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01/19
Association Recommends
Improvements to U.S. Treasury Department Buy-In Rule Bond Market
Association
Red
States Make a Mockery Of Self-Reliance Washington Post / Steven
Pearlstein
Pension
plan looks doomed Dallas Morning News / Danielle DiMartino
Where
do airlines go from here? Dallas Morning News / Eric Torbenson and
Suzanne
Dallas
firm targets mutual fund giants Dallas Morning News / Bill Deneer
Fund
managers loading up cash Boston Herald / Brett Arends
Wachovia
plans to cut up to 4,000 jobs Charlotte Observer / Rick Rothacker
WA:
More jobs, more jobless Tacoma News Tribune / Barbara Clements
MO:
Area's economy continues improvement, Federal Reserve says St. Louis
Business Journal
Buffett
says dollar to decline further amid trade gap AP via Boston Herald
House
Chairman Says Congress Should Consider Sweeping Changes in SS AP via
Newsmax
Good Show!
Daily Pfennig via Daily Reckoning / Chuck Butler
Who Said Trading
Was Difficult? Rude Awakening via Daily Reckoning / Tom Dyson
Korea:
Bond Issuance Falls for First Time in 5 Years Korea Times / Kim Yon-se
JPMorgan's
Dimon wants to expand some bond desks Reuters
Weak
dollar sends capital to emerging markets –IIF Reuters via Google News / Lesley
Wroughton
DaimlerChrysler
Bonds Outperform General Motors, Ford Bloomberg / Walden Siew
Oil drops
below $47 a barrel Reuters via CNN
Sallie
Mae Earnings Double on Strength of Loan Originations AP via Washington
Post
Will
Krispy Kreme file for bankruptcy? CBS Marketwatch / Herb Greenberg
Investors
shed few tears when CEOs depart St. Louis Post Dispatch / David Nicklaus
IN: Home sellers
enjoy record year Indianapolis Star / Norm Heikens
NV:
Analysts suggest housing demand could rise again Las Vegas Sun / Jennifer
Shubinski
Home
improvement keeps growing Dallas Morning News / Steve Brown
Credit
card, bank rates creep higher CNN
Ritual Slaughter?
Fallstreet.com via Safehaven
Markets & Data Suggest
That US Econ Recovery Is ARTIFICIAL Safehaven / Jas Jain
Brazil
Raises Benchmark Lending Rate for Fifth Month Bloomberg / Carlos Caminada
Canada:
Dollar tops worries for big bank CEOs, mergers seen as unlikely in 2005
CP via Financial Post / Craig Wong
The Future of the
Republicans Lew Rockwell / Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.
Rice
Approved as Secretary of State by Senate Panel Bloomberg / Paul Basken
Washington
Mutual earnings drop 20 percent AP via St. Louis Post Dispatch
Morgan
Stanley Subpoenaed Over Annuity Sales Forbes / Neil Weinberg
Canada:
CIBC sees rate cut ahead Globe and Mail / Terry Weber
UK
unemployment total on the rise BBC News
Pimco's
Bill Gross donates $23.5 million to Duke Orange County Register / Bill
Gross
Beige
Book Federal Reserve Board
The
Economy and Challenges in Retirement Savings Federal Reserve Board /
Susan Schmidt Bies
Foreign
Relations Federal Reserve Board / Ben S. Bernanke
A
View from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York Federal Reserve Bank of
New York / Timothy F. Geithner
Fed's
Bernanke-U.S. productivity gains seen easing Reuters / Andrea Ricci
US
economy solid, inflation modest -Fed's Geithner Reuters
Foreign
Investors Undaunted by Prolonged Dollar Weakness LA Times / Tom Petruno
2004
Inflation Measure Highest in 4 Years AP via Washington Post / Martin
Crutsinger
The
Report Wall Street Doesn't Want You to Read Bloomberg / Joe Mysak
Senate
bank chair says to seek strong GSE regulator Reuters
Fed
policymakers' recent comments Reuters
Housing
starts snap back CNN
U.S.
December Consumer Prices Fall 0.1%; Core Up 0.2% Bloomberg / Courtney
Schlisserman
JPMorgan
Profit Drops, Misses Estimates AP via Forbes
Bank
One costs weigh on JPMorgan Chase FT / David Wighton
Social
Security hyperbole San Francisco Chronicle / David Lazarus
After
a record-setting 2004, a letdown is likely this year Arizona Republic /
Jane Larson
UK: Record number of
Britons in work RTE Business via Google News
Brazil
to Raise Benchmark Lending Rate for Fifth Straight Month Bloomberg /
Carlos Caminada
Bush's
Social Security Plan Is Mixed on Returns Bloomberg / Graef Crystal
Who
Pays for Harvard Alumni's Moral Outrage? Bloomberg / Michael Lewis
The
hottest zip codes CNN
EU: Some Pact! Ludwig
von Mises Institute / Grant M. Nülle
UK:
Surprise inflation rise sparks jitters The Scotsman / Martin Flanagan
Gold
prices post narrow gains, close back above 423 usd FX Street via Kitco
The second term:
hopes and hazards Christian Science Monitor / Linda Feldman
Suits
Contend Mutual Funds Fail to Collect in Settlements NY Times / Jonathan
D. Glater
China
Central Bank, Modeled on Fed, Bows to Politics Bloomberg / Matthew R.
Miller
Hong
Kong May Keep Currency Peg to Attract Investment Bloomberg / Yumi
Kuramitsu
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01/20
The good
company The Economist
Poll:
Americans worried about Social Security CBS Marketwatch via Newsmax /
William L. Watts
When is a recession not a recession?
Why is the dollar falling? MSNBC / John W. Schoen
Banknorth's
earnings fall in 2004 Portland Press Herald / Edward D. Murphy
NV:
Some Nevada communities gain from higher gold prices Las Vegas Sun /
Richard N. Velotta
US
Treasuries steady in Asia, data effect muted Reuters
Pension
reform is sticky Dallas Morning News / Danielle DiMartino
Time
to put We the People back into office Pittsburgh Tribune Review / Jack
Markowitz
Wall
Street's mood swing may mean end of funk USA Today via 1st Headlines /
Adam Shell
Diluted earnings
Minneapolis Star Tribune / John J. Oslund
Macy's
could replace Foley's name Dallas Morning News / Maria Halkias
Dell
demanded 20-year no-tax deal AP via Myrtle Beach Sun News
SunTrust's
profit surges 33 percent Orlando Sentinel / Ruichard Burnett
FL:
Orlando housing market sizzles Orlando Sentinel / Jack Snyder
Korea:
Foreigners Expand Influence on KSE Korea Times / Choi Kyong-ae
Banknorth
chief set for new U.S. acquisition spree after TD takeover CP via
Financial Post and Canada.com
/ Gary Norris
MBNA
to eliminate up to 1,000 jobs Philadelphia Inquirer / Joseph N. DiStefano
TX:
Downtown vacancy rate at record low Dallas Fort Worth Star Telegram /
Sandra Baker
WA:
One hot market Tacoma News Tribune / Barbara Clements
NC:
Triangle watch - Housing sales Raleigh News and Observer / Amy Martinez
CA: Apartment
rents staying the same Mercury News via Inside Bay Area / Alec Rosenberg
Delta
caps worst year in airline history Raleigh News and Observer / Harry R.
Weber
Where's the
Coverage? CFO.com / Kris Frieswick
Nominee
favors drilling in reserve Reuters via Houston Chronicle / Tom Dodggett
and Chris Baltimore
Canada:
Another year, 7% deeper in debt: Canada faces 'debt time bomb,' CIBC suggests
CP via myTelus.com and America Economies
CA:
Local governments ignoring growth, economist says Orange County Register
/ James B. Kelleher
Value
of college degree waning LA Daily News / Brent Hopkins
Fed
says it stands ready to act on inflation Reuters via Google News / Ros
Krasny
The U.S. Economic
Outlook pdf Federal Reserve Bank of San
Francisco / Janet Yellen
Fed's
Yellen dovish on inflation CBS Marketwatch / Gregory Robb
FDI
confidence index, 2004 The Economist
Hedge-fund
performance The Economist
Verizon's
Deferred Tax Liabilities Too High? LA Times / James S. Granelli
Airlines
landing large losses Boston Herald / Jennifer Heldt Powell
Plunge
in prices hits Sony profits FT / Michiyo Nakamoto
CA:
Lights. Industrial action! The Economist
Mortgage
rates ease further CNN
Treasuries
up after weak business report FT / Jenny Wiggins, Päivi Munter and Mariko
Sanchanta
Agency's
quiet chief humbled the giant Dallas Morning News / Todd J. Gillman
Bush
Speaks to World in Inaugural, Promises Democracy Bloomberg / Kristin
Jensen
Seeking
freedom, at home and abroad The Economist
The
return of the Newt The Economist
UK
economy facing 'major risks' BBC News
UK:
Fighting talk The Economist
Practicing
what he teaches: Harvard prof, privatization fan hasn't disclosed
private-sector ties Boston Herald / John Strahinich
Business Outlook Survey
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
CA:
With New County Pension, Retirements Could Soar LA Times / Jean O. Pasco
FL:
Securities industry banishes Boca firm, orders it to pay $12 million
South Florida Sun Sentinel / Rafael Gerena-Morales
Pay-As-You-Go
Inauguration Forbes / Dan Ackman
Bullies and Their Pulpits
Ludwig von Mises Institute / P. Gardner Goldsmith
CA:
Housing market still hot San Francisco Chronicle / Kelly Zito
Three
More Reasons to Doubt Bond Market's Sanity Bloomberg / Mark Gilbert
US
Treasuries finally succumb to profit-taking Reuters
Brazil
to Sell Euro-Denominated Bonds, Treasury Says Bloomberg / Charles Penty
and Rita Nazareth
Leading Indicators
The Conference Board
Oil
Falls After Rising U.S. Stockpiles Ease Supply Concern Bloomberg / Mark
Shenk
The Outlook:
Mississippi and the Nation Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis / William
Poole
Fed
will move aggressively to guard inflation-Poole Reuters
An
inflation skeptic arises CNN / Kathleen Hays
Citigroup
4th-Qtr Profit Gains 12%; Dividend Raised Bloomberg / Justin Baer
Buffalo
Fund Tracks Baby-Boom Generation Bloomberg / Danielle Kost
CT:
Hartford Area Home Sales Defy Experts Hartford Courant / Kenneth R.
Gosselin
What's
This? A Weak Dollar Isn't a Miracle Cure? Bloomberg / Caroline Baum
Guess
Who's Coming to Davos NY Times / Mark Landler
Flow
of Capital Soars To 'Emerging' Nations Washington Post / Paul Blustein
CMS BondEdge 4th Quarter
Market Flash pdf CMS BondEdge
India:
Software City Bangalore Faces Tough Questions Bloomberg / Andy Mukherjee
U.S.
10-Year Notes Decline on Outlook for Fed Rate Increases Bloomberg /
Shamim Adam
Restatements,
and Lawsuits, Are on the Rise NY Times / Jonathan D. Glater
In second term, a
fight over direction of GOP Christian Science Monitor / Gail Russell
Chaddock
Back to the 1970s Aden
Forecast via Safehaven / Mary Anne
& Pamela Aden
Pension
fund sues Fannie Mae over pay-offs FT / Jenny Wiggins
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01/21
MO:
May's misfortunes could signal troubles in downtown St. Louis St. Louis
Post Dispatch / David Nicklaus
The
case for commodities CBS Marketwatch / Marshall Loeb
Gold Woes! Union
Securities via Safehaven / David Chapman
No
pause in sight from Fed CBS Marketwatch / Gregory Robb
CA:
Threats seen to S.D. tourism San Diego Union Tribune / Michael Kinsman
FL:
Hiring in South Florida rises as unemployment hits 3-year lows South
Florida Sun Sentinel / Niala Boodhoo
Deficit
likely to drop on technicalities AP via Beaufort Gazette / Alan Fram
Korea:
BOK Uneasy Over Rising Interest Rates Korea Times / Kim Yon-se
Korea:
Economist Discounts Anxiety Over Interest Rate Cut Korea Times / Kim
Yon-se
Northern
Trust's Kasriel: Economy, Social Security and Fed audio Bloomberg
High
Yield Under Pressure Bondweek / Caroline Salas
Investor
Trade Group Seeks New Leader Bondweek
Treasuries
rise as sentiment dips, Fed drops hints Reuters / Pedro Nicolaci da Costa
Help-Wanted
Advertising and Job Vacancies Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Fed
Hints Will Stick to Small Rate Hikes Reuters / Ros Krasny
Malaise
mounts in a worrying week for Wall St FT / Andrei Postelnicu
Which
Airline Will Not Survive? Forbes via Google News
Illinois
jobless rate falls to 3-year low Chicago Tribune
Social
Security For a Savings Society Washington Post / Steven Pearlstein
China,
Russia Lap Up Capital Reuters and MT via Moscow Times
Asian
currencies lose early momentum FT / Steve Johnson
Bearers
of bad views shut out Philadelphia Inquirer / Joseph N. DiStefano
Record
Number of Restatements in 2004 CFO.com / Stephen Taub
No
2004 cash bonuses for Fannie execs Reuters via CNN
GE
sees 'excellent' world economy BBC News
UBS,
an Adviser to Argentina, Tells Clients Debt Offer Is Low Bloomberg /
Andrew J. Barden
TX:
Texas jobless rate rises again AP via Dallas Fort Worth Star Telegram
Social
Security and philosophy Philadelphia Inquirer / Andrew Cassel
Abbas
sends in his men The Economist
Wi-Fi's
new hot spots Sacramento Bee / Clint Swett
Single
malts reborn CNN / Gordon T. Anderson
Chief
Economist David Berson provides 2005 U.S. Economic Outlook Fannie Mae
Goodbye,
good times? The Economist
Home-equity
loans climb to record levels Wall Street Journal via The State / Ruth
Simon
Greenspan
against faster rate hikes – BusinessWeek Reuters
Make
Every Retirement Count National Review / John E. Tamny
Shades of the Dollar
Standard Lew Rockwell / Hans F. Sennholz
Fed's
Lacker says US budget outlook not promising Reuters
Yellen:
Economy continues growth San Francisco Chronicle / Tom Abate
Federal
Reserve Bank official says education a must AP via Northeast Mississippi
Daily Journal and Mississippi Sun Herald
White
House looks to sweeten Social Security plan Reuters / Caren Bohan and
David Morgan
Bush
Makes False Claims About Social Security Bloomberg / John M. Berry
Sell
Bonds...Again Rude Awakening via Daily Reckoning / Eric J. Fry
Buy
bonds now? Are you crazy? CNN / Walter Updegrave
US
Treasuries mixed, money flows down yield curve Reuters
Mexico
to Change Peso Bond Rules to Attract Foreign Investors Bloomberg /
Adriana Arai
U.S.
Consumer Confidence Unexpectedly Fell in January Bloomberg / Carlos
Torres
TX:
Housing market up but uneven Dallas Morning News / Steve Brown
Who Hedged
Their Profits? Daily Pfennig via Daily Reckoning / Chuck Butler
EBay
woes sting market; pain could stick around Chicago Tribune / Bill
Barnhart
Is
January special after all? CBS Marketwatch / Mark Hulbert
Will
Marshall Field's be changing its name? Chicago Tribune / Becky Yerak
Crude
Futures Rebound Above $47 Mark AP via Baltimore Sun / George Jahn
UK:
King dashes hope of early cut in interest rate The Independent / Philip
Thornton
UK:
Governor likely to hold back from rate cut Guardian / Larry Elliott
Disputes
at Every Turn of Siberia Pipeline NY Times / James Brooke
FxMax,
Most Accurate Forecaster, Says Dollar to Fall to Record Bloomberg
Best
of All Possible Worlds? Bond Buyers Crave Yield but Show No Fear NY Times
/ Floyd Norris
U.S.
10-Year Yield to Reach 5% in 2005, Bond Trading Firms Say Bloomberg /
Elizabeth Stanton
U.S.
Municipalities Try to Borrow Way to Health Bloomberg / Joe Mysak
China:
Oil demand to remain high in 2005 Xinhuanet.com and ChinaView.cn
Dollar
Trades Near 2-Month High as Traders Bet on Further Gain Bloomberg / John
Brinsley
Is
the Philippines a Buy? Don't Ask Calpers Bloomberg / William Pesek Jr.
Ford
gains from finance not cars BBC News
Japan's
Government Bonds Head for Third Consecutive Weekly Gain Bloomberg / Keiko
Ujikane
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