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06/01

Snow’s Job National Review / Jerry Bowyer

Not So Dynamic Duo Euro Pacific via Safehaven / Peter Schiff

Auto industry U.S. May results by auto groups Reuters

The jobs report that really matters CNN / Chris Isidore

Unusual Surge In Put-Call Ratio Signals Shift In Options Trading Investor’s Business Daily / Ken Hoover

Nasdaq Rallies 1.9%; Volume Lighter Investor’s Business Daily / Vincent Mao

Lessons of the stock options scandal $ FT / Harvey Pitt

Terms of NYSE's deal with Euronext Reuters

NYSE and Euronext in $20bn merger BBC News

NYSE Buys Euronext Forming First Transatlantic Market Bloomberg / Edgar Ortega

Metals sell-off and oil rally herald return of commodities volatility FT / Dave Shellock

Popular trusts shield real-estate profits Wall Street Journal via Pittsburgh Post Gazette / Rachel Emma Silverman

ECB warns of hedge funds risk to stability $ FT / Ralph Atkins

Treasuries rise on manufacturing data FT / Jennifer Hughes, Joanna Chung and David Turner

WI: Milwaukee area's job market suffers Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Joel Dresang

In their prime The Economist

DIARY-Federal Reserve Events Reuters

Inflation worries keep Fed on fence Australian / Christopher Swan

U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Rose 7,000 to 336,000 Last Week Bloomberg / Carlos Torres

Job Cuts at Sun, Heinz, Schering-Plough CFO.com / Stephen Taub

TX: State Farm’s Home Rates May Rise 39% Near Coast Houston Chronicle / Purva Patel

EU: Talking of immigrants $ The Economist

Eurozone manufacturing growth hits six-year high FT / Ralph Atkins

Opec rejects Venezuelan call to cut output FT / Carola Hoyos

Thursday's Metal Prices AP via NJ Post

Oil rises to $71.50 a barrel AP via Houston Chronicle

Better than flying The Economist

Treasuries gain after weaker than expected US data Reuters / John Parry

OFHEO Releases 1Q – 06 House Price Index pdf Office of Housing Enterprise Oversight

US 30-year, 15-year mortgages-table Reuters

IL: City has a deal for home buyers Chicago Tribune / Gary Washburn

U.S. Economy: Manufacturing Growth Slowed Last Month Bloomberg / Bob Willis

Retailers Post May Sales Gains Even as Gasoline Rises Bloomberg / Cotten Timberlake

Thursday Gold Coin Prices AP via NJ Post

Thursday's Stocktiming.com Analysis Stocktiming.com / Marty Chenard

Best to ignore that little voice Philadelphia Inquirer / Jeff Brown

Even in sprawling Arizona, downtown condos are now hip Christian Science Monitor / Faye Bowers

Gold drops more than $6 per ounce Reuters via Washington Post

Man Group Full-Year Profit Increases 15% on Fund Fees Bloomberg / Ambereen Choudhury

Russia: S&P: Only Stronger Banks May Survive Moscow Times / William Mauldin

Banks Honor Bogus Checks and Scam Victims Pay Washington Post / Caroline E. Mayer

Issuance Down 10% In May Bond Buyer / Maxwell Meyers

Auction-Rate Violations Result in $13M Penalty Bond Buyer / Lynn Hume

Corporate Bonds in Europe Drop Most in a Year on ECB, Defaults Bloomberg / Ambereen

Alan Greenspan Demoted to Equity `Bubble Man' From Fed Maestro Bloomberg / Mark Gilbert

Fed, Seeking Stopping Point, May Be Pushed Into June Increase Bloomberg / Craig Torres

Rising market volatility calls for shift in investment strategy Marketwatch / Jonathan Burton

Assume crash positions Marketwatch / James Dlugosch

Fiat and Credit - "The Coming Financial Holocaust" CliveManund.com vi a Safehaven / Clive Manund

Paulson Can’t Fix The Economy NY Post / John Crudele

Paulson is in for a rough ride but he has the nous to handle it Independent / Hamish McRae

'Heckuva job, Hanky' Marketwatch / David Weidner

Fed Kept Options Open on Rates Washington Post / Nell Henderson

Japan's economic suicides down in 2005 Marketwatch / Ilya Garger

Minding the Health Gap Tech Central Station / Arnold Kling

Fed, Seeking Stopping Point, May Be Pushed Into June Increase Bloomberg / Craig Torres

2 New Captains of the Economy Face Volatile Global Markets NY Times / Edmund L. Andrews

OPEC May Keep Oil Production Quotas Steady Through End of Year Bloomberg / Jim Efstathiou Jr. and Peter Wilson

S.E.C. Bond Inquiry Settled for $13 Million Bloomberg via NY Times

U.S. Treasuries May Fall; Traders Raise Bets on Rate Increase Bloomberg / David Yong

Eurotunnel may take French route Guardian / Andrew Clark

A year later, PNC officials are happy with Riggs deal Pittsburgh Post Gazette / Dan Fitzpatrick

U.S. ISM Manufacturing Index Probably Fell to 55.6 in May Bloomberg / Bob Willis

GlaxoSmithKline, U.S. Bancorp Gain as Stock Volatility Returns Bloomberg / Alexis Xydias and Dune Lawrence

Big Bonuses Still Flow, Even if Bosses Miss Goals NY Times / Gretchen Morgenson

Low Payments by U.S. Raise Medical Bills Billions a Year NY Times / Milt Freudenheim

For Venezuela, a Treasure in Oil Sludge NY Times / Juan Forero

ECB Gets Money-Supply Hint to Double Up on Rates Bloomberg / Mark Gilbert

India Badly Needs Jobs; Companies Hire Robots Bloomberg / Andy Mukherjee

06/02

Wall St Week Ahead: Stocks hope for a gentle slowdown Reuters / Jennifer Coogan

Tomorrow's Wal-Marts? Fortune via CNN / Matthew Boyle

Vonage offers IPO to customers, but 'favor' backfires USA Today / Matt Krantz

FOMC Minutes Forgotten in Under a Minute? Forex News via Safehaven / Ashraf Laidi

Looking to 'seal the deal' on Fed Marketwatch / Greg Robb

Fed's Moskow downplays signs of weakness in May job report Marketwatch / Greg Robb

Monetary Policy in a Global Environment Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco / Janet L. Yellen

U.S. Economic Outlook and the Role of Inflation Inertia Federal /Reserve Bank of Chicago / Michael H. Moskow

My retreat, the shed Business Week via MSNBC / Larry Armstrong

US homeowners see mortgage rates topping 8 pct Reuters / Jonathan Stempel

U.S. home prices jump 12.5 percent in one year Contra Costa Times / Damian Paletta

Having taken Europe, NYSE looks East Marketwatch / David Weidner

Linking hands across the Atlantic $ The Economist

Yahoo CEO Gets Millions of Stock Options AP via Chicago Tribune

Frightened gold bugs Marketwatch / Mark Hulbert

Oil prices rise after kidnappings BBC News

Friday's commodities roundup AP via NJ Post

Will The Fed Pause In June? Daily Reckoning / Chuck Butler

More than Half Full National Review / Larry Kudlow

Allstate drops most earthquake insurance AP via NJ Post / Joseph B. Frazier

NC: Trading spaces? Fidelity may put 4,000 jobs in N.C. Boston Herald / Scott Van Voorhis

NY: Harlem revved up LA Daily News / Greg Wilson

CO: Nurse shown door after speaking up Denver Post / Al Lewis

Goldman President Blankfein Named as Chairman, CEO Bloomberg / Christine Harper and Adrian Cox

Keeping it simple may prove controversial FT via MSNBC / James Politi

S&P 500 Gains for 3rd Day on Jobs Report; Bank of America Rises Bloomberg / Nick Baker

Dow closes down 12, Nasdaq finishes flat AP via Philadelphia Inquirer / Christopher Wang

MI: Granholm: Economic plan starts paying dividends Detroit News / Gov. Jennifer Granholm

Hank Paulson: Titan in the Treasury $ FT / Ben White

Benchmark bond drops below 5 percent CNN

Treasuries Surge on Weaker-Than-Expected Employment Report Bloomberg / Elizabeth Stanton

MBA Letter to Senate Banking Committee on Flood Insurance Mortgage Banker’s Association

Oil prices up more than $2 a barrel AP via Houston Chronicle

Gold bounces back Reuters via CNN

US employment growth stalls in May FT / Christopher Swann

Jobs report leaves Fed with a task CNN / Chris Isidore

Agencies Release List of Distressed or Underserved Nonmetropolitan Middle-Income Geographies Federal Reserve Board

A Productivity Model of City Crowdedness Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City / Jordan Rappaport

USD in a Holding Pattern Before a Soft Landing Morgan Stanley / Stephen Jen

Dollar Falls as U.S. May Job Growth Is Less Than Half Forecasts Bloomberg / Deborah Finestone and Michael McDonald

Snow repeats strong dollar is in U.S. interests Reuters

US rate futures lean toward Fed pause on payrolls Reuters

Treasuries jump as rate rise fears ease FT / Jennifer Hughes, Joanna Chung and David Turner

Treasuries prices rally after weak May US jobs data Reuters / John Parry

Inflation gauges: Less than perfect Philadelphia Inquirer / Andrew Cassel

Stocks' future could lie in jobs report Dallas Morning News / Danielle DiMartino

U.S. May job growth much weaker than expected Reuters

Friday's Stocktiming.com Analysis Stocktiming.com / Marty Chenard

Mortgage interest rates rise San Diego Union Tribune

CO: Home prices at snail's pace Rocky Mountain News / John Rebchook

Deutsche Boerse still wants Euronext exchange, despite deal with NYSE AP via USA Today

A Commodity-Lite China Morgan Stanley / Stephen Roach

Crude Promise NY Post / Paul Tharp

Oil halts two-day slide Reuters via CNN

A Loophole For Poor Mr. Paulson Forbes / Jessica Holzer

From One Who's Gone Before Forbes / Hannah Clark

Why those pay hikes are not going very far Christian Science Monitor / Mark Trumbull

Under the Shadow of Inflationomics Ludwig Von Mises Institute / Hans F. Sennholz

The next big thing or a risky gamble: Shell looks to turn sand into oil Guardian / Terry Macalister

NYSE Moves Ahead of Nasdaq With Winning Euronext Bid Bloomberg / Edgar Ortega

NYSE Group Considers Raising Floor-Trading Fees, People Say Bloomberg

NASD Ends Case Against Quattrone NY Timers / Andrew Ross Sorkin

1st-Quarter Home Prices Rise, but at Slower Pace Washington Post / Sandra Fleishman

Eurozone recovery helps export orders to rise for 12th month Guardian / Larry Elliott

Door Is Open for the Fed to Pause at 5 Percent Bloomberg / John M. Berry

IRS Pronouncements Do Municipal-Bond Market No Good Bloomberg /  Joe Mysak

Henry Paulson Hailed as Second Coming of Rubin Bloomberg / Caroline Baum

A Commodities Bull Can Find No Reason to Pull In His Horns NY Times / Michael J. De La Merced

How a Plunge Returns Stocks to `Rightful Owners' Bloomberg / Chet Currier

Immigration Wisdom In the Senate Tech Central Station / Nathan Smith

Asian Cars Won 40% of Market Last Month NY Times / Micheline Maynard and Nick Bunkley

06/03

Weak job growth slowing economy Pittsburgh Post Gazette / Patricia Sabatini

Booming D.C. housing market has a downside Bloomberg via Houston Chronicle / Courtney Schlisserman

Banks give a shout-out to Gen Y Dallas Morning News / Ieva M. Augstums

Floor Trader Fall-Off Seen NY Post / Roddy Boyd

NYSE's the winner AP via South Florida Sun Sentinel / Angela Charlton

All change at the Exchange BBC News / Toby Poston

Blankfein is Twofer at Goldman Sachs NY Post / Zachery Kouwe

CO: Foreclosures up 32 percent in first quarter Rocky Mountain News / John Rebchook

CA: Valley's housing prices took off Sacramento Bee / Jim Wasserman

New week, old worries CNN / Steve Hargreaves, Jessica Seid and Grace Wong

S&P 500 Gains for a 2nd Week as Jobs Report Eases Fed Concern Bloomberg / Hilary Johnson

Treasury Notes Gain for Third Week Amid Signs of Slower Growth  Bloomberg / Elizabeth Stanton

Jobs report leaves Fed with a task CNN / Chris Isdore

Gouging? Gas stations are making less Fortune via CNN / Telis Demos

Dollar Falls This Week as Fed Rate Increase Expectations Ease Bloomberg / Deborah Finestone and Michael McDonald

After Slide, Yields May Find Footing LA Times / Tom Petruno

Do You Know Your Loan? Washington Post / Sandra Fleishman

Snow Did Well on the Economy, but His Boss Did Poorly in the Polls NY Times / Floyd Norris

Are Gasoline Alternatives Fuel for a Revolution? Washington Post / Tomoeh Murakami Tse

Feds probe backdating AP via Charlotte Observer / Marcy Gordon

AZ: Halting bank-fraud losses Arizona Republic / Yvette Armendariz

 

06/04

Monetary excesses drying up Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Fiends SuperBear Page / Tom Saler

Bond market shows stocks' direction Pittsburgh Tribune Review / Gregory M. Drahuschak

US rush to the coast is driving up cost of hurricanes $ FT / Andrew Ward

Time to retreat NY Daily News / Margaret Price

OH: Oil's crude awakening Akron Beacon Journal / Dave Scott

WA: What can you get for $266,500? Tacoma News Tribune / Barbara Clements

Dividend hunt Allentown Morning Call / Leon Lazaroff

Fund rating services good for giving you guidelines Boston Herald / Rick Shaffer

A new way to work St. Petersburg Times / Dave Gussow

Physician Shortage Looms, Risking a Crisis, as Demand for Care Explodes LA Times / Lisa Girion

How GM juggled millions GM's road may get rougher Detroit Free Press / Jennifer Dixon

Toshiba takeover of Westinghouse clears Cfius hurdle $ FT / Stephanie Kirchgaessner and Carola Hoyos

Vonage Sued Over Initial Public Offering AP via Chicago Tribune

Economy May Be Heading for Less Sunny Days AP via Newsday / Martin Crutsinger

They're still sweeping up the small scandals St. Louis Post Dispatch / David Nicklaus

NYSE's Thain steals spotlight from Nasdaq CEO AP via Clarion Ledger

Eurotunnel faces debt opposition BBC News

Bush Boom is now a whimper Philadelphia Inquirer / Andrew Cassel

The Right Stuff NY Post / Roddy Boyd

Making Sense of Stock-Market Mayhem Wall Street Journal / Jonathan Clements

Have plan if market gets ugly Sacramento Bee / Jack Sirard

Check Which Hat Your Broker's Wearing Wall Street Journal / Kelly K. Spors

Interest-only mortgages -- with a welcome twist LA Times / Lew Sichelman

Middle America poised for real estate gains Detroit Free Press / Kenneth Harney

IL: Helping cities lure more `ruppies' Chicago Tribune / Mary Umberger

CO: Owens OKs mortgage brokers bill Denver Post / Margaret Jackson

AZ: Condos for cars could send Scottsdale style into high gear Arizona Republic / Peter Corbett

Vonage’s VC Backers in $ NY Post / Janet Whitman

'Buyers' give old debts new life St. Petersburg Times / Scott Barancik

Running on Empty LA Times / Elizabeth Douglass

Bond Buyers, Caught in the Narrows of Interest Rates NY Times / J. Alex Tarquinio

Central bankers plot path through the minefields Guardian – Observer / Heather Stewart

Price Swings Are Colliding With Anxiety NY Times / Conrad De Aenlle

Gold Prospectors Don't Always Head for the Hills NY Times / Hubert B. Herring

Magellan payout, automatic rebalancing, how many funds? Marketwatch / Chuck Jaffe

Deutsche muscles in on NYSE-Euronext deal Guardian – Observer / Nick Mathiason

That Hedge Fund May Be More Than a Flash in the Pan Marketwatch via NY Times / Mark Hulbert

UK: The real 'golden rule', Gordon, is don't interfere Guardian – Observer / Mark Tinker

06/05

Treasuries fall after Bernanke remarks FT / Richard Beales and Paul J Davies