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12/19
Costly
commodities spark global change BBC News / Jorn Madslien
IMF Managing
Director Rodrigo de Rato Welcomes Progress on Doha Round IMF
Bond
investors can score with these possible plays Reuters / Linda Stern
Crude
Oil Prices Edge Up AP via LA times / En-Lai Yeoh
Commodities:
a year of record Marketwatch / Myra P. Saefong
Global
economy still rising AP via Chicago Tribune / Viorel Urma
NY:
Spitzer fines gas stations over price gouging Reuters via MSNBC
Alaska
Files Suit Against BP, Exxon Mobil AP via LA Times / Matt Volz
Bush
slows growth in costs of regulations Washington Business Journal via
St. Louis Business Journal / Kent Hoover
Economy
cars go upscale Detroit Free Press / Michael Ellis
U.S.
consumer slowdown ahead? Globe and Mail / Roma Luciw
Despite what you
hear, inflation is growing MSN via Fiend’s SuperBear Page / Bill Fleckenstein
New
rules don't lessen need for bankruptcy AP via NY Daily News
CA:
Housing prices foil firms' bids to recruit Contra Costa Times / Kiley
Russel
You can
survive ARM increase Knight Ridder via Charlotte observer / Jeff Brown
UK:
Rulebook torn up as link between energy price increases and wage rises is
broken Telegraph / Stephen King
Canada:
Outside investors buy bonds CP via Globe and Mail
Dutch Treasury
won’t issue index-linked bonds Investment and Pensions Europe
UK: Pension
costs could hit UK rating, says S&P Investment and Pensions Europe
A Friend
at the Fed? National Review / Larry Kudlow
Bond
guru Bill Gross sees lower returns ahead from all kinds of assets CNN /
Pat Regnier
Ford
Debt Cut to Junk by Fitch, to Leave Lehman Index Bloomberg / Mark
Pittman
Real
Estate: Is the party over? CNN / Ellen Florian Kratz
Is
it time to cash out? CNN / Ellen Florian Kratz
Italy:
Fazio shamed out of office at last The Economist
Hong Kong Phooey
Tech Central Station / Carlo Stagnaro
Hard
truths in Hong Kong The Economist
Chinese
blame game $ FT / Victor Mallet
Holders
of taxable mutual funds beware Scripps Howard via Seattle Post Intelligencer /
Mary Deibel
Upstream
oil $ FT / Lex
National
Update Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas / Alan D. Viard
The
real reason why Paramount bought DreamWorks Slate / Edward Jay Epstein
Middle-market
Finance Forecast: 2006 CFO.com / Marie Leone
An Innovation
Roadmap Tech Central Station / Dominic Basulto
Japan
to cut government bond issue by 10% FT / David Pilling and Mariko
Sanchanta
US
Treasuries ease amid talk of debt issuer hedging Reuters
Bank
of Italy's Fazio Quits Post Amid Probe of Bank Oversight Bloomberg /
Andrew Davis
Analysts
see economic slowdown CNN
What
has made gold so precious? Dallas Morning News / Danielle
DiMartino
Troubled
airlines see silver lining Chicago Sun Times / Dave Carpenter
Stocks
may gain, but big risks loom USA Today / Adam Shell
Nacchio
indictment could come quickly Rocky Mountain News / Jeff Smith
Circuit City
reports larger 3Q profit AP via Philadelphia Inquirer / Stephanie
Stoughton
Euro
slips back under $1.20 AP via NJ Post
Gold
rallies as Japanese buyers return FT / Neil Dennis
Gas
prices rise for first time since early Sept. Reuters via Boston Globe
Schwab
Leaving NYSE for Nasdaq CFO.com / Stephen Taub
Wrong Package NY Post / Roddy Boyd
Sleeping
on the job Seattle Times / Melissa Allison
House
votes to open refuge to oil drilling Houston Chronicle / David
Ivanovich
U.S.
House Wraps Up Budget With Defense Plan, Spending Cuts Bloomberg /
Catherine Dodge
Federal
Reserve plays major role in fate of 2006 market USA Today / Tim Dillon
Crude
futures rise, recouping some of Friday's loss AP via San Diego Union
Tribune / George Jahn
Chinese
growth to top 9% in 2005 BBC News
Treasuries
Head for Fourth Straight December Rally Bloomberg / Elizabeth Stanton
Dollar
May Drop on Speculation U.S. Rates Are Approaching Peak Bloomberg /
Kabir Chibber
Yen
May Gain on Speculation Government to Say Growth Quickening Bloomberg /
Kosuke Goto and Chris Young
Far more than
meets the eye in WTO deal Scotsman / Fordyce Maxwell
China
expected to get official economic status AFP via Taipei Times
Taiwan:
Interest rates to be raised soon, analysts predict Taipei Times / Amber
Chung
Ayn
Rand vs Korean Rice Farmers in Hong Kong Bloomberg / William Pesek Jr.
Trade
Officials Agree to End Subsidies for Agricultural Exports NY Times /
Keith Bradsher
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12/20
Banks
raise credit card payments USA Today / Kathy Chu
Southwest’s
Kelleher exercises whopper option award St. Louis Post Dispatch / Tim
McLaughlin
Fitch
downgrades Ford debt rating AP via St. Paul Pioneer Press / Dee-Ann
Durbin
Stores Cut Back on Holiday
Help NY Post / Suzanne Parker
CA:
Rosy glow clear when looking at big picture Orange County Register /
Jonathan Lansner
Calpine
Files for Bankruptcy Protection LA Times
Hong
Kong airline ready to order 40 Boeing planes Tacoma News Tribune / John
Gillie
Big Oil
expected to go on spending spree Knight Ridder via Kevin G. Hall
Rising
revenue turns states' fiscal tide in '05 Staeline.org / Kathleen Hunter
A
haven may not exist for investors Dallas Morning News / Danielle
DiMartino
Hedge Clips Clients NY
Post / Roddy Boyd
Saving
with a bank? You can do better Dallas Morning News / Scott Burns
Eurozone
growth gains momentum as Germany leads recovery AFP via EU Business
Canada:
Remarks to the RCMP management retreat Bank of Canada: / David Dodge
Canada:
Inflation cools to 2% Globe and Mail / Tavia Grant
Spreads
may not widen much with inversion Reuters
The
housing boom that won't die CNN / Chris Isidore
US
housing defies forecasts FT / Andrew Balls
Dollar
Rises Most in Five Months After U.S. Housing Starts Gain Bloomberg /
Michael McDonald and Jake Lee
The
very bottom line The Economist
Spot
the difference The Economist
Why
the world is daring to get a grip on gold $
FT / Kevin Morrison, Christopher Brown-Humes and Khozem Merchant
Argentina
Sells $496 Million of Bonds to Venezuela Bloomberg / Daniel Helft
Life
after Lee The Economist
Qwest
Ex-Chief Nacchio Charged With Insider Trading Bloomberg / David
Voreacos and Dana Cimilluca
General
Motors drags down the Dow AP via Chicago Sun Times / Ellen Simon
Japan:
Sweet spot The Economist
Morgan
Stanley $ FT / Lex
New England Economic
Indicators Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Federal
Financial Regulatory Agencies Propose Guidance on Nontraditional Mortgage
Products Federal Reserve Board
Opting Out
of Work: What’s Behind the Decline in Labor Force Participation?
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Contracts with
Social Multipliers Federal Reserve Bank of Boston / Mary A. Burke and
Kislaya Prasad
A
Guide to the Fifth District Demographics and Economy Federal Reserve
Bank of Richmond
US
Treasuries stumble after housing starts jump Reuters / Ros Krasny
Bond
prices are lower at midday AP via NJ Post
Some
high-yld swaps may lose favor under S&P change Reuters
Qwest
Could Face Top-Line Pressure Forbes / Kate DuBose Tomassi
GM
hits 18-year low in heavy trading Marketwatch / Shawn Langlois
Ex-Qwest
CEO indicted in trading case Reuters via CNN
United
leaves customers cold South Florida sun Sentinel / Mark
Skertic
Tuesday's
Metal Prices AP via NJ Post
Gold's
under $500, at three-week low Marketwatch / Myra P. Saefong
Tuesday
Gold Coin Prices AP via NJ Post
Soybeans,
grains rise on CBOT AP via NJ Post
Morgan
Stanley Net Unexpectedly Rises, Led by Trading Bloomberg / Gregory
Cresci
White
House says Treasury's Snow doing 'great job' Reuters via San Diego
Union Tribune
Housing
starts rise, core inflation tame Reuters / Kristin Roberts
U.S.
Economy: Home Starts Rise, Producer Prices Fall Bloomberg / Bob Willis
and Joe Richter
IL:
Boomers feel right at (2nd) home Chicago Tribune / Greg Burns
What puts you
in AMT's sights Philadelphia Inquirer / Jeff Bown
Power
Down Daily Standard / Irwin Stelzer
The
Fed is the future Marketwatch / Dr. Irwin Kellner
Bernanke
moves to hot seat Marketwatch / Greg Robb
Does the US face
an engineering gap? Christian Science Monitor / Mark Clayton
Yield Curve Inversion -
Necessary But Not Sufficient Recession Condition Northern Trust via
Safehaven / Paul Kasriel
Lehman
Brothers includes Taiwan's bonds in its index Taipei Times / Amber
Chung
Mexico
May Sell 30-Year Peso Bonds as Pension Demand Increases Bloomberg /
Adriana Arai
How
Masses of Mutual Funds Beat the Market in '05 Bloomberg / Chet Currier
Global
free trade still a long way off AFP via Taipei Times
Have Currency Investors
Gone Loonie? Market Thoughts via Safehaven
/ Henry To
Raising the Minimum Wage
Safehaven / Hans F. Sennholz
Chicago
Fed Letter Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
MEW
Drag Pimco / Paul McCulley
The
Year in Review Pimco / Mohamed A. El-Erian
Fidelity's
Tim McCarron Says Loving Stocks Can't Buy You Money Bloomberg / David
Clarke
Orthodoxies
on Trade Worn Down in Marathon NY Times / Keith Bradsher
China's
Economy, Larger Than Thought, May Reach No. 4 Bloomberg / Nerys Avery
China
revises size of economy up by 17% FT
PA: Retailers offer
'after-Christmas' prices to lure last-minute shoppers Pittsburgh Post
Gazette / Teresa F. Lindeman
Google
Offers a Bird's-Eye View, and Some Governments Tremble NY Times / Katie Hafner
and Saritha Rai
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12/21
Season's
Greetings: No cards this year Baltimore Sun / Jay Hancock
UK:
Credit card debt catches up with Britons USA Today / Cesar G. Soriano
Treasury chief
Snow praises Bush as a ... deficit fighter? Bloomberg via Minneapolis Star Tribune / Alison
Fitzgerald
Congressional
cuts leave govs in tight spot Stateline.org / Daniel C. Vock
Senate
passes $435B defense bill Marketwatch / Greg Robb
Women
dropping out of workforce Dallas Morning News / Sudeep Reddy
PA:
Valley's housing market rated among hottest in the nation Allentown
Morning Call / Jeanne Bonner
New home building
rebounds by 5.3% AP via Akron Beacon Journal / Martin Crutsinger
Boeing
plans to deliver 112 787s through 2009 Tacoma News Tribune / Allison
Linn
Hedge
fund operator admits to stock scheme AP via Beaufort Gazette
Breaking Out of the
Psychological Box Conditioned by Bear Market Past Goldenbar.com via
Safehaven / Ed Bugos
Dollar Year in Review
FX Money Trends via Safehaven / Jes
Black
Mexico:
South of the Border, the Christmas Bonus Is Sacred LA Times / Marla
Dickerson
Korea:
High-Income Tax Evaders Double Korea Times / Seo Jee-yeon
EU:
2005: the year the EU would rather forget AFP via EU Business
Democrats
block defense bill with Alaska drilling Reuters / Tom Doggett and
Joanne Kenen
U.S.
spending cut bill faces another hurdle Reuters / Richard Cowan and
Joanne Kenen
Soybeans
higher, grains mixed on BOT AP vi NJ Post
Energy
Prices Top Business Story of 2005 AP via Chicago Tribune / Adam Geller
EMEA
convertible bond volume lowest since '96-data Reuters / Mark Meadows
Treasuries
falter for 3rd day on inflation worries Reuters / Ros Krasny
Regulators
target mortgage bankers Washington Times / Patrice Hill
Finally, reason
for hope in the airline industry AP via MSNBC
NY: Transit
strike's high stakes Christian Science Monitor / Ron Scherer
Help wanted in gulf
area AP via LA Daily News / Brad Foss
Home Depot boom
Long Beach Press Telegram / Don Jergler
Calpine
took long road into bankruptcy AP via Grand Forks Herald / Michael
Liedtke
Fed's
Lacker says U.S. on track for soft landing Reuters / Tim Ahmann
The
Economic Outlook for 2006 Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond / Jeffrey M. Lacker
Red
Hat quarterly profit doubles Marketwatch / Rex Crum
N.Y.
Times warns of profit plunge Marketwatch / David B. Wilkerson
Nacchio
cuffed and charged Rocky Mountain News / Jeff Smith
Warren
Buffett Entrapped By Success Forbes / Martin T. Sosnoff
Scant
progress on global trade Philadelphia Inquirer / Andrew Cassel
Why
European airlines have prospered Marketwatch / Aude Lagorce
FL:
Home sales still setting records Orlando Sentinel / Jack Snyder
Tougher
Mortgage Guidelines Proposed LA Times / Jonathan Peterson
Miraculous
recovery or last gasp? The Economist
Will
soaring deficits stop the buck? Dallas Morning News / Danielle
DiMartino
US
Treasuries lower on signs of inflation pressure Reuters
Fighting
The Fed video Forbes / Robert Lenzner
Shoppers
pick up pace in last days San Diego Union Tribune / Frank Green
Some
are seeing fewer Christmas cards than usual South Florida Sun Sentinel
/ Stephen Kiehl
NY: Week of Worry NY Post / Suzanne Kapner
Cheney
Breaks Senate Tie on Spending Cuts AP via Forbes / Andrew Taylor
Mortgage
applications fall Reuters via CNN
Economy
Grows at Fastest Pace in 1 1/2 Years AP via Forbes / Martin Crutsinger
Economic
growth revised lower Reuters via CNN
Oil
climbs after Nigerian pipeline blast FT / Darryl Thomson
Hedge
funds: More money, more problems CNN
Josef’s
uncomfortable Christmas The Economist
FedEx
2nd-Quarter Profit Rises 33% on Shipping Growth Bloomberg / Mary
Schlangenstein
If Nacchio's worried,
he won't show it Denver Post / Al Lewis
Nacchio hit with 42
insider-trading counts Denver Post / Greg Griffin
Calpine
Files for Bankruptcy With $22.5 Bln in Debt Bloomberg / Tom Becker and
Jim Polson
Texas
Economy Gathers Steam Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas / Anil Kumar and
Raghav Virmani
Buy
when blood runs in the streets Marketwatch / Mark Hulbert
Muni
Agenda for '06 Features New Bonds, New Orleans Bloomberg / Joe Mysak
Interest-Only:
Borrower Beware Washington Post / Kristin Downey
For
Economist I.C. Clearlie, Future Isn't Cloudy Bloomberg / Caroline Baum
U.S.
Economy Probably Grew 4.3% in Third Quarter, Survey Shows Bloomberg /
Victor Epstein
2005
was year of the ETF Marketwatch / John Spence
The
Goldman touch Marketwatch / David Weidner
UK: IMF says
UK 'remarkably' stable Scotsman / Nick Bevens
UK's record
November budget deficit Scotsman / Nick Bevens
Israel: It's the Economy, Stupid? Daily
Standard / Daniel Doron
EU
Misses Chance for Change With Farm Subsidies Bloomberg / Matthew Lynn
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