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12/13
Costly strategy
slams Best Buy earnings Minneapolis Star Tribune / Chris Serres
MSRB Files Rule Change with
SEC that Would Grant Association Request to Extend Three-Hour Trade
Reporting Exception for Muni Issues BMA
Commerce
To Pay $600,000 Bond Buyer / Lynn Hume
MN:
Area home sales decline 12% St. Paul Pioneer Press / Gita Sitaramiah
Trade
-- the real issue UPI / Martin Walker
Hedge
fund insurance on offer Marketwatch / Alistair Barr
Fed
raises rates, changes statement Marketwatch / Greg Robb and Rex Nutting
The
Fed Is Nearing the End National Review / Larry Kudlow
Price Bubble Hits Baubles
NY Post / Suzanne Kapner
Bankruptcy
courts have busy year AP via NJ Post / Eileen Alt Powell
Fund
managers turning positive on the US FT / Christopher Brown-Humes
U.S.
banks raise prime rate to 7.25 percent Reuters
US
rate futures up as end to rate hikes seen near Reuters / Ros Krasny
Fed
signals end to rate rise cycle FT / Andrew Balls
Bernanke
ready to take over for Greenspan AP via Beaufort Gazette / Jeannine
Aversa
The
Fed Speaks Smartmony.com / Mark Glassman
Dollar
weakens on Fed news FT / Steve Johnson and Jennifer Hughes
Canada
dollar hits 14-yr high on Fed statement Reuters / Cameron French
U.S.
dollar falls against euro AP via NJ Post
Bubble,
Bubble -- Then Trouble Business Week via MSNBC / Paul Magnusson, Stan
Crock and Peter Coy
Shoppers
on Web spree South Florida Sun Sentinel / Mary Ellen Podmolik
Stocks
rise after Fed signals change in monetary policy AP via Boston Globe
PA: State panel
agrees to hike minimum wage Pittsburgh Post Gazette
WA:
Employers have good news for job seekers Seattle Post Intelligencer /
Dan Richman
China: The Trade Traps
in Hong Kong Tech Central Station / James K. Glassman
Oil
prices expected to soar to feed global appetite Washington Times /
Patrice Hill
As
precious metals go, so goes jewelry? Business Week via MSNBC / Amey
Stone
Treasuries
Rise After Fed Raises Rates, Drops `Accommodation' Bloomberg /
Elizabeth Stanton
Fed
Lifts Rate to 4.25%, Drops `Accommodation' Phrase Bloomberg / Scott
Lanman
Fed
raises rates again CNN / Paul R. La Monica
FOMC
Statement Federal Reserve Board
Philadelphia
Fed Names Bank Supervision Advisor Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
The
inflation story that wasn't AP via NJ Post / Rachel Beck
Yuletide
investments, ho ho ho The Economist
Treasuries
edge higher as Fed news looms FT / Jennifer Hughes, Paul J Davies and
David Turner
Drilling
on Wall Street The Economist
And
so this is Fed day ... CNN / Kathleen Hays
Greenspan
v. Gonzalez? CFO.com / Ronald Fink
Tuesday's
Metal Prices AP via NJ Post
Waffling
before the Fed CNN
The
right CEO for 3M CNN / Michael Sivy
CA:
Housing demand still raising roofs Orange County Register / Jonathan
Lansner
Most
Popular Toys Of The Last 100 Years Forbes / Leah Hoffmann
UK
inflation level falls to 2.1% BBC News
China
economy larger than previously stated FT Richard McGregor
Guessing
Game Is On Over Fed Hikes LA Times / Tom Petruno
Corporate
bonds losing their appeal Dallas Morning News / Danielle DiMartino
Hertz
$3 Bln Bond Sale Shows Flagging LBO Demand Bloomberg / Caroline Salas
Nov.
Retail Sales Weaker Than Expected AP via Forbes
Target:
Google Ludwig Von Mises Institute / William Anderson
Best
Buy Says 3rd-Qtr Profit Drops 6.8% on Expenses Bloomberg / Mark
Clothier
Lehman
Annual Profit Up on Transaction Fees AP via Newsday / Michael J.
Martinez
CalPERS
Says Its Fund Now Tops $200 Billion Bloomberg via LA Times
Where
to put year-end cash Philadelphia Inquirer / Jeff Brown
EU
Will Move From Crisis To Stasis Forbes / Oxford Analytica
Hopes
Dim for Broad Accord at WTO Talks LA Times / Don Lee
Hedge
Funds Will Never Outgrow This Hulking Beast Bloomberg / Chet Currier
US Money Printing to
Continue! Tomorrow’s Gold via Safehaven
/ Marc Faber
Households - Another
Quarter Older and Deeper In Debt Northern Trust via Safehaven / Paul
Kasriel
Derivatives
Bet on GM, GMAC Threatens to Unravel Bloomberg / Mark Gilbert
S.&
P. Cuts G.M. Rating to Lowest in 52 Years NY Times / Micheline Maynard
Pepsi's
market value tops Coke after 112 years $
FT / Andrew Ward
Divided
Republicans Struggle Over Size of Tax and Spending Cuts Bloomberg /
Laura Litvan
China's
Nov. Output Rose 16.6%, Most in Five Months Bloomberg / Nerys Avery
Saudi
Arabia Looks Past Oil NY Times / Jad Mouawad
Crude
Oil Trades Near Five-Week High on U.S. Cold, OPEC Output Bloomberg /
Gavin Evans and Will Kennedy
Crude
Oil Trades Near Five-Week High on U.S. Cold, OPEC Output Bloomberg /
Gavin Evans
Asia
Craves EU-Style Integration, Lacks Clarity Bloomberg / Andy Mukherjee
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12/14
GM's
Board Is Bad Slate / Daniel Gross
Tech
Pulse Index Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Wal-Mart
strategy jolts rivals Dallas Morning News / Maria Halkias
WI:
Mutual funds unit to be sold Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Paul Gores
Not
a happy season for many businesses AP via Aberdeen News / Joyce M.
Rosenberg
Energy
costs driving shoppers online UPI / T.K. Maloy
U.S.
rent rising out of reach AP via Myrtle Beach Sun / Stephen Ohlemacher
NY
second for 'insourcing' jobs Buffalo Business Journal
CA: Gas prices dip
— for now Mercury News / David Morrill
IN:
Construction boom and gloom Indianapolis Star / Norm Heikens
BMA: Elects 2006 Board
of Directors Bond Market Association
Chicago
Passes '06 Budget Bond Buyer / Yvette Shields
NV:
Suburbs headed southwest? Las Vegas Review Journal / Hubble Smith
Time Warner Showdown NY
Post / Paul Tharp
Union
faults businesses for drop in members Lansing State Journal / Barbara
Wieland
The
Social Blessings of "Usury" Ludwig von Mises Institute / Glen
Tenney
Hedge
funds return 2% in November Marketwatch / Alistair Barr
Let's
Make a Deal Smartmkoney.com / Will Swarts
CME to Bid for NYMEX NY
Post / Zachery Kouwe
Canada:
Loonie surrenders gains Globe and Mail / John Partridge and Tavia Grant
Korea:
Won Hits 4-Month High Against Dollar Korea Times / Kim Sung-jin
Don't
look for much out of trade talks in Hong Kong St. Louis Post Dispatch /
David Nicklaus
Chinese
economy to outgrow Britain this year Scotsman
Least
affordable rental markets CNN / Les Christie
FL:
Where's your insurance check? Mortgage companies can hold your repair money
South Florida Sun Sentinel / Kathy Bushouse
Why Are Workers Earning
Less Than They Used To? Tech Central Station / Craig S. Marxsen
Even
dollar bulls shudder at trade gap Reuters / Jamie McGeever
Morgan
Stanley CEO nabs $11.5M bonus Reuters via CNN
Trading
Blunder Raises Concerns About the Tokyo Stock Exchange LA Times / Bruce
Wallace
We're
Still Too Exuberant Fortune via Fiend’s
SuperBear Page / Geoffrey Colvin
S.E.C.
Looks to Ease Delisting Rules for Foreign Companies NY Times / Floyd
Norris
Multimillion
Dollar Fine Levied Against DuPont LA Times / Jesus Sanchez
Qantas
Plays Santa for Boeing South Florida Sun Sentinel / Jesus Sanchez
Acceptance
of honorary degree, New York University Federal Reserve Board / Alan
Greenspan
Heterogeneous
Beliefs and Inflation Dynamics: A General Equilibrium Approach Federal
Reserve Bank of Boston / Fabià Gumba-Brisa
Research
Review Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
FB&T
Regulatory Agencies Publish Guide to Help Financial Institutions Comply
with Information Security Guidelines Federal Reserve Board
A
thank-you note for the Fed CNN / Kathleen Hays
Fed-speak
fuels optimism about economy AP via Houston Chronicle / Martin
Crutsinger
Fed
considers end to increases in rates Washington Times / Patrice Hill
Greenspan:
World living standards rising AP via Charlotte Observer / Jeannine
Aversa
Bright
Spot on Gulf as Casinos Rush to Rebuild NY Times / Gary Rivlin
Can
America keep it up? The Economist
Americans
expected to eat out even more Dallas Morning News / Karen
Robinson-Jacobs
US
says hot housing market boosted mortgage fraud Reuters / Kristin
Roberts
Dow
up as market continues to mull Fed FT / Pan Kwan Yuk
Blockbuster
resumes late fees in 4 states AP via Dallas Morning News
Snow-
Strong U.S. economy proving pessimists wrong Reuters / Laura MacInnis
In
praise of a Democratic senator $ The
Economist
Biggest
one-day Yen rally for five years FT / Steve Johnson
Canada
dollar hits 14-year high but ends unchanged Reuters / Cameron French
UK:
All roads lead to London The Economist
Europe
must conquer gloom $ FT / Quentin Peel
EU:
What is the EU budget for? $ The
Economist
Rich
nations criticised on trade BBC News
Japan:
Competing through innovation $ The
Economist
India:
The next wave The Economist
UK:
Tony Blair and Europe $ The Economist
Oil above
$61 after inventory report CNN
In
defense of the inverted yield curve Dallas Morning News / Danielle
DiMartino
Getting
thrown a flat yield curve Philadelphia Inquirer / Andrew Cassel
Treasuries
jump on trade gap widening FT / Jennifer Hughes
U.S.
Treasuries Gain; Slower Inflation May Spur Fed to Pause Bloomberg /
Elizabeth Stanton
Trade
gap widens unexpectedly, hits record Reuters / Andrea Hopkins
Dollar
Falls Most in 5 Years Against Yen on Tankan, Trade Gap Bloomberg /
Joshua Krongold and Michael McDonald
Fed
Breaks Pattern, Signals Replace Promises Bloomberg / John M. Berry
Fed
Raises Key Rate Again, Hints Tightening Is Near End LA Times / Bill
Sing
30-year
loans beat ARMs Detroit Free Press / Susan Tompor
Risky
mortgages could be harder to get USA Today / Kathy Chu
Real
Estate Job Engine Finally Slows Down AP via Newsday / Adam Geller
Bush
administration confident over Fed's vigilance Reuters
Online
retailers step up discount offers AP via USA Today / Anne D'Innocenzio
GM
takes lean, mean approach to competition Pittsburgh Tribune Review /
Jack Markowitz
IMF's
Rato lauds health of emerging economies Reuters
SEC
Tells Bond Lawyers to Be Sure Clients Understand Bloomberg / Joe Mysak
Fed
Wraps Holiday Statement in Shade of Neutral Bloomberg / Caroline Baum
Fed
Switches Rate Off Autopilot, Inflation Alert Still Flashing Bloomberg /
Craig Torres
Company
Insiders Sell, Suggesting Rally's End: Taking Stock Bloomberg / Suzanne
O'Halloran
Roach,
Friedman Disagree About World's Shape Bloomberg / William Pesek Jr.
Fed Opens Door for a
January Pause Forex News via Safehaven
/ Ashraf Laidi
Fed
Gives Mixed Sign on Rates NY Times / Edmund L. Andrews
Protesters
March as WTO Session Opens Washington Post / Philip P. Pan
UK:
Inflation fall raises hopes for rate cut Guardian / Ashley Seager
Japan's
Tankan Business Confidence Index Rises to 21 Bloomberg / Mayumi Otsuma
Yen
Gains After Tankan Shows Increased Capital Spending, Profit Bloomberg /
Chris Cooper and Kosuke Goto
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12/15
The
workplace of tomorrow? Marketwatch / Robert Powell
Risky
investments don't always offer biggest rewards USA Today / John
Waggoner
Trade
talks battle against clock BBC News
IMF
says too early for BoJ to tighten policy FT / David Pilling
Treasuries
fall as investors lock in profits FT / Joanna Chung, Ivar Simensen and
David Turner
Loonie
rides trade winds Financial Post / Jacqueline Thorpe
Gold
Rush Smartmoney.com / Lisa Scherzer
Gold
extends losses, hits 2-week low Marketwatch
Calif. home sales
drop Long Beach Press Telegram
Mortgage
rates ease in latest week Marketwatch / Rachel Koning
Reports
show economy 'is really performing well' USA Today / Sue Kirchhoff
Barclays'
ETFs impacted by S&P's index overhaul Marketwatch / John Sppence
Naughty NYSE NY Post /
Roddy Boyd
Deutsche
chief looks at a legacy of change IHT / Carter Dougherty
Goldman
Lags Broker Reports Dow Jones via Smartmoney.com / Greg Mocroft
WI:
Hurricanes hit remodeling Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Michele Derus
WI:
Jobs grow faster in state than labor pool Milwaukee Journal Sentinel /
Joel Dresang
Florida
tourism expected to jump 3.2 percent next year AP via Orlando Sentinel
Merck's
Sneak Attack Forbes / Matthew Harper
Pier
1 stock plummets on slow holiday sales Dallas Morning News / Maria
Halkias
Pier
Pressure Smartmoney.com / Will Swarts
Business
Outlook Survey Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Competition
and trade in the U.S. auto parts sector pdf
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Foreign
cenbank purchases of US debt eased on week Reuters
Dollar
Rises Versus Euro as Foreigners Boost Asset Purchases Bloomberg /
Joshua Krongold
Between
the Fed's Fewer Lines Business Week via MSNBC / Michael Wallace
Fed's
word change a signal of future action AP via Myrtle Beach Sun / Martin
Crutsinger
China's
thirst for energy complicating global policy Knight Ridder / Tim
Johnson
Protesting
What, Exactly? in Hong Kong Business Week via MSNB / Frederik Balfour
Treasuries
slip on NY Fed-driven profit-taking Reuters / Pedro Nicolaci da Costa
Empire
State Manufacturing Survey Federal Reserve Bank of New York
DIARY-Federal
Reserve Events Reuters
Good
economic news gets little credit Dallas Morning News / Danielle
DiMartino
CPI posts
biggest drop since 1949 CNN / Chris Isidore
House
expected to pass pension bill Marketwatch / William L. Watts
Mortgage
delinquencies soar in storms' wake South Florida Sun Sentinel / Jack
Snyder
CA:
Bullish on O.C. prices Orange County Register / Mathew Padilla
WA:
A new player in real estate market Seattle Post Intelligencer / Kristen
Millares Bolt
Thursday
Gold Coin Prices AP via NJ Post
Oil
prices slide as inventory worries ease AP via NJ Post
FDIC
Banking Review FDIC
Goldman
Sachs 4Q Profit Jumps 36 Percent AP via Forbes
Bear
Stearns Profit Up 15 Percent in 4Q AP via Baltimore Sun / Michael J.
Martinez
Traditional
phones may be nearing end of line Seattle Post Intelligencer / Bill
Virgin
Cox
Promises Policy on Large Fines CFO.com / Stephen Taub and Tim Reason
Record
year at Boeing leads industry boom Seattle Post Intelligencer / Charles
Pope
Gloomsters
refuse to budge Marketwatch / Peter Brimelow
MI:
Jobless rate 6.6% in state, 5% in U.S. Detroit Free Press / John
Gallagher
AZ:
We plan for retiring boomers, or we bust Arizona Republic / Jon Talton
Yen
rallies against the dollar and euro FT / Maria Silander
China a
spectator at WTO talks IHT /
David Lague and Donald Greenlees
Shopping
Crowds Seem Lighter at the Mall This Year NY Times / Michael Barbaro
Time running out for
online shoppers Pittsburgh Post Gazette / Teresa F. Lindeman
Moves
at S.E.C. to Loosen Rules on Many Companies NY Times / Floyd Norris
Fracas over home
seizures moves to states Christian Science Monitor / Warren Richey
New York braces,
sort of, for transit strike Christian Science Monitor / Alexandra Marks
Threat
of walk-out puts trade talks in doubt Independent / Philip Thornton
UK: Bad news
triple whammy points to rate cut Scotsman / Nick Bevens
China
will keep growing for years - but will it get rich before it gets old?
Independent / Hamish McRae
Treasuries
May Rise; Report to Show Inflation Slowed Last Month Bloomberg / Shamim
Adam
WTO Delegates, Just Look
Around You Tech Central Station / James K. Glassman
Trade
negotiators locked in secret talks Guardian / Larry Elliott and
Jonathan Watts
UK:
Jobless total jumps to 1.5 million Guardian / Ashley Seager
Trade
Deficit Hits Record, Threatening U.S. Growth NY Times / Edmund L.
Andrews
Commodity
Strategists: Oil May Rise to $70 Next Year Bloomberg / Megumi Yamanaka
Dollar
May Rise on Higher U.S. Rates Than in Japan and Europe Bloomberg /
Kosuke Goto and Chris Cooper
Sandwich
Chain Decides It's Time to Sell NY Times / Andrew Ross Sorkin
Who Wants Health
Insurance? Tech Central Station / Arnold Kling
UK:
Top City bankers poised for bonus bonanza Guardian / Jill Treanor
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