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01/04
It's
the Economy, Stupid Daily Standard / Irwin Stelzer
Small
biz optimism may depend on industry AP via Aberdeen News / Joyce M.
Rosenberg
Yuan
rises to record dollar level BBC News
Debt
Be Not Proud? National Review / Jerry Bowyer
December
markdowns Marketwatch / Jennifer Waters
This
trend's no friend Globe and Mail / Roma Luciw
Sovereign
Bancorp delays annual meeting AP via NJ Post / Patrick Walters
Securities
Suits Down in 2005, Study Says LA Times / Molly Selvin
Spending
on building at record AP via Myrtle Beach Sun / Martin Crutsinger
Fed
signals bode well for housing Contra Costa Times / George Avalos
EU:
Gas dispute shakes up new EU members Taipei Times
Canada:
Consensus with caveats Globe and Mail / Omar El Akkad
Treasuries
higher as markets still mulls Fed FT / Jennifer Hughes, Ivar Simensen
and Michiyo Nakamoto
Board of
Trade ready for its road test Chicago Sun Times / David Roeder
Falsifying
loan documents costs ABN Amro $41 million AP via USA Today
Metals
prices continue to soar FT / Chris Flood and Ishita Dutt
NY:
Strong economy, ambivalent consumers Westchester Journal News / Jerry
Gleason
Big
3 auto sales tumbled in December CNN / Chris Isidore
Japanese
Automakers Report Sales Increases AP via LA Times / Dee-Ann Durbin
Gaga
over Google Newsday / James Bernstein
Pixar
shares spike on deal talk Marketwatch / Russ Britt
Scott
Pleased With 2005 Wal-Mart Results AP via Baltimore Sun / Marcus Kabel
U.S.
Stocks Rise, Pushing S&P 500 to 4-Year High; Google Gains Bloomberg
/ Dune Lawrence
Execs
see more auto industry woes CNN / Chris Isidore
Bush
Bypasses Senate in Appointing Defense, Homeland Officials Bloomberg /
Nicholas Johnston and Holly Rosenkrantz
Bernanke
may have to grow up fast CNN / Chris Isidore
How
the Stewardess Lost Her Stripes Ludwig von Mises Institute / B.K.
Marcus
AT&T coveting
EchoStar? Denver Post / Kimberly S. Johnson
DC:
Airline's closure signals fare increase Washington Times / William
Glanz
Manhattan
real estate hits wall CNN / Les Christie
Mortgage
applications down again Reuters via CNN
Eight
Tips For ETF Success Forbes / Carlton Delfeld
Managed
funds top S&P 500 index again USA Today / John Waggoner
Resolving
to avoid investing pitfalls Dallas Morning News / Danielle DiMartino
T-bill
rates rise in weekly sale AP via Baltimore Sun
Dollar
extends slide after Fed minutes FT / Steve Johnson
A
murky deal ends the Russian gas row The Economist
Wednesday
Gold Coin Prices AP via NJ Post
No
End To Oil-Refining Bottlenecks Forbes / Oxford Analytica
The
Iraqi economy’s weak heart The Economist
Oil
prices slump below $63 per barrel AP via Seattle Times / George Jahn
Wednesday's
Metal Prices AP via Houston Chronicle
Factory
Orders Boosted in November by Aircraft Bloomberg / Bob Willis
How can growth
enhance values? Philadelphia Inquirer / Andrew Cassel
UK:
Consumer appetite for debt wanes BBC News
Greenspan
Keeps Investors Guessing on Next Interest-Rate Moves Bloomberg / Scott
Lanman
Fed
Can See an End to Interest Rate Increases Bloomberg / John M. Berry
Price Deflation: A
Great Idea With Low Probability Lew Rockwell / Gary North
Fed's
Notes Offer Hope of a Brake on Rates NY Times / Edmund L. Andrews
Lessons
of Ferber's Trial Ignored 10 Years Later Bloomberg / Joe Mysak
JPMorgan,
Banc of America Say LBOs, Buybacks Perilous for Bonds Bloomberg /
Caroline Salas
Yuan
Rises to New High Vs Dollar AP via
Orlando Sentinel
Gold Smashes Dollar in
2006 Texas Hedge Fund Report via Safehaven
/ T. Stein and S. McIntyre
Mellon
modifies asset management wing Pittsburgh Tribune Review / Thoms Olson
To
Battle, Armed With Shares NY Times / Andrew Ross Sorkin
$200 Google Computer Will
run Without M'soft NY Post / Paul Tharp
Judge
Orders Ex-HealthSouth Chief to Repay Nearly $48 Million NY Times / Kyle
Whitmire
GM,
Ford May Report Lower Sales for December as Toyota Gains Bloomberg /
Barbara Powell
Waiting
for a Soft Landing Washington Post via Real Clear Politics / Robert
Samuelson
More women decide
to extend careers Christian Science Mo[nitor / Marilyn Gardner
IL:
Office Condos Put to the Test in Chicago NY Times / Robert Sharoff
NY:
In Commercial Leasing, a State of Balance NY Times / John Holusha
U.S.
November Factory Orders Probably Rose, BN Survey Shows Bloomberg / Bob
Willis
EU
and US: If this is what a non crisis can do, think what would happen if
things got really serious Independent / Jeremy Warner
GOP
Leaders Seek Distance From Abramoff Washington Post / Jonathan Weisman
Morgan
Stanley warns on sagging growth in Asia Taipei Times / Amber Chung
Six
Asian Themes to Keep an Eye on in 2006 Bloomberg / William Pesek Jr.
Latin
America at the crossroads Taipei Times / Raul Alfonsin
UK:
Oil price increases deepen industrial output gloom Guardian / Ashley
Seager
U.S.
Notes May Rise; Fed Minutes Suggest End to Rate Increases Bloomberg /
Shamim Adam
Dollar
Declines on Speculation Fed Is Almost Done Raising Rates Bloomberg /
Chris Young and Kosuke Goto
Picks of
the Pros Forbes / Christopher Helman
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01/05
Reverse
mortgages meet financial needs for many seniors Marketwatch / Lew
Sichelman
As Bush
talks up the economy, experts say things should slow down Knight Ridder
/ Kevin G. Hall
Economy
on upswing heading into 2006, analysts predict Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel / Michele Derus
U.S.
not ready for a labor shortage AP via St. Petersburg Times
Housing
to Trend Up After So-So ’05 Bond Buyer / Matthew Vadum
CA:
Schwarzenegger Proposes $68B GO Plan Bond Buyer
Will January
predict market? Philadelphia inquirer / Jeff Brown
Google:
$600 or bust? Business Week via MSNBC / Ben Elgin
No Rest
for the Nasdaq Smartmoney.com / Igor Greenwald
Small-Caps
Are the Place To Be National Review / Tom Nugent
Low
Co-Pays, Every Day Slate / Daniel Gross
CO:
Office market improving Denver Business Journal
WI:
Plan would lease, then sell houses Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Tom
Daykin
Canada:
Loonie falls by more than 1¢ Globe and Mail / Tavia Grant
FDIC Outlook
- Winter 2005 pdf FDIC
Money
Funds Rise in Latest Week AP via Houston Chronicle
Dollar
Declines in December Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
"One
and done" idea on Fed rate hikes gains traction Reuters / Ros
Krasny
Hoping
for the worst on jobs? CNN / Chris Isidore
US
job market thrives as claims hit 5-year low Reuters / Amanda Cooper
Thursday's
Commodities Roundup AP via Houston Chronicle
Gas
prices drop to 4 1/2-month low in U.S. AP via Charlotte Observer / Brad
Foss
Detroit:
Heal Thy Self Forbes / Jerry Flint
Nasdaq
makes it 3 for 3 CNN / Alexandra Twin
IBM to
Freeze $48B Pension Plan in 2008 AP via Forbes / Brian Bergstein
GM exec
said to regret employee discount CNN
CA:
Analyst sees modest gain in home prices Sacramento Bee / Andrew LePage
Can
Trade Ever Harm a Country? Ludwig von Mises Institute / Robert Murphy
EU:
Brown faces EU censure over deficit FT / Tobias Buck
NV:
Old Vegas Gives Way Again LA Times / James F. Peltz
Signs
of eurozone recovery inspires confidence leap FT / Ralph Atkins
The
downturn The Economist
Incredible
shrinking countries The Economist
Efforts
to revive the EU constitution $ The
Economist
Treasuries
slip as jobs data loom FT / Jennifer Hughes, Paul J Davies and Mariko
Sanchanta
S&P
cuts Ford deeper into junk status Reuters
Currencies
$ The Economist
Brazil
Real Climbs to 3-Week High on Rising Foreign Investment Bloomberg /
Romina Nicaretta
Dollar
stems new year sell-off FT / Steve Johnson
Canadian
dollar dives on commodity price chill Reuters
Natural
gas futures slump for third day AP via Seattle Times
Nervous
energy The Economist
International
demand fuels market for U.S. coal Washington Times / Jeffrey Sparshott
Mortgage
rates tick lower CNN
A
hard year ahead The Economist
Is
Google really blue-chip material? Dallas Morning News / Danielle
DiMartino
Odd
Man Out? Forbes / Peter Kafka
Airline's
low prices proved to be costly Washington Times / William Glanz
Feds
Say Skilling Tried to 'Deceive' SEC CFO.com / Stephen Taub
Fannie
Mae climbs 9 percent as probe report nears Reuters / Kristin Roberts
Scrushy
Ordered to Repay Bonuses CFO.com / Stephen Taub
Sales
Tumble at Sears Stores, Kmart Up AP via Forbes
Together
again The Economist
U.S.
Economy: Services Expanded at Faster Pace Bloomberg / Carlos Torres
U.S.
Retailers Report `Moderate' Holiday Sales Gains Bloomberg / Cotten
Timberlake
Will
lightning strike the Republicans? The Economist
Dealing
with paranoia $ The Economist
Criminal
gangs in Central America The Economist
Africa:
The hopeful continent The Economist
2006
Consumer Electronics Show: The revolution will be televised Dallas
Morning News / Crayton Harrison
A
fuzzy picture The Economist
Crunch Time For
Greenspan's Great Experiment With the Global Economy Lew Rockwell /
Jack D. Douglas
Could
the Fed Take a Pass at Jan. 31 Meeting? Bloomberg / Caroline Baum
Bet
on the odds you know Marketwatch / Tomi Kilgore
Interest Fates NY Post
/ John Crudele
The Yield Curve Inversion
- It's Different This Time? Northern Trust via Safehaven / Paul Kasriel
U.S.
Service Industry Growth Probably Accelerated, Survey Shows Bloomberg /
Carlos Torres
The comptroller:
Washington's prophet of fiscal doom Christian Science Monitor / Linda
Feldmann
Tougher rules
for cities receiving security funds Christian Science Monitor /
Alexandra Marks
Fannie
Mae Investigators Find Nothing `Alarming,' Rudman Says Bloomberg /
James Tyson
Crime
and Consequences Still Weigh on Corporate World NY Times / Floyd Norris
An
I.R.S. Audit May Be Cheaper Than I.R.S. Advice NY Times / David Cay Johnston
NYMEX, CME May Talk Deal
NY Post / Zachery Kouwe
Refco's
Collapse Reveals Decades of Quarrels With Regulators Bloomberg / Edward
Robinson
Canada: Fund sales
estimated to exceed $1.4 billion CP via Toronto Star
Monday's Dollar Trifecta
Could Become 2006 Standard Forex News via Safehaven / Ashraf Laidi
The Materialism
Fallacy Tech Central Station / Arnold Kling
UK:
Interest rate cuts may be coming, but despite the consumer credit numbers,
not quite yet Independent / Jeremy Warner
Eurozone
inflation falls to 2.2% Guardian / Maren Peters
Bank
of Korea Says It May Raise Rates Amid Inflation Bloomberg / Seyoon Kim
A
Gift That Should Keep on Giving Pimco / Bill Gross
Deutsche
Bank Sets Pace in European Bond Revolt Bloomberg / Mark Gilbert
Dollar
Gains as Jobs, Services Reports May Flag Higher Rates Bloomberg /
Kosuke Goto
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01/06
Meet
the new bond king Fortune via CNN / Jon Birger
Auditing the meaning
of principles Denver Post / Al Lewis
NY:
Housing market in surplus Newsday / Randi F. Marshall
How
now, Dow? Marketwatch / Mark Hulbert
Housing
developers shifting to cities AP via Modesto Bee / Christina Almeidathe
Nothing
Weak About It National Review / Michael T. Darda
Bonds
suffer eventful week FT / Jennifer Hughes
Snow, Gross to address
Association Annual Meeting Bond Market Association
Won
Gains Most Among Asian Currencies Korea Times / Na Jeong-ju
Risky
home loan standards tightening CNN / Shaheen Pasha
Bond
Market Off to Booming Start in 2006 AP via Houston Chronicle
Deutsche
suspends trader over 'cover-up' $ FT /
Peter Thal Larsen
Crude
Oil Jumps Above $64 a Barrel on Stronger U.S. Fuel Demand Bloomberg /
Matthew Leising and Stephen Voss
Gold
Rises to Highest Close Since 1981, Spurring Mining Shares Bloomberg /
Pham-Duy Nguyen
Aircraft
manufacturers $ Economist
US
labour market stronger FT / Christopher Swann
Bush
Speech Puts Focus on Midwest Economy AP via LA Times / Dave Carpenter
CA:
Minimum Wage May Get Boost LA Times / Roger Vincent
How Should
Monetary Policymakers Cope with Uncertainty? Federal Reserve Bank of
Boston / Cathy E. Minehan
Treasuries
slip after mixed U.S. payrolls data Reuters / Oliver Ludwig
Emerging
debt-Mkts resume gains despite Treasuries Reuters
On
interest, how will Bernanke rate? Dallas Morning News / Danielle
DiMartino
Rates
near bottom of neutral range - Fed's Minehan Reuters
Fed
officials give no hint of imminent rate pause Reuters / Jim Finkle
30-year
mortgage rates drop AP via Cincinnati Enquirer / Jeannine Aversa
General
Motors to Cut Prices on 90% of U.S. Models, Person Says Bloomberg /
Jeff Green
TX:
D-FW area retailers seeing red ink Dallas Morning News / Maria Halkias
WA:
Home sales are cooling with the weather Seattle Post Intelligencer /
Kristin Millares Bolt
Goldman
Sachs declines to be specialist AP via NJ :Post
Consumer
confidence takes a big drop in early January AP via San Diego Union
Tribune / Martin Crutsinger
Job
growth sagged in December CNN / Chris Isidore
Natural
gas is going global Dallas Morning News / Jim Landers
Canada:
U.S. deficits could be C$'s real driver in 2006 Reuters / Ka Yan Ng
UK:
Bank robberies 'every 90 minutes' BBC News
Bond
prices jump briefly on US payrolls data FT / Paul J Davies
S&P
500 Rises on Jobs Report; Best Buy, Yahoo, Google Gain Bloomberg / Dune
Lawrence
Will
the Real Wage Measure Please Stand Up? Morgan Stanley / Richard Berner
It's
Not The Pits Forbes / Liz Moyer
Gurus
Stick With Energy In 2006 Forbes / Matt Rand
G10
Currencies: A Cyclical Dollar Downturn Morgan Stanley / Stephen L. Jen
The
Make-Believe World of Central Banking Ludwig von Mises Institute /
Thorsten Polleit
U.S.
Economy: December's Job Gain Pushes Year Above 2 Million Bloomberg /
Courtney Schlisserman
Israel:
The Risk of Political Paralysis Morgan Stanley / Serhan Cevik
EU:
Hike-As-You-Go at the ECB Morgan Stanley / Elga Bartsch
Global:
Fleeting Lessons Morgan Stanley / Stephen Roach
EU:
Spreads to Widen, at Last Morgan Stanley / Vincenzo Guzzo
Asia:
Liquidity Receding Morgan Stanley / Andy Xie
Japan:
Joint Inflation Targeting in 2006 Morgan Stanley / Robert Alan Feldman
Should
Fed Worry About 99-Year Cycle? $ NY
Times / Floyd Norris
Missouri
Bond Study Shows Dim Issuers, Mad Bankers Bloomberg / Joe Mysak
Bush,
Who Follows Market Signs, Pays Little Heed to Yield Curve Bloomberg /
Brendan Murray
U.S.
December Payrolls Probably Rose 200,000, Survey Says Bloomberg /
Courtney Schlisserman
The
calm before the calm? Marketwatch / Mark Hulbert
Google-Naire$ NY Post /
Paul Tharp
Retailers
Find Little to Cheer NY Times / Michael Barbaro
Coach's
Frankfort Leads U.S. CEO Pay (So Far) Bloomberg / Graef Crystal
As bank jobs go
abroad, are records at risk? Christian Science Monitor / Patrik Jonsson
There is Little Value in
Broker Economics Smithers & Co. via Safehaven / Andrew Smithers
American
Funds, Janus Set for Newsworthy New Year Bloomberg / Chet Currier
Ohio Pension Fun Shields
Investor Ties NY Post / Zachery Kouwe
China
signals reserves switch away from dollar FT / Geoff Dyer and Andrew
Balls
Oil
May Rise as Gasoline Demand Grows, Survey Shows Bloomberg / Mark Shenk
`Geisha'
Offers Asian Business Lessons Bloomberg / William Pesek
UK: Corporate
insolvencies at three-year high Scotsman
Japan's
Bonds May Fall for a Fourth Year as Inflation Resumes Bloomberg / Keiko
Ujikane and Issei Morita
South
Korea to Mobilize Capabilities to Curb Won's Impact Bloomberg / Sangim
Han
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