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01/16
Inflation and the US
economy what’s the problem?
Brookes News / Gerard Jackson
Why
Is The Yield Curve Inverted? Yeald via Fiend’s SuperBear Page / George Ross
Fisher, IV
When
enough is enough Marketwatch / Greg Robb
CA: Hot market led
to real estate agent boom Long Beach Press Telegram / Don Jergler
New
year's retail forecast not as rosy as 2005 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel /
Doris Hajewski
Lazy
portfolios' outrun S&P 500 Marketwatch / Peter Brimelow
Nokia
is Magellan Fund's top holding Marketwatch / Kathie O’ Donnell
Korea:
BOK Pledges to Stem Inflation Korea Times / Na Jeong-ju
U.S.
Treasury prices slip, data, auctions in focus Reuters / Naomi Tajitsu
World
Bank arm sees strong year for emerging markets Reuters / Lesley
Wroughton
Economic concerns
recede at start of year; worries about Iraq, politicians have grown
Pittsburgh Post Gazette / Will Lester
US
retail body sees slowdown in sales $ FT
/ Jonathan Birchall
Fund stars don't
like this ride Wall Street Journal via Pittsburgh Post Gazette / Diya
Gullapalli and Shefali Anand
For
immigrant laborers, Big Easy more Wild West Dallas Morning News /
Dianne Solis
The
importance of history and geography FT / John Kay
Review
and Preview Morgan Stanley / Ted Wieseman and David Greenlaw
TX:
Post-storm economy taking root in Texas Dallas Morning News / Angela
Shah
Family
offices on the rise Orange County Register / John Gittelsohn
Governments
turn to collection agencies Dallas Morning News / Pamela Yip
GMAC
Taking $450 Million Goodwill Charge CFO.com / Stephen Taub
Popular
ETFs receive failing grades Marketwatch / John Spence
Go
Slow On Bank Stocks Forbes / Liz Moyer
Global
glow Marketwatch / Greg Morcroft
Bowser's
nose for low-priced stocks Marketwatch / Peter Brimelow
Japan:
Holding Tight Morgan Stanley / Takehiro Sato
France:
Too Much Complacency on the VAC Morgan Stanley / Eric Chaney
Turkey:
Loving IT Morgan Stanley / Serhan Cevik
Big
bucks for a Greenspan speech? CNN
Surprise!
Airlines' outlook positive Arizona Republic / awn Gilbertson
MD:
Condo boom spells end for apartment complex Baltimore Sun / Laura Barnhardt
Oil
edges higher on Iran and Nigeria concerns FT / Chris Flood
Platinum
Rises to a Record on Buying by Speculators and Funds Bloomberg /
Danielle Rossingh
Gilt
yields fall after disappointing UK data FT / Joanna Chung and David
Turner
Expected
debt issues-Investment-grade Eurobonds Reuters
Euro
eyes 3-month high on hawkish Trichet FT / Darryl Thomson
Dollar
Gains Before Consumer Confidence, Manufacturing Reports Bloomberg /
Jake Lee
Dollar
falls to three-week low versus yen AP via NJ Post
Brazil's
Real Falls vs Dollar on Interest-Rate Cut Speculation Bloomberg / Elzio
Barreto
Canadian
dollar inches ahead, bonds drift up Reuters
Merkel
Brings Spark To Germany's Foreign Policy Forbes / Oxford Analytica
Japan
cannot avoid raising taxes – Tanigaki Reuters
Copper
Futures Rise to Record in Shanghai on Cable Maker Demand Bloomberg /
Xiao Yu
Left
a bit ... right a bit ... the mysteries of inflation targeting and Bob
Monkhouse's 'Golden Shot' Independent / Stephen King
Sugar
May Rise to 24-Year High on Ethanol Demand, Smaller Crops Bloomberg /
Claudia Carpenter and Jason Gale
EU:
German industry blazes trail for eurozone Guardian / Larry Elliott
Japan's
Dec. Producer Prices Rise Fastest in 16 Years Bloomberg / Mayumi Otsuma
Britain's
Fiscal Rule Is More Leaden Than Golden Bloomberg /Matthew Lynn
Dollar
Drops; Snow Says He's Unconcerned About Diversification Bloomberg /
Kosuke Goto
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01/17
The
Buttonwood column: Strange happenings along the China coast $ The Economist
WI:
Strong year for equity funds Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Kathleen
Gallagher
WI:
More fizzle than pop in home prices Milwaukee Journal Sentinel /
Michele Derus
Five
Stocks Facing Formidable Resistance Forbes / Bernie Schaeffer
The
Reversal of the US's and Asia's Relative Monetary Conditions Morgan
Stanley / Andy Xie
The
Global Delta, Part II Morgan Stanley / Stephen Roach
Banks overcome
tighter margins Minneapolis Star Tribune / Thomas Lee
BMA Warns Proposed Changes
to MSRB Rule G-23 Will Restrict Competition and Harm Market Bond Market
Association
Many
Oppose G-23 Changes Bond Buyer / Lynn Hume
Bernanke
must prove mettle with rate hike Marketwatch / Dr. Irwin Kellner
Economy eyes
capital spending surge AP via Wichita Eagle / Rachel Beck
Oil
Prices -- Tight Markets plus Geopolitics Equals Upside Risks Morgan
Stanley / Richard Berner and Eric Chaney
GOP
moves to rein in lobbyist favors Marketwatch / William L. Watts
Breaking
Up Is Hard to Do Smartmoney.com / James B. Stewart
High-tech
AT&T kick NY Daily News / Phyllis Furman
CO:
Xcel sees jump in late customer payments Denver Business Journal /
Cathy Proctor
Realtors:
most homebuyers put little cash down Reuters
Big
investors set to deepen commodity stake Reuters / Barbara Lewis and
Clare Black
Intel
investors disappointed CNN / Amanda Cantrell
Treasury
yield curve inverts again FT / Jennifer Hughes
Emerging
debt-Spreads resilient to markets weakness Reuters
US
SWAPS -Spreads narrow with lower Treasury yields Reuters
NC:
Foreclosures in neighborhood take a toll on everyone Charlotte Observer
/ Lisa Hammersly Munn
Should
Google have to pay for the bandwidth it consumes? Slate / Adam L.
Penenberg
Intel
shares drop on fears of PC downturn FT / Chris Nuttall
Yahoo
posts weak results, stock drops 13 pct Reuters / Eric Auchard
A
case for tech valuations Reuters / Marc Gernstein
Money
manager Gabelli under fire over pay Journal News / Allan Drury
Chinese
Overseas Investment Exceeds $50B AP via Newsday
Overthrowing
the tyranny of vested interests $ FT /
Martin Wolf
I Remember
Alan Forbes / Dan Seligman
Happy
Trails, Alan CNN / Paul R. La Monica
Jobs
recovery falling short Dallas Morning News / Danielle DiMartino
Airbus
outstrips Boeing after sales surge $ FT
/ Kevin Done
Buffett's
Berkshire To Buy Business Wire Forbes / Greg Levine
SEC
Proposes Changes to Pay Disclosure CFO.com / Stephen Taub
Tuesday's
Money Rates AP via NJ Post
They're
on the money Sacramento Bee / Jack Sirard
Gold's
high prices boost production, global exploration AP via Arizona Republic / Sandy Shore
Mexico
Peso Bond Yields Fall to Record on Rate-Cut Speculation Bloomberg /
Adriana Arai
Trade Center
Launches New Managed Futures Information Site Trade Center / Scott Hicks
CA:
Late taxes hint at housing's toll Orange County Register / Jonathan
Lansner
MA:
Suburbs flush with homes for sale Boston Globe / Kimberly Blanton
FL:
Another company seeks sizeable rate hikes for home insurance in S. Florida
South Florida Sun Sentinel / Kathy Bushouse
5
signs you have too much money CNN / Jeanne Sahadi
Industrial
Production and Capacity Utilization Federal Reserve Board
U.S.
agency 2006 note sales calendar Reuters
U.S.
Treasuries fall on strong U.S. factory data Reuters
New
York State to sell $4.2 bln bonds in 2006-07 Reuters
Wall
St. Wooing Hedge Funds LA Times / Walter Hamilton
Yields
on CDs at highest since '01 Boston Globe / Sasha Talcott
Wells
Fargo, U.S. Bancorp Slowed By Bankruptcy Cases Bloomberg / Steve
Dickson
Executive
Pay May Get Close Look LA Times / Jonathan Peterson
Tuesday
World Gold Prices AP via NJ Post
Tuesday
Gold Coin Prices AP via NJ Post
Crude
Oil Jumps Above $65 on Threat to Iran and Nigeria Supply Bloomberg /
Mark Shenk
Dollar
up against euro on economic news AP via NJ Post
Brazil's
Real Falls to One-Week Low on Rate Cut Expectations Bloomberg / Elzio
Barreto
UK
inflation drops to Bank target BBC News
Balancing
Act Daily Standard / Irwin Stelzer
Is
Ben Bernanke ready to assume US Fed chair? Taipei Times / Robert Shiller
The goliath that
reshaped America Christian Science Monitor / Clayton Collins
Treasuries
May Fall as $100 Billion of Debt Overwhelms Buyers Bloomberg / Joshua
Krongold and Elizabeth Stanton
U.S.
Consumers Reeling From Higher Debt Burden Bloomberg / John Wasik
Bush,
Congress Lack Courage to Fix Entitlements Bloomberg / John M. Berry
Bush's
Expansion Leaves Workers Behind, Sparking Fed Friction Bloomberg / Mark
Drajem, Nicholas Johnston and Alison Fitzgerald
Nothing Trumps Some
Things Tech Central Station / Duane Feese
When Less Really Is
More Tech Central Station / Stephen Bainbridge
China sees
foreign cash pile as possible peril IHT / David Lague
Dollar
Gains on Speculation Reports Will Signal Faster Growth Bloomberg /
Keiko Ujikane and Kosuke Goto
Copper
Rises to Record in Shanghai on Supply Concern in China Bloomberg / Xiao
Yu
Crude
Oil Rises on Concern About Nigerian Unrest, Iran Standoff Bloomberg /
Will Kennedy and Gavin Evans
DC:
Gasoline prices increase locally Washington Times / Kara Rowland
Equity
Strategists: Goldman Expects Gains, Led by U.S. and Asia Bloomberg /
Kotaro Miyata
A
win for January Effect strategy Marketwatch / Mark Hulbert
Rumblings
of a German Revival NY Times / Mark Landler
UK:
An era of low inflation or asset price bubble as King maps out a bumpy road
for the Bank Independent / Jeremy Warner
I Still
Hate Funds Forbes / Kenneth L. Fisher
Russia:
Gref Set for WTO Talks in Switzerland Moscow Times / Anna Smolchenko
Global Stock Market
Rallies are Optical Illusions, but Gold could Soar to $770 per ounce
SirChartsAlot.com via Safehaven /
Gary Dorsch
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01/18
Opening
the boss’s pay packet $ The Economist
Oil
on the up, again $ The Economist
Outsourcing
is just the latest in a long series of scapegoats St. Louis Post
Dispatch / David Nicklaus
Seagate profit
nearly doubles on PC boom Bloomberg vi Minneapolis Star Tribune / John
Stebbins
New England Economic
Indicators Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Gilts
bubble savages pensions FT / Philip Coggan and Kate Burgess
Fed
president's worries are inflated Dallas Morning News / Danielle
DiMartino
NY:
Your home got pricier, so pay up! NY Daily News / Michael Saul
CA:
Home prices likely to fall, PMI says Contra Costa Times / James Temple
WTO hearings
in Boeing-Airbus dispute to be public AFP via EU Business
Apple
shares tumble after numbers fall short FT / Kevin Allison
AMD
puts in stronger showing than Intel FT / Chris Nuttall
Southwest's
profitable streak continues Dallas Business Journal via Buffalo
Business Journal / Margaret Allen
Yahoo's
83% Profit Growth Fails to Appease Wall Street LA Times / Chris Gaither
Washington
Mutual 4Q earnings miss views AP via Settle Post Intelligencer /
Elizabeth Gillespie
Prescription
for a healthcare fiasco $ FT / Jacob
Weisberg
EU:
Beware the Hikes of March Business Week via MSNBC / Natascha Gewaltig
The
hippies were right all along about happiness $
FT / Andrew Oswald
Is
Ben Bernanke A Conservative? Forbes / Hunter Lewis
EBay
posts strong results but outlook disappoints Reuters / Eric Auchard
Not
rocket science Washington Times via Real Clear Politics / Richard
W. Rahn
Senate
Targets Some Convertible Bonds CFO.com / Stephen Taub
Fifth
Third falls short Cincinnati Enquirer / Alexander Coolidge
Nuclear
power may pop up in a decade Pittsburgh Tribune Review / Jack Markowitz
The
Economic Outlook for 2006 Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond / Jeffrey M. Lacker
U.S.
Economy Grew at End of 2005, Fed Report Shows Bloomberg / Scott Lanman
Beige
Book Federal Reserve Board
Bond
prices edge up at midday AP via NJ Post
CO: Utility shut-offs
surge in late '05 Denver Post / Steve Raabe
CA:
$621,000: record price for O.C. homes Orange County Register / Jonathan
Lansner
Wednesday's
Metal Prices AP via NJ Post
Oil
prices fall as traders take profits AP via NJ Post / Madlen Read
Executive-pay
disclosure is a reform that adds up Baltimore Sun / Jay Hancock
Tokyo
Stock Exchange session halted early AP via Baltimore Sun / Yuri Kageyama
Worldwide
share slide reaches US BBC News
Hedge fund
manager revamps McDonald's plan AP via The State / Michael J. Martinez
Productivity
and Economic Outlook Federal Reserve Board / Susan Schmidt Bies
Bies:
Fed 'vigilant' on inflation Reuters via CNN
US
home loan applications up as refinancing rises Reuters / Julie Haviv
US
consumer prices fall, inflation worries remain Reuters / Andrea Hopkins
1-year
bank CD rates increase close to 5% level Detroit Free Press / susan
Tompor
Schwab's
earnings triple on slashed fees AP via Charlotte Observer / Michael
Liedtke
JPMorgan
reports 13% growth in profits $ FT /
David Wighton and Andrei Postelnicu
Bank
of New York profit up 15% as fees rise Reuters via San Diego Union
Tribune / Jonathan Stempel
Citigroup
to launch own trading network AP via San Diego Union Tribune
Inflation-linked
50-year gilt yield hits new low FT / Joanna Chung
Yes,
Stock Options Do Still Matter Forbes / Elizabeth MacDonald
Retailers
Face Challenging Year AP via South Florida Sun Sentinel / Anne
D’Innocenzio
California,
New York Officials Sense Danger in Debt Bloomberg / Joe Mysak
Brazil,
Chile, Colombia: Latin America Local Bond Preview Bloomberg / Andrea
Jaramillo
FL: Key
condo debtor case settled Miami Herald / Patrick Danner
U.S.
Consumer Prices Probably Rose in December, Survey Shows Bloomberg / Joe
Richter
Bracing
the world for the day when the oil runs out Independent / Michael
Harrison
Crude
Oil Trades Close to $67 Amid Iran, Nigeria Supply Concern Bloomberg /
Gavin Evans
How
important is CEO pay? Marketwatch / Mark Hulbert
U.K.
Doesn't Need Law to Fight `Wal-Martization' Bloomberg / Matthew Lynn
Chinese
Should Boycott Microsoft and Yahoo Bloomberg / William Pesek Jr.
Russia:
Foreign Car Sales Double in '05 Moscow Times / Anna Smolchenko
Can
Holders Sue Merrill in State Courts When Traders Cannot? NY Times /
Floyd Norris
WA:
Home sale prices in '05 set King County record Seattle Post
Intelligencer / Kristen Millares Bolt
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