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12/01

End of the line for the metals rally? Marketwatch / Myra P. Saefong

Gold price glitters, but gather data nuggets before buying USA Today / John Waggoner

How hot are metals? Thieves are stealing lamp posts Globe and Mail / Barrie McKenna

Empire Falls Smartmoney.com / Lisa Scherzer

Labor’s New Math NY Post / John Crudele

The Times They Are (About To Be) A Changin' Contrary Investor via Safehaven

White House trumpets GDP outlook Marketwatch / Greg Robb

FBR fund manager sticks to fundamentals Marketwatch / David Weidner

Wachovia expanding  job flow to India Charlotte Observer / Rick Rothacker and Binyamin Appelbaum

Driving convertibles Marketwatch / Jonathan Burton

Association Seeks Comment on “Negative Rate Repo Trading” Bond Market Association

Highlights of 11th Annual Securities Lending and Repo Conference Bond Market Association

Adobe's Takeover of Macromedia to Get Regulatory Nod Bloomberg / Connie Guglielmo

Thursday rally continues bullish trend Marketwatch / David Nassar

Bargains lured shoppers in November Marketwatch / Jennifer Waters

Gloom surrounds U.S. housing Globe and Mail / Angela Barnes

OH: Akron gets Wi-Fi plan off ground Akron Beacon Journal / John Higgins and Sandra Klepach

Japanese Leader Not Alarmed by Falling Yen AP via Minneapolis Star Tirbune

Chief of Australian central bank resigns AP via Beaufort Gazette

Brazil's Nov. Trade Surplus Widens as Demand Slumps Bloomberg / Guillermo Parra-Bernal

Is Hong Kong just a stage on the road to nowhere? Scotsman / Fordtce Maxwell

IMF Urges Mexico to Rein in Spending on Oil Concerns Bloomberg / Adriana Arai

Gold's surge not likely to cost holiday shoppers Baltimore Sun / Andrea K. Walker

The little yellow god The Economist

Precious metal futures soar Reuters via CNN

Copper prices increase to record levels $ FT / Stephen Schurr and Kevin Morrison

NYSE Seat Sells for All-Time High of $4M AP via Forbes

Financial exchanges $ The Economist

Money funds fall in latest week AP via NJ Post

$5 billion hedge fund gets clipped CNN via 1st Headlines / Marcia Vickers

Bank of America cuts online trading fees AP via NJ Post

CA: Low-priced Brokerage Is Shaking Up Real Estate LA Times / Annette Haddad

IL: War on mortgage scams Chicago Tribune / David Jackson

Home prices rise but pace slows CNN / Les Christie

Clicks, bricks and bargains The Economist

Onward, Christian shoppers The Economist

GM, Ford U.S. Sales Decline; Toyota's, Honda's Rise Bloomberg / Bill Koenig

GM and Ford suffer new sales setback $ FT / Bernard Simon

Auto Sales in U.S. Decline in November AP via NY Times

AT&T: A New Chapter Forbes

Department stores betting on last-minute shoppers Reuters / Nicole Maestri

McDonald's shares at five-year high Dow Jones and AP via Houston Chronicle

Canada: Peace, order and rocky government The Economist

EU: Trichet’s dilemma The Economist

China: Under the thumb The Economist

Outsourcing in Eastern Europe $ The Economist

Britain's budget concerns $ The Economist

EU: Gordon Brown and pensions $ The Economist

EU seeks emphasis on trade diversity AP via Washington Times

European Bank Raises Rates for First Time in 5 Years NY Times / Mark Landler

The Forbes Fictional 15 Forbes / Michael Noer and David M. Ewalt

Russia: Putin's heroes The Economist

Wanna Buy A Vowel? Forbes / Rachel Rosmarin and Chris Kraeuter

Oops-onomics The Economist

Come hither The Economist

The end of ideology $ The Economist

Weekly U.S. Mortgage rate survey Reuters

Housing slowdown will hurt job growth CNN / Chris Isidore

Home prices up 12%, U.S. says AP via USA Today

Homeowners read from new script Dallas Morning News / Danielle DiMartino

U.S. Personal Spending Rises 0.2%; Inflation Slows Bloomberg / Carlos Torres

For Every Buyer, A Seller Forbes / Rachel Rosmarin

Bally Restates Four Years of Results CFO.com / Stephen Taub

Score So Far Is ECB, 1; Unsolicited Advisers, 0 Bloomberg / Caroline Baum

Eurozone bonds prices stay higher after ECB move FT / Joanna Chung

Eurozone rates rise to 2.25 per cent FT / Steve Johnson

ECB ignores fears to raise rates BBC News

Millennium Settles With Spitzer, SEC for $180 Mln Bloomberg

Financial salesman's questions are only too telling Dallas Morning News Scott Burns

Gold, platinum futures fall San Diego Union Tribune

NY: Fuel Prices Pinch in Manhattan, Where Most Resident Don't Drive Bloomberg / Chris Dolmetsch

The Greenspan Warnings Millennium Bullion Fund via Safehaven / Nick Barisheff

US carmakers at crossroads Christian Science Monitor / Mark Trumbull

Merrill Lynch Trims Forecasts for Dollar's Decline Next Year Bloomberg / Michael McDonald

Hedge Funds Buy Life Insurance Policies to Ply New Profit Path Bloomberg / Miles Weiss

How to Generate Alpha in a Predominantly Beta World NY Times / Riva D. Atlas

Top bankers to leave Morgan Stanley FT / Peter Thal Larsen, David Wells and David Wighton

Russia: Mapmakers and Mythmakers NY Times / Andrew E. Kramer

12/02

Bush hails jobs data as sign of strong economy FT / Christopher Swann

International imbalances Federal Reserve Board / Alan Greenspan

Treasuries Have Weekly Decline on Job Creation, Wage Growth Bloomberg / Elizabeth Stanton and Joshua Krongold

Eurozone bonds take rate rise in their stride FT / Joanna Chung

Oil Prices Rise Above $59 Per Barrel AP via Chicago Tribune / Madlen Read

Friday's commodities roundup AP via NJ Post

The U.S Economy: 2005 in Review and Prospects for 2006 pdf Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Janet Yellen

Economic Quarterly Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Recent Policy Issues Regarding Credit Risk Transfer Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Fed's Yellen sees more rate hikes ahead Reuters via CNN

Bush, Greenspan split on economy outlook CNN

Bernanke bows out of White House report Reuters via CNN

White House Sees Better Business Prospects AP via South Florida Sun Sentinel / Jeannine Aversa

Russia: Unusually Harsh Sentence for Yukos Manager Moscow Times / Valeria Korchagina

A lot of work ahead for job market Dallas Morning News / Danielle DiMartino

Obscure Economic Indicator: Keeneland Thoroughbred Sales Slate / Daniel Gross

Drained at the Pump, Shoppers Cut Back NY Times / Michael Barbaro

Wal-Mart critics say its popularity waning AP via Lansing State Journal / Marcus Kabel

The Shorts List Slate / Brendan I. Koerner

FL: Condo-crazy Orlando South Florida Sun Sentinel / Jack Snyder and Jay Hamburg

TX: Commercial forced sales are down Dallas Morning News / Jeff Brown

Greenspan Says Economy Doing Well, Deficits a Threat Bloomberg / Scott Lanman

Budget policy Federal Reserve Board / Alan Greenspan

Greenspan: Budget deficits pose risk Reuters via CNN

Gold hits 23-year high FT / Kevin Morrison

Oil, Heating Oil, Gasoline Rise as Weather Cools, Economy Grows Bloomberg / Mark Shenk

U.S. Added 215,000 Jobs Last Month, Most Since July Bloomberg / Courtney Schlisserman

With Interest: The case of the negative saving rate IHT / Daniel Altman

U.S. Vehicle Sales Decline 2.8% LA Times / John O'Dell

More Headaches For NYSE Forbes / Liz Moyer

Layoffs kneecap naysayers Denver Post / Al Lewis

GM to increase output 6% in first quarter Detroit Free Press / Michael Ellis

Rising Wal-Mart lifts many boats Philadelphia Inquirer / Andrew Cassel

Cisco Stagnates Forbes / Chris Kraeuter

Google at $400? Why not? Reuters / Marc Gerstein

Ford to close around 5 plants – report AFX via Forbes

EU: ECB Finally Biting Morgan Stanley / Thomas Gade and Eric Chaney

EU: Anchoring inflation in Europe IHT / Carter Dougherty

China Slowdown -- Early Not Wrong Morgan Stanley / Stephen Roach

G-7 Central Bankers Pledge Not to Hurt Economic Growth Bloomberg / Simon Kennedy

G7: Uncovered Equity Parity (UEP) Condition Morgan Stanley / Stephen L. Jen

Korea: Steady Revival on Export Strength Morgan Stanley / Sharon Lam and Andy Xie

Chile's Corbo Says Betting on Peso Gain a `Risk' Bloomberg / Matthew Walter

Dollar gains against major currencies FT / Maria Silander

JPY No Longer the Dominant Currency in Asia Morgan Stanley / Stephen L. Jen

We Should Stop Playing With Public Pension Plans Bloomberg / Joe Mysak

A Clash of Exchange Titans NY Times / Jenny Anderson

Obits for Long-Term Investing Got the Story Wrong Bloomberg / Chet Currier

Pension Truths: A Scare for Investors? $ NY Times / Floyd Norris

A drought of farm labor Christian Science Monitor / Daniel B. Wood

U.S. November Payrolls Probably Rose 210,000, Survey Says Bloomberg / Courtney Schlisserman

Gold-Price Adjusted, Were Still In A Recession Northern Trust via Safehaven / Paul Kasriel

SEC's Cox hits it right with online proxy, voting plan Marketwatch / Thomas Kostigen

UK: Retailers expect Christmas to be worst in 22 years Guardian / Julia Finch

Australia: Capital spending boom rolls on The Australian / David Uren

Defiant ECB opts for 'one-off' rate rise Guardian / David Gow

Good Corporate News in China? Stop Laughing Bloomberg / William Pesek Jr.

12/03

Expect '06 raises to look skinny Sacramento Bee / Rachel Osterman

Breadth of world housing boom stuns analysts Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Michele Derus

CA: Hotel rates up 6.2 percent Sacramento Bee / Andrew LePage

G7 meeting winds up with call for trade reform Marketwatch

FL: Large-scale conversion first in Lauderdale South Florida Sun Sentinel / Robyn A. Friedman

The Fallacy of Consumption Euro Pacific via Safehaven / Peter Schiff

Empire of Debt Thoughts From The Frontline via Safehaven / John Mauldin

Greenspan bows out of G7 with a flourish Reuters / Glenn Somerville

Greenspan Points to Danger of Rising Budget Deficits NY Times / Heather Timmons

White House: Gas prices still too high CNN

G-7 Prods China to Make Yuan More Flexible for Growth Bloomberg / Gonzalo Vina

Australian Dollar Completes Third Weekly Gain on Metals Prices Bloomberg / Fergus Maguire

Japan stays cool as yen slide accelerates Reuters / Natsuko Waki

For All Its Cost, Sarbanes Law Is Working $ NY Times / Joseph Nocera

U.S. Stocks Fall for First Week in Six; Financial Shares Drop Bloomberg / Dune Lawrence

NY: Daily News Editor Resigns After Less Than a Year NY Times / Julie Bosman

Wal-Mart Has Its Eye on Target in Holiday Race LA Times / Abigail Goldman

Cities with Ford plants nervously await fates AP via The State / Dee-Ann Durbin

FL: Hurricanes can’t stop love of coastal living AP via The State / Jeff Donn

Japan's Bonds End Three-Week Rally on Surge in Nikkei Average Bloomberg / Issei Morita

 

12/04

OH: Changing times at Fifth Third Cincinnati Enquirer / Clif Peale

G’Span Covers Legacy NY Post / Terry Keenan

Forex - US dollar higher vs yen in Tokyo early afternoon trade AFX via Forbes

Dollar’s rise aided by Opec holdings FT / Steve Johnson

Petrodollars $ FT / Lex

Madison Avenue faces Google fears Reuters / Eric Auchard

This is the year the tax bug will wake up and bite fund investors St. Louis Post Dispatch / David Nicklaus

US banks $ FT / Lex

Land of free markets wrestles with ideal Dallas Morning News / Sudeep Reddy

Crude futures rise to near $60 a barrel AP via NJ Post / Gillian Wong

Gas prices fall to $2.13 Reuters via CNN

Emerging stars the hot bet at Pimco Orange County Register / Jonathan Lansner

Hedge fund worry grows AP via Houston Chronicle / Jessica Holzer

Fund Indexers, Take (Another) Bow Wall Street Journal / Jonathan Clements

Realtors tap into younger worker pool Knight Ridder via Bradenton Journal / Steve Brown

Maybe it's time to sell those once rock-solid bonds of General Motors and GMAC Chicago Tribune via Baltimore Sun / Gail MarksJarvis

In the doghouse? San Diego Union Tribune / Frank Green

Labor crisis will put US economy to the test Boston Globe / Cecil Johnson

Services Expand, Factory Orders Rebound: U.S. Economy Preview Bloomberg / Carlos Torres

Sometimes, slow and steady does win Baltimore Sun / Jay Hancock

Bulls ahead? Wait and see AP via Cincinnati Enquirer / Rachel Beck

Discounts could be a `sell' signal AP via South Florida Sun Sentinel / Rachel Beck

Market welcomed data Pittsburgh Tribune Review / Gregory M. Drahuschak

Economy is reason for President Bush to brag Charlotte Observer / James P. Pinkerton

We're stuck: Click. Yuck. Click. Sick. Denver Post / Al Lewis

Can 'Moneyball' survive? CNN / Chris Isidore

Bernankeism: Fraud or Menace? Safehaven / Robert Blumen

Hmmm. What's This Alternative Tax? Hey, Wait! Ouch! NY Times / Edmund L. Andrews

One Degree of Separation on the Board $ NY Times / Gretchen Morgenson

PA: GM woes cloud region's economy Pittsburgh Tribune Review / Michael Yeomans

Gold sets the standard in 23-year high Scotsman / Iain Dey

Global man paid off for world's local bank Guardian – Observer / Heather Connon

To ride the tiger, the US must first show it respect Independent / Christopher Walker

Big Doesn't Always Mean Bad for Some Mutual Funds NY Times / Norm Alster

Don't outsmart yourself Marketwatch / Chuck Jaffe

EU: Brown's numbers get crunched Scotsman / Allister Heath

EU fiddling with rate figures while the world earns Scotsman / Bill Jamieson

UK: Trouble at till Guardian – Observer / Nick Mathiason

UK: Better to do a Harold than a Maggie Guardian – Observer / William Keegan

UK: Corrupt, tangled in red tape, with a failing legal system. Surely they don't mean us? Independent / Hamish McRae

Group of 7 Is Still Split on Subsidies NY Times / Graham Bowley

Where, Exactly, to Get a Glimpse of Global Trade NY Times / Hubert B. Herring

On Milton Friedman's Birthday, We Get the Present: Him NY Times / Ben Stein

12/05

Economic Growth: Lessons from the Sioux Falls Experience Federal Reserve Board / Mark W. Olson

Treasuries fall as robust US data continue FT / Richard Beales, Joanna Chung and David Turner

TIPS funds can help protect portfolio against inflation South Florida Sun Sentinel / Meg Richards

Oil prices slip, hover under $60 a barrel AP via NJ Post / Gillian Wong

US crude price back over $60 FT / Kevin Morrison

Price gains slip, part two CNN

WA: Pierce County home prices keep rising, but sales slow Tacoma News Tribune / Barbara Clements

The 800-pound gorillas of Christmas Marketwatch / Paul B. Farrell

Obscure Economic Indicator: The Global Failures Index Slate / Daniel Gross

Money Toons Slate / Seth Stevenson

Wachovia’s Rat NY Post / Zachery Kouwe

Buybacks muddle earnings Dallas Morning News / Danielle DiMartino

Boston Scientific Offers $25B for Guidant AP via La Times / Carol Druga

Time to get back in the market? Dallas Morning News / Will Deener

Bush links economic growth to first-term tax cuts, other policies Knight Ridder / William Douglas and Kevin G. Hall

China to pay 7.7 billion for 150 Airbus planes IHT / Don Phillips and David Lague

UK: Lean and mean, but not very popular The Economist

Emerging debt-Spreads tighten despite new issues Reuters / Walter Brandimarte

U.S. Treasuries slip as strong economic data damp Fed hopes Reuters / Ellen Freilich

U.S. Treasury's Snow foresees pickup in wages Reuters

Intraday Trading in the Overnight Federal Funds Market Federal Reserve Bank of New York

NY: Urban Dynamics in New York City Federal Reserve Bank of New York