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04/01

What happened to all the jobs? US News and World Report / Paul J. Lim

Carlyle Leads Mega-Fund Equity Trend Washington Post / Steven Pearlstein

MBIA credit protection blows out Reuters

Wachovia Plans Feel-Good Trip For Burned Investors Bondweek / Caroline Salas

Credit Manager Snags Researchers Bondweek

CA: New state mortgage option Sacramento Bee / Andrew LePage

TX: Apartment leasing increases Dallas Morning News / Steve Brown

Record cotton harvest keeps going and going AP via Houston Chronicle / Betsy Blaney

Crude Oil, Gasoline Surge to Records as U.S. Fuel Supplies Fall Bloomberg / Mark Shenk

Survey on employment disappoints economists Washington Post via Houston Chronicle / Jonathan Weisman

Bernanke tapped by White House CBS Marketwatch / William L. Watts

Bernanke: top Bush economic advisor Reuters via CNN

Washington events for April 4 – 8 CBS Marketwatch via 1st Headlines

GM, Ford Report Lower March U.S. Sales AP via Forbes

S&P cuts MBIA stock to strong sell CBS Marketwatch / Herb Greenberg

GE Props Up Wobbly Customers CFO.com / Stephen Taub

Qwest ups bid, pressure on MCI board Denver Post / Ross Wehner

S.C. unemployment increases as state posts third-worst rate in nation The State / Jim DuPlessis

Taiwan dollar sees its biggest advance in past four years Bloomberg via Taiwan News

The U.S. Economy: 2005 and Beyond Federal Reserve Bank of Boston / Cathy E. Minehan

Treasuries regain a spring in their step FT / Jennifer Hughes

Oil hits record above $57 Reuters via CNN

Dollar Gains After U.S. Factory Prices Rise, Services Expand Bloomberg / Mark Tannenbaum and Vivianne C. Rodrigues

Non-Manufacturing ISM Report On Business Institute for Supply Management

`Mass layoff ' in store at Sears Chicago Tribune via South Florida sun Sentinel / Becky Yerak

EU: Manufacturing data add to eurozone gloom FT / Ralph Atkins

Futures Traders Trim Bets Fed Will Boost Rate Target Bloomberg / Ann Saphir

Bond Strategists: Goldman, Merrill Lift Fed Estimates Bloomberg / Shamim Adam

U.S. Treasuries Gain as Economy Adds Fewer Jobs Than Forecast Bloomberg / Michael McDonald

Bonds winning the popularity contest CBS MarketWatch / Mark Hulbert

Gas may hit $3.25 Cincinnati Enquirer

Oil Price Panic NY Post / Paul Tharp

Jumping Into The Hedges Forbes / John Dobosz

How Hot Manager Capital Group Sees the Other Side Bloomberg / Chet Currier

Payroll Growth Sluggish; Jobless Rate Dips AP via Forbes

Profit Margins May Ease Interest Rate Pressures Bloomberg / John M. Berry

U.S. Muni Bond Sales Post Record First Quarter Bloomberg / Joe Mysak

Report Says Pentagon Spending on Weapons to Soar NY Times / Tim Weiner

Logue pokes big hole in Bush proposal Boston Herald / Brett Arends

Aging to take toll on state workforces Stateline.org / Kathleen Murphy

UK: House price slide puts rates on hold Independent / Philip Thornton

Japan, Ending `Lost Decade,' May Let Yen Strengthen Bloomberg / Mark Tannenbaum

Yen Falls on Tankan, Worst Performing Major Currency This Week Bloomberg / John Brinsley

HP Giving Hurd $20 Million 'Golden Hello' NY Times / Floyd Norris

UK: No feelgood factor as house prices suffer worst fall in 10 years Guardian / Larry Elliott

The Guardian profile: Paul Wolfowitz Guardian / Suzanne Goldenberg

For WTO members, it's 'confession' time IHT / Tom Wright

EU: Joblessness casts a cloud on politics of Europe NY Times via IHT / Mark Landler

EU: What's the big deal about opening the EU services market? IHT / Daniel Altman

04/02

Greenspan's Real Conundrum, Stagflation Euro Pacific via Safehaven / Peter Schiff

$100 Oil is the Solution Thoughts From The Frontline via Safehaven / John Mauldin

MA: State pension sticks with Fidelity Boston Herald / Brett Arends

MN: A changing share of the pot Minneapolis Star Tribune / Mike Meyers

Big companies should do better than small ones, strategist says Tacoma News Tribune

European Bonds Advance in Week as Prospects for Growth Fade Bloomberg / Steve Rothwell

What to do when the times call for cash, not 'fixed income' Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Humberto Cruz

U.S. 10-Year Treasury Has Biggest Weekly Advance Since August Bloomberg / Elizabeth Stanton

Fed no businss in targeting asset bubbles-Gramlich Reuters

OPEC May Boost Oil-Output Quota in May, Third Quarter Bloomberg / Dania Saadi

“The Future of the Federal Reserve” Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis / William Poole

Top Fed official hints at rate hikes Reuters via CNN

Fed's Kohn, Santomero Say Inflation Targeting Debate Continues Bloomberg / Andrew Ward

Fed aides differ on value of inflation targets Dow Jones via CBS Marketwatch and Google News

How to price your house to make a quick sale Bankrate.com via Seattle Post Intelligencer / Peter Davidson

Bush warms to changes in his Social Security plan Rocky Mountain News / Rob Reuteman

It’s a Crude Awakening NY Post / Paul Tharp

Oil prices keep barreling upward Washington Times / Patrice Hill

The U.S. needs to repeal the Byrd Amendment Globe and Mail

Prosecutors: Don't change Stewart sentence AP via Seattle Times / Erin McClam

Consumer Reports pans air purifiers San Francisco Chronicle / Jenny Strasburg

Pace of Job Creation Slows Markedly NY Times / Edmund L. Andrews

Bush Picks Fed Official As Economic Adviser Washington Post / Neil Irwin

Pentagon Redirects Its Research Dollars NY Times / John Markoff

Japan's Bonds Rise for Fourth Week on Signs of Slowing Economy Bloomberg / Chris Cooper

04/03

'Oracle of Omaha' on the hot seat Toronto Star / David Olive

Interest rates, oil prices put fear in stock market Pittsburgh Tribune Review / Gregory M. Drahuschak

Dallas Fed's new chief starts Dallas Morning News / Angela Shah

Forrest Gump effect could be what pops housing bubble Dallas Morning News / Danielle DiMartino

Why we worry about inflation Contra Costa Times / Tapan Munroe

UK: Why the case for an interest rate rise is still not proven Scotsman / Bill Jamieson

Dollar up against yen in Asia trading AP via Miami Herald

Stronger yuan not in China's interest, official says AFP via Taipei Times

American workers are toiling more Morning Call / Stacey Hirsh

Morgan Stanley Dreads Scott NY Post / Paul Tharp

Index-fund investing isn't a no-brainer anymore St. Louis Post Dispatch / David Nicklaus

KS: A Kansas oil boom Wichita Eagle / Phyllis Jacobs Griekspoor

Greed’s Lessons NY Post / Terry Keenan

Fed officials ponder best way to transparency Reuters via Google News / Andrea Ricci

Greenspan offers focal point for skittish market Reuters via MSNBC

Opponents of Wal-Mart to Coordinate Efforts NY Times / Steven Greenhouse

Germans Without Jobs Dangerous Threat for Schroeder Reuters / Erik Kirschbaum

GE, Wells, Berkshire Led Borrowers of $167 Billion Last Quarter Bloomberg / David Russell

Economic hopes rest once more on the consumer Universal Press via Orange County Register / Brendan Boyd

NY: Credit unions are facing competition from each other Buffalo News / Jonathan D. Epstein

Can you manage your own money? Boston Herald / Andrew Caffrey

GE report has a big gee-whiz factor Pittsburgh Tribune Review / Jack Markowitz

Inflation realities Washington Times

Claims May Confirm Slowing Employment: U.S. Economy Bloomberg / Carlos Torres

When Fixed Income Isn't Wall Street Journal / Nicole Bullock

CA: They're In; but Not Home Free LA Times / David Streitfeld

CO: No need to take work home ... Denver Post / Chryss Cada

Russia's foreign workers struggle Baltimore Sun / Douglas Birch

Mutual funds boom despite scandal, market turbulence Baltimore Sun / Laura Smitherman

Secrecy act has banks on edge South Florida Sun Sentinel / Kathy Bushouse

Changing rules in boardroom only symbolic Chicago Tribune / Bill Barnhart

Car buyers wait for better deals Baltimore Sun / Andrea K. Walker

Mixed signals for Qwest? Denver Post / Will Shanley

A tangled web of managers at Sears Chicago Tribune / Susan Chandler

Ericsson Back From the Brink LA Times / Nicholas George

Much like last year, stocks stumble out of the gate Wall Street Journal via South Florida Sun Sentinel / E.S. Browning

Here's the Good News About Your Insurance LA Times / James Flanigan

A Hard Sell in Bush's Neighborhood LA Times / Warren Vieth

Debtors would pay more under bankruptcy proposal LA Times via Dallas Fot Worth Star Telegram / Kathy Kristof

CO: Anti-tobacco bosses mean business Denver Post / Al Lewis

Homeowners in Harm's Way Washington Post / Albert B. Crenshaw

Raining Dogs Washington Post / Joanne Legomsky

Waiting for Greenspan Bloomberg via Washington Post / Chet Currier

A Few Tools for Do-It-Yourself Bond Trading NY Times

Out of the Tar Pits, Into the House of Morgan NY Times / Landon Thomas, Jr.

How Google created a brand out of the ether Guardian / John Simmons

Do Too Many Cooks Spoil the Takeover Deal? NY Times / Andrew Ross Sorkin

Asia 'will retaliate' over Wolfowitz Telegraph / Robert Watts

Help Wanted: China Finds Itself With a Labor Shortage NY Times / Jim Yardley and David Barboza

Dollar's Rise Doesn't Lift All Boats NY Times / Jonathan Fuerbringer

UK: He would have shone in sunnier times Guardian / William Keegan

A.I.G.: Whiter Shade of Enron NY Times / Gretchen Morgenson

My Big Fat C.E.O. Paycheck NY Times / Claudia H. Deutsch

Do Taxes Thwart Growth? Prove It NY Times / Anna Bernasek

 

04/04

Many self-employed face tax hike if Social Security cap is lifted Cincinnati Business Journal / Kent Hoover

Is the end near for low rates? Dallas Morning News / Danielle DiMartino

Keeping an eye on mortgage fraud Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Michele Derus

Canada: House prices continue to soar Ottawa Business Journal

The Muni Council and EZDisclose Announce EZDisclose Will Begin Filing Its Documents Through the Muni Central Post Office BMA

Rate hikes may create 'perfect storm' CBS Marketwatch / Joe Duarte

Dollar Hits 5-Month High Vs Yen Reuters

Currencies not seen as hot issue at upcoming G7: US CBS Marketwatch / Robert Schroeder

OH: Tri-State makes strong showing on Fortune 500 list Cincinnati Business Courier

Bond market to trade sideways this week Rabo Securities via Newratings, Moreovernews.com and Investing in Bonds.com

Is Buffett in Trouble? Slate / Daniel Gross

A Deep Well for Oil Mergers? Smartmoney.com / Will Swarts

ECB Will Probably Leave Main Rate at 2% This Week Bloomberg / Brian Swint

HSBC reportedly mulls Morgan deal CBS Marketwatch / Kabir Chibber

Banks hope GAO study opens door to real estate Washington Business Journal / Kent Hoover

Promises, Promises National Review / Kevin A. Hassett & Maya MacGuineas

'Huge' change coming for U.S. savings bonds AP via Houston Chronicle

Moody's Upgrades N.Y.C. GOs Bond Buyer / Elizabeth O’Brien

Supreme Court: Creditors Can't Seize IRAs AP via Chicago Tribune / Hope Yen

Canada: Dire dollar warnings wrong Toronto Star / Steven Theobald

TX: Empty Spaces: Are Texas Office Markets on the Road to Recovery? Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

FL: High-end home sales take off in Orlando area Orlando Sentinel / Jack Snyder

Treasuries up as oil spurs safe-haven buying FT / Jennifer Hughes, Joanna Chung and Philip Stafford

U.S. May Impose Emergency Curbs on China Clothing Imports Reuters via NY Times

Verizon threatens to walk away from MCI deal AP via Denver Post / Bruce Meyerson

Oil contrarian sees bubble ready to burst AP via Seattle Times / Brad Foss

CA: Ports Duke It Out for Ship Traffic LA Times / Ronald D. White

Morgan Stanley set to spin off Discover Reuters via CNN

A titanic struggle between supply and demand The Economist

Venezuela to Sell $1 Bln of Bonds in Domestic Market Bloomberg / Andrew J. Barden

US Rep. Baker expected to offer GSE bill Tuesday Reuters

Fannie Mae Investigation Turns to Trusts AP via Baltimore Sun / Marcy Gordon

U.S. Treasuries flat, left adrift in data void Reuters

U.S. Treasury Notes Decline as Poole Spurs Inflation Concern Bloomberg / Shamim Adam and Richard Blackden

At what cost? LA Times / Daniel Costello

Hitting A Home Run With Bonds Forbes / Daniel Kruger

European Bonds Advance After European Commission Cuts 2005 Growth Forecast Bloomberg / Steve Rothwell