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01/01
Stock
Options: The Backdating Games CFO.com / Laura DeMars
Expect
balanced economy to remain strong Des Moines Register / David Elbert
Rates
seen rising twice this year Reuters / Toni Vorobyova
ETFs
get a vote of confidence, though total investments are still just a trickle
in the market AP via Detroit News / Meg Richards
Student-loan rates
will jump Hearst via Raleigh News and Observer / Kristina Herrndobler
FL: All
agree: Housing boom not waning Bradenton Herald / Duane Marsteller
Korea:
Record-Breaking Year Likely To Repeat Korea Times / Kim Yon-se
The
Yield Curve Has Inverted. So What? Wall Street Journal / Greg Ip
Economists
see continuing growth for the next year San Diego Union Tribune / Dean
Calbreath
The
Week Ahead Wall Street Journal
Middle-Class
Job Losses Batter Workforce AP via Newsday / Kathy Barks Hoffman
Goodbye,
Holiday Splurges. Hello, Saving Wall Street Journal / Andrew Blackman
Industry
Feeling Presence of the 800-Pound Google LA Times / Sallie Hofmeister
UK:
Sales rush belies high street woes Guardian – Observer / Richard
Wachman and Heather Stewart
Owens
Corning Files New Bankruptcy Plan to Pay Asbestos Claims Bloomberg /
Jef Feeley
Dish
Network Ends Lifetime Programming AP via Newsday
This
Year Could Be a Lot Like Last Year LA Times / Tom Petruno
CA:
Resolutions for a cool new year Orange County Resolutions for a cool new
year Orange County Register / Jonathan Lansner
CA:
Housing prices had strong run; now what? San Diego union Tribune /
Roger M. Showley, Lori Weisberg and Emmet Pierce
Greenspan
era ends with praise, some blame on bubble Bloomberg via Seattle Times
/ Art Pine
MD:
No home bust in sight Baltimore Sun / Nancy Jones-Bonbrest
Companies
Keep Hiring as Demand Grows: U.S. Economy Preview Bloomberg / Vince
Golle
Rate
inversions can be a plague on banks, credit for everyone else Baltimore
Sun / Jay Hancock
Philippine
Debt, Asia's Best in '05, May Gain on Rating Outlook Bloomberg / Jun
Ebias
CO: Roads take their
toll on wallets Denver Post / Al Lewis
Stars
may be aligned for Jan. stock rally AP via Seattle Post Intelligencer /
Michael J. Martinez
A
world of opportunity Boston Globe / Ross Kerber
Master
of the Art Of Taming Inflation NY Times / Ben Stein
A
Bit of Doodling About a Tax-Cut Danger NY Times / Daniel Altman
The
Big Winner, Again, Is 'Scandalot' $ NY
Times / Gretchen Morgenson
Don't
Want to Leave the Hotel? Buy the Room NY Times / Jennifer Alsever
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01/02
CA: Home on the
overvalued range Long Beach Press Telegram / Felix Sanchez
Challenges
ahead for US economy BBC News / Steve Schifferes
A
flat 2005, but a soaring 2006? Marketwatch / Peter Brimelow
Fed
back in focus Marketwatch / Rex Nutting
US Economy and Productivity:
Some Truths and Fallacies Brookes News via Safehaven / Gerard Jackson
Russia
turns off the gas taps The Economist
The
Future Of The Global Workplace Forbes / McKinsey Quarterly
Emerging
market fund inflows soar FT / Ivar Simensen
UK:
Experts sceptical on official growth forecasts FT / Chris Giles
ABN
Amro to launch takeover bid for bank AP via NJ Post
Google
leaves GM in the dust Sacramento Bee / Jack Sirard
A
Look at Independence Air AP via Newsday
Buybacks
to show up in 4Q earnings gains AP via NJ Post / Michael J. Martinez
Dollar
drop still coming, Buffett and banks agree Bloomberg via IHT
Cos.
use online magazines to woo customers AP via NJ Post / Dan Sewell
The
big bond question: Will long-term rates rise? Dallas Morning News /
Danielle DiMartino
Bond
Strategists: Top Forecaster Sees U.S. Recession Bloomberg / Joshua
Krongold
Brazil
Fixed-Rate Bonds to Gain on Higher Demand, Freitas Says Bloomberg /
Andrew J. Barden
Greenspan's
reign to end quietly Dallas Morning News / Danielle DiMartino
Housing
boom's 2 sides detailed Chicago Tribune / Johnathon E. Briggs
NV:
Developers offering a new kind of suite deal with condo-hotels Las
Vegas Sun / Jennifer Shubinski
Lower-income
workers will get hit hardest by higher premiums Dallas Morning News /
Pamela Yip
Euro
lower against U.S. dollar AP via NJ Post
Dollar
May Extend Rally After Biggest Annual Gain Since 1997 Bloomberg / Kabir
Chibber
More airlines
expected to earn profits in 2006 AP via Philadelphia Inquirer / David
Koenig
Decline
of the In-Flight Meal Leaves Airline Caterers Hungry LA Times / James
F. Peltz
Independence
Air to Discontinue Flights LA Times
Most
mutual investors rack up gains Dallas Morning News / Will Deener
Gazprom
says sending extra gas to Europe Reuters via FT
Natural-Gas
Supplies Dwindle in France, Italy as Russia Cuts Off Bloomberg / Maria
Ermakova
Iraq
oil exports hit post-war low BBC News
Economy
in Iraq Goes in All Directions LA Times / Borzou Daragahi, Paul Richter
and Doug Smith
Canada's
Martin planning more income tax cuts Reuters
China
growth set to beat forecast BBC News
The
Insider: Did car on eBay really once belong to Bill Gates? Seattle Post
Intelligencer / Todd Bishop and Bill Virgin
The
naked truth about tax deductions Bloomberg via South Florida Sun
Sentinel / Susan Antilla
Is the
inflation monster tamed? Ludwig von Mises Institute / Mike Shedlock
States
Take Lead in Push to Raise Minimum Wages NY Times / John M. Broder
Emerging
markets -- still the place Marketwatch / Barbara Kollmeyer
Stop
Worrying and Download the Nano Investment Plan Bloomberg / John Wasik
Seven
ETFs to watch in 2006 Marketwatch / John Spence
Germany
turns economic tide as it joins record global growth Taipei Times /
Hans-Werner Sinn
Standard
Life gears up for flotation Guardian / Jill Treanor
U.S.'s
Rival in 2006 Isn't China, But Japan Bloomberg / William Pesek Jr.
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01/03
Where
Have All the Bubbles Gone? Slate / Daniel Gross
Trading
the change at the Fed Marketwatch / Mark Hulbert
Bursting
bubble? Bring it on CNN / Les Christie
Alleged
fund fraud leads to charges USA Today / Edward Iwata
KY:
Area enjoys record home sales Cincinnati Business Journal
Earth
Profits Up, Stock Prices Down National Review / John Tamny
Consumer
spending will fade in 2006 Marketwatch / Dr. Irwin Kellner
2006
round of tax cuts aimed at affluent Americans McClatchy via Beaufort Gazette
/ David Westphal
Samsung's
Market Value Soars Past $100B AP via LA Times
Wal-Mart
sees Dec. sales at low end of forecast AP via MSNBC
Google
at $600 Marketwatch / Bambi Francisco
Won
Expected to Maintain Strength Korea Times / Na Jeong-ju
World's
biggest bank opens in Japan AP via NJ Post / Yuri Kageyama
Tuesday's
commodities roundup AP via Beaufort Gazette
CA:
Workers' Comp to Be Revisited LA Times / Marc Lifsher
Reviving Political Economy
Tech Central Station / Arnold Kling
Walgreen
1Q Earnings Climb to $345.6M South Florida Sun Sentinel / Dave
Carpenter
Merc topped 1
billion contracts in 2005 AP via Chicago Sun Times
Oil
prices rise past $63 a barrel AP via Houston Chronicle
Rising
oil demand spurs intense hunt for more Philadelphia Inquirer / Kevin G.
Hall
Dollar
slips as end to rate rises looms FT / Steve Johnson
Tying
cash up in long-term bonds Philadelphia Inquirer / Jeff Brown
Is
Iran the Cause of That Inverted Yield Curve? Bloomberg / Kevin Hassett
Argentina
Pays Off Entire $9.5 Bln Debt to IMF Bloomberg / Daniel Helft
Minutes of
the Federal Open Market Committee Federal Reserve Board
Bank
Crisis Resolution and Foreign-Owned Banks Federal Reserve Bank of
Atlanta / Robert A. Eisenbeis and George G. Kaufman
How
Should Banks Account for Loan Losses? Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta /
George J. Benston and Larry D. Wall
Macroeconomic
Models with Heterogeneous Agents and Housing Federal Reserve Bank of
Atlanta / Karsten Jeske
Fed
minutes light fire under Wall Street FT / Pan Kwan Yuk
Dow
Jones & Co. Names Zannino Its New CEO AP vi Forbes / Seth Sutel
CA:
O.C. is home sweet home for landlords Orange County Register / Jonathan
Lansner
MA:
Seeking 'affordable luxury' Boston Globe / Kimberly Blanton
CA:
Hot properties Orange County Register / Mathew Padilla
A
sober new year The Economist
Readiness
should be all in this new year $ FT /
Martin Wolf
Why
Putin is risking the West’s ire $ FT /
Neil Buckley
Fed
says rate rises likely nearing end Reuters / Tim Ahmann
2006
may be bumpy (and volatile) year Dallas Morning News / Danielle
DiMartino
I hope your gifts
included bigger wallet Denver Post / al Lewis
Construction
spending at all-time high AP via Minneapolis Star Tribune
December Manufacturing
ISM Report On Business ISM
Fed
May Shed Light on Rate Path With Minutes of Last Meeting Bloomberg /
Scott Lanman
Oil
Rises to a 2-Month High on Russian Energy Supply Concern Bloomberg /
Mark Shenk
Dollar
Declines After Report Shows Manufacturing Slowed Down Bloomberg /
Joshua Krongold
Wall Street struggles
as new year begins AP via MSNBC
Wall
St climbs ahead of Fed minutes FT / Pan Kwan Yuk
Rockefeller-Style
Money Managers Poach Rich Wall Street Clients Bloomberg / Anthony
Effinger and Gregory Cresci
US
Treasuries turn higher after weaker Dec ISM Reuters
Manufacturing
much weaker than forecast CNN
Flat
Yields Throw Curve at Mutual Fund Investors Bloomberg / Chet Currier
UK
manufacturing activity grows in December FT / Jamie Chisholm
The
Chill of January's Crystal Ball Wall Street Journal via Marketwatch /
E.S. Broning
The
Wisdom of Wall St.? Sometimes It's Wrong NY Times / Floyd Norris
Risks
Ahead as Policies (and Money) Tighten in '06 NY Times / Mark Landler
Inverted Interest Rates -
Distortion or Danger Ahead SirChartsAlot via Safehaven / Gary Dorsch
Owners'
Web Gives Realtors Run for Money NY Times / Jeff Bailey
China
and India leaving G7 nations in the slow lane Independent / Stephen
King
Eyeing
the back door to the WTO Taipei Times / Darson Chiu
Scaremongers
likely to be disappointed again Guardian / Ashley Seager
Dollar
May Extend Rally After Biggest Annual Gain Since 1997 Bloomberg / Kabir
Chibber
Moscow gets
off to bad start in '06 NY Times via IHT / C.J. Chivers
Europe
still the odd one out Leader via Guardian
A
Dispute Underscores the New Power of Gas NY Times / Simon Romero
Russia
restores most of natural gas flow NY Times via IHT / Andrew E. Kramer
Singapore
GDP Expands at Annual 9.7% Pace in 4th Qtr Bloomberg / Shamim Adam
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