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12/16
In
His Defense, Kenneth Lay Actually Has a Point Bloomberg / Ann Woolner
TX:
Houston adds jobs but can't keep up Houston Chronicle / L.M. Sixel
NV:
LV condos toppling before they start Las Vegas Sun / Jennifer
Shubinski
U.S.: Successful
WTO Talks Still Possible AP via Minneapolis Star Tribune / Foster
Klug
Dow
Industrials as underachiever Marketwatch / Mark Huilbert
No
end in sight for copper prices Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Rick
Barrett
U.S.
Treasury bonds finish on high note AP via NJ Post
Beware
the yield Grinch Globe and Mail / Mathew Ingram
What
if we don't curb spending? Dallas Morning News / Danielle
DiMartino
Do
you think you are smarter than the expert bear or bull? St. Louis Post Dispatch / David
Nicklaus
It's
make or break time for many stores Marketwatch / Jennifer Waters
Christmas
lists groan with toys made in China Washington Times / Jen Haberkorn
Seattle
lawyer to chair Fed bank board Seattle Post Intelligencer / Dan Richman
Oil
Falls on Forecasts for Warmer Weather in the Northern U.S. Bloomberg /
Mark Shenk
Gold
down more than $24 on week Marketwatch / Myra P. Saefong
U.S.
deficit totals $195.8B in 3rd qtr. AP via NJ Post / Martin Crutsinger
Brokerages
to push options trading in 2006 AP via Clarion Ledger
The
genial risk-manager $ FT / Sundeep
Tucker
Japan:
Sense of shame is not enough $ FT / David
Pilling
Is
GM a buy? CNN / Chris Isidore
Dow
Closes Down 6, Nasdaq Finishes Down 8 AP via Washington Times / Ellen Simon
AOL
Nears Major Deal With Google AP via Forbes
TX: More jobs but
state's unemployment rate unchanged Dallas Fort Worth Star Telegram /
Jim Fuquay
Ariz.
job growth soaring, state says Arizona Republic / Mary Jo Pitzl
PA: 22% more
families locally without heat Philadelphia Inquirer / Jeff Gelles
CA:
Report: Economy slows in San Diego San Diego Union Tribune / Dean
Calbreath
Canada:
Home sales set for record Financial Post / Garry Marr
CA:
Southland Housing Sustains Solid Gains LA Times / Bill Sing
WTO shows
that democracy can be a messy thing IHT / Donald Greenlees
BoE
warns investors of risks in financial system FT / Peter Thal Larsen
WTO
talks hover on brink of breakdown FT / Guy de Jonquières and Frances
Williams
Surprise
fall for euro inflation BBC News
EU
Trade Chief Says WTO Talks in Trouble AP via Forbes
German
business confidence leaps to five year high FT / Ralph Atkins
Yen
surge finally runs out steam FT / Steve Johnson
Statement
by Chairman Greenspan regarding departing Fed President Anthony Santomero
Federal Reserve Board
Philadelphia
Fed President to Leave Bank Next Year Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Fed Chief Santomero to Leave in March Bloomberg / Andrew Ward and Craig
Torres
Future could be on the
road to gold Denver Post / Al Lewis
Dow
Average Rises as Oil Drops; Albertson's, Adobe Shares Gain Bloomberg /
Dune Lawrence
CA:
O.C. housing prices back near peak Orange County Register / Matthew
Padilla
CO: Foreclosure fraud
targeted Denver Post / David Olinger
What's
in Jeff Bezos's bag? CNN / Erick Schonfeld
U.S.
Economy: 3rd-Qtr Current-Account Gap Narrows Bloomberg / Carlos Torres
Creative
credit Christmas CNN / Matthew Boyle
Citigroup
sees branch expansion overseas in 2006 Reuters via San Diego Union
Tribune
Schwab
Leaving NYSE for NASDAQ CFO.com / Stephen Taub
CA:
Cheaper gas brings Southern California little inflation relief Orange
County Register / Hang Nguyen
NY:
Area economy seen favoring job-seekers Newsday / Randi F. Marshall
Are Corporate Bondholders
Chopped Liver? Northern Trust via Safehaven
/ Paul Karisel
Main
Street Believes Whatever Wall Street Tells It Bloomberg / Joe Mysak
The Grand Illusion
Kirby Analytics via Safehaven / Rob Kirby
Will Bernanke Create
Hyperinflation? Merk via Safehaven / Axel Merk
Goldman
Pays Paulson $37 Mln Bonus After Record Earnings Year Bloomberg /
Adrian Cox
Staid
Old Annuities Primed to Become a Star Again Bloomberg / Chet Currier
Where Is Gold
Headed? Daily Reckoning via Lew Rockwell / Bill Bonner
Oil
prices still under $60 a barrel AP via NJ Post / Gillian Wong
U.S.
3rd-Qtr Current Account Gap Seen at $205 Bln, Survey Shows Bloomberg /
Carlos Torres
Price
Index Shows Big November Drop NY Times / Louis Uchitelle
The US Trade Deficit: to
worry or not to worry? Safehaven / Antony Mueller
Benefit
Cuts Are Job One at Ford, GM CFO.com / Stephen Taub
Shining
Light on Corporate Political Gifts $ NY
Times / Floyd Norris
Most
Expensive Home Sales In The U.S. 2005 Forbes / Sara Clemence
Though revenues
up, states stay thrifty Christian Science Monitor / Daniel B. Wood
TX:
Low pay still plagues Hispanics San Antonio Express Courier / William
Pack
House
Passes Bill to Fortify Pension Plans NY Times / Mary Williams Walsh
EU:
Rocky start to EU budget summit BBC News
BOJ
Keeps Policy Unchanged, Maintains Reserve Target Bloomberg / Mayumi
Otsuma
UK:
Bank fears financial threat from reckless lending and investing
Guardian / Ashley Seager
WTO
and Its Protesters Failing Stiglitz Test Bloomberg / William Pesek Jr.
Taiwan:
Polaris says economy will grow by 4.18% next year Taipei Times / Jackie
Lin
WTO
Negotiators Swap Blame as Talks Hit Halfway Point Bloomberg / Warren
Giles
Wimping
Out Forbes / James Grant
Poorest
nations to unite AP via Toronto Star / Rajesh Mahapatra
Yen
Headed for Biggest Weekly Gain in Six Years on BOJ Policy Bloomberg /
Kosuke Goto and Chris Young
100 Years of Fill
‘Er Up Tech Central Station / Ralph Kinney Bennett
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12/17
Boom Daily
Reckoning via Lew Rockwell / Bill
Bonner
Jupiter's
star manager has a yen for Japan Telegraph / Richard Lander
CA:
Housing market helps build job growth in state San Diego Union Tribune
/ Dean Calbreath
Why
Nissan scares Detroit's Big Three Dallas Morning News / Terry Box
Late
shoppers get benefit of bargains Washington Times / Jen Haberkorn
Paper-run
Web sites prosper Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Paul Gores
China's
auto show debut: A $10,000 car Detroit Free Press / Michael Ellis
Russia:
Putin Plays Headhunter for Oil Company NY Times / Andrew E. Kramer
RadioShack misses
target Dallas Fort Worth Star Telegram / Heather Landy
Treasury
10-Year Notes Have Biggest Weekly Gain Since November Bloomberg /
Elizabeth Stanton and Al Yoon
CEO has a
cure for the crisis in manufacturing Seattle Post Intelligencer / Bill
Virgin
Condo
conversion craze makes finding apartments harder Contra Costa Times /
John Pain
We're
still too exuberant CNN / Geoffrey Colvin
Accounting
Red Flags Hide in Footnotes AP via LA Times / Ellen Simon
Time
Warner to Sell 5% AOL Stake to Google for $1 Billion NY Times / Saul
Hansell and Richard Siklos
CA: Slim
job growth in November Mercury News / Chris O’Brien
The
Time Warp of Christmas Past NY /Times / Eduardo Porter and Ken Belson
Street is Sweet as CEO Pay
Rises 30% NY Post / Roddy Boyd
Budget
Deficit Getting You Down? Just Take a Look at the Trade Gap NY Times /
Floyd Norris
World
trade negotiations are going backwards, says Peter Mandelson Guardian /
Larry Elliott
Trade
Officials Haggle on Issues From Lower Tariffs to Cotton Subsidies NY
Times / Keith Bradsher
Pressure
mounts for Italy's central bank governor to quit Guardian / John Hooper
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12/18
PA:
Home prices in region undervalued, study says Pittsburgh Tribune Review
/ Ron DaParma
The Hong Kong Debacle
Tech Central Station / Alan Oxley
Rate
watchers want to ask the Fed: Are we there yet? Pittsburgh Tribune Review /
Gregory M. Drahuschak
UK
inflation expectations stay little changed - BoE poll AFX via Forbes
WTO
dispatches - Trade is important, but it's not the whole pie Seattle
Times / T. M. Sell
Bernanke
faces tough first year at the Fed $ FT /
Andrew Balls
What
Fed's Latest Mumbo Jumbo Means Wall Street Journal / Michael A. Pollock
US
housing binge will have inflation hangover $
FT / Stephen Cecchetti
DC:
Agents Aplenty Washington Post / Sandra Fleishman
Malls
full but sales not spectacular AP via NJ Post / Anne D’Innocenzio
Implausible
behaviour $ FT / Plender
Be
wary of performance-chasing financial advisers Marketwatch / Jonathan
Burton
Albertsons
sale may ignite heated battle Dallas Morning News / Maria Halkias
Cubes
get Googled; is Spider next? Marketwatch / John Spence
FL:
There's a gap in the boom St. Petersburg Times / Tom Zucco
NY: Bus Drivers and Their
Economic Leverage NY Post / Terry Keenan
Oil-drilling
game a bit of a bore Boston Herald / Darren Garnick
Goods
Orders Rise, Consumer Spending Up: U.S. Economy Preview Bloomberg /
Carlos Torres
Housing
markets to provide rate clues FT / Chris Flood
High
rates weigh on housing budgets South Florida Sun Sentinel / Paul Owers
and Kathy Bushouse
It's
time to pay the piper for adjustable-rate loans Knight Ridder via South
Florida Sun Sentinel / Jeff Brown
From
the feared bubble to posh kitchens, we look at the trends of 2005
Detroit Free Press / Suzette Hackney
NY:
Bonds to finds plans for New York City's Far West Side Bloomberg via
Journal News / Martin Z. Braun
Diverging
rates near point of reckoning LA Times via Chicago Tribune / Tom
Petruno
What
do they have that the 30-year fixed doesn't? LA Times / Lew Sichelman
Big
Three May Be Shrinking but U.S. Auto Business Isn't LA Times / John
O’Dell
Nuggets
of advice for gold investors Boston Herald / Gail Liberman and Alan
Lavine
Gold's
back, in all its flighty glory Chicago Tribune / Gail MarksJarvis
20M
Hispanics in U.S. don't have bank accounts AP via Clarion Ledger
WTO
Negotiators Reach Last-Minute Deal AP via Newsday / Foster Klug
WTO
Negotiators Clear Major Obstacles to Agreement Bloomberg / Warren Giles
and Mark Drajem
UK:
America is in retreat and so is Gordon Brown Independent / Christopher
Walker
Gold in Central Bank
Reserves - The Future - Why? The Gold Forecaster via Safehaven / Julian
D. W. Phillips
Do Trade Deficits Matter?
Thoughts From The Frontline via Safehaven / John Mauldin
Expelling
the Ghost of A.I.G. Past NY Times / Jenny Anderson
The
Boss Actually Said This: Pay Me Less $
NY Times / Gretchen Morgenson
Start
With a Stock Index. Now Try to Turbocharge It. NY Times / Jack Egan
WTO
Negotiators Pan Revised Proposals on Farm Aid Bloomberg / Warren Giles
and Mark Drajem
Talks
at W.T.O. Meeting Yield Little Progress NY Times / Keith Bradsher
UK:
A degree of equality now, Gordon? Guardian – Observer / William Keegan
UK:
So tonight we're going to party like it's 1998 Independent / Jason
Nissé
UK:
Why Stock Exchange needs US gameplan Guardian – Observer / Frank Kane
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