Inman News
Rethinking
Milton Friedman reg NY Times / Virginia
Postrel
Greenspan
Hints Era of Very Low Rates May Be Nearing End reg
NY Times / Edmund Andrews
Stores
Follow Wal-Mart's Lead in Labor Washington Post / Greg Schneider and Dina
ElBoghdady
WA:
King County home-sale closes climb 50 percent in October Seattle Times /
Kristina Shevory
Greenspan
Backs a Eurex Invasion Business Week via Yahoo / Joseph Weber
Power
of Organized Labor in L.A. Rests in Sacramento, Not in Disrupted Consumers
reg LA Times / Michael Hiltzik
Greed,
rigging ruin investors' last stronghold Arizona Republic / Jon Talton
CO:
Colorado's service sector still shrinking Rocky Mountain News / Allison
Linn
A
flood of red ink The Economist
Playing
different games The Economist
UK:
Catching the euro forgers BBC News / Shirin Wheeler
UK:
How far will interest rates have to rise? BBC News / Steve Schifferes
Canada:
Home sales hit — what else? — a record Toronto Star / Tony Wong
Australia,
U.K. First In (First Out?) on Rates Bloomberg / Caroline Baum
UK:
The interest rate squeeze starts The Economist
A nation
apart The Economist
Stupid
index tricks CNN / Paul R. La Monica
Mess
at Strong Makes Reform of Fund Boards a Must Bloomberg / Chet Currier
IN: Economist
says jobs to return to state Indianapolis Star / Norm Heikens
U.S.
corporate bond new issues Reuters via Yahoo
Abernathy
Says Fannie, Freddie Mac Can't `Melt Down' Bloomberg
Lenders
scramble for home-buying borrowers Inman News
Fannie Mae's
$4 million man Inman News
Wall
Street still looking for diversity CBS Market Watch / David Weidner
Creative
destruction CNN / Justin Lahart
A
Payoff For Putin Washington Post / Jim Hoagland
White
House official-Fannie, Freddie subsidy risky Reuters via Yahoo
New NYSE Plan “Not Enough”:
Critics NY Post / Jenny Anderson
NY: Grim News: NYC Loses
47,000 Jobs NY Post / Paul Tharp
Fed chief
nixes targets on his watch Chicago Sun Times / Robert Novak
US
Treasury to sell $32 bln bills Monday Reuters via Yahoo
German
Unemployment Falls, Factory Orders Rise Bloomberg
Russia:
Nevzlin Wins Israeli Citizenship Moscow Times / Caroline McGregor
The U.S.
Dollar and the Trade Deficit: What Accounts for the Late 1990s? IMF /
Benjamin Hunt and Alessandro Rebucci
UK:
Reuters 'sorry' for cribbing figures reg
UK Telegraph / David Litterick
Dollar
jumps to one-month high as jobless fall FT / Jennifer Hughes
Production
work boosts economy Seattle Post Intelligencer / Paul Nyhan
Is The US Economy
Overheating? Prudent Bear via Safehaven
/ Chad Hudson
Retailers'
nightmare before Christmas CNN / Parija Bhatnagar
Where
Credit Is Due CFO.com / Ronald Fink
Treasuries
Soothed by Patient Greenspan Reuters via ABC News / Wayne Cole
Rising
to the Occasion National Review / Larry Kudlow
Greenspan
Says Odds `Increasingly Favor' Job Creation Bloomberg
Deficit
Won't Require Sale of New Bonds Washington Post / John Berry
In Monetary Affairs,
Crisis Follows Crisis Ludwig von Mises Institute / Christopher Mayer
Asia's
Fear: China's Undercooking Its Books Bloomberg / William Pesek, Jr.
A
message from England CNN / Justin Lahart
NY:
Hamptons: High-End Market Lagging Newsday / Christian Murray
TX:
Apartment rents, occupancy drop Dallas Fort Worth Star Telegram / Andrea
Jones
Greenspan
welcomes exchange competition FT / Jeremy Grant
Japan:
Monetary base up 20.6% in October Japan Times
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|
11/07
N.Y.
Tobacco on Deck Bond Buyer / Martin Braun
Economic uptick not a 'job
miracle' Inman News / Lou Barnes
Canada:
Retail, housing on tap Globe and Mail / Terry Webber
Argentina
Sued for $172 Mln by NML Over Bond Default Bloomberg
The Evolution to an
All-encompassing Credit Bubble Prudent
Bear via Safehaven / Doug Noland
Russia's
Big Oil dripping red, white and blue Houston Chronicle / Rebecca Santana
Donaldson,
Reed Deliver The Bad News Forbes / Ari Weinberg
'Buy
America' provision is dropped from US bill FT / Marianne Brun-Rovet
Lop
party politics from economic recovery Philadelphia Inquirer / Andrew
Cassel
NC:
Self-employment rises as job market struggles reg
Charlotte Observer / Charles Lunan
German
government reforms vetoed BBC News
Russia
fears $13bn capital flight after Yukos FT / Arkady Ostrovsky
Buffett's
Berkshire Third-Quarter Profit Rises 58% Bloomberg
Consumer
debt jumps in September AP via USA Today
Japan's
big day CNN / Justin Lahart
Greenspan's
`Bet' on Jobs Pays Off at the Track Bloomberg / Caroline Baum
New
tax-free savings accounts are the next Bush push National Review / John
Hood
House-hunting on $1 million
budget CNBC via MSNBC
A
bold vision for the Middle East The Economist
Bond
yields hit 7-month highs CNN
Funded systems
better for economy - Deutsche Investment and Pensions Europe
Not Enough
Tradesmen After Calif. Fire AP via ABC News
M3 Growth and Stocks
Zeal via Safehaven / Adam Hamilton
U.S.
Underwriting Remains Above $2 Trillion, Says SIA Institutional Investor
Dollar
jumps as data boost jobs sentiment FT / Jennifer Hughes
Overnight interest rates
up, benchmark bond up Inman News
New
White House Fire for Fannie, Freddie Washington Post / David S.
Hilzenrath
For Crying Out Loud NY
Post / Paul Tharp
Now Humbled, Wall Street
Gives Trust a Chance NY Post / Jenny Anderson
FICC
May Move To 15-Minute Price Format Institutional Investor / Matt
Strickberger
Taiwan:
Capital flows `need watching' Taipei Times / Joyce Huang
Picking
economy up and running with it Knight Ridder via Miami Herald / Ken
Moritsugu
State
Treasurers Will Flex Muscle at Waldorf Summit Bloomberg / Joe Mysak
The Abstinence Theory
of Interest Ludwig von Mises Institute / Robert Murphy
Treasury
2-Yr Yield Reaches Highest Since December as Jobs Rise Bloomberg
Freddie,
Fannie pose big risk, says Bush economist Bloomberg via Omaha World
Herald
Borrowing
From The House Dallas Fort Worth Star Telegram / Teresa McUsic
Brazil
Scores Again With $14 Billion From the IMF Bloomberg / David DeRosa
Treasuries
May Fall After Jobless Claims Drop Near 3-Year Low Bloomberg
More
signs of a global rebound International Herald Tribune / Eric Pfanner
Grasso
feared losing windfall, directors say NY Times via International Herald
Tribune / Landon Thomas, Jr.
|
11/08
Bush
owes Keynes a vote of thanks Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Avrum D.
Lank
China:
Foreign trade volume likely to hit $800 bln in 2003 Peoples Daily
25% of brokers break law: SEC
NY Post / Jenny Anderson
The
FDA criticizes Illinois governor's plan to get state's drugs from Canada
AP via St Louis Post Dispatch
MN:
Mortgage industry jobs slip away Minnesota Star Tribune / Jim
Buchta
Country
relies too much on regressive payroll tax Chicago Sun Times / Robert
Walker
Energy
Suppliers Bracing for Volatile U.S. Winter Reuters via Fox News
Miraculous Growth of
Money Safehaven / Hans F. Sennholz
The Steroid Economy
Thoughts From The Frontline via Safehaven
/ John Mauldin
Putnam
clients pull $9.7 billion Bloomberg via Miami Herald / Tim Quinson
U.S.
Treasury's Snow sees more job growth ahead Reuters via Yahoo
CA:
Grocers, union agree to meet San Diego Union Tribune / Frank Green
Japan:
Economic assessment raised on business confidence boom Japan Times
Canada:
A job report only a bureaucrat can love National – Financial Post /
Jacqueline Thorpe
Knowledge
of wrongs was rampant AP via Seattle Times / Rachel Beck
Hard
to please CNN / Justin Lahart
CO:
Bankruptcy filings hit record for year Denver Post
Dollar
Has Second Weekly Advance Against Euro on Growth Signs Bloomberg
At
Last, 'Good News' On Jobs, Economy Newsday / James Toedtman and Randi
Marshall
CA:
U.S. jobs picture brightens Sacramento Bee / Dale Kasler
|
11/09
WI:
Long Term Joblessness Persists Green Bay Press Gazette / Brian Tumulty
Bond
bear market as economy picks up FT / Jenny Wiggins
KS:
Hopeful for holidays Retailers aren't sure if national economic gains will
help holiday sales locally Wichita Eagle / Dan Voorhis
Wal-Mart's
rewriting the rules and dominating the world's supply chain San Antonio
Express Courier / Melissa Monroe
Japan: Ruling
coalition retains power United Press International / Hiroshi Yamazaki
CA:
Out of the ashes LA Daily News / Barbara Correa
PA:
How to spark the economy, Mr. Mayor Philadelphia Inquirer / Don Steinberg
Gold
remains a precious, precarious investment Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via
Dallas Fort Worth Star Telegram / Paul Gores
Bumper
crop of oranges, but who will eat them? Dallas Fort Worth Star Telegram /
Patti Bond
Guard
Dogs Without Teeth reg NY Times / Patrick
McGeehan
Where
there's hope, there's a caution flag for investors Baltimore Sun / Jay
Hancock
Preview:
A bumpy road to global recovery FT / Chris Flood
States'
Tobacco Settlement Has Failed to Clear the Air reg
LA Times / Myron Levin
A
Strikingly Different Future for Grocers reg
LA Times / James Flanigan
Free
trade pact talks 'useful' BBC News
Deficit
Cures May Crimp Your Own Budget Wall Street Journal via LA Daily News /
Greg Ip
Are You an Austrian? Ludwig
Von Mises Institute via Lew Rockwell
Capitalizing
On Christmas Washington Post / Peter S. Goodman
Don't
Panic, But Start Selling Washington Post / James Glassman
Financial
World's Scandals Keep Spreading Washington Post
Give 'Em The Customer
Treatment Financial Methods / Michael Cale
CEOs
Are Ridiculed for Huge Salaries: Why Aren't Athletes and Entertainers?
Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania
UK:
Brown raises stakes in long game Guardian – Observer / William Keegan
UK:
Housing: still a dead cert? Guardian – Observer / Faisal Islam
UK:
A director at 30? The right father helps Guardian – Observer
Two-timed
by the fund industry, will investors learn to love again? Minnesota Star
Tribune / Ross Levin
Cheap
Seats at Broad and Wall reg NY Times /
Floyd Norris
Despite
Jobs Spurt, Executives Remain Cautious reg
NY Times / Edmund Andrews
Terrorism's
Cost in a Global Economy reg NY Times /
Alan Cowell
Russia's
Oil Industry, Caught in a Tug of War reg
NY Times / Conrad De Aennle
Greenspan
challenged politicos to ease the worries of boomers Pittsburgh Tribune
Review / Gregory Drahuschak
Lula
renews call for fairer trade BBC News
California
on the eve of the new Arnold era Pittsburgh Tribune Review /
Jack Markowitz
Is
golden moment coming? reg Dallas Morning
News / Scott Burns
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11/10
Are
They All Crooked? Time / Jyoti Thottam
Rising
inside sales a gloomy cloud Globe and Mail / Mathew Ingram
Your
home: Worst-case scenario CNN / Sarah Max
The
Crisis Facing Defined Benefit Pension Plans Pimco / James F. Moore, PhD
Caught
in the pull of globalization Mercury News via Siliconvalley.com / Aaron
Davis and Margaret Steen
Freelancing
may be replacing the traditional lifetime job Dallas Morning News via St.
Louis Post Dispatch / Victor Godinez
MN:
Why do so many cities want a multi-billion-dollar industry to disappear?
Minnesota Star Tribune / Scott Lambert and Alyssa Schlander
MN:
Vacancy rates climbing in downtown Minneapolis office market Minnesota
Star Tribune / Terry Fiedler
CA:
On Rodeo Drive, Rents Jump 20% as Leases Pick Up LA Times / Roger Vincent
Flat-Tax
Comeback National Review / Bruce Bartlett
Government
civil fraud recoveries reach $2.1 billion in fiscal 2003 San Diego Union
Tribune / Curt Anderson
The
Dissonance of “Harmony” National Review / Larry Kudlow
Tech
Bubble II? National Review / James Glassman
Citigroup
Cuts Lending to Brazil for Sixth Quarter Bloomberg
Euro
forgeries soar BBC News / Shirin Wheeler
UK
house price growth 'slowing' BBC News
U.S.
Says $700M of Online Bonds Opened AP via Washington Post / Jeannine
Aversa
Bank
of England May Raise Interest Rates Again in First Quarter Bloomberg
EU
hit list: From yachts to squeegees FT
Bush
foreign policy 'is creating risks for US companies' FT / Stephen Fidler
and Mark Huband
US
Treasury holdings top $1,000bn FT / Päivi Munter and Henny Wiggins
Outsourcing
is ... IN Boston Globe via Dallas Fort Worth Star Telegram / Chris
Gaither
More
retirees still paying mortgages USA Today / Thomas Fogerty
Revision:
Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization Federal Reserve
Consumers
pack it on CNN
Florida
growers wary of Brazil's thriving citrus industry South Florida Sun
Sentinel / Doreen Hemlock
Argentina
in a War of Words With Creditors FT via La Times / Alan Beattie and Adam
Thomson
Brazil
Sees Rise in Illegal Mining for Gold in Rivers FT via La Times / Raymond
Colitt
EU,
Japan Get WTO Clearance to Sanction U.S. on Steel Bloomberg
Small
U.S. companies look to penetrate Cuban market reg
Reuters via Chicago Tribune / Anthony Boadle
CA:
State of debt San Francisco Chronicle
States
Pay for Jobs, but It Doesn't Always Pay Off reg
NY Times / Louis Uchitelle
G-10
Central Bankers `More Convinced' About Recovery Bloomberg
Canadian
Dollar Rises on Speculation Target Rate Won't Be Cut Bloomberg
Germany’s lower
house passes hedge fund law Investment and Pensions Europe
Australia's
Economy Makes Dollars and Sense Bloomberg / William Pesek, Jr.
As the U.S. Goes, So
Goes Britain Ludwig von Mises Institute / Grant M. Nülle
U.S. Treasury
names new chief of staff Reuters via Yahoo
Hedge Fund Field Day NY
Post / Christopher Brown
Investors
whisper about skimming on Wall Street Knight Ridder via Detroit Free
Press / Harriet Johnson Brackey
US job picture
brightens, but it's not likely to boom Christian Science Monitor / David
R. Francis
With
Cash Tight, States Reassess Long Jail Terms NY Times via IWon / Fox
Butterfield
WTO
appeals panel confirms U.S. steel duties are illegal AP via Dallas Fort
Worth Star Telegram / Naomi Koppel
Corporate/Agency
Bonds Community Events Calendar Reuters via Yahoo
UK: Bradford &
Bingley reduces bond Issue Evening Standard via This Is Money
Market Commentary
Prospector Asset Management via Safehaven
/ Leonard Kaplan
U.S.
Treasuries May Fall for Third Week on Jobs Gains, Supply Bloomberg
Purcell,
Paulson, O'Neal Woo China in Search for Banking Fees Bloomberg
U.S. Cries
Foul Over Latest Ban on Poultry Reuters via Moscow Times
Retail
Sales Slowed in October: U.S. Economy Preview Bloomberg
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11/11
A
political miscalculation stamped in steel at White House USA Today /
Walter Shapiro
WI:
Home-buying market still on fire Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Michele
Derus
Ineffective
Steel Tariffs Now Illegal, Too Forbes / Dan Ackman
Schwarzenegger
mulls record bond issue for Calif. Reuters / Michael Kahn
Cold
steel The Economist
Will
B Of A Bomb The Bond Market? Corporate Financing Week via Institutional
Investor
Edison
Plans Bond Deal To Refinance Loans Loan Market Week via Institutional
Investor / Peter Thompson & M.J.S.
Nuns
want change in Cisco pay San Francisco Chronicle / David R. Baker
MSRB
Focus This Week Is Real Time Bond Buyer / Lynn Hume
High density
best for population growth Inman News
A
tale of two Citis The Economist
Where's
the Outrage? Washington Post / Allan Sloan
U.S.'s Snow says
steel issue in White House hands Reuters via Yahoo / Glen Somerville
Fannie
aims to tap Asian private wealth FT / Francesco Guerrera
A Couple’s $80,000 Lesson In
Dealing With Wall Street NY Post / John Crudele
China
Trade Policy's Ripple Effect Washington Post / Peter S. Goodman
Jobs
boom unlikely until 2008 United Press International via Washington Times
US
goods set to double in price as Europe plans huge trade war UK
Independent via Prudent Bear /
Stephen Castle
CA:
State Awaits Fate of Steel Tariff LA Times / Marla Dickerson
TX: Poor
credit can still raise insurance rates -- for now Houston Chronicle /
Clay Robinson
EU: Brussels
unveils transport investment spree AFP via EU Business
NYSE
chief wants compensation 'superfund' FT / Andrei Postelnicu, Lionel
Barber and Vincent Boland
China's
fast-paced consumption to cause equity shift Houston Chronicle Scott
Burns
US
considers severe new steel penalties FT / Edward Alden
Is
6% as good as it gets? CNN / Mark Gongloff
UK
trade deficit widens sharply BBC News
New
Zealand enjoys a booming economy Universal Press International via
Washington Times
How
not to fix it National – Financial Post / Terence Corcoran
$7
trillion industry built on investors' pooling money Philadelphia Inquirer
/ Jeff Brown
How
watchdogs on boards may have divided loyalties Philadelphia Inquirer /
Jeff Brown
Is
there a jobless recovery? BBC News / Stephen Evans
WA: Taxes
will top 2004 election menu Seattle Post Intelligencer / Bill Virgin
You can't phone 'em,
so go out to see 'em AP via Clarion Ledger
Putnam
lost $14B in two weeks: Customers withdraw amid scandal Boston Globe /
Jon Chesto
Some
say stale pricing the real issue in mutual fund world AP via Pittsburgh
Tribune Review
Strong may face criminal
charges AP via CNBC / MSNBC
Some
experts skeptical about US economic rebound despite solid data AFP via
Yahoo and Prudent Bear
Chicago
Merc adds independent board CBS Market Watch / Steve Gelsi
Misery
loves company CBS Market Watch / Dr. Irwin Kellner
Dollar,
growth bets likely losers in any trade war Reuters via Forbes / Burton
Frierson
Is
Putin self-destructing? Taipei Times / Anders Aslund
Why
Scandalized Fund Investors Haven't Bolted Yet Bloomberg / Chet
Currier
Consumer Sovereignty:
What Mises Meant Ludwig von Mises Institute / Robert Murphy
Chinese
Face Trial in U.S. for Economic Espionage Newsmax
A
shortened boom? CNN / Justin Lahart
Yen
lower after BoJ suspected of intervention FT / Neil Dennis
CA:
Massive Loan for State Weighed LA Times via Stateline.org / Evan Halper
and Jeffrey L. Rabin
Canadian
dollar inches lower, bond markets closed Reuters via Yahoo
NY:
Study Says Local Tax Bite Is Deepest in New York NY Times via Stateline.org / Al Baker
IN:
Predictions for holidays run gamut Indianapolis Star / Dana Knight
National
Australia 2nd-Half Net Rose 87% to A$2.1 Bln Bloomberg
As
its factories pick up speed, China aids a global recovery International
Herald Tribune / Thomas Crampton
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11/12
Congress to
give $1.2 billion to Amtrak Reuters via Yahoo
EU To
Microsoft: This Time We Really Mean It Forbes / Dan Ackman
Workforce housing shortage
grows Inman News
Crude oil
rises 18 cents to $31.33 a barrel Reuters via Houston Chronicle
Canadian
Dollar Reaches 10-Year High as Traders See No Rate Cut Bloomberg
US SWAPS-New
corporate issues drag spreads tighter Reuters via Yahoo
Trade offers
promise, pain Washington Business Journal
Fed will raise rates ...
but when? CNBC - MSNBC / Martin Wolk
Agricultural
giant key to trade talks AP via Seattle Times / Alan Clendenning
Gold
Soars to Seven-And-A-Half Year High Reuters via Prudent Bear / Alden Bentley
The
Bank of New York Ranked Top Debt Trustee for the First Nine Months of 2003
Business Wire via Stockhouse
FL:
Miami-Dade Likely to Suspend Chapman Co. Over Indictments Bond Buyer /
Shelly Sigo
FL:
Miami business owners prep for trade meeting Miami Herald / Dale K.
DuPont
WA:
Money for job retraining in short supply in state Seattle Times /
Shirleen Holt
Time
Warner Directors Make Large Stock Sales Washington Post / David A. Vise
Retailers
approaching holiday as though walking on eggs Morning Call / Andrea K.
Walker
Credit Suisse
opens Moscow office Investment and Pensions Europe
European pension
funds stick with alternatives Investment and Pensions Europe
Some
government bonds pegged to inflation rate Akron Beacon Journnal
Loonie
rises above 77-cent mark CP via Toronto Star / Malcolm Morrison
How
Martin could defuse looming trade wars Toronto Star / David Crane
Ford
outlook saves day for bonds FT / Adrienne Roberts and Jeremy Grant
USDA:
U.S. Soybean Prices to Rise Thanks to Shrinking Supply Reuters via Fox
News
Bullish
euro challenges dollar as zloty rallies FT / Neil Dennis and Ivar
Simensen
The
Euro's Run May Be Curbed by U.S. Growth Surge Bloomberg / Matthew Lynn
Economy
may sway '04 race Gannett News Service via Arizona Republic / Mike Madden
Mexico
Peso Falls on Industrial Output Drop Bloomberg
Japanese
overcome fear of overseas equity FT / David Ibison and Barney Jopson
Treasury
secretary thinks recovery may stick around this time Arizona Republic /
Russ Wiles
Goldman's
Youngdahl Pleads Guilty to Giving Firm Tips in Bond-Trading Case
Bloomberg
UK:
What the rate rise means to you reg Money
Telegraph / James Daley and Paul Farrow
See
no evil Boston Globe / Steve Bailey
Supposedly
Broke State and Local Governments Keep Padding Their Payrolls Newsmax
Economic
rebound leaves CFOs unimpressed United Press International via Washington
Times
Bush
will pay for this mess that he made Philadelphia Inquirer / Andrew Cassel
Problems
not new in tariff decisions Philadelphia Inquirer / Harold Brubaker
States
getting budgets under control USA Today via Stateline.org / Dennis Cauchon
US Treasury's
Snow says time running out on GSE bill Reuters
Ex-Economist
at Goldman Pleads Guilty to Insider Trading reg
NY Times / Jonathan Fuerbringer
Even
as Inflation Fears Rise, Rates Remain Oddly Stable reg NY Times / Jonathan Fuerbringer
Bank
Checking Fees on The Rise Newsday / Tania Padgett
Americans
Still See Big Opportunities in Russia reg
LA Times / James Flanigan
U.S.
Automakers to Export Cars to China AP via Baltimore Sun / John Porretto
US Treasuries
rise as market welcomes fresh supply Reuters / Pedro Nicolaci da Costa
States,
Hooked on Smokes, Revive Tobacco Bond Market Bloomberg / Joe Mysak
Economics and
Propaganda Ludwig von Mises Institute / Morgan Reynolds
Euro
Gains as Economic Reports Point to a Rebounding Economy Bloomberg
Go long silver, short
Fed arrogance – Grant Mineweb via Lew
Rockwell / Tim Wood
Blue
Christmas? CNN / Justin Lahart
Government
Outgrows Cap Set by President Washington Post via Prudent Bear / Jonathan Weisman
Anti-Smoking
Programs Underfunded, Group Says Reuters via Yahoo
Treasury
secretary notes improvement in business prospects, says more work needed
AP via Minnesota Star Tribune
Is a New Gold
Standard the Answer? Euro vs. Dollar Currency War Monitor via Safehaven / Alex Wallenwein
Taiwan:
WTO did not help cross-strait trade: report Taipei Times / Jessie Ho
Property
boom highlights Kabul's wealth gap AFP via Taipei Times
Commerzbank
Plans EU2 Bln Writedown, Seeks Capital, People Say Bloomberg
Life
after Yukos International Herald Tribune / Barbara Wall
Russia:
Costs of Trading Stocks, Bonds to Be Slashed Moscow Times
Russia:
Customs Can't Touch Your $10,000 Moscow Times / Ben Hooson
Japanese
Bonds Advance on Prospects Economic Growth to Slow Bloomberg
Japan's
Election Good for Bonds, Not Stocks Bloomberg / William Pesek, Jr.
Dollar
slips vs. euro but rises against yen Bloomberg via International
Herald Tribune
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11/13
Revenge
of Wal-Mart 9 San Francisco Chronicle / Debra Saunders
Wal-Mart short on holiday
cheer MSNBC / John W. Schoen
CO:
Consumers checking selves out more often Denver Post / Kelly Pate Dwyer
IA:
U.S. reaps a record corn crop Des Moines Register / Anne Fitzgerald
CA:
Arnold’s First Bond Sale Bond Buyer / Rochelle Williams
Huge
Korean strike idles Hyundai assembly lines AP via Toronto Star
Canada:
Merchandise trade surplus hits $5.6B CP via Toronto Star
Snow
says administration will push to simply complex retirement savings rules
AP via San Diego Union Tribune / Martin Crutsinger
Existing-home sales
shatter record Inman News
Berkshire
sells shares in Level 3 Omaha World Herald / Grace Shim
Venezuela
Probes Effort to Sell Bogus Bonds Bloomberg
Goldman
Merges Credit Derivatives, Bonds, Converts Trading In U.S. Derivatives
Week via Institutional Investor / Karen Brettell
GOP
Vows Another Overnight Senate Session AP via Cincinnati Enquirer / Jim
Abrams
Gold
jumps to 7-year high on safe-haven buying FT / Kevin Morrison
Gold - The Weekly
Perspective Gold-Authentic Money via Safehaven
/ Julian D. W. Phillips
Crude
rises 57 cents to $31.90 a barrel Reuters via Houston Chronicle
For
Many Firms, Jobless Recovery Is a Good Thing reg
LA Times / David Streitfeld
IL:
Home sales are headed for records reg
Chicago Tribune / John Handley
It's
time to clean up Boston Globe / Steven Syre
Why
Jobs Were So Late reg NY Times / Alan B.
Krueger
Pension funds
eyeing gold funds, says MLIM Investment & Pensions Europe
Seven Balkan
states sign deal to set up free trade area EU Business
Europe debates the
future of the countryside as farming declines AFP and EU Business
US Treasuries
jump as foreign banks busy at auction Reuters / Ros Krasny
Unemployment hits two-year high
in South Korea Bloomberg via International Herald Tribune
God,
man and growth The Economist
The
Wal-Mart effect CNN / Mark Gongloff
The
one-handed economist The Economist
Fanning
the flames of liberty The Economist
30-year
mortgage rates top 6% Reuters via USA Today
NY:
City Bank's Mortgage Woes Worry Bidders Newsday / Tania Padgett
Tech
workers angry as jobs go overseas San Jose Mercury News and Dallas Fort
Worth Star Telegram / Aaron Davis and Margaret Steen
US Corp
Bonds-Autos still rallying after Ford news Reuters / Richard Bravo
Political
and economic stability The Economist
Ex-Goldman
VP: I’m Guilty Newsday / Patricia Hurtado
The Cost of Auto
Incentives Prudent Bear via Safehaven
/ Chad Hudson
Economic
report finds Valley residents split on wanderlust LA Daily News / Gregory
J. Wilcox
Bush
Says `Reviewing' Whether to Remove Steel Tariffs Bloomberg
MA:
Trades in state pension probed Boston Herald / Jon Chesto
MA:
Mass. must borrow $400M for jobless Boston Herald / Jay Fitzgerald
IMF
admits mistakes in handling Asian crisis AFP via Business Day / Samantha
Brown
Tobacco
money use criticized Louisville Courier Journal / James R. Carroll
Mortgage purchases subside
Inman News
Overnight
interest rates mixed, benchmark bond down Inman News
Borrowing
Big Time CFO.com . Tim Reason
Fed's
Poole Says Low Rates May `Extend Beyond March' Bloomberg
Do
Asset Prices Belong in Central Banker Toolkit? Bloomberg / Caroline Baum
Home
prices post record gains CNN / Sarah Max
The
Proposed U.S. Approach to Regulatory Capital Federal Reserve / Roger W.
Ferguson, Jr.
Discovering Mises: A
Turning Point Ludwig von Mises Institute
Rose-colored
glasses CNN / Justin Lahart
China
Posts Record Trade Surplus; Inflation Picks Up Bloomberg
Yen
Gains on Expectations Economy Grew for Seventh Quarter Bloomberg
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11/14
Peru
Sells $500 Mln of 30-Year Bonds to Fund 2004 Gap Bloomberg
While
Flawed, Specialist System Fills a Niche Washington Post / Steven
Pearlstein
Most
people won't read this National – Financial Post / Jonathan Chevreau
Wal-Mart
spreads retail uncheer National – Financial Post / William Hanley
Perspectives
on the Jobless Recovery Federal Reserve Board / Anthony M. Santomero
Is U.S. tech
self-destructing? United Press International / Martin Hutchinson
Korea:
Banks Still Financially Fragile South Korea Times / Kim Jae-kyoung
Koz’s 'Type' of Girl
NY Post / Laura Italiano
Five
pension 'myths' National - Financial Post / Moshe A. Milevsky and Mike
Orszag
Personal
Bankruptcies Jump 7.8 Percent AP via Newsday / Marcy Gordon
CO:
Colo. bankruptcy filings up 24% AP via Denver Post / Jon Sarche
KS:
Economy sends home foreclosures soaring in Wichita reg AP via Kansa City Star via Prudent Bear / Roxana Hegeman
FL:
Low interest rates still lifting Florida home market South Florida Sun
Sentinel / Rafael Gerena-Morales
Higher
Oil Demand Forecast reg AP via Hartford
Courant / Bruce Stanley
Enron:
Bankruptcy May End Up Costing $1B AP via Fox News
Wall Mart slump dents
recovery NY Post / Suzanne Kapner
The
cool-down lap CNN / Mark Gongloff
No
need for early rates rise, says Fed official FT / Alan Beattie and
Christopher Swann
Moody's cuts
Michigan bond ratings to Aa1 from Aaa Reuters
Bonds
Rally on Good Auction Results AP via Miami Herald
AL:
Jury Hands $11.9B Judgment Against Exxon AP via The State / Phillip Rawls
Tax refunds
expected to jump 27% USA Today via Newsmax
/ Barbara Hagenbaugh
Donaldson
facing internal and external challenges at SEC Reuters via Philadelphia Inquirer
/ Kevin Drawbaugh
Heed
investors on tycoon's arrest, Russia urged Boston Globe / Anne Barnard
Prime
minister tries to rein in Yukos probe FT / Andrew Jack
Speech
by Governor Gramlich on preserving and improving affordable housing
Federal Reserve / Edward M. Gramlich
Ben
S. Bernanke takes oath of office Federal Reserve
Canada:
Exporters coping with high dollar Toronto Star / Steven Theobald
Personal
Bankruptcy Filings Increase AP via Morning Call
No
inflation? CNN / Justin Lahart
Casting A
Cold Eye On China's GDP Numbers Forbes / Richard Morais
Metro areas post
home-price gains Inman News
Gold’s Dust vs. Dusty
Gold Gary North's newsletter via Lew Rockwell / Gary North
Knut
Knows Interest Rates National Review / Larry Kudlow
Michigan
sentiment index jumps CNN
Bubble,
what bubble? Charlotte Business Journal via Washington Business Journal /
Jon Abbett
A Dirty
Way To Come Clean Forbes / Dan Ackman
Municipal
Bond Outlook for 2004 Is Anxious and Grim Bloomberg / Joe Mysak
Gloomsters,
Ship Sinking, Hold on for Dear Life Bloomberg / Caroline Baum
Slower
car sales weigh on US economy FT / Christopher Swan
The Problem of
Corporate Greed Ludwig von Mises Institute / Brad Edmonds
US muni bond
funds see $198 mln outflows in week Reuters
Treasuries
tripped up by price data, Fed caution Reuters
Fed
hints rates to stay low CNN
Industrial
Production and Capacity Utilization Federal Reserve
Dollar
Heads for Biggest Weekly Loss Against Euro in Six Months Bloomberg
U.S.
Notes Have Weekly Gain; Fed Speakers May Ease Rate Concern Bloomberg
Manager
Prospered as Investors Suffered reg NY
Times / Floyd Norris
S.
Korea, on the Cusp of Strife and Fortune Bloomberg / William Pesek, Jr.
Russia:
The Buzz Is About Yukos in Boston Moscow Times / Simon Saradzhyan
Russia:
Putin Calms IMF as Prosecutors Turn Up Heat Moscow Times / Valeria
Korchagina
Japan:
Corporate pension plans on the verge of collapse Japan Times
Trade-deficit fears weigh on
the dollar Bloomberg via International Herald Tribune
Bush
adviser says U.S. may face bigger trade deficits International Herald
Tribune / Liz Alderman
Russia:
Pipeline to China, S. Korea Approved Moscow Times
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11/15
Job-loss
fears lingering Scripps Howard via Rocky Mountain News / Thomas Hargrove
and Guido Stempel Iii
Soros
and Khodorkovsky Pittsburgh Tribune Review
Whose Gonna Say
Uncle??? Market Letters Digest - Treasure Chests via Safehaven / David
Petch
Canada:
Look west for Canada's next finance minister National – Financial Post /
Jacqueline Thorpe
China
to succeed in cooling down heated economy: analysts Peoples Daily
Chinese
young account for 30 percent of unemployed Peoples Daily
$20B
in energy tax breaks Reuters via CNN
Financial
experts are wondering what Strong's survival strategies will be Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel / Kathleen Gallagher
Trade
zone issues remain Washington Times / Jeffrey Sparshott
TX:
Consumers may see higher beef prices Dallas Fort Worth Star Telegram /
Barry Shlachter
TN:
Corporate greed cause of job loss, worker says Knoxville News-Sentinel /
Rebecca Ferrar
'Job-loss'
recovery turning Morning Call / Gregory Karp
Russian
Government Will Not Take Over Economy, Putin Says reg LA Times / Kim Murphy
Freddie
Mac Narrows List For New Chief reg NY
Times / Jonathan D. Glater and Elizabeth Becker
Modest
Goals for Meeting on Free Trade reg NY
Times / Elizabeth Becker
California's
Deficit Expected to Grow Newsmax
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