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03/16
Bankruptcy
bill promises bleak reform St. Louis Post Dispatch / David Nicklaus
The
Bubble Cycle is Replacing the Business Cycle Always On via Fiends Super
Bear Page / Eric Janszen
Formula
puts price on greed Dallas Morning News / Danielle DiMartino
Minorities
depend on subprime loans USA Today via 1st Headlines / Sue
Kirchhoff
The
Free Lunch May Be Over National Review / Bruce Bartlett
UK Budget
introduces 50-year bonds Investment and Pensions Europe
The ASF Announces
Formation of the Regulation AB Implementation Task Force Bond Market
Association
Dollar
mostly weaker in Asian trading AP via Seattle Post Intelligencer
FTC likely
to block Blockbuster bid for rival Hollywood Newratings.com
US
House committee approves bankruptcy bill Reuters / Kristin Roberts
Senator Kerry perplexed
by choice of Wolfowitz for World Bank AFP via Turkish Press
Democrats
for Wolfowitz Daily Standard / Stephen F. Hayes
U.S.
Republican offers Social Security compromise Reuters / Donna Smith
There
are "special interests" on both sides of the bankruptcy bill.
National Review / Todd Zywicki
Qwest:
Criminal charges possible Denver Post / Greg Griffin
Greenspan
talks up possible rise in retirement age Knight Ridder via Wichita Eagle
/ Kevin G. Hall
In
The Hands Of Hedge Funds... Daily Pfennig via Daily Reckoning / Chuck
Butler
Senate
rejects broad "paygo" rule CBS Marketwatch / William L. Watts
Korean
Firms Overtake Foreign Rivals in Profitability Korea Times / Kim Yon-se
CA:
Lower-priced condos and conversions snapped up San Diego Union Tribune /
Roger M. Showley
WI:
Milwaukee office market still ranks poorly Milwaukee Journal Sentinel /
Tom Daykin
Mortgage
company agrees to anti-fraud measures AP via The State
Lehman
brokerage house posts record profit of $875 million AP via Tacoma News
Tribune
The Qwest
for Sanity Smartmoney.com / Monica Rivituso
Buca
fires two ranking executives Minneapolis Star Tribune / Thomas Lee
Baby boomers create new marketing
frontier NBC – MSNBC via Google News / Anne Thompson
WA:
Jobless rate up; analysts not worried Tacoma News Tribune / Barbara
Clements
A
hawk to ruffle the World Bank's feathers The Economist
Treasuries
Gain on GM Woes Reuters / Pedro Nicolaci da Costa
Push
to restrain imports Charlotte Observer / Stella Hopkins
NC:
Social Security protest coming to Charlotte soon Charlotte Observer /
Binyamin Appelbaum
Bankruptcy
could get a lot tougher Detroit Free Press / Susan Tompor
ETFs,
index funds on rise in period of slowed growth AP via Washington Times
Seidenberg:
Verizon Chief Blasts Qwest Ahead Of New MCI Bid Forbes / Chris Noon
Source:
Qwest to Raise MCI Offer to $8.5B AP via Newsday / Bruce Meyerson
Fraud
is fraud: who knew? Denver
Post / Al Lewis
Ebbers
verdict a blow to ignorance defense AP via Arizona Republic / Kristen Hays
Sara Lee
CEO defends restructuring plans Chicago Sun Times / Eric Herman
Neiman
Marcus may be sold AP via Denver Post / David Koenig
Oil hits record
above $56 CNN
Dollar
falls as US deficit widens FT / Steve Johnson
Fidelity
creating new firm for institutional clients AP via USA Today
Bear
Stearns 1Q Profit Beats Expectations AP via Forbes
J.P.
Morgan settles for $2 billion CNN / Krysten Crawford
Germany:
Deutsche Bank faces critics at home BBC News / Louise Cooper
Bush
Names Kevin Martin New FCC Chairman AP via Forbes
Bush
Says Accounts Will Enhance Social Security Bloomberg / Brendan Murray
Bush
nominates Kevin Martin new FCC chairman LA Times via South Florida Sun
Sentinel / Jube Shiver, Jr.
Senate
votes to open wildlife refuge to drilling AP via Houston Chronicle
Effort
increase Amtrak's funding fails to pass Senate AP via South Florida Sun
Sentinel
Trade
deficit hits record in '04 AP via Dallas Morning News
WA:
Job market grows — from bottom up Seattle Times / Shirleen Holt
Emerging
Market Stocks, Bonds, Currencies Fall on Risk Concerns Bloomberg / Andrew
J. Barden
UK
unemployment total increases BBC News
Hey,
big spender CBS Marketwatch / Dr. Irwin Kellner
Industrial
Production and Capacity Utilization Federal Reserve Board
New Housing Units
Started in The United States U.S. Census Bureau
PA:
American dream, Pa. nightmare Philadelphia Inquirer / Joseph N. DiStefano
CA:
New high in depth of winter Orange County Register / Jeff Collins and
Hang Nguyen
US
Treasuries win safe-haven reprieve on GM woes Reuters / Wayne Cole
Japan
May Name Calyon Primary Bond Dealer to Raise Debt Demand Bloomberg /
Chris Cooper
S&P
revises GM's outlook to negative from stable Reuters
Drilling
in refuge expected Houston Chronicle / David Ivanovich
Oil
drops below $55 after OPEC move CBS Marketwatch / Steve Goldstein &
Lisa Sanders
OPEC
OKs 500K Barrel Daily Output Boost AP via Orlando Sentinel / George Jahn
Ebbers
claimed he didn't get it, but jury did Baltimore Sun / Jay Hancock
Deaf Dumb and Guilty NY
Post / John Crudele
Plane Chutzpah NY
Post / Richard Wilner
Revenge of the Nerds:
Accountants Cook CEOs NY Post / Richard Wilner
GM
warns of 1Q loss CNN
Crunch
Time In Detroit Forbes / Jerry Flint
Ebbers:
What It Means And What It Doesn't Forbes / Dan Ackman
MD:
House bill targets people with money, no health plan Baltimore Sun / M.
William Salganik
NY: Newsday Circulation Drop
Continues NY Post / Holly M. Sanders
CA:
State gas prices leap 8 cents in one week San Francisco Chronicle / David
R. Baker
Bush
to Recommend Wolfowitz for World Bank AP via Baltimore Sun / Jeannine Aversa
Brazil
to Raise Benchmark Rate for Seventh Time Since September Bloomberg /
Carlos Caminada
Skilled
help hard to find in China IHT / Thomas Fuller
Score
One for Good Guys on Muni Ban of Consultants Bloomberg / Joe Mysak
Wall
Street CEOs Play Catch-Up With Each Other Bloomberg / Graef Crystal
BOJ
Holds Rates at Almost Zero, Keeps Reserve Target Bloomberg / Mayumi
Otsuma
UK:
Drilling for Oil? Start Prospecting in London Bloomberg / Matthew Lynn
OPEC
Weighing Oil Production Increases NY Times / Jad Mouawad
OPEC
Near an Agreement to Boost Oil Production Bloomberg / Dania Saadi
Even
Buffett Can't Avoid Dark Clouds Settling Over Insurance Industry NY
Times / Joseph B. Treaster
Pentagon
'hid' damning Halliburton audit Guardian via Google News / Suzanne
Goldenberg
'01
Tax Cuts Were Justified, Greenspan Maintains Washington Post / Nell Henderson
Fed
chief relied on 'wrong' forecast Bloomberg via Minneapolis Star Tribune /
Craig Torres
Gambling
on Granville CBS Marketwatch / Mark Hulbert
Pinochet
Held 125 Accounts in U.S. Banks, Report Says NY Times / Eric Dash
Taiwan:
We're fed up with France Taipei Times / Tom Powell
The Yield Trap Clif
Droke Market Analysis via Safehaven
/ Clif Droke
UK:
'Million factory jobs lost' under Labour Independent / Philip Thornton
NZ: Are We
As Rich As We Feel? Scoop
Guggenheim
May Paint Hong Kong With Red Ink Bloomberg / William Pesek Jr.
BOJ
Will Probably Keep Rates at Almost Zero Today, Survey Shows Bloomberg /
Mayumi Otsuma
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03/17
The
perplexity of oil CNN / Kathleen Hays
WI:
State unemployment edges higher Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Joel DResang
Banking
On A Bureaucrat Forbes
Cuba
revalues peso 7 percent against dollar Reuters / Marc Frank
Builders
banking on bubble Dallas Morning News / Danielle DiMartino
Greenspan,
Snow to testify on GSEs in April Reuters
Riches to Rags
Daily Reckoning / Byron King
Once-scorned
bread makes upscale comeback USA Today via 1st Headlines / Bruce Horovitz
Prospering in
a Globalized Economy IMF / Rodrigo de Rato
Canada:
Foreigners buy up bonds Globe and Mail / Tavia Grant
UBS asset
management arm nearly doubles institutional fund inflows Investment and
Pensions Europe
EU braces for
crunch talks on budget pact AFP via EU Business
Consultant warns
of hedge fund ‘contagion’ Investment and Pensions Europe
Mortgage
rates still climbing Washington Business Journal / Jeff Clabaugh
Goodyear
quarter, year end in black Akron Beacon Journal / John Russell
Full Speed Ahead in 2005 Business
Week via MSNBC / Michael Englund and Rick MacDonald
OPEC Speaks, Nobody Listens
Business Week via MSNBC / Stanley
Reed
Oil
prices soar to another new high AP via The State / Brad Foss
Oil prices hit new
record highs: New York crude at 57.50 dollars AFP via Turkish Press
Why Bankers Are Like Dogs Slate /
Daniel Gross
Fidelity
gets aggressive Boston Herald / Jay Fitzgerald
Illinois:
Land of Scrap Tires? Chicago
Tribune / Ted Gregory
Fed
debt levels not unprecedented CBS Marketwatch / Peter Brimelow
Bush
Selects Congressman to Be U.S. Trade Representative NY Times / Elizabeth
Becker
College
loan rates to go up San Francisco Chronicle / Kathleen Pender
The best fund managers of 2005 Business
Week via MSNBC
Flight
to quality lifts US Treasuries FT / Jennifer Hughes, Joanna Chung and
Philip Stafford
GM fears
junk rating after alert on profits Guardian / Mark Milner
GM's
debt rating a real clunker Boston Herald / John Strahinich
China:
Putting things in order The Economist
UK:
Did I get away with it? The Economist
The
Economist metals index The Economist
Not
exactly major league The Economist
A
billion air travelers in 2015: Will there be enough room for them all? AP
via South Florida Sun Sentinel / Leslie Miller
EchoStar
reports surge in profits AP via Denver Post
Ford's
Turn to Laugh at GM Won't Be Best or Last Bloomberg / Doron Levin
NY: Home
sales rise a bit, but prices slip Buffalo News / Matt Glynn
U.S.
Treasuries Increase on Emerging Markets, Philadelphia Fed Bloomberg /
Elizabeth Stanton
Morgan
Stanley, Goldman Earnings Fueled by Trading Bloomberg / Margaret Popper
and Adrian Cox
Oil's
Rise Shows No Sign of Slowing LA Times / James F. Peltz and Nicholas
Riccardi
Putting
Politics In Your Economics Pimco / Paul McCulley
The Liquidity
Trap, the Real Balance Effect, and the Friedman Rule Federal Reserve Bank
of Boston / Peter Ireland
Fed
may get more aggressive CNN / Paul R. La Monica
Senate
Rejects Medicaid Cuts; House Passes Budget Bloomberg / Laura Litvan
More
Americans paying taxes with plastic AP via Spartanburg Herald Journal /
Eileen Alt Powell
Fed
tells Citigroup to delay big mergers Reuters via CNN
The
price of oil: What's the limit? Dallas Morning News / Sudeep Reddy
Demand
Squeezes Oil Again Forbes / Paul Maidment
OPEC's
Control of Oil Prices Eroded by Soaring Demand Bloomberg / Joe Carroll
Qwest:
Third Time's No Charm Forbes / David M. Ewalt
Crude
prices continue record-breaking run FT / Neil Dennis
Brazil
Cancels Sale of Fixed-Rate Bonds Amid Surge in Yields Bloomberg / Elzio
Barreto
US
Treasuries extend bounce on soft industry data Reuters
Manufacturers
Report Slower Growth Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Business Outlook
Survey Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Fixed-rate
mortgage rates hit seven-month highs Reuters via USA Today
US
mortgage delinquencies, foreclosures down in '04 Reuters
Bush
Names Portman Trade Representative AP via Forbes
Toys
'R' Us sold for $6.6B CNN / Parija Bhatnagar
The End Of
Toys Forbes / Dan Ackman
Unemployment
Insurance Weekly Claims Report U.S. Dept of Labor
CA:
Up, up and away -- home prices soar San Francisco Chronicle / Carolyn
Said
The
central bank takes stock The Economist
Oil tops
$57 for 1st time Reuters via CNN
WorldCom’s
cowboy bites the dust The Economist
Qwest
raises offer to acquire MCI AP via Baltimore Sun / Bruce Meyerson
Germany:
Schroeder unveils key tax reforms BBC News
Fed
Will Stay With `Measured' Rate Increase Bloomberg / John M. Berry
Bond
Bears Worry the Picnic Rug Will Get Pulled Bloomberg / Mark Gilbert
Interest Rate Markets - A
Profound Change Institutional Advisors via Safehaven / Bob Hoye
Americans
Save So Little, but What Can Be Done to Change That? NY Times / Robert H.
Frank
Wolfowitz at World
Bank: a bumpy ride? Christian Science Monitor / Howard LaFranchi and
David R. Francis
EU: No euro
assessment this year: British finance minister AFP via EU Business
China's
Central Bank Raises Interest Rate on Mortgages NY Times / Keith Bradsher
UK:
Mixed news on jobs overshadows budget Guardian / Mark Tran
UK:
The good and the bad of Chancellor Brown Independent / Philip Thornton
UK:
The Budget speech This is Money - This is London
UK: 'A
budget for hard-working families and pensioners' Guardian / Matthew
Tempest
UK:
Has Brown delivered? This is Money - This is London
UK:
Bonanza from North Sea oil swells Independent / Roger Trapp
Supply
worries force oil prices to new high Telegraph / David Litterick
Oil
prices at fresh highs despite Opec boost to output Independent / James
Daley
Britain's
Brown trumpets strong economy IHT / Daniel Altman
In France,
targeting economic policies IHT / James Kanter
As Americans
spend, U.S. deficit hits a record NY Times via IHT / Edmund L. Andrews
and Elizabeth Becker
Republican
Skilled in Art of the Deal Is Elevated to F.C.C. Chairman NY Times /
Stephen Labaton
Oil
Surges to a Record on Concern Demand Is Outpacing Supply Bloomberg /
Gavin Evans
Dollar
May Drop on View Rising Oil Prices to Boost U.S. Deficit Bloomberg /
Taizo Hirose
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03/18
CSFB
Treasury Pros Join HSBC Bondweek / Olivia Thetgyi
J.P.
Morgan Sales Head Exits For BofA Bondweek
NY:
Fitch again cuts county's bond rating Buffalo Business Journal
Opec
struggles to contain the beast within FT / Kevin Morrison
The CEO-English Phrasebook Slate
/ Daniel Gross
Wall
Street Over a Barrel Smartmoney.com / Donald Luskin
The
tax that ate your deductions Philadelphia Inquirer / Andrew Cassel
Do CFOs
Require Babysitting? CFO.com / Lisa Yoon
FedEx
says its board adopts 'poison-pill' policy CBS Marketwatch
Wolf
at the door? BBC News / Mary Hennock
IMF
chief: High oil prices to continue AP via Philadelphia Inquirer / Ashok
Sharma
Signs Of
Media Devolution Forbes / Dan Ackman
Asset
switch props up dollar FT / Steve Johnson
G20
hold trade and subsidy talks BBC News / Mark Gregory
Germany:
Schroeder in battle for jobs BBC News / Tristana Moore
Deficit
Disorders Daily Reckoning / Bill Bonner
PA:
Philadelphia Corruption Trial Has Sharpton Cameo Bloomberg / Joe Mysak
Fed
to stick to path in 'word and deed' CBS Marketwatch / Greg Robb
Empowering
Communities, Attracting Development Capital, and Creating Opportunities
Federal Reserve Board / Alan Greenspan
Greenspan:
More Development Data Needed AP via Baltimore Sun / Jeannine Aversa
How are
individuals affected when the Federal Reserve raises interest rates? CNN
/ Walter Updegrave
Wall
Street's mum on Social Security Newsday / Tami Luhby
UK
market unruffled by 50-year bond plan FT / Joanna Chung
Argentina
to Sell Bonds `Within Weeks' to Pay Maturing Debt Bloomberg / Daniel
Helft and Eliana Raszewski
Hooters
issues bonds CNN
Dollar
Rises Against Euro as U.S. Yield Advantage Boosts Demand Bloomberg /
Vivianne Rodrigues
US
Treasuries turn lower, old fears resurface Reuters
Treasuries
Fall as Import Prices Rise, Emerging Markets Gain Bloomberg / Elizabeth
Stanton
Oil,
interest rates a 1-2 punch? CNN / Chris Isidore
CA:
Analyst disputes bubble bursting Fresno Bee / Sanford Nax
CA:
New Low for Late Mortgage Payments LA Times / Annette Haddad
The Consumption Tax: A Critique
Ludwig von Mises Institute / Murray N. Rothbard
UK:
Mortgage lending 'flat' in February Guardian
U.S.
Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index Fell to 92.9 in March Bloomberg /
Robert Willis
Treasury
Secretary Greenspan Has Nice Ring to It Bloomberg / Caroline Baum
Castro
angry over Forbes listing Reuters via CNN
The
World's Richest People Royals & Rulers Forbes / Lea Goldman
UK:
Who wants to be a bondsman? Telegraph / Neil Collins
Did
Qwest Use Fraud to Arrange a Disastrous Merger With U S West? NY Times /
Floyd Norris
Silver
lining to Dow's decline CBS Marketwatch / Mark Hulbert
Can anyone stop the
rise in oil prices? Christian Science Monitor / Ron Scherer
Oil
Falls From Record Price on Second-Quarter Supply Outlook Bloomberg via Google News / Gavin Evans
High
oil prices fail to lift oil stock BBC News / Jamie Robertson
Slovakia,
once a laggard, moves ahead on euro adoption IHT / Carter Dougherty
Germany:
Schröder's tax cuts may not be enough IHT / Carter Dougherty
Australian
Dollar Heads for Weekly Gain on Commodity Strength Bloomberg / Chris
Young
Dollar
Heads for Weekly Gain as Investors Shun Emerging Markets Bloomberg / John
Brinsley
General
Motors Needs a Pit Stop to Brake Slide Bloomberg / Mark Gilbert
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