Thursday March 31
Snapshot of Dow Jones Industrials Component Stocks Goldberg
Oil Rises, Gasoline Surges to Record on Concern Over U.S. Refining Supply BL
Goldman: Crude could reach $105 a barrel CBSM
Twilight in the Desert Amazon (Simmons) Review
The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy
Treasuries Gain as Jobless Claims Increase, Inflation Measure Unchanged BL
Personal Spending Increases 0.5%; Incomes Rise 0.3% BL BEA
Jobless Claims in U.S. Rise in Last Weekly Tally Before March Jobs Report BL
What fresh hell is this? Daughty
Buying GDP Growth with Debt Calculated Risk
Is There a Big Move on the Horizon? Schaeffers
Is Greenspan between a rock and a hard place? G-E  Party pooper USNews
Even Stephen Roach Has It Wrong EP
Prepare for a sell-off through summer TheStreet
From Fannie to AIG to GE to Berkshire, all too many U.S. companies have turned into heavily camouflaged, leveraged hedge funds
It's a Totally New Paradigm Mish’s
"Be Scared--I sell real estate in Manhattan" EW
The risks from falling home prices CBSM
More home buyers go with adjustable-rate mortgages USAT
Dude, where's my rent? Boston Globe
''I am young and property values are soaring," said 19-year-old Rayford Kelley, who bought a $560,000 fixer-upper in Roxbury with no money down. ''It can be rough sometimes. But in the end, I'll be the one making out and cashing in."
As housing funds run dry, lawmakers tee up bill to replenish trust Townonline
Gas costs change lifestyles USAT Crude Futures Rise AP
How Detroit lost its cool Macleans
Will GM Spoil Economic Growth? Hudson
Freddie Mac Net Income Falls 42 Percent Amid $4.5 Billion Derivatives Loss BL
Ex-CFO: HealthSouth Hot Line Was 'Joke' AP
S&P downgrades its assessment of Morgan Stanley Times Online
AIG's Coral Insurance Woes May Add Up Crudele
AIG loses top 'AAA' credit rating: S&P AFP
Return to Vendor: SEC Boosts Saks Probe CFO
Debt 'counselors' hit for $100M scam Reuters
Who's Behind Naked Shorting? Fool
Viagra May Cause Vision Loss Reuters
Bond funds see red in Q1 CBSM
"TIPS funds in general got slaughtered in the first quarter, which may surprise some people because they're an inflation hedge"
U.S stock fund flows rebound in Feb. CBSM ICI
Speech: Change and Challenges Facing the U.S. Financial System NYF
IMF says debt relief gold sale would not hit market FT The ECB’s gold sales
SA gold mine walkouts to expand BBC
Extreme accounting Ananova
German Unemployment Rises to Postwar Record; French Rate at Five-Year High BL
House prices fall at fastest rate in 10 years This is Money
US' CA deficit still major concern CD Too big to behave rashly Setser
Overseas investment income helps to prop up current account deficit FT
China's money supply growth is the world's problem Pesek
Shares drop to six-year low China Daily
Time to stop housing as cheap investment game CD
Globalization and the rise of Asia (part 3) Erdman
China's Next Cultural Revolution (Cars) Wired
Cheap Chinese fakes hurt trade Herald Sun
EU Head Office Proposes U.S. Sanctions AP
U.S. firms invest $350m in Lenovo CD Are LBOs Back? CFO
Emerging Market Investment to Climb to $311 Billion BL
Argentina's $100bn debt swap in doubt FT
India's Economy Grows at Slowest Pace in Six Quarters BL
Central Bank to raise benchmark interest rate Jakarta Post
Retail banks are shaken by CSFB's grim warning Independent
A market frenzy raises worries IHT (NYT)
“How long the AIM flotation window remains open, I'm not sure, because it only takes one high-profile blow-up"
Austrian hedge fund market ‘could grow 15%’ IPE  Starting a Hedge Fund PRN
Yukos Investors Fight Back Moscow Times
Mitsubishi to sue 7 ex-bigwigs Asahi
Fund manager admits $1m bribe scam Standard
GCC Currency in 2010: Al-Assaf Arab News
Once established, the GCC leadership may decide to invoice their hydrocarbon sales in the new common currency, moving away from the current dollar pricing system
Zimbabwe opposition talks of protests if elections are rigged FT
Two-thirds of world's resources 'used up' Guardian
Is America Too Poor To Remain A Military Superpower? AEA

Flashback - March 27, 2002
Why you should still listen to the bears MSN
Head strategists at big Wall Street firms, on average, forecast a 14% gain for the S&P 500 by year-end. Several brokerages now advocate planting 70% to 80% of a portfolio in the stock market.

Wenesday March 30
Dollar Quarterly Rally Is Biggest Since 2001 BL
Bernanke-Clear communication a key FOMC rates tool Reuters  Speech
Crude futures sink after weekly supply report CBSM EIA
AIG Says Net Worth May Be Inflated by $1.7B by 14 Years of Errors BL AIG
Impressive performance of 2004 May Not Be Repeated In 2005 NT
Fourth quarter GDP unrevised at 3.8% CBSM BEA
Corporate profits leap 13.4%, biggest gain since 1987
Dollar's on roll vs. euro but for just how long? USAT Monthly FX Outlook CIBC
Mahathir: US dollar collapsing TheStar  Dollar Daze Grant
“The uncertainty is with the timing, not whether it will collapse.”
Is an accident waiting to happen? Black Swan Daily FX
The Decay of Paper Currency Mayer
The Fed’s Conundrum Yardeni  PDF
Fantasy Nos. To Bite Marts NYP (Crudele)
Companies on a borrowing binge Economist
America’s companies are cash-rich, right? Then why have they started borrowing again?
This is Fiscal "Restraint"? Folsom
Brave new world FT Global syndicated loans flourish FT
The economic logic of the private equity boom is questionable at best.
The "Debt Timebomb" Safe Haven
Mortgage Applications Increased Last Week Reuters  MBA
General Motors' Pause on Way to Junk Is Troubling Gilbert
Credit-rating agencies Economist ($)
The agencies rated Enron's bonds as investment-grade—safe for many pension funds, that is—until shortly before the firm collapsed...
Ford trying to stem financial woes CNN
GM China President Philip Murtaugh Quits, People Say BL
AIG Calls General Re Contract `Improper,' Will Adjust Financial Statements BL
AIG delays 10-k filing again CBSM
Witness Role Seen for Buffett in Inquiry NYT
Berkshire Hathaway Facing 'Heightened Uncertainty' Forbes
Earnings Delayed at Best Buy, Circuit City TheStreet
Congress makes another grab at expats' money Forbes
Purcell could have 'sold the story' better FT
Hollinger sues Conrad Black AFP
Ex-Andersen auditor punished Rocky MN
Sears plans to announce layoffs, pay changes next month AP
Wall Street Cheers HP's New 'Button-Down' CEO Forbes
The end of 'The End of Late Fees' PPG
Harmony backtracks on size of its gold reserves BL
SEC on Options: Your Results May Vary CFO
The SEC’s much-anticipated bulletin may be issued as early as this week
Japan's Industrial Production Has Biggest Drop in a Year BL
Savers calm as Japan pulls banking safety net FT
When Japan finally removes its blanket guarantee on bank deposits this Friday, something remarkable will happen: nothing at all.
Spring Scare or Burst   MS (Xie)
The Dawn of a New Oil Era? Newsweek
China is the world's second-largest consumer of oil. It has about 20 million cars and trucks now. By the year 2020, that may be 120 million
China Says Property Boom Threatens Stability, Orders Clampdown BL
Zhou rules out move to revalue renminbi FT
China central bank: Inflation waning CBSM
China Glosses Over a Gross Domestic Problem Pesek
China Aviation Oil Lacked Risk Controls as Trade Losses Mounted CL
A rising China counters US clout in Africa CS Monitor
Bears hammer down Sensex by 143 points Indian Express
Shares drop on rate fears News.au
“People are just scared silly. We have had a pretty bloody week and a half.”
Ex-security chief in Yukos affair sentenced to 20 years for murder AFP
Prosecutors Go for the Full 10 Years Moscow Times
Revolution echoes around Russia CS Monitor
Defiant former Sogo chairman found guilty of hiding assets Asahi
Of Bribe Taking And Whistle Blowing All Africa
Canon to branch out into biotech business Stuff
Frantic search for survivors in Indonesian earthquake Guardian

Tuesday March 29
Buffett: I Wasn't Briefed TheStreet
Consumer Confidence Drops on Job Worries   AP  Conference Board
U.S. stock futures sag, AIG weighs CBSM Oil Slips AP Gold Up
Greenspan's Second Bubble AEI (Makin)
The Bear's Lair: Beware of singularities UPI
Watch that lever Kellner
When will it start to hurt, Dr. Greenspan? Bankrate
Does Overseas Appetite for Bonds Put the U.S. Economy at Risk? WSJ
Greenback haunts emerging markets Globe & Mail
Reading the runes of bond market uncertainty Inde (King)
The Confidence Game Puplava
Will the next pop you hear be the bursting of hedge fund bubble? IHT (NYT)
"It is completely obvious that this will end badly - for the firms, investors, everyone”
Bubbles Then... Bubble Now? EW
Is the Blue Jean Bubble About to Burst? NPR (Audio)
Commodity Rally May Be Close to Peaking BL
The Fat Lady Isn't Even In The Building Grandich Does Size Matter? Willie
MF mulls sale of 25-66 pct of gold reserves - report AFX
Democrats test debt xenophobia as 2006 issue MSNBC
A Question of Value CFO
If valuation has improved so much, why do analyses show that companies so often overpay?
Nasdaq to enable customers to trade NYSE stocks Reuters
AIG Chair Greenberg to Retire Amid Probe AP Buffett may face regulators R
N.Y. Times adjusts Outlook; Calls Ads ‘Uneven’ CBSM
GM’s credit rating affects automotive sector-wide investment AI
Hollinger cancels meeting G&M
Citigroup settles with Munk G&M
Stolen Laptop Exposes Data of 100,000 AP
Beware Of Hot Money Business Week
With foreign cash piling in, China's economy could boil over
China and Japan - So Close and Yet So Far Apart MS (Xie)
Living in China's bubble Asia Times
The money I kept for the initial payment may cease to be adequate if I wait for another couple of months
Globalization and the rise of Asia Erdman
Japan Household Spending Falls 4.1% in February; Unemployment Rises BL
Brazil, IMF's Biggest Borrower, to End Loan Accord With Fund, Palocci Says BL
French Business Confidence Drops to Lowest in 15 Months BL
Investors see lower dollar in Australia IHT (BL)
HSBC staff to vote on strike Times Online
Scrutiny of hedge funds is set to tighten in Japan Reuters
Japanese Truckmaker Denies Defect Cover-Up AP

Monday March 28
By a Thread Hussman
Why worry about yuan?
Caught in the Fed's inflation trap MSN (Fleck)
The Fed and China Roach
Alan's Perilous Poker Game UPI
Oil dips, funds take profits on rising U.S. dollar Reuters
Dollar May Add to Its Biggest Quarterly Gain Against the Euro Since 2001 BL
A blend of risks makes dollar's outlook grim IHT
Buckle Up for the Dollar's Ride NYT
Investors fear U.S. dollar's effect on commodities rally G&M
Inflation elevates interest-rate concerns Inman
New warning for borrowers with adjustable home loans
Inflationist hedging Brimelow
US economy: jobs, growth and inflation Brookesnews
The Fed has laid down the foundations for another recession.
Taylor On US Markets & Gold G-E
Stock-Market Returns May Not Meet Bush's Social Security Hopes   BL
Saving for the Future WP
Lex: Insurance FT
Huge problems for ungainly giants Kay (FT)
GM'S Flip is a Flop NYP
Beware of High-Flying Tech Stocks Business Week
SunGard Data Will Be Acquired by Seven U.S. Buyout Firms for $11.3 Billion BL
Boeing May Raise 2006 Forecast as Demand From China, India Rises BL
SEC said to subpoena 12 AIG execs Reuters
Another Personal Coup for Gillette CEO Kilts BL
Newmont mine under fire AAP
IRS may go after slices of eBay sellers’ pie AP
Sony ordered to pay $90 million Reuters
Second-Lien Loans Surge Amid Goodyear Tire, Revlon Borrowings BL
If I Only Had a Hedge Fund NYT
West Palm hedge fund operators' assets to remain frozen Palm Beach
Cash Accounts Rebound WSJ
Chinese corruption FT China banks told to act on fraud BBC
More capital to tackle pension deficit China Daily
Australia grows fat on China's appetite Sunday Times
Nation's sugar shortage to grow in 2005 CD Industry plunders forests St
China's first jewelry stock taken off market Xinhua
Japan real estate investment booming, but could turn sour AFP
Brazil Central Bank Says Economy Slowing, Increases May Be Over BL
Will Gulf's Central Banks Try to Curb Excessive Increases in Stock Prices? Arab
Rocks Roil Waves for Korea, Japan Economies Pesek
Zimbabwe's economy falls on its knees Mail & Guardian
Goldshield chiefs arrested in inquiry Inde
Super-rich hide trillions offshore Observer
Study reveals assets 10 times larger than UK GDP
Companies champ at Iraqi oil bits AP

Holiday Long Weekend (March 25-27)
Stocks facing an uphill battle CBSM
The Coming Week: Car Jamming TheStreet
Bumpy road ahead for stock investors? USAT
Wal-Mart reports Easter sales softer CBSM
Greenspan’s Wake-Up Call Rings Bells NYP
Detroit's New Crisis Could Be Its Worst NYT
G.M. spends nearly $2,000 for each car or truck it produces in the United States on health care and pension benefits
GM Could Cut Dividend in Nod to Union, Bondholders Reuters
Dollar Heads for Biggest Winning Week in 11 Against Euro, Yen BL
Citigroup Advises Selling Dollar Versus Euro, Targets $1.3670
The Test Morgan Stanley (Roach)
Too Much Capital: Why It Is Getting Harder to Find a Good Investment Norris
Tiptoe Through the Tulips Schaeffers
In an investment world where complacency and obliviousness to risk had already become boundless, it was just a matter of time until it became shameless.
A Bull Market in Caution? EW
Speculator and Liquidity Unfriendly PBear (Noland)
Real Rates and Gold 8 Zeal
Not So False Perceptions Cross Currents
Home Sellers Fret As Mortgage Rates Rise AP
Putting Stock in Property LA Times
Trading Places: Real Estate Instead of Dot-Coms NYT
Real estate-crazed Americans have started behaving in ways that eerily recall the stock market obsession of the late 1990's.
PMI firms worry about a `bubble.' Should you? Boston Herald
Lenders import ways to extend mortgages to immigrants Bankrate
Inflation's Impact on Industries and Finances NPR (Audio)
Big deficits make the U.S. less secure CBSM
AIG reviews up to 30 transactions CBSM
Accounting mistakes could reach $3 billion, WSJ says
Report: AIG's Accounting Concerns Grow AP
AIG to Remove Greenberg as Chairman Should He Plead the Fifth BL
BP not insured for damage from Texas refinery blast Times Online
Big Three Lumbering Toward Failure WP
If GM Cut to Junk, Merrill Sees Asset Sales Reuters
S&P Is Concerned About Delta Liquidity AP
Wal-Mart Director Resigns After Probe AP
Krispy Kreme gets another extension CBSM
Short interest at record levels on Nasdaq, NYSE Reuters
New law blamed for accounting-report delays WP
A buyback binge for tech CNN
That's nice...but what about dividends?
Hedge Fund Firms Eye Going Public Reuters
Sorry, Soros NYP
"I knew it wasn't known to the general public, but I didn't consider it privileged"
"Wall $treet Week" canceled AP
Welch defends perks, talks about romance
Fifth Fidelity Trader Leaves Amid Probe AP
Most Funds Falter in a Forgettable First Quarter BL
Nobel laureates warn against yuan revaluation China Daily
Rise of London’s derivative culture Times Online
New fears over financial alchemy as City takes lion’s share of risk.
Japan Consumer Prices Have Biggest Drop in 20 Months BL
Germany: A First Warning Sign Morgan Stanley
Italy facing economic slowdown IHT
Bank of England's King attacks EU leaders over euro BL
Wage pressures threaten inflation target, says King Inde
Canadian Indians to Sell Debt, Seek Same Rating as New York BL
The Week Ahead: Inflation - An Overstated Peril? CIBC PDF
Putin sends a signal to Russian oligarchs IHT (NYT)
Former Yukos executive convicted BBC
Plasma TV prices fall flat Asahi
Prudential dumps blunder-prone Bloomer Guardian
Asia's Concerns About a Wolfowitz World Bank Pesek
U.S. set for Pakistan, India fighter deal CBSM

Treasury Note Investors Most Optimistic in Seven Weeks on Rise in Yields BL

Thursday March 24
Gasoline Jumps to Record, Crude Oil Rises on BP Refinery Blast BL
Home Sales Rise by Most in 4 Years BL Breaking through 6% CBSM
Durable Goods Orders Rise 0.3% BL Jobless claims in unexpected rise R
Dollar Advances to 6-Week High Versus Yen on Fed Interest Rate Outlook BL
The Fed May Be Talking Too Freely BW
Link between Treasury yields and dollar questioned FT
Spring Has Sprung and the Market's Done? Rostenko
Why you lose money in stock markets Rediff
The Overstretch Myth Foreign Affairs
Slumping U.S. dollar raises global warning flag Globe & Mail
The chances that the decline of the U.S. dollar will turn into a rout that triggers a worldwide financial crisis are “one in four and rising,” a U.S. economist said Wednesday.
The US dollar’s days as the World’s reserve currency are numbered FSU
I seem to be at a loss for words! Mogambo Guru
High-Yield Bond Spreads: Rarely Tighter.  BCAR
The balance of risks is shifting against high-yield corporate debt.
Money and Ethics Mix Like Teenagers and Whisky Gilbert
Medicare Heading for Financial Crisis WebMD
Health Program Deemed Worse Off Than Social Security
Social Security said to go broke in 2041 AP
The Business of America Is to Stay in Business LA Time
Standard & Poor's projects that American bonds will reach junk-bond status by 2030, as pension and health liabilities surpass 200% of gross domestic product.
Big deficit, little deficit: The Bush budget and Social Security EPI
Standard & Poor's downgrades Detroit's bonds DetN
Companies Increasing Prices After Holding Back for Years NYT
“You reach a point where you're as lean and mean as you can be.”
Expert: PPI/CPI Differential Indicates Serious Inflation Problem Ascribe
Proof You’re Getting Robbed At Gas Pump NYP (Crudele)
Crude oil prices were down nearly $4 a barrel over the past two days because the goon speculators are starting to lose their grip on the market.
The Great Real Estate Bubble Max Funds
Builders' sell sign is strong DiMartino
Proposed big jump in San Diego building fees draws a big backlash UnionT
Corporate Bond Issuance - Yearly BondMarket
GM woes shake up bond market as debt heads toward junk status G&M
General Electric Raises 1Q Profit Forecast AP
DaimlerChrysler files $14.2 bln debt shelf Reuters
Prognosis, Negative for the Biotech Group? Schaeffers
GE may buy bank in India, eyes defence Rediff
Coca-Cola shakes up global team IHT
Out on a limb and falling off Boston Globe
Does Bill Galvin really think Warren Buffett got hustled on one of his billion-dollar investment calls?
Why I Don't Own Berkshire Hathaway Complete Growth Investor
Citigroup, Putnam, JPMorgan, Amex Fined Reuters
The firms neither admitted nor denied wrongdoing.
George Soros Found Guilty in Insider Trading Case by Paris Appeals Court
Perle, Ex-Pentagon Aide, Faces SEC Suit on Hollinger BL
'Socially responsible' fund cuts Starbucks AP
Morgan Helped Sunbeam Inflate Its Finances, Judge Rules R
Hedge fund fees fell 21% in '04 on lower returns BL
Catastrophe Modeling: A New Approach to Managing Risk Wharton
Californian finds finger in bowl of fast food chili Reuters
Euro slips as reports show weak recovery IHT (R/BL)
Yen Falls to 6-Week Low After Confidence Drops at Manufacturers BL
China raises gasoline price by 7% China Daily
Shanghai banks withdraw tough mortgage rules TheStandard
Some bankers say the measures were not popular with many banks for which property lending is now the main profit driver.
Capital Land scraps IPO TheStandard  Bonds to finance Air China jets BL
Indonesia Postpones $1 Bln Bond Sale as Costs Rise BL
No Harm Done If Asia Swaps Treasuries for Roads BL
Asian Central banks will ultimately have to slow the pace of reserve accumulation and allow their currencies to appreciate.
A poorer OPEC no longer spreads its wealth CS Monitor
Europe's unfair voting rights Economist
Non-banks blamed for debt surge Australian
Nurgaliyev: Crooks Run 500 Key Enterprises Moscow Times
Shares slide out as Fed hits brakes Australian
Insurers fined for price-fixing in Germany IHT
Equitable may fight regulator on redress Times Online
Regime Change at the World Bank AEI
Bush Says Kim Jong-Il 'Must Listen' on Nuclear Reuters

Huge blast rocks Texas oil plant BBC  Gasoline hits a record after Texas fire
The refinery, the third-biggest in the US, produces 3% of the US’s oil supply

Wednesday March 23
Falling Oil Is No Cure for Fed Hangover TheStreet
Gasoline Futures Rise to Record; Texas Refinery Fire Raises Supply Concern BL
Crude Oil Falls as U.S. Inventories Jump to the Highest Since July 02 BL EIA
Existing home sales slip in Feb. CBSM
CPI can't reflect everybody's reality Burns
Inflation Accelerates; Consumer Prices Rise by Most in Four Months BL BLS
Treasury Notes Fall BL Futures down after CPI surprise CBSM
Crude Prices Dip Sharply in Asia AP
Federal Reserve's `Mixed' Message Suggests In-House Debate BL
The Fed's Stealthy Bias Shift BW
Fed increases breed anxiety WSJ
Fed Isn't Saying 3.25% Rate Is a Must in May BL
Who Does Mr. Greenspan Think He Is? EW
Bubbles Abound In a World of Ready Cash WP
Measure for measure Economist
Bond investors are becoming increasingly rattled by trifles. Does this imply a crisis, the “measured” return of rational pricing, or neither?
The Danger of the Debt Trap Mises
Ill Winds For Real Estate Weedco
Homebuyers duck for cover CNN
San Francisco's Goldilocks Market NYT
Mortgage Applications Decrease Last Week Reuters
S.C. home sales jump in February Knight Ridder
GM to sell mortgage unit? CNN
GM in talks to sell commercial mortgage lender in deal that could bring it $1B
GM loan plan with GE could end early DJ
The president has lost on Social Security. How will he handle it? Slate
The lonely contrarian Hulbert
Options expense would eat 5 pct of SP 500 net-study Reuters
Options: The Choice of Californians and Crooks Fool
Cisco Lowballs Option Charges as Deadline Looms BL
Oracle fails to impress CNN
Automakers yanking 0% financing deals USAT
Scraping the bottom of the barrel Asia Times
Accounting checks delay 10-K filings CBSM
Hundreds of U.S. companies fail to meet federal deadline
EU Examines More Complaints Over Microsoft AP
Goldman Sacked NYP
Gov't Confirms Criminal Probe of Hollinger AP
Farmers Inadvertently Receive Biotech Corn AP
A Bubble Too Far? AIR  Bubble Top or More to Go? FS
You don’t have to be a hardcore pessimist these days to conclude that spot fuel and commodity prices have run too far ahead of market fundamentals, increasing the risk that reality will come with a bang
Asia tumbles after U.S. losses on Fed CBSM
Nikkei at 4-Week Closing Low AP
Investment Bubble Builds New China   NYT
The $1.3 billion question: What will happen to the renminbi Setser
Japan nationwide land prices fall 5.0 pct in 2004, 14th year of decline AFX
Japanese Billionaire Tsutsumi Prosecuted With Insider Trading BL
50-Year Bonds May Help Japan's Global Status Pesek
German March Business Confidence Declines BL
The ECB Faces a Fiscal Fight With Its Governments BL
Leading Developer Warns of ‘Bubble’ GlobeSt
Bank of Ireland accused of 'vulgar greed' over job cuts Guardian

Tuesday March 22
Fed Keeps ‘Measured' Plan, Says Inflation Pressures Picked Up BL Statement
Emerging Market Bonds Drop After Fed Says Inflation Pressures `Picked Up' BL
 Wrong-Way Greenspan Strikes Again NYP (Crudele)
Fed's Debate on Inflation Targets May Shape Post-Greenspan Era BL
Analysts disagree on course of US Fed AFP
Fed Increases Prompt Probe for Weak Links WSJ
Fed rate-hike campaigns tend to precipitate financial crises. Is another in the offing?
Should central banks try to curb excessive stock prices? ina
Producer Prices in U.S. Rise 0.4%; Core Rate Increases 0.1% BL BLS
Oil Prices Ease on New OPEC Initiatives AP
Rates on Treasury Bills Hit 3-Year High AP
Economists: Federal deficit a bigger risk than terrorism Reuters
Burning Bridges and Halfway Houses Fekete
Why the market will dodge a dollar disaster Jubak
US exporters fail to reap benefits of lower dollar FT
The bear is back Warsaw BJ
Once again there are many who suggest we are in a new paradigm, a new truth, a new reality and that certainty is here or just around the corner.
The 'housing bubble' Knight Ridder
Fallen angels face higher risk of default FT
General Motors' Debt Costs Surge to 2-Year High as GE Withdraws Support BL
Investors bet on GM downgrade chances FT
Fannie Shrinks Loan Portfolio AP Considers McDonough as Chief BL
Bond trades cleared BL
Law enforcement officials determined that the Citigroup trades were not forbidden under rules in place at the time...The government bond trades are still being examined by British, Italian and French authorities.
Executives Cash In, Regardless of Performance WP
Five Dozen Companies Seek Filing Delay