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10/01

Stuck on Yellow: The 2005 Cash Management Scorecard CFO.com / Randy Meyers

Overseas funds pay off for U.S. investors AP via Myrtle Beach Sun / Michael J. Martinez

7-Eleven gets warm welcome in Mexico Dallas Morning News / Laurence Iliff

Who will head the Fed? Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Avrum D. Lank

Gas prices aren't enough to get drivers out of trucks Dallas Morning News / Terry Box

Airlines cut flights, cite fuel charges South Florida Sun Sentinel

Katrina cuts income $100 billion Washington Times / Patrice Hill

U.S. economy wobbling from Katrina's blows to consumers AP via Pittsburgh Post Gazette / Martin Crutsinger

NASD fines brokerage Newsday / Susan Harrigan

CA: Managers of Clipper Mutual Fund Step Down LA Times / Josh Friedman

Bank's name may change Raleigh News and Observer / Frank Norton

World equity funds post 11.66% returns AP via Winston Salem Journal News

WA: Already highest in U.S., minimum wage to go to $7.63 an hour Tacoma News Tribune / C.R. Roberts

Bush ratings remain low Marketwatch

U.S. Treasuries Fall for the Week and Quarter on Rate Outlook Bloomberg / Elizabeth Stanton

Housing rush hits hard AP via Orange County Register / Matt Apuzzo

Harvard fund earns 19.2% return Boston Globe / Charles Stein

Real Estate Investment Trusts Cooling Off AP via Forbes

World's biggest bank opens in Japan AP via Seattle Times

Dollar Advances for Third Straight Quarter Against Euro, Yen Bloomberg / Joshua Krongold and Jake Lee

Trade Group Says U.S. Tax Breaks Are Illegal NY Times / Edmund L. Andrews

Market, world are stuck in neutral Detroit Free Press / Susan Tompor

10/02

Storm of inflation still may be Fed's biggest worry Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Tom Saler

Bank on this: Debt forgiveness poor decision Pittsburgh Tribune Review / Jack Markowitz

Markets face the headwind of hurricanes, rate hikes Dallas Morning News / Danielle DiMartino

Certainties of the '60s didn't last Dallas Morning News / Scott Burns

Fannie Mae Storm Cloud Threatens Markets, Economy NY Post / Terry Kennan

Will Santa run out of gas this holiday season? Allentown Morning Call / Kurt Blumenau

Investors looking beyond the U.S. Dallas Morning News / Pamela Yip

Mutual funds stand tall against storms Dallas Morning News / Will Deener

Debate on when oil's end will start AP via Akron Beacon Journal / George Jahn

New month, same worries? CNN / Alexandra Twin

Airline workers facing job losses look to new fields Reuters / Kyle Peterson

Personal inflation outpaces price index St. Petersburg Times / Helen Huntley

Watch Out for That '70s Show: Inflation Wall Street Journal / Gregory Zuckerman

People 40 and older say they face discrimination when seeking work, but proving it is another matter Pittsburgh Post Gazette / Jim McKay

Exchange-traded funds are popular with investors San Francisco Chronicle / Harry Domash

Got Cash? Look Here Wall Street Journal / Kelly Spors

FL: Unfair edge for Realtors? Bradenton Herald / Melissa Followell

Google morphs into multifaceted juggernaut AP via NJ Post / Michael Liedtke

New hurdles erected for bankruptcy filers Chicago Tribune via Orlando Sentinel / Susan Diesenhouse

Debt-ridden rushing to file before deadline San Francisco Chronicle / Kathleen Pender

Tougher laws on debt could prove costly San Francisco Chronicle / David Lazarus

Don't Enter Bankruptcy in Haste Wall Street Journal / Andrew Blackman

As our No. 1 trade partner, China gives, takes and steals Tacoma News Tribune / Dan Voelpel

UK: The slowdown is here and it won't go away, but there's no need to jump out the window Independent / Hamish McRae

Offshore Mystery Forbes / Janet Novack

4% interest...why not bank online? CNN / Shaheen Pasha

Yen May End Three-Week Drop as Bank of Japan Seen Raising Rates Bloomberg / Jake Lee

Employment Slumps, Manufacturing Slows: U.S. Economy Preview Bloomberg / Carlos Torres

Gold: Not Just for Global Disaster? LA Times / Tom Petruno

High time for an energy fix Guardian – Observer / Oliver Morgan

Tallying Jobs Erased By Storms NY Times / Conrad De Aenlle

UK: In the City, the champagne is flowing Guardian – Observer / Heather Connon

The Problem With Great Expectations NY Times / Paul J. Lim

Who's Afraid of Shareholder Democracy? $ NY Times / Gretchen Morgenson

Sending Out a Message by Buying Back Shares NY Times / Amy Feldman

UK: Brown rigs the agenda Scotsman / Bill Jamieson

UK: Brown's economic halo starts to slip ... Guardian – Observer / Heather Stewart

Turkey's Quest to Join Europe Collides With Its Textile Dreams NY Times / Dan Bilefsky

10/03

This is a year of fiscal folly Rediff.com via Fiend’s SuperBear Page / Abheek Barua

Greenspan, term ending, returns to Randian roots Financial Express via Google News

Cash not trickling back to defrauded investors AP via Houston Chronicle / Marcy Gordon

California Planning $12B Bond Buyer / Rich Saskal

Citigroup First Among Managers UBS Gets No. 2; Merrill Is Third Bond Buyer / Maxwell Meyers

Golden cups and depressing diamonds Marketwatch / Peter Brimelow

Dollar hits 16-month high against yen Marketwatch / Steve Goldstein & Rachel Koning

The practical realities of Bush foreign policy $ FT / Dennis Ross

Big banks to get bigger? Washington Times / Tom Ramstack

Fund managers are in poachers' sights IHT / Barbara Wall

Chicago Fed Letter Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

It's your home heating bill, 70 percent higher than last year's Slate / Daniel Gross

GM, Ford Auto Sales Fall; Toyota, Nissan, Honda Gain Bloomberg / Bill Koenig

Why Pixar can't leave Disney Slate / Edward Jay Epstein

American gloomy about third quarter Dallas Fort Worth Star Telegram / Trebor Banstetter

Americans asked to drive slower, conserve energy Knight Ridder / Kevin G. Hall

Bond Buying Opportunity video Forbes

IA: New move in real estate sales Des Moines Register

NV: Rush to bankruptcy Las Vegas Sun / Benjamin Grove

Oil Prices Fall As Refinery Ramps Back Up AP via La Times / Brad Foss

Dollar starts fourth quarter in strong fashion FT / Chris Flood

Should you be catching gold fever? Charlotte Observer / Amy Baldwin

Monks who make world's best beer have a message USA Today / Noelle Knox

Snow and Greenspan will head to Beijing for economic talks AP via San Diego Union Tribune / Martin Crutsinger

Monday's Commodities Roundup AP via NJ Post

Gold drops as dollar moves higher FT / Neil Dennis

Treasuries hurt as humming factories baffle bulls Reuters / Pedro Nicolaci da Costa

Treasury bond market at a glance AP via NJ Post

PIMCO’s Cyclical Outlook and Investment Strategy Pimco / Paul McCulley

Deliberate Acts Of Kindness Pimco / Bill Gross

7 habits of an economy in peril Dallas Morning News / Danielle DiMartino

Review and Preview Morgan Stanley / Ted Wieseman and David Greenlaw

Risks for the American Consumer Morgan Stanley / Richard Berner

Hedge Funds Are Flying High Forbes / Liz Moyer

Study shows newspapers reach many USA Today / David Lieberman

Procter & Gamble Reiterates Outlook AP via Baltimore Sun

Consumer Rebalancing Morgan Stanley / Stephen Roach

EU: Take Hawks, Not Owls, to Athens Morgan Stanley / Elga Bartsch

EU: Growth Surprise Confirmed Morgan Stanley / Eric Chaney and Javier Rodriguez

Italy: Budget 2006: The Devil Is in the Details Morgan Stanley / Vincenzo Guzzo

Korea: An Export-led Rebound Morgan Stanley / Sharon Lam and Andy Xie

Oil prices rise on winter expectations AP via NJ Post / Gillian Wong

China 'to keep up steel demand' BBC News

Manufacturing posts big gain CNN

Dollar Rises as U.S. Manufacturing Gauge Surges in September Bloomberg / Jake Lee

U.S. Treasuries Fall After ISM Factory Gauge Unexpectedly Rises Bloomberg / Mark Schoifet

Bond Strategists: Julius Baer Says Sell Mexican Bonds Bloomberg / Rodrigo Davies

Greenspan, Term Ending, Returns to Randian Roots Bloomberg / Caroline Baum

Inflation, Bottled Up by Fed, Threatens to Burst Its Container Bloomberg / Art Pine

Hedge Fund CDs Insured by FDIC Bedeviled by Details Bloomberg / John Wasik

Vanguard Slashes Costs to Keep Fidelity, Barclays From Its Turf Bloomberg / Richard Teitelbaum

A Time for Some Well-Placed Greed NY Times / David Leonhardt

Coming in the mail: big energy bills Christian Science Monitor / Ron Scherer

Gold poised for $500 -- and beyond Aden Forecast via Marketwatch / Mary Anne & Pamela Aden

Yen Reaches Weakest Since May 2004 as Tankan Less Than Forecast Bloomberg / Kosuke Goto and Chris Cooper

Florida Wal-Mart workers start to organize -- without union Pittsburgh Post Gazette / Mitch Stacy

Donnelly Reported Near Deal to Buy Dex Media NY Times / Andrew Ross Sorkin

G.M. and a U.S. Agency See Pensions in Different Lights NY Times / Mary Williams Walsh and Danny Hakim

UK: Bank to hold rates despite house price decline Independent / Philip Thornton

UK: It's all very well beating the French, but it's the Chinese we really have to worry about Independent / Stephen King

Why Is Government Getting So Big? Tech Central Station / Nathan Smith

Massive Estate Tax Cut Unseemly in Any Season Bloomberg / Gene Sperling

The 2005 energy crunch feels a lot like the 1970s Christian Science Monitor / Mark Clayton

Bitter debate over Turkey's EU bid Christian Science Monitor / Mark Rice-Oxley

Trend-watcher sees moral transformation of capitalism Christian Science Monitor / Jane Lampman

Japan's Business Confidence Gains Less-Than-Expected Bloomberg / Lily Nonomiya

Two-Year Treasury Yields May Exceed 10's as Fed Slows Inflation Bloomberg / Elizabeth Stanton and Al Yoon

Asia's City Slickers Are Key to World Prices Bloomberg / William Pesek Jr.

 

10/04

How to Invest When Oil Falls Smartmoney.com / James B. Stewart

Rita's damage to sites severe Houston Chronicle / David Ivanovich

How Predictable Is Fed Policy? Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis / William Poole

Economic Review Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

EU: Self-interest guides countries as integration founders $ FT / George Parker and John Thornhill

Color shouldn't be blinding Orange County Register / Jonathan Lansner

A misplaced curb on investment $ FT / David Marchick and Edward Graham

2006 Reserve Requirements Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

A Perspective on the Economic Outlook Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas / Richard W. Fisher

Lessons from Our Recent Business Cycle: A Policymaker’s Perspective Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia / Anthony M. Santomero

Fed's Santomero:inflation expectations in check Reuters

Fed May Have to Raise Rates Further, Policy Makers Suggest Bloomberg / Craig Torres

Treasury: IRS Division Should Focus More on High-Risk Deals Bond Buyer / Alison McConnell

U.S. carmakers endure discounting hangovers San Antonio Express Courier / Sean M. Wood

Bush mulls successors to Greenspan Marketwatch / Greg Robb

NYSE’s Plans Rapped NY Post / Roddy Boyd

Mexico Will Keep Lowering Interest Rates, Ortiz Says Bloomberg / Adriana Arai

NY: Luxury letdown trims apt. prices NY Daily News / Lore Croghan

MN: Housing 'bubble' intact St. Paul Pioneer Press / Gita Sitaramiah

Almighty consumer is a little less so Dallas Morning News / Danielle DiMartino

Oil drops third day in a row Dallas Morning News

Time for a trim The Economist

She's Good For Business Forbes / Daniel Fisher

Google, Sun announce software distribution partnership San Francisco Chronicle / Benjamin Pimentel

Bush calls for more refineries CNN

FDIC eyes signs of US housing, economic moderation Reuters / Kristin Roberts

Dollar Reaches 16-Month High Versus Yen on Growing Yield Gap Bloomberg / Michael McDonald

Greenspan: The worst Fed chief ever MSN / Bill Fleckenstein

Fed chair named at appropriate time: Bush Reuters

Money talk hits the big, big time Denver Post / Al Lewis

Tuesday World Gold Prices AP via NJ Post

Tuesday Gold Coin Prices AP via NJ Post

Oil falls below $64 a barrel CNN

Lewis's BofA Adds Morgan Stanley Veteran Forbes / Liz Moyer

If housing slumps, how safe are you? Business Week via MSNBC / Amey Stone

UK: Mortgage equity withdrawal rises BBC News

Online Brokers Are Still Hungry Business Week via MSNBC / Adrienne Carter

Drivers May Have Seen Highest Prices as Gas Use Drops Bloomberg / Matthew Leising

CA: Shopping on empty San Francisco Chronicle / Pia Sarkar

FL: Injured kids: no insurance, no chance? St. Petersburg Times via Stateline.org / Lisa Greene

CA: Fierce Wi-Fi fight expected in S.F. San Francisco Chronicle / Verne Kopytoff

NV: Casino workers try luck elsewhere Charlotte Observer / Adam Goldman

Treasuries up as capital orders data revised down Reuters

Treasuries investors turn cautious in week –survey Reuters

U.S. Aug. Factory Orders Rise for Third Month in Four Bloomberg / Carlos Torres

Waiting on the Fed heads CNN / Kathleen Hays

Russians bury ghost of Soviet homes with mortgages Reuters / Meg Clothier

Crude Oil Prices Slip Below $65 a Barrel AP via Baltimore Sun / Jane Wardell

Report: Oil profits return to U.S. CNN

Eastern Europe's Wave of Hot Money Won't Last Bloomberg / Matthew Lynn

Stock buybacks have drawbacks Philadelphia Inquirer / Jeff Brown

Home Builders Over The Hill? Forbes / Tom Van Riper

Bush Tries to Avoid Fight by Picking Miers for Court Bloomberg / James Rowley

Bush ready to tap heating oil reserve AP via Newsday

Fed Wary of Inflation, Preparing Rate Increase Bloomberg / John M. Berry

Housing Bubble? Give Thanks for the Balloon Tech Central Station / Ralph Kinney Bennett

Slowing Is Seen in Housing Prices in Hot Markets NY Times / David Leonhardt

After the Storms Daily Standard / Irwin M. Stelzer

Unhappy Moment Looms When Boomers Look for Income Bloomberg / Chet Currier

Surcharges are stealth price increases Marketwatch / Dr. Irwin Kellner

U.S. Factory Orders Probably Rose 2% in August, Survey Shows Bloomberg / Carlos Torres

'Economic Man' vs. 'Status Man' Tech Central Station / Arnold Kling

For Russia, rapid shift in economy paying off Taipei Times / Wu Hui-lin

U.S., Russia Rushing to Strike WTO Deal Moscow Times / Maria Levitov

Russia: Oil Output Ticks Up Slowly in September Bloomberg via Moscow Times / Michael Teagarden

British manufacturers contribute to surprise upsurge in output across globe Guardian / Ashley Seager

U.S. Notes May Gain as Yields at Seven-Week High Attract Buyers Bloomberg / Shamim Adam and Nicholas Reynolds

Dollar May Rise for 3rd Day Against Yen Ahead of Factory Orders Bloomberg / Chris Cooper and Kosuke Goto

Big S.U.V.'s Lag in Sales, Hindered by Gas Cost NY Times / Danny Hakim

10/05

CA: If housing cools, economy may freeze Contra Costa Times / George Avalos

Housing: Less Bang Than Whimper Business Week via MSNBC

Fear slams stocks CNN / Alexandra Twin

A challenge to Microsoft? Not this deal Boston Globe / Hiawatha Bray

Getting the Dollar Right National Review / John Tamny

Dollar's recent gains shame its worst critics Baltimore Sun / Jay Hancock

Taiwan: NT dollar closes at 11-month low but could drop further Bloomberg via Taipei Times

Some 21st Century Ideas on Energy and Employment Tech Central Station / Glenn Harlan Reynolds

MA: Logan bonds are junk: Delta woes trap $500M terminal Boston Herald / Scott Van Voorhis

End of the Bond Conundrum? The Street / Richard Suttmeier

Ford, GM may be downgraded AP via Charlotte News Observer / Dee-Ann Durbin

NY: New York economy improving, but lagging nation Journal News / Jay Gallagher

Alaska tires of sitting on natural gas wealth Stateline.org / Bill McAllister

Korean Economy to Grow 3.7%: OECD Korea Times / Kim Jae-kyoung

Statement Regarding Developments in the Credit Derivatives Markets Federal Reserve Bank of New York