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11/28
Steelmakers
on a roll, until the next glut The Economist
Lamy
keeps composure at trade talks BBC News / Nigel Cassidy
Can
the Jews Save Christmas? Slate / Daniel Gross
Sellers
put their homes on the 'range' USA Today via 1st Headlines / Adam Shell
Gold
above $500: It's about time Marketwatch / Peter Brimelow
Gold
above $500 in Asia, platinum $1,000 Reuters / Lewa Pardomuan
Have
crude bears started their turn? Marketwatch / Tom Kilgore
Energy: The
Bottomless Well Lew Rockwell / Bill Walker
Gold: The Sky Is Falling
Maison Placements via Safehaven /
John Ing
Negative Savings and
Extremely Cheap Gold Wisdom Financial via Safehaven / Emanuel Balarie
David
vs. Goliath -- bet on the underdog! Marketwatch / Paul B. Farrell
Monday's
commodities roundup AP via Beaufort Gazette
Report
on China frustrates critics USA Today via 1st Headlines / David J. Lynch
Venezuela
sells $3 billion worth of bonds AP via Beaufort Gazette
Canada:
Investing in Productivity Bank of Canada / David Didge
Australia's
not hiding it in the mattress IHT / Wayne Arnold
Monday
was shopping day at work Newsday / Richard J. Dalton, Jr.
Treasury
market eyes data-heavy weak FT / Jennifer Hughes, Joanna Chung and David
Turner
Texas Manufacturing
Outlook Survey Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Janus
managers planning buyout Fortune via CNN / Bethany McLean
The
70 percent solution Business 2.0 via CNN
Merck
$ FT / Lex
Falling
after the run CNN / Alexandra Twin
Should
Merck Raise Its Dividend? Forbes / Matthew Harper
Gold
nears $500 an ounce FT / Kevin Morrison
IL: Few
opt to lock in gas rate Chicago Sun Times / Mary Wisniewski
Home
sales slow CNN / Chris Isidore
MA:
Realtors get their hands on technology Boston Globe / Kimberly Blanton
Decadent
America must give up imperial ambitions $
FT / Anatol Lieven
GAO
Criticizes SEC Internal Controls CFO.com / Stephen Taub
Argentina
ousts economy minister Lavagna FT / Adam Thomson and Richard Lapper
Greenspan's
Gift Morgan Stanley / Richard Berner
Fed's
power ever waning Financial Post / Jacqueline Thorpe
Review
and Preview Morgan Stanley / Ted Wieseman and David Greenlaw
Debating
the Yield Curve Morgan Stanley / Joachim Fels
Home
is no longer a refuge for the economy Dallas Morning News / Danielle
DiMartino
Economic
optimism means more goodies for clients Arizona Republic / Yvette Armendariz
Many
who spend could be saving Dallas Morning News / Pamela Yip
Defeasing
Legacy Costs Morgan Stanley / Richard Berner and Michael Peskin
U.S.
Stocks Fall From Four-Year High on Holiday Sales Concern Bloomberg /
Sophie Hayward
Bank
of Montreal's Comper Finding No U.S. Takeovers Bloomberg / Sean B.
Pasternak
Rush
to gold pushes prices higher BBC News
The
Case of the Missing Petro-Dollars Morgan Stanley / Stephen Roach
Forecast
of warm weather pulls down oil prices AP via Houston Chronicle
China’s
reluctance to come clean The Economist
China:
Growth Beats Expectations in 3Q05; Forecasts Update Morgan Stanley /
Denise Yam
Treasuries
mixed, housing froth starts to overflow Reuters / Pedro Nicolaci da
Costa
Dollar
Declines After U.S. Home Sales Fall More Than Forecast Bloomberg /
Michael McDonald and Deborah Finestone
Strong
Dollar Is Here To Stay Forbes / Oxford Analytica
Yen
hits new lows on weak retail sales FT / Steve Johnson
U.S.
Oct. Existing Home Sales Fall to 7.09 Mln Rate Bloomberg / Carlos
Torres
Paging
Ms. Goldilocks ... CNN / Kathleen Hays
Preacher
Green to step up to HSBC top job Reuters / Steve Slater
Merck
to Cut 7,000 Jobs, Close 5 Manufacturing Plants Bloomberg / Angela Zimm
and Nicole Ostrow
Fisher,
Fed's `Weakest Member,' Speaks Mind, Shaking Markets Bloomberg / Vivien
Lou Chen
Change
in Fed Statement Is Coming (Either Way) Bloomberg / Caroline Baum
How
the Fed Should Steer the Bernanke Transition Bloomberg / Kevin Hassett
Courting
the Commercial Customer Washington Post / Terence O'Hara
Federated
Settles Fund Probe for at Least $80 Mln, People Say Bloomberg / Gregory
Cresci
Regulators
May Never Police Hedge Fund Conflicts Bloomberg / John Wasik
The
Skillful Professor Rothbard Ludwig von Mises Institute / F.A. Hayek
DC:
Germans Change From Buyers to Sellers Washington Post / Dana Hedgpeth
Dollar
Strengthens as Reports May Show Reinvigorated Growth Bloomberg / Kosuke
Goto and Chris Cooper
Trichet's
Stance on ECB Rates Is Yes, No, Maybe Bloomberg / Matthew Lynn
Japan's
Retail Sales Fall as Consumers Curb Spending Bloomberg / Mayumi Otsuma
UK:
This debate is about politics, not economics Independent Stephen King
Outsourcing moves
closer to home Christian Science Monitor / Danna Harman
Throw some cold
water on free trade Christian Science Monitor / David R. Francis
Russia: No
More Cheap Gas, Russia Tells Neighbors AP via Moscow Times / Maria Danilova
UK:
Brown pledges to cut red tape in drive to woo industry Guardian / Larry
Elliott and Ashley Seager
Morgan
Stanley, BNP Secret Codes Give Edge in Treasury Trades Bloomberg /
Michael McDonald
Bank on It
Forbes / Daniel Kruger
Euro
Likely to Decline as ECB Signals Limit to Rate Increases Bloomberg /
Jake Lee and Michael McDonald
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11/29
Fannie,
Freddie raise limit on mortgages AP via Beaufort Gazette
Unsold
house inventory highest since April 1986 Newsday / Tami Luhby
FL:
Bay area home prices defy trend St. Petersburg Times / Scott Barancik
Betting
on the bubble Marketwatch / Rex Nutting
Smaller
carriers coast above trouble AP via Myrtle Beach Sun / Bob Christie
U.S. Bancorp to
acquire Wachovia's trust division Minneapolis Star Tribune / Thomas Lee
How
to Hit the Curve Smartmoney.com / James B. Stewart
Multimillion
mutual refund Newsday / Pradnya Joshi
Crude
prices close near 6-month low Marketwatch / Myra P. Saefong
Exit Iraq, But How?
Tech Central Station / Max Borders
Waiting
for That $100 Laptop? Slate / Cyrus Farivar
The Coming $100
Laptop Tragedy Tech Central Station / David Henderson
Who
Controls the Internet? Slate / Adam L. Penenberg
OECD:
ECB should leave rates 'unchanged' AP via Beaufort Gazette
EU: Central Bank
Blues Tech Central Station / Constantin Gurdgiev
A major
face-lift for OECD? IHT / James Kanter
Exit
strategy? Marketwatch / Dr. Irwin Kellner
Why M3 No Longer Matters
Clif Droke Market Analysis via Safehaven
/ Clif Droke
Rate
Hikes, Gold, and Greenbacks National Review / John Tamny
The Federal Reserve:
Fractional Reserve Lending Safehaven / Douglas V. Gnazzo
U.S.
Treasury prices sink on bullish data AP via NJ Post
When
yield curve talks, economists listen Reuters / Pedro Nicolaci da Costa
Gold
below $500 in Asia Reuters
Prescriptions
For Gold Fever Forbes / Carlton Delfeld
Auto
suppliers face a bleak 2006: S&P Reuters
US
automakers may be hit by rising platinum prices Reuters / Poornima
Gupta
Canada:
The Forbes 40 Canada Forbes / Scott DeCarlo and Dan Bigman
Google
takes biggest dive in a year Reuters via CNN
New
home sales soar CNN / Chris Isidore
Big raises
just aren't happening LA Times via Houston Chronicle / Molly Selvin
EU:
Corporate Europe ignores diversity at its peril $ FT / Marta Dassu and Daniel Franklin
CA:
Rep. Cunningham Pleads Guilty to Bribery, Resigns LA Times / Tony Perry
EU:
Caution would endanger a recovery $ FT /
Martin Wolf
Canada:
No confidence, no alternative? The Economist
Treasuries
Fall After Consumer Confidence and Home Sales Rise Bloomberg /
Elizabeth Stanton and Joshua Krongold
U.S.
Nov. Consumer Confidence Rose By Most Since 2003 Bloomberg / Bob Willis
For
Many, Inflation to Outpace '06 Raises LA Times / Molly Selvin
New
home sales soar CNN
CA:
Is there pent-up demand for rural life? Orange County Register /
Jonathan Lansner
CA:
A view to a trend Orange County Register / Jonathan Lansner
FL:
Condo craze is headed for crash and burn Orlando Sentinel / Mike Thomas
AZ:
Median price of Valley home 20% above U.S. Arizona Republic / Jonathan
J. Higuera
Hot
Stats—Texas State & Metro Economic Indicators Federal Reserve Bank
of Dallas
Wal-Mart:
Determined discounting CNN / Michael Sivy
US
Airways to buy 20 jets from Airbus Philadelphia Inquirer / Tom Bolden
Kmart,
employees settle for $11 million Detroit Free Press / David Ashenfelter
OECD
upbeat on world growth prospects FT / Scheherazade Daneshkhu
Oil
rebounds after optimistic weather views AP via Seattle Times / Gillian
Wong
Tuesday
Gold Coin Prices AP via NJ Post
Gold
surges to highest since 1983 BBC News
Gold
tops $500 for first time since 1980s FT / Chris Flood
LA:
Jobs abound, if you have a place to sleep AP via Boston Globe / John
Seewer
Japan:
The Bank of Japan discomfited The Economist
EU:
Why a rate rise may put eurozone recovery at risk $ FT / Ralph Atkins and Chris Giles
EU:
Money supply bolsters case for ECB rate rise Reuters via FT
A
Trendy Mortgage Falls From Favor Wall Street Journal via Marketwatch /
Ruth Simon
Home
sweet second home Taipei Times / Robert Shiller
Schumpeter
Gone Wild Daily Standard / Irwin Stelzer
U.S.
Durable Goods Orders, Confidence Seen Rising, Surveys Show Bloomberg /
Joe Richter
If winter is
bitter, brace for a natural-gas crunch Christian Science Monitor / Mark
Clayton
Gold-Man, Sachs of It! –
This Year-End NY Post / Roddy Boyd
Funds'
Year-End Payouts Put Investors in a Bind Bloomberg / Chet Currier
SEC
Investigates Bankruptcy Committees for Hedge-Fund Fraud Bloomberg /
Otis Bilodeau
HSBC
cocks a snook at Higgs in opting for management continuity instead of the
rules Independent / Jeremy Warner
Bond
leaves HSBC in rude health Independent / Gary Parkinson
State
Street, Invesco Bet on Latin America to Lead Europe Funds Bloomberg /
David Clarke
Colorado
Portfolio Wins the Battle of the States Bloomberg / John Dorfman
Hold
the CPR: Qwest Shows Signs of Life NY Times / Ken Belson
Getting a Feel For Another
End Of Year Stock Rally NY Post / John Crudele
Tax-cut momentum
waning Christian Science Monitor / Gail Russell Chaddock
U.S.
Declines a Chance to Criticize Yuan Policy NY Times / Edmund L. Andrews
Katrina evacuees
struggle to exit hotels Christian Science Monitor / Kris Axtman
Money
Is There to Aid Rural Internet, but Loans Are Hard to Get NY Times /
Vikas Bajaj
Congressman
Admits Taking Bribes, Resigns Washington Post / Charles R. Babcock and
Jonathan Weisman
Reflexive
Disintermediation: Say What? - Learning To Live With It Pimco / Paul
McCulley
Yuan
Is Still Pegged to the Dollar Bloomberg / Andy Mukherjee
US
says China did not manipulate currency FT / Edward Alden
China
Trader Liu May Be Scapegoat for Weak Controls Bloomberg / Le-Min Lim
Japan's
Factory Production, Household Spending Gain in October Bloomberg / Lindsay
Whipp
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11/30
Red
Meat For Beltway Regulators Forbes / Mallory Factor and James P.
Pinkerton
Uncertainty
and Monetary Policy Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
The Bond Market
Association Files Comment Letter on Elimination of TRACE Delays Bond
Market Association
Securities Lending and
Repo Workshop Highlights Bond Market Association
Smart,
or Stupid? National Review / Larry Kudlow
Europe’s
muddled message FT / Quentin Peel
S&P
downgrades Louisiana's credit rating AP via Beaufort Gazette / Melinda
Deslatte
Treasuries
hit by strong US data FT / Jennifer Hughes, Maria Silander and David
Turner
Private
investors crowded out as hedge funds grow Reuters / Douwe Miedema
Base
metals extend record run FT / Kevin Morrison
Economy
growing but rate varies across U.S., Fed says Marketwatch / Greg Robb
Airlines
trimming weight to curb appetite for fuel South Florida Sun Sentinel /
Mark Skertic
Back
in Black Smartmoney.com / Mark Glassman
Yahoo's
valuation a growing concern Marketwatch / Dan Gallagher
Recent
Developments in Regulatory Capital Federal Reserve Board / Susan
Schmidt Bies
The
Beige Book Federal Reserve Board
Mortgage
applications drop to 16-month low Reuters via USA Today / Julie Haviv
Wednesday's
commodities roundup AP Beaufort Gazette
States
misdirect tobacco money, study shows AP via MSNBC
Gold
closes above $500 Chicago Tribune
Wednesday's
World Gold Prices AP via NJ Post
Treasuries
derailed as US economic growth on track Reuters / Pedro Nicolaci da
Costa
U.S.
mortgage rates unchanged Wednesday – BestInfo Reuters
Secrets
Pimco / Bill Gross
Economic
Research and the Role of the Federal Reserve in Payments Federal
Reserve Bank of Minneapolis / Gary H. Stern
Fed
beige book: economic activity up Reuters / Mark Felsenthal
Chicago
Fed Midwest Manufacturing Index Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Interview
with Edward Green Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
The
Untouchables Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Douglas Clement
Partying
like it's 1999 -- into 2006 CNN Chris Isidore
Hedge
Fund Bankruptcy Role Seen Probed CFO.com / Stephen Taub
Dell,
U.S. Companies Prefer Buybacks: Taking Stock Bloomberg / Sophie Hayward
Inverted
curve may yield recession Dallas Morning News / Danielle DiMartino
Volatility
telling us something? Philadelphia Inquirer / Andrew Cassel
U.S.
Economy Expanded at a 4.3% Pace in Third Quarter Bloomberg / Joe
Richter
Intergenerational
Economic Mobility PDF Federal Reserve
Bank of Chicago Daniel Aaronson and Bhashkar Mazumder
PA:
Gas heat set to cost 27% more Philadelphia Inquirer / Jeff Gelles
U.S.
dollar strengthens against the euro AP via NJ Post
Money
market yields post surprising gains AP via NJ Post / Meg Richards
India
gains credibility as an emergent export titan FT / Jo Johnson
Brazil
3rd-Qtr GDP Grows at Slowest Pace in Two Years Bloomberg / Guillermo
Parra-Bernal
Fed
move will make mortgages cheaper Boston Herald / Jerry Kronenberg
Atlanta
May Get Lesson From IRS on $1 Bln Bond Sale Bloomberg / Joe Mysak
Mexico's
Ortiz Targets Inflation, Spurs Growth Bloomberg / John M. Berry
Upbeat
Signs Hold Cautions for the Future NY Times / Vikas Bajaj
Highest wage states
are in the East, lowest in the South Pittsburgh Post Gazette / Stephen
Ohlemacher
U.S.
Economy Grew at a 4% Rate in Third Quarter, Survey Says Bloomberg / Joe
Richter
Survey finds
participants plan to cut holiday spending Pittsburgh Post Gazette / Dan
Malachowski
Oil
prices slip to just above $56 a barrel AP via Bradenton Journal
Gold
vs. stocks Marketwatch / Mark Hulbert
Yen
Gains; BOJ's Iwata Signals Central Bank May Change Policy Bloomberg /
Chris Cooper and Kosuke Goto
Dollar doubt
pushes gold above $500 Scotsman / Alistair Jamieson
Dollar
Heads for Third Month of Gains on Higher Interest Rates Bloomberg /
Chris Cooper and Kosuke Goto
Cox
Takes First Steps at SEC Washington Post / Carrie Johnson
Wal-Mart's cut-rate
prices, limited supplies create holiday shopping buzz Pittsburgh Post
Gazette / Teresa F. Lindeman
U.S.
Auto Sales May Fall Again in November as Asians Gain Share Bloomberg /
Barbara Powell
NY: Money Town NY Post
/ Paul Tharp
TSA
Would Allow Sharp Objects on Airliners Washington Post / Sara Kehaulani
Goo
U.S.
Treasuries May Gain After Yields Rose Most in Three Weeks Bloomberg /
Shamim Adam
A
Warning of Trade Suits Over Farming NY Times / Alexei Barrionuevo
Deflation
Looms as China's Economy Cools Off Bloomberg / William Pesek Jr.
Australian
Retail Sales Gain 0.5% as Fuel Prices Drop Bloomberg / Victoria
Batchelor
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