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	Friday March 31 Treasuries Post Biggest Quarterly Decline Since June 04 on Rate Concerns BL Solid quarter goes out on a whimper CBSM Delphi Seeks to Void Contracts, Close Plants, Fire 8,500 BL GM Swoons The Slippery Slope Roach Corporate Profits -- Deceleration Ahead Berner An Update on Regulatory Issues Susan Schmidt Bies Ferguson Stock futures gets data-inspired lift CBSM Personal Spending in U.S. Rises 0.1%; Incomes Increase 0.3% BL It's "One More and Done" All Over Again Comstock Fed kills a key inflation gauge Jubak I'm not generally a believer in Federal Reserve conspiracy theories. But in this instance, the conspiracy theorists make an intriguing point. The Wages of Neo-Liberism Asia Times Part 2: The US-China trade imbalance Biting the Hand that Feeds You Schiff Stocks Enter Scariest Stretch of a Dangerous Year Currier Bolten wants Snow replaced at US Treasury-NY Times Reuters Shocks Seen in New Math for Pensions NYT FASB issues proposal to change pension accounting Reuters For some companies, analysts expect that the new requirements could greatly increase a company's recorded liabilities or wipe out shareholder equity Higher interest rates spark interest again in CDs PPG Bubble, Bubble, Where’s the Housing Bubble? Brookings PDF Long-Term Perspectives on the Current Boom in Home Prices Shiller Excerpts Real Estate Brokers Are Racing For Shelter Business Week LV land prices drop 47 percent in fourth quarter LVRJ Foreclosure shock: Denver market sees 31.5% increase from 1Q05 Rocky MN Author discusses ‘coming housing crisis’ LJ World Amazon Because Real Estate Market Isn't on Easy Street WP Supply fears drive gold to highest in 25 years Telegraph Gold aims for $600 Heads Up For Silver Bugos Hike Interest Rates, Lower the Gold Price? NRO UBS Flags More Gold, Silver Upside Dow Jones Uncertainty fuels commodities market CBSM Industrial Commodity Prices: A Warning Sign Or Not? BCA Research No End in Sight to Commodities Bull Cycle Resource Investor Rough journey for 'commodity bloc' CBSM Many energy trusts could be in trouble if lower natural gas prices persist G&M Freddie sees lower 2005 income Reuters Soros Japan Hotel Unit Buys Okinawa Resorts From General Motors BL GM May Announce Agreement on GMAC Stake Next Week, People Say BL GM plans to sell holdings in Isuzu Asahi For Hedge Funds, Life Just Got a Bit More Complicated NYT Citigroup Accused in Australia of Insider Trading on Toll Bid for Patrick BL Capitol Hill Tackles Complexity CFO Executive pity Norris Apple's lawyers call suit ridiculous AP IMF paper gives grim assessment of China banks NYT (FT) Investors Are Ignoring Emerging-Market Risks, Bank Group Says BL Japan jobless rate falls to seven-year low FT Japanese Stocks Close Higher; Dollar Up AP European Executive, Consumer Confidence Increases to Highest in 5-Years BL Buoyed in a bubble Australian Yesterday's market record heralded the longest share boom in Australia's history Booms go bust when you least expect them to Australian IMF should quit lending: Dodge G&M Eastern property bubble at risk ThisisMoney Net profit of PetroChina ranked 5th in the world China News Abramov, Vekselberg Named in U.S. Suit Moscow Times Court Freezes Yukos Asset Sales Moscow TImes China 'pushed diplomat to reveal secrets' Yomiuri Suicide notes support claim of honey trap Thursday March 30 UAW: Delphi Will Seek to Cancel Contracts AP Gold, silver at multi-decade highs CBSM Canada's Dollar Jumps Most in Two Months as Gold Price Rises BL Stocks mixed on jump in long-term rates CBSM Fourth-quarter GDP revised up to 1.7% CBSM BEA ~ JClaims Down Spot Gold, Silver Hit Multidecade Highs Dow Jones Observers concerned that history could be repeating itself FT The squeeze is back on the silver market Dollar Falls on Speculation U.S. Yield Advantage Will Narrow This Year BL Treasuries Decline; 10-Year Yields Reach 21-Month High on Inflation Gauge BL @?#»! Bond Trading PIMCO (Gross) and the Tyranny of Indexation Fifteen In A Row For FOMC, Market Increases Bet On Sweet Sixteen Kasriel Poor Ben Bernanke Bonner BOC sees instability unless imbalances tackled Globe & Mail The world could face a prolonged spell of financial chaos unless more is done to tackle growing current account imbalances... A rustling in the bushes Mogambo Willie Blasé Debtors Snub the Bank PBear Wall Street warns of protectionism Telegraph Congress wary of trade deficit with China CS Monitor US Treasury warns can't pressure China on forex Reuters China-US trade tensions to remain high despite tariff vote delay AFP A Froth-Finding Mission HSBC PDF Detecting US housing bubbles Housing Bubble Correction Update ITulip Home sellers face unexpected tax hit WSJ Economists Predict State Slowdown LA Times Housing market slowdown forecasted Contra Costa Canadian Housing less affordable G&M Copper, Gold, Platinum Reach Records on Fund Buying BL Gold: There's No Free Lunch Ing Time to boost gold reserves Bahrain Tribune Iran concerns push oil prices higher CBSM Poll: Americans at 'tipping point' about energy Reuters Commodities boom raises fears FT Ethanol shortage could up gas prices USAT GM Downgraded by Moody's After Restatements Prompt Liquidity Concerns BL GM Seeks to Sell Stake in Isuzu to Mitsubishi Corp., Itochu to Raise Cash BL Unions brace for Delphi filing on Friday Reuters Too Many GM Cars Sold Under the Blandmobile Brand BL Banks' obsession with China may be overblown CNN Banks in search of riches may find little more than fool's gold in China At Goldman Sachs, Lunch Is Still Only for Wimps Gilbert Google to Sell 5.3 Million Shares to Satisfy Demand as Company Joins S&P BL U.S. Finance Chiefs Top Pay List CFO NYMEX Traders Threaten To Walk Over IPO Shares NYP Nasdaq Abandons $4.2B Offer for London Stock Exchange; Shares Slump BL The foolish plan to sell American toll roads to foreign companies Slate KPMG to pay undisclosed amount to settle lawsuit Reuters Hooters Air calls it quits Sun News Iceland Raises Benchmark Interest Rate to 11.5 Percent to Slow Inflation BL Nikkei breaks above 17,000; Asia rises CBSM Japan's Industrial Production Unexpectedly Declines; Growth Set to Resume BL US targets Chinese piracy of US goods CS Monitor Honda, Heinz Fight India Bottlenecks With Generators, Rickshaws BL The Cost of Invading Iraq: Imponderables Meet Uncertainties NYT Beleaguered Premier Warns U.S. to Stop Interfering in Iraq's Politics NYT Wednesday March 29* Bond Brief: Yields Hit Multiyear Highs TheStreet Fed has Wall Street in waiting game DiMartino Will the Fed go too far? CNN Silver Prices Exceed $11 an Ounce for First Time Since 1983; Gold Climbs BL Bernanke's Yield Curve Confusions Mises What Is Tight Money? Makin Fed Likely to Pause After Another Rate Increase Berry Understanding Fed Statement Is Like Child's Play Baum Bernanke Adopts Greenspan's Language on Interest Rates, Surprising Markets B “Big Ben" Bernanke spoke - and the markets quaked NYP FX Trading – Beware: Stream of consciousness today Black Swan PDF Is our low savings rate a good thing? Hulbert One Chinese currency bill delayed, another introduced USAT A Market Slowdown Still Looms To Problems With Price Indices Saville Mortgage Applications Rise for First Time in 3 Weeks Reuters Banks have put huge bets on housing DiMartino Expert says development boom can't last MySA Rentals Boom Amid Housing Gloom NY Sun Risk of crash as lenders turn to speculative loans Times Online Bloom or bust? Telegraph Riches elusive in China property gold rush Reuters Foreclosure Fraud Finds a Home LA Times Gold down after Fed move, weak Tokyo futures weigh Reuters Gold falls in continued response to Fed CBSM Barclays Tempers Gold Enthusiasm Caused By Chinese Interview AIR Ben Bernanke And The "Barbarous Relic" Post Chronicle Riding High on a Tide of Oil NYT G.A.O. Sees Loss in Oil Royalties of at Least $20 Billion NYT Methanol: The New Hydrogen Technology Review The Peak Oil Meme Has Been Let Loose PRWeb Shipping Experts See Heavy Cargo Season AP King warns of risk to inflation from surging gas prices Independent Water bills reach 17-year high ThisisMoney Uranium bubble looks like trouble Australian GM warns that crises put borrowing power at risk FT GM, GMAC Bonds, Shares Fall in Europe on SEC Filing BL Carmakers craft big, creative buyout offers to shed workers USAT Delphi Labor Proposal Rejected by United Auto Workers BL GLG hedge fund manager leaves Times Online Manager who ran a flagship credit fund was battered by the downgrades of Ford and General Motors debt last May Lear to borrow $800M, suspend dividend AP The Hedge Fund Report: Crowd Gets Bigger at Lexar TheStreet Derivatives Woes for AIG Unit CFO Lay, Skilling Face Conviction as Prosecution Ends, Defense Begins April 3 BL New report claims overcharges by Halliburton Houston Chronicle SEC targets investment scams aimed at seniors USAT Sotheby's Bets on a Windfall for Today's Chinese Art NYT Corpse Thieves Thrive as `Body Brokers'; $900 for Severed Head Gilbert Wall Street's attention falters if you're not worth $2.5 mln CBSM Book Review: The Disposable American TheStreet Amazon Asian Exporters Up on Stronger $; Nikkei at 5-Year High B Monthly FX Outlook Japan Bonds Fall, Driving 10-Year Yields to Highest Since 2004 BL Japan – U.S. Balance Sheet Comparison BCA Research Hybrid debt gets fresh look in Japan issue boom Reuters Suddenly, It's Not Easy Being Rich in Asia Pesek Chinese foreign reserves to exceed $1 trillion Times Online US should rethink its trade policy: Bo Xilai China Daily Sensex touches all-time high of 11,157.75 points New Kerla Reserve warns of market risks SMH Taiwan's increasingly dangerous credit-card problem Finance Asia State pension failing elderly ThisisLondon China Aviation, Rebuilt After $550 Mln Scandal, Resumes Trade BL Dubai's airline won't retaliate over loss of port deal in U.S. IHT (NYT) Iran's plan to weaken the dollar will fail CS Monitor Olmert Claims Victory in Israeli Election AP World Treated to Rare Total Eclipse of Sun AP Tuesday March 28 GM to restate GMAC financial results; shares halted CBSM Treasuries Drop as Traders See Rising Chance of 5.25 Percent Fed Target BL Stocks Fall the Most in 3 Weeks BL $ Rallies FOMC hikes rates by quarter point to 4.75%, keeps wording FED Philip Morris, Reynolds Win Arbiter's Tobacco Ruling BL States have become dependent on the money and have used it for health-care programs, antismoking campaigns and to balance their budgets. Consumer Confidence Rises to 107.2, Highest in Almost Four Years BL CB The "danger years" for homeowners CNN Bernanke's debut draws many eyes Knight Ridder Bernanke to keep cards close his vest CBSM The markets are vulnerable to any hawkish surprises BW Don't Fight the Inverted Yield Curve SirChartsAlot Why The Fed Might Want To Take A Breather After Today’s Hike Kasriel PDF Bernanke's Push for Inflation Goal, Lacking Fed Consensus, May Take Years BL U.S., China Stage an Economic Balancing Act WSJ US bill may prompt tough action on renminbi FT US Treasury-can't say when currency report coming Reuters US needs to get its own economic house in order China Daily China c.bank says yuan role to gradually weaken Reuters Economic prognosticator sees 'minefield of risks' ahead USAT U.S. economy to slow in second quarter Kellner Vital Signs: Are Consumers Less Confident? Business Week Is six years the long term? Hulbert Friday was the sixth anniversary of the top of the overall stock market Wages Fail to Keep Pace With Productivity Increases... WSJ Historical Per-Person Share of the National Debt LR US debt clock running out of time, space AFP The New Rules Of Real Estate WSJ 'Perfect storm' brewing in home defaults LV Business Press Bankers, lenders remain bullish, but rate hikes may collapse house of cards Japan's own baby boom generation is in the market for second homes StarB EU: Housing bubble may hurt euro-zone AP London prices blow housing bubble bigger Platinax The beginning of the end for Spain's real estate bubble? ElPais Gold, silver flat ahead of Fed decision CBSM Moguls Are Sitting On Piles of $ilver NYP As silver soared yesterday to new highs, some investors wondered whether Bill Gates and Warren Buffett - America's two richest men - could face a silver-bullet fate like that of the Hunt brothers. Big rally in silver McCall A 55% jump in past year is biggest rise since Hunt brothers' hoarding in 1979 Spot Silver May Fall, ETF Shares Unlikely Absorbed-SocGen Dow Jones Australia gold stocks jump after price breaks A$800/oz Reuters Largest gold deposit in China discovered People’s Daily China's thirst for energy TheAge Gas prices rising out of sight again SF Chronicle Why Don't Banks Fail Anymore? Gross GM Sees More Market Share Losses TheStreet GM to Lay Off Several Hundred Employees AP Credit investors ponder GM-sized hole in universe Reuters Delphi Offers Workers $50,000 Bonuses in Exchange for Pay Cut, GM's Help BL CoCo Bonds Revived by Merrill, Citigroup After FASB Crackdown BL Google Joins the Lobbying Herd NYT Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft is ready to take the offensive. Fortune Summers Wants IMF to Run $500 Bln Hedge Fund BL Arrest warrant issued for Refco's Bennett AP Lay Faces a Second Trial, Alone WP Former KPMG Partner Takes Tax Plea CFO Raytheon Ex-Exec to Settle with SEC CFO Hedge fund star to fight FSA fine Telegraph Zurich Financial to Pay $153M to Settle Probes With 3-States BL No End to Finite-risk Troubles CFO Three Signs Of A Poker Bubble Fool.uk China's foreign reserves world's biggest, Japan topped: paper Kyodo EU may take China to WTO over car parts FT Euro Gains; German Business Confidence Unexpectedly Increases BL Households on 'money knife-edge' BBC Gov't faces dilemma over whether to declare end of deflation Kyodo Study reveals financial crisis of the 18-40s Guardian France hit by wave of strikes over labour law FT Brazil Currency, Bonds May Fall as Finance Minister Changed on Corruption BL Brazil finmin: no new currency, inflation policy Reuters Oil sands shift economic power in Canada IHT (NYT) Citigroup Said Bidding for Turkish Bank AP UAE women play the market Middle East Times Yukos Bankruptcy Case to Kick Off Moscow Times Jailed HIH high-flyer shamed by bankruptcy TheAge Delays turn to stalemate over Iran's nuclear ambitions CS Monitor Israeli voters deciding future of West Bank occupation AP Monday March 27 Stocks set to tread water in early trade CBSM The Big Chair Hussman Systemic Risk is on the Bubble DiMartino (Free R) The Coming Rebalancing of the Chinese Economy Roach Bernanke's Rehearsal Is Over TheStreet Get Ready for No. 15 in a Series at the Fed NYT Duff hand means a tough call for Bernanke Guardian Fed's Rate to Exceed 10-Y Yields, May Herald Slowdown BL Bond dealers point out that the central bank lifted its target above the 10-year note's yield six times since 1971. A recession followed five of the occurrences. Globalization May Aid Bernanke as Productivity Did Greenspan B Be careful what you wish for, it may come true Black Swan PDF Is there a risk that North American central banks will over-tighten? NBF PDF The Perils of Economic Ignorance Paul Keynesian nostrums still plague the US economy Brookesnews The Evidence Points To a Major Top at Hand Cross Currents PDF Yes, Stocks Are Up, but Don't Go Crazy WSJ Stocks May Post Biggest First-Quarter Gain in Seven Years BL Maybe market pause doesn't matter Brimelow Holding cash is not such a bad idea! Faber Yield on 5-year CDs highest since 2002 AP Savings bonds not flashy, just safe AP Baby boomers eye nest eggs Arizona Republic Whalers Get Better Tax Breaks Than College Payers BL More lenders now offer 40-year mortgages AP Are we finally seeing a housing bubble burst? Mecury News House prices plummet Mail Tribune FTC to Mortgage Insurers: Alert homebuyers of Credit File Problems Realty T Aussies see feeding frenzy in U.S. real estate LA Times Fun now means hassle later ThisisMoney Nationwide warns that house prices have hit 'turning point' Observer Beijing house prices up 17.3% China Daily Silver hits new 22-year peak, gold extends gains Reuters Hard To Be Bearish On Gold AIR China should tap FX reserves to buy gold - banker Reuters Commodity bourse to begin silver futures trading today Gulf News Reg Howe's BIS Gold Shocker - and what it means to You SH Oil prices remain above $64 per barrel AP China raises retail oil prices China Daily Gas Prices Jump Nearly 15 Cents Per Gallon AP Prices soaring at the pump yet again Naples News Copper Rises to a Record in London After Inventory Declines BL The oil in your oatmeal SF Chronicle An offer some startups can't refuse WSJ Venture capitalists are offering 'pre-emptive financing' in deals harkening back to boom years. Morgan Stanley's Falling Merger Fees Ranking Isn't a Trend, Mack Says BL Wal-Mart takes its China lessons to India Reuters More bankruptcies expected among US auto suppliers: analysts AFP Vague Law and Hard Lobbying Add Up to Billions for Big Oil NYT Google may find the S&P effect to be temporary FT Windows Is So Slow, but Why? NYT Enron Workers Confront Lay, Skilling at Trial on Betrayal, Loss BL Biovail witnesses point finger at hedge fund Globe & Mail IKEA billionaire founder proud to be frugal at 80 Reuters Yen surges as Japanese investors bring money home Reuters Japan's business confidence dips BBC French Business Confidence Index Fell in March From Highest in 16 Months BL China's growth 'to slow slightly' BBC Bickering delays Asian currency unit launch FT Australian Market high on merger mania AAP Difficult outlook for Arab stock markets AME Clouds form over India and Turkey IHT (BL) From their recent lows in 2003, Indian stocks have risen 280 percent, while Turkish equities rallied an eye-popping 536 percent. The emerging markets index is up 187 percent in the same period. Turkish govt seeks to calm markets amid turmoil over central bank chief GulfT Hungary May Pay Highest Yield in 10 Months on Deficit Concerns BL Canadian Pension plans in a pickle: Reports CP Trade suffers a bumpy ride to a level playing field King Bolivia’s Challenges CEPR PDF Fujichiku chairman gets 8 yrs for cheating beef subsidies Kyodo Ex-Kanebo execs get suspended terms for window dressing Kyodo SBU Chief Denies Probe of Gas Trader Moscow Times Venezuela hits BP with tax bill BBC Australian hedge fund millionaire made £2.5m secret loan to Tories Telegraph Ireland takes hedge fund action FT Why Iran oil cutoff could be suicidal CS Monitor Wave of Violence Kills at Least 81 Iraqis AP The climate is crashing, and global warming is to blame TIME Let the Good Times Roll? Business Week We all share a sense, from the factory floor to executive suites, that something new is going on in the global economy. And that something new is optimism. For the first time in history, almost everyone in the world economy has a chance for a better life -- or at least their children do. Let the long boom begin. Buying a home can make you rich? USAT Weekend Edition (March 25-26) The Week Ahead: Bernanke's Poker Face CIBC PDF National Bubble Week Another Chorus From the Fed. Then What? NYT Economic uncertainties may not end with Fed's rate decision AP The Flow of Finance Noland The Bottomless Well Mauldin Double Jeopardy Revisited Chapman Bulls Shouldn’t Count Their Chickens Just Yet NYP Personal bankruptcies soar to all-time high CNN US Courts Deficits that are here to stay IHT (NYT) Robert Shiller, the Prophet of House Prices ABC News Professor Predicted Dot-Com Bust; Sees Another on the Horizon S&P plans to launch home-price indexes MarketWatch Luxury condos sitting for sale Boston Herald USC Teacher Charged in Real Estate Investment Scam LAT (R) China's gold reserves double in value Times Online China has put Gordon Brown’s investment philosophy to shame... Tactical Oil-Stock Trends Zeal On the Ethanol Bandwagon, Big Names and Big Risks NYT More Downgrades Coming CFO Global corporate credit quality is starting to show signs of cracking S.E.C. Overturns Investment Banker's Lifetime Ban From the Industry NYT "Even though I thought our case was right, it is pretty unusual for the S.E.C. to overturn the NASD." More companies withhold financial targets -- at their peril CBSM Buyouts reflect high price of Detroit's welfare mentality Det News Delphi creditors committee demands GM documents Reuters Sea Containers to Restate, Delay Filing CFO Merck Scientist Testifies She Felt `Sick' After Seeing Vioxx Study Results BL Google Finance: A Portal Play? NYT True or False: A Hedge Fund Plotted to Hurt a Drug Maker? NYT Hedge Fiend Had Lavish Lifestyle NYP US-China trade war looms Observer US senators say yuan move in China's interests Reuters Japanese, China finance ministers meet in Beijing AFP Rising land prices Asahi Interest rate worry hits real estate Asahi Icelandic banks refused extensions on loans Times Online Unbalanced and in debt Toronto Sun Venezuela slaps British oil giant BP with back-tax bill AFP Saddam planned to deploy 'camels of mass destruction' Telegraph Friday March 24 Tim Hortons IPO jumps more than 30% CBSM Treasuries Rise on Speculation Weaker Housing Market Will Damp Growth BL U.S. Feb. new home sales down 10.5% to 1.08 mln units PDF File Stocks set for a mixed open CBSM U.S. Durables Orders Rise; Excluding Transport, Bookings Unexpectedly Fall BL Factory figures are losing relevance DiMartino What Really Happens When the Fed Stops Tightening Comstock From Beijing to Dubai Roach Good news: Bond timers are bearish Hulbert Don't be confused by 'talking heads' Jaffe US living on borrowed time - and money Asia Times Investors can take 'bubble' bath Arizona Business Gazette If it's 'too good to be true,' overpriced deal probably is No mercy now, no bail-out later Telegraph Those who expected Mr Bernanke to prove an "easy money" bet may be in for a shock. All eyes on the new guy CNN Bernanke, Avoiding Ambiguity, Delivers on Vow... BL Bernanke ponders his course Economist Fed Obsession Set to Climax TheStreet Analysts hoping for end to tight-money policy KR Dollar investors alert to Fed statement surprise Reuters Still Anticipating a Cyclical Downturn in the Dollar Jen Are Structural Drags Holding Down Real Yields? Berner New Economic Miracle! Painless Credit-Tightening Currier US pension bill allows big cut in contributions FT PDF File Pension agency head departs as Congress nears bill Reuters Tell Congress to Leave the Muni Bond Market Alone BL Loans to minorities rise, but at a price CS Monitor Mortgage frenzy is easing, group told JS Online The Gulf Coast, After the Deluge Business Week Gulf coast property losses seen soaring Reuters Silver at 22-year highs on fund buying, gold lags Reuters What about gold here? Russell Maund Gold is Not another Currency Schiff Indulge Your Inner Gold Bug Forbes S&P Downgrades Stillwater Mining Mineweb Post-Peak - The Change Starts with Us Energy Bulletin FMC plans mutual funds in commodity markets Sify More companies go for stock buybacks USAT In the fourth quarter alone, companies bought $104 billion of stock, blowing away the old record of $82 billion GM Plans to Fire Hundreds of Salaried Workers Through April, People Say BL GM buyouts: Cash now, lose benefits later LSJ Alcatel, Lucent Plan Merger to Create Company With $25 Billion of Sales BL Congress members want Wal-Mart to stay out of banking Cox The Real Story: Say It Ain't So, St. Joe TheStreet System Freeze for Unisys Pensions CFO Wyeth says Philadelphia jury rules against company Reuters Mills Corp. Gets Official SEC Investigation WbeCPA Frankel resentenced to nearly 17 years AP Turmoil in the Power Industry: What It Means for the Major Players Wharton The Big Lie - CEOs and Shareholder interests are aligned Cuban The Inane Hilarity of a Junk Bond Man (Ken Lay) CFO What Happens When the Press Blasts Your CEO for Excess Compensation? W Apparently Not Much Enron Ex-Treasurer: No Hard Copy Of Skilling Claims Forbes NASD to Target More Abuses Bond Buyer Tims sold at $27 a share Globe & Mail “We had institutions saying to us, four months ago, that they would take as much of Tim Hortons as they could get. They hadn't even seen a prospectus, and they wanted it...” Tokyo's Day James Grant (Free R) Japanese Banks: The Expansion Phase Is Beginning BCA Research Japan's Abe Says Land Price Report Doesn't Signal Asset Bubble BL China may be next emerging markets crisis Irish Times Commercial bribery serious economic problem China News China kicks up a fuss in footwear war CBSM N.Z. Economy Contracts for First Time in Five Years BL NZ$ Slumps NZ economy 'nearing' recession SMH Hedge fund spread boosted by the FSA Telegraph Fund managers can market high-risk funds to retail investors for the first time. Money, Sex, Happiness Come to the Bank of England Gilbert Brown robs pensioners blind, then offers free coach trips Telegraph Europe's Economic Fantasy TCS Comments on the report "Iceland: Geyser crisis" by Danske Bank Hugin Canaccord sees S&P/TSX slide Globe & Mail On the other hand, the S&P 500 may already be close to its peak Peru Candidate Humala Rails Against Wealth as Stocks Sag 2.6% BL Philippines Turns Sights Onto USD Bonds Dow Jones Thousands of jobs go in NHS cash crisis Guardian Unions attack BA plan to make staff work longer for lower pensions Guardian Lack of knowledge Main Cause for Market Losses for Saudi Women? Asharq A NAB forex trading was fuelled by culture of fear SMH Yukos Exec Could Get 9 Years Moscow Times Belarus riot police halt protests BBC Paris job law rally turns violent Reuters Little time to avoid big thaw, scientists warn CS Monitor Thursday March 23 Bernanke - Capital flow shift need not spell pain Reuters Google to join S&P 500, shares jump Reuters Foreign central banks net buyers of US debt - Fed Reuters Treasuries Decline as Home Resales Report Adds to Interest-Rate Concerns BL Home Resales in U.S. Unexpectedly Rise 5.2 Percent to 6.91 Million Rate BL GM Gets $8.8 Billion in Sale of Mortgage Stake to KKR, Five Mile, Goldman BL Tech takedown looms CNN Jobless Claims in U.S. Fall by 11,000 to 302,000, First Drop in Four Weeks BL U.S. Home Resales Probably Declined Last Month, Survey Shows BL The yen 'carry trade' gravy train could be coming to a swift end G&M Fading A$ loses appeal as yen haven TheAge As rates rise, Asia's risky markets get riskier Reuters Bet On An Increase In Risk Aversion BCA Research The Bigger They Are ... Always On The Real National Debt DollarCollapse.com Debts eventually come due WSJ Forget the 1990s technology-stock bubble. Forget the recent real-estate mania. Today's debt bubble may prove far more damaging. If you work, then you shouldn't be poor EPI Full Faith and Credit! ROTFL Mogambo Frankenstein Economy ITulip No time like present for Fed to pause CBSM Housing prices are out of sync with reality Sun-Sentinel Housing market takes downturn NBC Precious metals drift down, focus on currencies Reuters How Small is the Gold Market Today? Burridge Scotiabank Precious Metals Quarterly Scotia PDF Silver to open on DGCX AME Japan plans to expand rare metal reserves - report Kyodo Muscling in on iron FT China is eager to build up its commodities exchanges as part of a broader effort to build stronger financial markets. It also suspects foreign speculators of pushing up prices at its expense... Crude slightly higher as traders digest data CBSM Sainsbury eyes up commodities FT Cash Squeeze Means Pension Freeze CFO A new study says finance chiefs will freeze retirement benefits if they cut into buybacks, capital spending, or other priorities. General Mills Net Rises 7 Percent on New Cereal Versions, Yogurt Smoothies Cost Pressures Starving General Mills TheStreet GM Board Should Start Discussing Wagoner's Future BL Scholastic Loss Widens on School Books; Company Cuts Forecast BL Stocks, mergers, new issues enrich Bay and Wall St. bankers TStar Freddie Finance Chief Quits TheStreet Interpublic Restates, Exec Resigns CFO BP memo bore grim prediction weeks before blast Houston Chronicle Heinz won't recall its products, company manager China News China’s competitiveness ‘on the decline’ FT “China’s costs are all going up. It is no longer the most cost-effective country in the region...” WTO warns US over protectionist sentiment FT China from Red to Green AEI U.S. Lawmakers Hopeful on China Currency AP US should avoid tariffs on China: Caterpillar CEO Reuters BofA eyes credit card plan in China Miami Herald Arab investors may turn to India stocks Business Line Global slowdown could hit growth forecasts Independent Property shares leap on changes to Reits rules FT China Aviation's Chen Saw Loyalty in Misdeeds BL Credit Suisse Private Bank Unit Raided by Federal Police in Sao Paulo BL State Has to Answer for Yukos in U.S. Moscow Times nab trader faces court and counts cost of rogue deals TheAge Japan's Imports Gain Most in a Decade, Narrowing Trade Surplus BL Japan's Property Prices Rise in Three Largest Cities BL Rising Interest Rates Loom for Japanese Banks Business Week Resona to raise deposit rates Kyodo Banks guarantee bonds AP Bubble-era luxuries making comeback Yomiuri Cash in the kaisha FT Overhaul producing resurgent corporate Japan Japan property no longer a fast-buck market Reuters Japan delays China loans decision BBC China repeats it in accord with Russia on Iran Reuters Wednesday March 22 Enron's Lay Knew About Billions of Dollars in Losses, Ex-Treasurer Says BL New way to bet on real estate CNN GM Offers $140K Buyouts for Workers, Reaches Labor Accord With Delphi BL U.S. Stock Futures Drop as Microsoft Leads Declines in Technology Shares BL Dollar May Strengthen on Speculation U.S. Interest Rates Will Keep Rising BL Inside the China Debate Roach “Scary Stuff” Cross Currents Ominous Warnings/Dire Predictions of World's Financial Experts - Part 2 Baker Global Liquidity Taps Slowly Closing BCA Research Tough 6 months on tap for stocks? CNN Volatility indexes show markets have gotten eerily quiet CBSM China warns US not to make it a scapegoat FT Fears grow over new Dubai revolt FT Bernanke: Economy can handle $ drop Reuters Fed Will Go Too Far Kellner Bernanke Qualifies Message in the Yield Curve Baum Fact-Checking Bernanke’s Yield Curve Comments Kasriel PDF Clutter of tax-cut claims Bartlett US Manufacturers Are Less Optimistic Than Last Year NAM Can America Keep Up? USNews Why so many smart folks fear that the United States is falling behind in the race for global economic leadership A California 40-Year Rate Lower Than 30-Year Rate Realty Times The Mortgage Muddle Puts U.S. Consumers at Risk WSJ Fewer families can afford a home USAT Housing Woes: Interest Rate Increases and Foreclosures ABC Desperate condo owner lock boxes sprouting like mushrooms Wash Gif Ten signs of a real estate apocalypse Forbes Home prices 'soft landing' can hurt OC Register What's in a Name? A Discount -- Some Decor Lines Lose Luster WSJ $1M average in sight for Vancouver homes: study CTV ‘You Are Here’ Are Comdols leading metals? Black Swan PDF Bundesbank 2005 profit jumps to 2.86 bln eur; no gold sales in 2006 AFX The Fed's Not Out to Get Commodities TheStreet 'Soft' commodity fund with the danger of a hard bump ahead Times Online Big oil aims at Wall St's hedge work Reuters What if food producers catch avian flu Hulbert Microsoft Delays General Release of Windows to 2007 BL Microsoft's Windows Delay Threatens to Curtail Holiday Sales of Computers BL Newspapers in Trouble? TCS David Shaw Says Hedge Funds Will Have Tougher Time Making Money BL Enron's Funky Financing CFO Squeezed by the SEC CFO More Indictments in 'Squawk Box' Probe TheStreet Court closes door to shareholders over fraud losses FT Corning develops heavy metal-free glass AP 3 low-risk stocks even bears love MSN Restatements should be eyed suspiciously AP Global warming could melt your portfolio Fortune The strange market for pre-owned luxury goods Slate Californian town up for sale on eBay for £1m Guardian More execs get another kind of work done USAT Storm rooms coming to a chain near you CNN Saudi market dips despite new move to lure investors AFP Only six stocks increased while 72 others declined, several of which losing the maximum allowed of five percent... UAE, Saudi considering to move reserves out of dollar Khaleej Times The Gulf's lingering pain Business Week Emerging debt hit by risk aversion, US bond yields Reuters Investors flock to Indian stocks CS Monitor Sensex has highest P/E among emerging peers India Times $A dives on fear of Japan exit Australian Iceland Is Headed Toward Recession, Danske Bank Says BL China To Be #1 Exporting Nation For Manufacturers In 2006 Industry Week Not only will China overtake the U.S. as the top exporting nation for manufacturers, 60% of its exports are in advanced technology industries China imposes consumption tax on disposable and luxury items Xinhua Brown May Increase U.K. Borrowing Through 2009, Survey Shows BL Vietnam Seeks Growth Without McDonald's Help Pesek Putin Promises to Send Gas to China Moscow Times How to beat US trade barriers Asia Times The Growing Irrelevance of the International Monetary Fund AEI British hedge funds to head for the high street Telegraph Head of Repsol Bolivian Subsidiary Resigns AP 'Unscrupulous' estate agent probe BBC South Korea indicts French executive IHT Extended presence of U.S. in Iraq looms large AP Tuesday March 21 Silver hits 22-year high after iShares ruling FT Bonds tumble, yield curve inverts again CNN GM, Delphi Are Close to Offering Retirement Incentives to 70,000 Workers BL Credit derivatives rocked by loss at GM finance arm Telegraph Futures ease on Bernanke, Oracle CBSM Bernanke May Keep Increasing Fed's Rate, Analysts Say BL Producer Prices in U.S. Drop 1.4%, the Most in Almost Three Years BL BLS Part I: Core contradictions Asia Times Emerging Markets: Testing Times BCAR Watch Out for Turkey Globalist Another "Emergency" Spending Bill Paul Trumpeting the virtues of saving DiMartino Chasing fat bond yields can lead investors into a world of hurt Union Tribune The Non-Stop Inflation Saville Homeowners stretched perilously CS Monitor Phoenix Housing Market Seen Slowing TheStreet Observations on California Housing FSU Economists: Housing to rebound MDF Gold in Asia Declines as Dollar Gains on Fed Outlook Comments BL Behind the Bull Market Aden A Few Thoughts On Gold Hook Chancellor under fire for gold sale as price nears $600 Times Online Is the commodities boom is different this time? MoneyWeek Copper Trades Near 6-Week High in Shanghai on Demand from Cable Makers BL Gas prices: How high will they go? Det News Think you've had your fill? Summer spikes loom Diesel rationing sparks panic in China Times Online Oil price hike set to hit shoppers Yomiuri “Carry Trade Liquidation: Petrodollar Fuelled Arab Stock Markets Plunge" PR Start-ups watch money flow to them WSJ The trend "absolutely harkens back to the bubble days" of 1999 and 2000 Warren Buffett, America's greatest story-teller Farrell Google Starts Finance Site in Challenge to Microsoft, Yahoo's Dominance BL General Motors in crisis talks to cut 35,000 jobs Guardian Delphi Put Dominoes in Motion NYT Analysts warn REIT rally may be at end Reuters A Chill in Oracle's Hot Numbers BW Tim Hortons raises IPO price tag Reuters More Fund Managers Use Bond Logic to Pick Stocks Currier ''Goodwill Games'' at Enron? CFO Accounting Details Blurry at Bausch CFO Time To Probe NYSE NYP Spitzer’s Rotten Call NYP Act Now, and Avoid a Restatement CFO Fund chief fears angry investors, lawyer says AJC Threats by pair of ex-NFL players cited as reason for hiding Portfolio planners liven up their language FT Trump Turf Invaded By Martha Stewart's KB Homes Forbes Companies that fought against Wi-Fi now rush to join in WSJ Moore’s Law for Razor Blades: 14 Blades by 2100 Gizmodo BOJ ready to move on rates "at any time" - report Reuters Shanghai's sizzling property market fizzles AFP China emerges as new frontier for property buyers Reuters China's hunger for luxury goods grows Boston Globe Three US big hitters plan China expansion Telegraph US lawmakers still worried over yuan as they start talks in China AFP Singapore Banks Must Brace for Mumbai Challenge BL Indian central bank sets up panel to prepare rupee float AFP French Consumer Spending Rises by Most Since 2004 BL Monday March 20 Crude Has Biggest Drop Since August as Supply Nears a Seven-Year High BL Quattrone Wins Appeal of 04 Conviction for Obstructing IPO Probe at CSFB BL Refco currency unit talks collapse; examiner named Reuters Former Accountant Testifies in Enron Trial AP Oneida Files for Chapter 11 Protection AP Buffett says retirement not imminent Reuters Merrill sees $850 gold Globe & Mail Leading Indicators in U.S. Decline 0.2% After Four Months of Gains BL CB Treasury 10-Year Notes Rise Before Speech From Bernanke BL Stock futures higher before speech CBSM US Treasury curve flattens, Bernanke speech eyed Reuters Everything Looks Good at the Top of the Channel Hussman Fed is ready to stop -- too soon MSN (Fleck) The US economy and the Fed’s credit binge Brookesnews What does it mean for Americans? The Coming Productivity Undershoot Berner Commodity currencies slide as yield gap narrows FT Rising Rates Stir Investors To Rethink Emerging Mkt Debt Dow Jones Gap seen between risk premiums, world today JS Online Discretion is the New Rule Mises Selling furniture to pay the laundry bill CS Monitor The need for the US to help launch an internationally cooperative process to deal with today's financial imbalances "is urgent"... Competitive Tightening - Part II Yu Dollar May Drop as Traders Predict Fewer Federal Reserve Rate Increases BL Don't Tell Congress -- the Enemy Is Already Here Baum Foreigners already own our critical assets WP Kudlow: Confident, Optimistic, & Ignorant of History Wacthing The Watchers Switching CD May Pay Off WSJ Are the rich riding to the rescue? IHT (BL) Mich. Foreclosure business booms Det News Will Banks Attract Investigators? Harding Agents Falling Short On Disclosure Slowing home market to ripple through job market USAT As housing market cools, home builders amp up buyer incentives TCPalm Bear Stearns, Lehman Mortgage Growth Crimped by Housing Market BL Office building rises as homebuilding falls IHT (BL) Where Did All the Children Go? WP For Home Loan Broker, Troubles Come With Creative Refinancing LAT Tax laws foster new profession: home flippers SF Chronicle Housing Speculators Relocate to Hotter Spots LA Times Affordable housing crunch in Florida hits teachers AP Silver feels 22-year high Reuters Gold May Rally on Concern About Iraq War, Iran's Nuclear Plans BL China to open theme park dedicated to gold AFP Where Scrap Yards are Gold Mines LA Times The history of the commodity market Rogers Oil Prices Drop on OPEC Demand Forecast AP Copper Rises to Record in London Amid Investment Fund Buying BL Phelps Dodge: Copper demand to remain strong Metals Place Gas-price squeeze seen pumping refiner profits MSNBC Why sugar prices have soared MoneyWeekÂ Oil prices fuel sweet sugar returns Protesters torch camp of US mining giant Newmont in Indonesia AFP Market forces seek to control the essence of life -- water SF Chronicle Not Very Great Expectations WSJ Silicon Valley Start-Ups See Cash Everywhere WSJ In Boomtown, but Still Stuck on a Bubble NYT Companies should drop quarterly earnings guidance FT Backdated stock options under investigation in US Times Online Executive pay rises show big slowdown in US FT Investors lose by paying high costs Knight Ridder Wal-Mart Gains Allies for Bank Plan WSJ Wal-Mart to hire 150,000 Chinese BBC Dell to double Indian workforce BBC Accounting missteps magnify GM's crisis Det News UBS Under Fire NYP Commerce Claws Byron Greenspan: A real page turner? Union Tribune When Mutual Funds Merge, Be Wary WSJ The Marketplace of Perceptions Harvard Magazine Gulf stocks mixed after turbulent ride AFP Share Trading and Social Madness Arab News Crash and burn ITP Business Which asset class next for Gulf investors? AME China's Yuan Advances to Highest Against Dollar Since July's Revaluation BL Bush senior lobbies China for Citigroup banking bid AFP Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Doubles Interest Rates on Time Deposits BL Japan's gain could be your loss MSN (Jubak) What the Merchant of Venice might think about BOJ policy Japan Times Labor shortfall throws Japan Inc. into a panic Japan Times Eliot Spitzer, You're Needed in Japan Pesek The UK has bigger worries than the next Budget King Issing Says ECB Can't Ignore Money Supply Growth BL Millions of Britons struggle to pay sizzling fuel bills AFP The Loonie's speculative tailwinds CTL Italy: The sick man of Europe - but it need not be fatal FT Circle the wagons or drive a cheap Indian car SMH When the sums in housing don’t add up Post.ie OFT raids five building firms over price rigging Independent Australian shares ignore cyclone BBC Chavez blasts Bush as "donkey" and "drunkard" Reuters In Iraq, US influence wanes as full-scale civil war looms CS Monitor The way forward hinges on the US's way out CSM Rising doubts Rumsfeld: Leaving Iraq like giving Nazis Germany Reuters On Anniversary, Bush and Cheney See Iraq Success NYT Weekend Edition (March 18-19) We Were Warned ~ Tomorrow's Oil Crisis CNN Presents Bulls have Ben on the brain CNN The Wind Beneath the Economy's Wings Mauldin Perils of a New Globalization Roach A Response to Donald Kohn on Asset Bubbles Noland 2005 Flow-of-Funds Data - I Report, You Decide NT PDF US spends its way to 28 Eiffel towers: made out of pure gold Times Online Bankers see an end to rate hikes soon Reuters Dollar gets battered but "Armageddon" not here yet Reuters Job market poses quandary for Fed Cassel Wide range of stocks hitting heights USAT Corporate Cash Going More to Dividends than Capex CFO The Last Quarter of the Guidance Game CFO Commodities Bull Portfolio Design Zeal Catching You Up (Gold Futures, VIX Options, and Market Divergence) Schaeffers Fuelling Fortress America CCPA PDF Google Wins Ruling From Judge on Turning Over Queries to Government BL Now G.M. Has Woes on Audits NYT Brussee Interview Financial Sense The Second Great Depression Amazon “It’s the Economy, Stupid…” PIMCO Some Thoughts on the Global Liquidity Cycle Morgan Stanley Saudi says economy sound despite bourse fall Reuters Don’t Count the Loonie Out Just Yet CIBC PDF Boomers likely to trigger a Japan-type meltdown G&M (R) Index breaks 6,000 - it's April Fool's Day Times Online ADB lends $3 mn to boost investor confidence in Bangladesh UNI Venezuela May Sell Euro, Dollar Bond to Locals as Part of Debt Refinancing BL Job protests grip French cities BBC Cost of Iraq war could surpass $1 trillion MSNBC Rumsfeld: We're trying to figure out what to do if Iraq falls into civil war Tele “Gulf governments talked up the markets with vows to take measures ranging from direct intervention to better regulation to support prices, triggering a region-wide resurgence.” Gulf Times Friday March 17 Feb. Industrial Production Rises 0.7%; Plant-Use at 81.2% BL FED Ts Headed for Biggest Weekly Gain Since Sept ~ SLGS are back on sale Dollar Set for Weekly Loss as Traders Pare Bets on Higher Rates BL US$: Forget Iran, the problem's at home ATimes Long-term Dollar Bear Saville The trade deficit's deep bite Jubak Spiraling costs of Uncle Sam's deficits AT A Tale of Two Farmers Schiff When will Americans wake up to their debt mountain? Telegraph `The real threat is global imbalances` Wyss Q&A Impact of Fed Tightening Still Ahead Comstock Hanging on Whose Words? WP With Greenspan's Departure, Other Fed Players Loom Large The High Price of the Dubai Ports World Debacle AEI Why Bulls Still Make More Money Than They Should Currier Stocks: Hitting the Ceiling? BW Adjustable rates push mortgage delinquencies up USAT MBA US home building to slow more sharply Reuters CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) Announces New Real Estate Futures MWire “CBOE gave careful consideration to the development of this contract to ensure that it had practical application for hedging as well as speculating...” Home Prices Hit New High LA Times Housing frenzy replaced by calm SacBee Southern California's median rises to $480,000 in February, but the number of sales is down Lenders wary of losses tighten mortgage criteria Mecury News State offering 40-year mortgages for first-time home buyers East Bay BT Misinformation from the NAR Piggington Fifteen killer facts about today's declining market Crash2006 Blog Toll Brothers CEO sees real estate growth AP Gold steadier in Europe, silver hits 22-year peak Reuters Contrarian case for gold over stocks Hulbert Just How High Can Gold and Silver Go? Texas Hedge CBOT may pursue bigger role in metals futures market Reuters National Bank of Belarus may issue gold secured bonds Interfax Polyus to deliver 10 tonnes gold to CSuisse in 06 ~ China Silver Reserves Up I Gold imports into Mumbai seen down IndiaTimes Congressman Ron Paul Talks About Gold, Oil & the Economy 321 A Trek Through Commodity Technicals Schaeffers Commodity Strategists: Rally to Resume, Lehman Says BL Hold on to your hard hat SMH The rip-snorting may end but the experts say the resources bulls aren't done yet High oil prices have helped slow the North Sea's decline Economist Crude Awakening Forbes A New Spike at the Pump? BW Pension Accounting and Earnings: The World According to GAAP BFed AIG's Profits Sink After Charges TheStreet UTStarcom Delays Filing Wynn Restates over Derivatives CFO Lenovo to cut 5% of workforce FT Sony's Delay of Game Business Week Detroit's woes a challenge for advisors CBSM Lichtenstein says won't be passive on KT&G board Reuters Visa Introduces Contactless Mini Card Business Wire What's wrong with Dell? CBSM Embattled money manager's assets plunge PPG Pentagon opens probe on Halliburton water contract: senator AFP Forecasting stock market volatility with macroeconomic variables... BundesbankIs $2.7b a market parachute? Bahrain Tribune Gulf bourse scare signals new political realities Reuters Iceland Slaps Some Lipstick on Its Banking Pigs Gilbert “We are only at the beginning of the Icelandic banks' problem” China's Fixed-Asset Investment Soars AP China hints at easing currency limits Reuters Big house mania leaves many in red Shanghai Daily Survey finds housing sector at all-time low China Daily One-Time Highways to Growth Take a Toll on the Japanese Economy Yale Tokyo tipped to let yen rise Standard Japan Frets Over Growing U.S. Imbalances AP Japan eyes sales of 11 tril. yen in gov't assets over next 10 yrs Kyodo Will mergers sustain the FTSE's dizzying rise? Reuters The Eurozone's Homegrown Deficit Woes Business Week Lenders under debt pressure ThisisMoney Bank warns of debt doom if rates rise ThisisMoney Family homes join endangered list in overpriced Sydney SMH Emirates fighting an economic Gulf war Telegraph Analysts Skeptical of Claims of a Large Mexican Oil Find NYT Brokerages placed 14,318 erroneous orders in 2005 Yomuiri Karaoke king seeks Livedoor tie-up Times Online China's Grace Semiconductor Seeks Debt Repayment Delay on Losses BL Italy follows Argentina down the same road to ruin FT Venezuela closes Total office over back taxes AFP Venezuela's records suggest vote fraud Knight Ridder Students throw petrol bombs at police as job protests heat up AFP Can Iraq stay together in an era of disunity? CS Monitor Iran and US to discuss Iraq but not weapons FT U.S. War Spending to Rise 44% to $9.8 Bln a Month, Report Says BL Thursday March 16 GM Widens 2005 Loss by $2B, Delays Annual Filing Over Mortgage Unit BL Senate passes $2.8 trillion election-year budget Reuters Debt limit hiked Fed won't act to preserve high home prices: Kohn CBSM Text NYSE, SEC Fine Bear Stearns $250 Million AP Feb Consumer Prices Rise 0.1%; Core Rate Up 0.1% BL BLS - Ts Up - $ Falls Housing starts retreat in Feb CBSM Census - Jobless claims edge higher The boom that wasn't (updated) EPI The economy has little to show for $860 billion in tax cuts The Good, the Bad, and the Economy Always On If it's so great, why are we so worried? Inverted US, Australian yield curves present concerns - S&P AFX Stocks surge, but the dollar droops Brimelow Risks to stocks mounting Globe & Mail Protectionism May Hurt Dollar Merk Signals From The Banking World Willie The Fed’s New Secret Could Mean Big Trouble The Trumpet E-Economic Newsletter Mogambo Debt ceiling to hit $9 trillion after must-pass Senate GOP vote AP Think Prices Are Rising? The Government Disagrees Crudele Top Ten Truths About Greenspan Bugos Inventory of Unsold New Houses Rising Realty Times Why the source of consumer spending may be tapped out CFO Homebuilders' confidence takes a hit Reuters How much home can you get for $1 million? CNBC Gold price to hit $600 by April, future foggy - CPM Reuters More mining M&A likely Globe & Mail East China province records fast growth in silver imports People’s Daily Russia gold/FX reserves now world's 5th largest Reuters China could become leading gold producer Mail & Guardian Do rising commodity prices cause wars? MoneyWeek Dangling the carat Times Online Is the next speculative bubble on going to be diamonds? Metal is so precious that thieves tap beer kegs WSJ The Corporate Savings Glut: Is The Tide Turning? BCAR Hedge funds storm to $1.5 trillion Telegraph Refco Probes Lead to $525 Million in Phantom Bonds, Hedge Fund BL Ford Cut at J.P. Morgan TheStreet GM's Dwindling Options BW Bear Stearns Profit Rises 36 Percent to Record on Stock Trading, M&A Fees BL Investors may detect crises before management WSJ Groups Angry Over Pageant Ties to Tobacco AP The latest abomination in CEO pay Slate UPS Warns of Bribery Violations CFO CVS Finance Execs Resign amid SEC Probe CFO Enron's whistle blower details sinking ship CNN IRS gets tough on spouses claiming innocence in tax fraud WSJ Alwaleed to Invest $2.7B in Saudi Stocks BL “The prince is a patriot” The stock benchmark gained 4.7 percent after the announcement... Following king instructions Saudi stock market recovers Mena Downward trend for Saudi stock mart seen continuing Business Standard Gulf ‘share markets to continue bleeding’ Gulf Times Yuan hits post-reval high, tests c.bank limits Reuters China's Jan-Feb investment up 26.6% vs yr ago Business Times Firms on a roll OK first raises since '01 Japan Times Fukui Says Too Early to Tell When BOJ Will Lift Rates BL India Is `Land of Opportunity' Minus the Land BL Unemployment jumps by fastest rate since recession Telegraph Retirement time bomb is ticking: author Business Edge Derivatives industry sober about Asia's potential Reuters Credit derivatives’ boom goes on FT Bahrain CB to hand over stock market management to private sector KUNA Dubai Co. Sets Timetable for Ports Pullout AP Ecuador indigenous take fight against free trade with US to streets AFP UN-Iran discussion mirrors Iraq debate CS Monitor Rice: Iran 'terror's central bank' AP Bush: Iran poses biggest challenge Baker named to help lead review of policy on Iraq FT Wednesday March 15 Beige Book sees steady, moderate growth in U.S. economy FED New York's Spitzer sues H&R Block CBSM Stage set for stocks to throw in towel DiMartino Bernanke says derivatives make U.S. economy resilient Reuters Crude dips, with supplies up for fifth week CBSM Dollar weakens after Jan. capital flows report CBSM TIC Second consecutive month capital inflows failed to cover the record trade deficit Import Prices in U.S. Decline 0.5 Percent, Reflecting Cheaper Oil, Food BL New York factories strengthen in March CBSM NY Fed Today’s reading on capital inflows might be cause for alarm TheStreet When $8 Trillion Isn't Enough WP Mr. Bush has managed to rack up more new debt during his five years in office than the entire debt amassed by the United States through 1988. And there is more to come... Economic Suicide Turk Debt Ceiling Brinksmanship Boosts Demand for 2-Year Treasuries BL The debt ceiling. Who needs it? Fortune Bernanke 'quite concerned' about budget deficit Reuters US tells China to cut trade surplus FT Yuan Has Biggest Gain Since Revaluation After Wen Calls for Flexibility BL Global Financial Markets: Window Of Vulnerability BCA Research Markets oblivious to geopolitical risks Asia Times Dullsville in the markets Hulbert Higher rates make CDs sound good again USAT Bet on the Fed to Pause at 5 Percent, Not 5.5 Berry Will Luxembourg replace Manhattan as the world's financial capital? Slate Russell whipsawed, but is he wrong? Brimelow Our Worst Nightmare - The Bubble Has Burst! Baker U.S. mortgage applications decrease last week-MBA Reuters Gold Trades Near 4-Day High on Concern U.S. Rates Won't Rise BL I like gold. Listen... Russell Russell On The Markets & Gold G-E Are Gold and Silver in a Bubble Market? North The Day The Oil Stops Forbes Credit Derivatives Market Expands to $17.3 Trillion BL ISDA Judge to Order Google to Turn Over Records AP UAW Chief: Deal With Delphi, GM Not Close AP Wal-Mart and the Shanghai Pirates Slate Delta Is ''Tapped Out,'' CFO Maintains CFO Sagging Sears Shares Face Another Test TheStreet China Investigating Heinz Baby Cereal AP Ex-Enron worker says Lay lies cost him his savings Reuters Oil Company Knew of Corrosion in Pipeline AP Many Utilities Collect for Taxes They Never Pay NYT U.S. Investigates Pension Fund at Northwest Air NYT Refco Probes Lead to $525 Million in Phantom Bonds, Offshore Hedge Fund BL Option-grant Timing Eyed at Comvers CFO Icahn bid for tobacco monopoly touches raw nerve in South Korea AFP Credit scores soon may get less confusing USAT Pay-disclosure Policies Slow to Change CFO SEC Commissioner Foresees (another) Rules Delay CFO Hedge Fund Shells Out in Shorting Probe TheStreet CVS Corp. subject of SEC probe AP Mad cow, bird flu set moody stock swings in motion USAT Black Tuesday for UAE markets Kuwait NA This "Black Tuesday" brought with it unprecedented losses with most shares coming close to the lowest permissible drop of 15 percent. Middle East Stock Markets Nose-Dive Arab News The market in Saudi Arabia, the largest in the Arab world, dropped sharply for the fourth consecutive day... Bahrain Tribune: “Economists have attributed the fall to a correction after stock prices have been highly inflated with the price to earning ratio reaching 46, almost three times higher than international standards.” China Says It Won't Accept Increase in Iron Ore Prices From BHP, Rio Tinto BL ‘China, India to usher in new Asian century’ Daily Times Venezuela to Hike Taxes for Oil Companies AP Private equity is targeting everything in sight. Are there no limits? Independent Private equity funds challenge stock markets Reuters Pensions reprimand for government BBC Share boom lures savers ThisisMoney Mexico May Have Found 10 Billion Barrels of Deep Water Oil, Pemex Says BL Livedoor Says It May Sell Stake to Usen, 3 Other Investors BL Delisting will raise Livedoor pressure Asahi Off-licence chain collapsed with debts of £30m FT The company was founded in 1843... Oil anarchy threatens Iraq's future Reuters US Troop Levels May Increase AP Tuesday March 14 S&P 500 closes at five-year high CBSM Dollar falls on deficit woes FT Gold logs 1% gain to one-week high Chicago Fed Midwest factory activity jumps in Jan Reuters U.S. Retail Sales Fall for First Time in 6 Months After Jump in January BL U.S. 4th-Qtr Current Account Deficit Rises to Record BL Is It Stimulative to Buy From China? Baum How Government Debt Grows Paul Is rising US public debt sustainable? CS Monitor At $8.3 trillion, it breaks the legal limit, fueling a fiscal debate in Congress Treasury said to give lawmakers debt hike deadline Reuters The Next Recession Palley Buffett has no deficit of insights DiMartino Arab central banks move assets out of dollar Independent Employers' hiring plans hold firm for 9 straight quarters CBSM Precious Metals Pre-Open:Gold Down $3; Silver 6c Lower Dow Jones Germany Keeps its Midas Touch -- for Now DW-World Don't Buy The Chinese ETF Hype Forbes Mining's Silver Lining TheStreet Burst oil pipeline causes 'catastrophe' in Alaska Independent Mortgage rates up...affordability down CNN Interest rates are the highest in years, helping to make housing markets even more overvalued Speaking truth or crying 'wolf'? Farrell Talbott A lot of people are going to get badly hurt in the real estate crash, far worst than in the 2000-2002 recession when we lost $8 trillion in market cap Pop? Standard Don't judge housing market by the numbers Kellner Fannie sees sharp slowing in U.S. house price gains Reuters Housing Market Readjusting to Normal Balance NAR Funds back dealers in credit derivatives clean-up FT NY Fed US to study hedge fund, derivatives risks-Quarles Reuters GM Bankruptcy Risk Exposes Imbalance in Booming Default Swaps BL FASB Fesses Up to Derivatives Disaster AEI Bear Stearns Settles SEC, NYSE Fund Trading Probes, People Say BL The Hedge Fund Report: Locking up the Money TheStreet Opposition Builds to Earnings Guidance CFO Chipmakers Have Inventory Worries in Stock TheStreet Price-War Talk Slams AMD TheStreet Fitch cuts Ford's ratings deeper into junk status Reuters U.S., Google Set to Face Off in Court AP Pride International Delays 10-K Filing AP SEC fines Merrill $2.5 million over e-mails Reuters SEC: Manager Spent Clients' Money Lavishly Reuters Microsoft's labor troubles CNN Wall Street Chiefs Cruising on Pay Gravy Train BL Bird Flu: Profitable or Problematic? CFO Shoura Members Want Gov to Halt Crash ArabN Investors bewildered Investors flee Iceland banks as economy heads towards 'hard landing' Telegraph “This is a warning sign the euphoria we've seen in global markets is dissipating rapidly" Financial watchdogs prepare for emergencies Iceland Review The committee has recommended, among other things, that the FME be given greater powers to seize control over financial institutions in certain circumstances Rising gilt yields could signal global turning point G Investors looking for clues Emerging-Market Funds Attract $20.9 Billion This Year, Beating 2005 Record B Emerging Markets Stocks Getting Hot to the Touch Currier China: No More Plans for Currency Changes AP US.Treasury's Adams Warns Japan Against Preventing Appreciating Yen BL “This is the first clear warning in a very long time by the U.S. that Japan shouldn't cap the rise in the yen. The implicit assumption is the yen will indeed strengthen.'' Monday March 13 Enron's Fastow Says He `Fooled' Skilling, Lay About His Off-Books Thefts BL Bernanke Holds The Wild Card Bernstein Merger deals set to lift stocks CBSM Tripwires Roach Tweaking the Fed Call Berner Reversal of Fortune Hussman How the Fed’s price rule triggers recessions Brookesnews Confessions of a short-seller MSN (Fleck) Primary Bear Market May be Returning Russell Interest-Rate Climb Nicks Small Stocks WSJ Smoot-Hawley's ghost lives Hulbert Robust growth justifies global tightening: Saudi Reuters Bernanke, `Less Diplomatic,' May Face Fire From Dodge, Trichet on Deficit BL Dollar May Rally for Second Consecutive Week on Higher U.S. Interest Rates BL Budget Restraint Emerges as G.O.P. Theme for 2008 NYT GOP is in 'deep funk' over Bush spending SF Gate Millions Are Facing Monthly Squeeze On House Payments WSJ Leaking Bubble TheNation Houses everywhere, but few buyers to close sale Det FP Home glut has builders turning to sale pricing Columbus Dispatch Hanover stung by collapse of Australian property developer Stuff House price inflation speeds up BBC Gold May Rebound From 3-Month Low on Improved Investor Demand BL Analysts Say Gold Correction May Be Nearing End Dow Jones Zürcher Kantonalbank launches an ETF on gold SWX Investors Stick To Commodity Indices Amid Declines Dow Jones Oil Prices Rise on Nigeria, Iran Concerns AP Ethanol plants see growth bloom USAT Canadian Natural Gas May Fall Amid Ample Supplies, Mild Weather BL Rio Tinto 'ready' for end of boom times TheAge Falling commodity prices, higher interest rates could mute stock market CP Nasdaq hints at new offer for London Stock Exchange Times Online Capital One to Buy North Fork for $14.6 Billion, Become a Top 10 U.S. Bank BL McClatchy Agrees to Buy Knight Ridder for $4.5 Billion, Sell 12 Newspapers BL Verizon may be weighing $40 billion wireless deal Reuters Fannie Mae Warnings Documented WP Fannie delays 2005 financial report Icahn-led KT&G investors cite problems AP New Credit Card Minimums May Hurt Banks AP CIA Money Trail Byron Buffett Loses Midas Touch as Retirement Looms BL Study: Fewer News Stories Offer Any Depth AP China's inflation rate slows sharply to 0.9 percent in February AFP Bank of Japan's new policy reignites old debate King Morgan Stanley to Triple Investment in China Property This Year BL Golden age for luxury goods rises in the east Business Times Globalization Offered Two Ways: à la Carte and Prix Fixe NYT Funds see the rainy days catching up FT It was bold, it was brutal, but who was proved right in 1981? Times Online Let the good times roll, but beware the hangover Business Report Taiwan CBO Issuers Grapple With Low Demand Dow Jones Inflation in Zimbabwe Soars to 782 Pct. AP China's car industry outgrows the castoffs IHT (NYT) Banks Want Yukos Ruled Bankrupt Moscow Times 3 Livedoor directors from Horie days to quit Kyodo Looming Livedoor charges US focus on risk 'poses threat to economy' FT Weak States and Global Threats: Fact or Fiction? Washington Quarterly PDF A Bush Alarm: Urging U.S. to Shun Isolationism NYT Support for Iran embargo losing ground FT Weekend Edition (March 11-12) Smoot-Hawley Lives Mauldin Q4 2005 “Flow of Funds” Noland Pivotal Events Hoye The Fed Officially Kicks Off the Next Recession McHugh Base Metals Technicals Zeal Economist Keeps Tabs On Government’s “Creative” Statistical Reports Weeden Bear market could last a while PPG One Eye on the Fed, and the Other on Your Portfolio NYT A Long Lens on US Treasuries CIBC PDF Futures Traders Increase Bets for 5 Percent Fed Interest Rate Before June BL Higher bond yields could affect everything from stocks to housing to car sales AP A Bull, A Bear, and The Bubble SF Chronicle Bubble Busting Phoenix Mish The Future of Natural Gas Pricing Could Be a Trans-Atlantic Tug of War NYT Freddie Mac Delays Reports by Two Months CFO Lear Receives Subpoena in GM Probe CFO Gordon Gekko, Meet the Kids NYT Fukui Says Japanese Economy `on Track,' No Schedule for Higher Rates BL China Won't Bow to U.S. Pressure on Yuan Reform, CBank's Zhou Says BL Saudi Stock Index Falls 3.03% in Volatile Trading Arab News Cars sales drop after share crash AME Dollar Gains Against 16 Currencies for 1st Time Since August on Job Growth BL Friday March 10 Arab Firms May Reconsider U.S. Investments AP US postpones trade talks with UAE AFP LSE Says It Has Rejected Nasdaq Approach AP Dicey Bet -- Asking Old Dow Dogs to Do New Tricks Currier Economy Adds 243K Jobs; Unemployment Rate to 4.8% BL BLS - Futures Up U.S. Consumer Confidence Drops, Poll Shows AP Don't expect the consumer to keep this market going CBSM After the Fed, Exuberance NYT As Trade Deficit Grows, So Do Tensions With China NYT Giant trade gap: no end in sight CS Monitor Are emerging markets facing bubble trouble? Reuters Monetary Hara-Kiri Schiff U.S. Corporate Bonds: Stay Cautious BCA Research Honolulu Fireworks Sparked by Auditor's Muni Advice BL More Americans are losing their homes MSN Foreclosures forecast to rise Real Estate Makes Significant Contribution to Net Worth of Households NT PDF Welcome to Craneville, CA Voice of SD The inventory of downtown condos for sale has increased more than tenfold since the glory days of early 2004. And it shows no sign of stopping... Sales drop, prices fall on homes last month Record Online Need for affordable rentals grows critical nationwide Baltimore Sun House contract comes with a long-term leash AP Gold price slides as market sees downside Business Report Gold Looks Beyond BOJ TheStreet The Gold Rush Is Far From Over NY Sun Silver ETFs, ETFs And World Banking Crisis Gold-Eagle Concerns over U.S. economy driving investors into gold, real estate CP Oil Rises a Second Day on Nigerian Unrest, Gasoline Stockpiles BL Credit Suisse believes commodities remain an attractive investment option BB Lex: Financial services FT GM and Ford face difficult challenge News.com.au Hedge fund blowups not scaring investors yet Reuters Troubles at hedge fund snare doctors, football players WSJ Hedge Funds Still in the Dark ITulip The Gap: The ultimate '90s brand slides toward the murky middle Slate DreamWorks Hit by Write-Off TheStreet Blockbuster to Restate Results CFO Buyout Bonanza Smart Money Nortel Will Restate Some Financial Results, Reports Loss of $2.21 Billion BL Origami looks paper-thin CNN Fastow Admits He Can't Prove He Made Illegal Deals With Skilling NYT Debit card security breach ensnares more local banks PPG U.S. House votes to nullify 200 state food laws Stateline States sitting on $22.8B in unclaimed treasure CBSM World gets 102 more billionaires in new rich list Forbes Bank of Japan May Raise Key Interest Rate by Year-End BL Japan signals end of world's cheap money era Asia Times Bank of Japan Takes Big Risk With Policy Change Pesek Has Japan Finally Ascended Out of Deflation? TO Graphic China – Waiting for the Post-Olympic Bubble? KWR China's Leaders Laud the Little Village That Could WP China Car Making Shifts Into Overdrive NBR Speculative capital stings Brazilian real FT Two experts break ranks to call for cut in rates Times Online Dubai Firm to Give Up Stake in U.S. Ports AP Downplaying the danger of Hugo Chavez Townhall “Riskless view of the world” driving emerging markets Financial Standard Home lending down News.com.au Saudi shares fell by 3.03% on the week MENA FN Supermarket competition inquiry may break stranglehold of big four Guardian Yukos Mutiny Breaks Out in Moscow Moscow Times Iraq oil sector hit by government delay Gulf News “Japanese savers will continue to earn interest of just one cent a year on €1,000 of deposits, despite a significant move by the Bank of Japan yesterday in its fight against deflation.” Unison Thursday March 9 Trade Deficit in U.S. Widens to Record $68.5 Billion BL Census U.S. initial jobless claims rise 8,000 to 303,000 CBSM The U.S. and China's savings problem Fortune (Roach) The U.S., whose economy is six times the size of China's, can't manage to save twice as much money. Much Noise in the US - But, Little Action Faber Hey Bernanke, be careful what you wish for Crudele Bernanke Holds The Wild Card Bernstein Is the US facing another Great Depression? Richebächer Will port flap deter foreign investors? CS Monitor If it weren't for bad omens ... Brimelow He's got his grumkin up his gorfhole Mogambo Still Bullish, But Bubble Wary Stack Home, sweat home: a price drop Rocky MN Unsold home inventory builds NC Times Hot real estate prices extend to rural land USAT REITs good as gold Globe & Mail Gold Rises From 3-Week Low as Iran Refuses to End Nuclear Plan BL Oil below $60 on Opec guarantee BBC Petrobras's Gabrielli Expects $60 Oil, Predicts Future Glut of Supplies BL Corporate Bond Rates Surging CFO The Hidden Meaning of Derivatives and Defaults Gilbert Big Board Bubble Smart Money Wall St Settlement: Cuts in U.S. research seen hurting IPOs Reuters Lawsuit accuses JPMorgan of helping to hide losses BL Fastow says Lay lied about Enron's problems Reuters Recent Google gaffes exasperate analysts AP Google Settles Click-Fraud Lawsuit TheStreet Refco’s Creditors Fighting Examiner NYP US will pursue fraud claims against Gabelli Boston Globe Execs Conflicted over Earnings Guidance CFO Do money managers earn their keep? CNN US corporate raider raises bid for KTG AFP Tim Hortons to open coffee shop in Afghanistan Reuters BOJ Ends Deflation-Fighting Policy; Leaves Rates at Zero Percent BL BOJ A Big Step Forward, but Much Left to Do MS Economists Are Watchful as Tokyo Weighs a Rate Increase NYT Investors may get burned betting on China demand Reuters Asian currency debate heats up Det FP Central banks eye emerging debt FT ECB Monthly Bulletin ECB PDF Brazil Cuts Benchmark Lending Rate to 17-Month Low BL Debt cut from $96bn to zero in just 10 years The Australian Local banks 'must prepare for shock' China Daily It's wild out West! Toronto Sun Beijing to pay market price for farmland seizures FT 1 bil. yen bond scheme exposed Yomiuri Australia's Qantas cuts jobs, warns of offshore moves AFP Wednesday March 8 Bernanke warns community banks on loans AP Speech US Commodities: Precious Metals Tumble On Long Liquidation Dow Jones Now trading on the NYSE: The NYSE Yahoo Chart Tehran: U.S. 'susceptible to harm and pain' CNN Israel will have to act on Iran if UN can't Reuters Retirement Fund Tapped to Avoid National Debt Limit WP Investing: Assets That Are Lifeboats in a Shaky Future Yahoo Futures down on Google concerns ~ Crude slips as OPEC meets CBSM Historic day on Wall St. CNN NYSE ready for its public debut Reuters Going too fast around the yield curve DiMartino A Few Worries for Funds as the $Trillions Pile Up Currier Greenspan picks Penguin to publish his memoirs FT Will past Fed chief spill all the beans? Times Online Retail investors rush in. Uh oh CNN Investor: Beware IHT Investors appear to believe that for some reason the age of globalization has made the prospect of a global economic meltdown remote, and that the global economy will recover from whatever is thrown its way. Understanding Secular Bear Markets FPA Concerns and Strategies for Financial Planners Poole Party (and other short stories) Mish High U.S. Earners, Gaining From Bush's Economic Policies, Criticize Them BL Small Businesses Hit by Budget Cuts CFO House Republicans Slate Legislation to Block Dubai Takeover of U.S. Ports BL OLEC, PART 3: Failed theories on the value of labor Asia Times High property taxes driving a new revolt CS Monitor Speculator Risk Soars With Builder Discounts Realty Times Poll: Americans Expect House Prices to Keep Soaring LA Times But some are concerned that that they won't be able to keep up with their mortgage payments Whirlpool CEO Doesn't See Housing Bubble AP It's a buyers' market Herald Tribune Mortgage Application Volume Holds Steady in Latest Survey MBA Are cracks finally showing up in the Canadian housing market? TStar NY Precious Metals Pre-Open:Gold Dn $7; Silver Down Dow Jones Silver ETF Set to Quietly Launch in London RI Analyzing the Commodity Inflows Schaeffers Energy In The 21st Century: A Rough Ride Ahead Simmons PDF OPEC seen maintaining oil output despite Venezuela's call for cut AFP Report blames lack of federal oversight for high natural gas prices AP Sugar Shortfall Double Expectations, International Sugar Organization Says BL Sugar sale attempts to curb price surge China Daily Corporate Yields Rise to Highest Since Nov. 2002, Premiums Fall BL Fannie and Freddie: $1.5 Tillion of Debt AEI Google's Disclosure Follies TheStreet The Hedge Fund Report: Vultures Feed at Dana TheStreet Hedge funds find selves in print more in 2005 Reuters The Heirs Of Michael Milken? Forbes Diebold Moving Some Revenue to Future Years AP Challenges loom for NYSE Group CBSM Credit ratings industry comes under attack FT LG.Philips LCD Develops 100-inch LCD Panel, the Largest in the World BW Shareholders Sue HP Over Fiorina Severance AP Parmalat founder says sorry at trial AFP Buffett's Imposing Legacy ~ Buffett: A Tough Act to Follow BW Japan's Bank Lending Increases for the First Time in More Than Nine Years BL Japan's key money supply grows 1.7% in February Kyodo BOJ debates ending historic ultra-easy money policy Reuters A momentous decision for the Bank of Japan IHT (NYT) Japan: More Evidence That Deflation Is Ending BCA Research Japan's Problem Is High Costs, Not Deflation Pesek Asian banks' consumer binge carries risks-Fitch Reuters China's Underpopulation Crisis Slate China warns of monopoly by foreign companies Xinhua Trade furore over China-ore war TheAge BNZ cautions about depth of dollar slide NBR.nz High U.S. debt yields slam Latin American markets Reuters Global junk bond default rate falls in Feb-Moody's Reuters The End is Nigh For Canadian Rate Hikes CIBC PDF Broken Links - The Output Gap and Inflation CIBC PDF Forget Prudence. We're drowning in debt, Mr Brown Telegraph UK stores face spending 'squeeze' BBC New Hope in Germany Sennholz House price growth top in Estonia BBC Housing market flattens as affordability recedes TheAge Trouble brewing BRW Australia's boom has been built on weak foundations, and cracks are starting to appear. Putin Scolds Ministers Over Increased Prices Moscow Times Food makes up 43 percent of the country's CPI basket, compared with about 14 percent in the United States Court sentences 11 to jail over fraud Xinhua Biggest financial securities scandal since the founding of New China in 1949. Alberta's oil sands royalties surge Globe & Mail Big boys drawn back to play in oil sands G&M There are even rumblings that BP -- long known as a heavy-oil skeptic -- might even get into the game. Oilsands operator Opti Canada plans 'poison pill' CP Canada's Answer to OPEC AXcess Top Bush administration officials warn Iran MSNBC World warned it must do better as 20m face threat of famine in Africa Tuesday March 7 Enron's Fastow Testifies Skilling Told Him He Wanted to `Juice' Earnings BL US CBO forecasts $371 bln deficit in FY '06 Reuters CBO Cut claims on pension corp.: Treasury CBSM More head scratching over U.S. yield curve Reuters General Motors to End Defined-Benefits Pension for 36,000 Salaried Workers BL NFL Players Among Alleged Victims of Fraud AP Bank of Canada raises overnight rate target by 1/4 percentage point BofC Spike in insider selling alerts equities analysts FT Selling of US stocks by company officers, directors and other insiders last month reached the highest level since just before the bursting of the dotcom bubble Productivity Falls at 0.5 Percent Rate; Costs Increase 3.3 Percent BL BLS Bond yields soar to 21-month highs Reuters Interest rate concerns weigh on bonds, stocks Reuters Dollar Rises the Most in Month Against Euro on Outlook for Rate Increases BL Global: New Game Roach Will the Real Slim Saving Rate Please Stand Up? Berner Is the Inflation Camp on the Bubble? Huffy Can the Big-3 Central Banks Derail the "Commodity Super Cycle"? SH Manipulating Political Stock Markets: A Field Experiment and a Century of Observational Data UNC Chapel Hill and NBER PDF Where's the Evidence of Labor Market Tightness? Baum Many Workers' Finances Not Improving Under Bush Berry Pension Update: Slip Slidin' Away? PIMCO Looking for diamonds in the junk: Retirees buy risky debt WSJ Commentary: Yield curve returning to normal Kellner Is Dave Leonhardt A Renter? Kasriel Housing bubble starting to deflate AP Foreclosures Jump In January NYP The 13 Riskiest Housing Markets Kiplinger’s Getting safely out of ARMs CBSM Gold Rises After Biggest Decline in Three Weeks Attracts Funds BL Spot Gold Needs To Hold Support Dow Jones Gold Prices May Reach $2,000 by 2010, U.S. Gold's McEwen Says BL Gartman Dismisses Nonsense Rumour About Silver ETF AIR Iran and Oil Saville Monthly Indicators: Stormy Weather CIBC PDF Copper Declines for a Third Session as Inventory Reaches a 21-Month High BL Texas Instruments Says First-Quarter Sales May Miss Its Highest Forecast BL Sell-off highlights GM's frailty Yomuiri Macs are cheaper than PCs by half, says a PC mag Business 2.0 Another Suit Targets NYSE TheStreet Kroger Restates Due to Tax Accounting CFO Defense: Skilling's comment was sarcasm Reuters Spitz Is The Pitts NYP Outsourcing: Bridled horse or bucking bronco? Asia Times Japan firing on all cylinders: US Treasury official AFP Indonesia Faces Catch-22 on Growth, Inflation BL Where `Argentina of Asia' Label No Longer Fits Pesek Euroland: It's Not 1914, but It Smells Like 1930 Morgan Stanley Excess liquidity clinches case for ECB rate rises Reuters Australia at the crossroads of globalization CS Monitor Colombia Buys Back $601 Million in Foreign Debt BL US envoy hints at strike to stop Iran Guardian Monday March 6 U.S. Stocks Slide -- Year's Longest Losing Streak BL Bond Market Steals Show Oil, gold futures sink on concerns over Iran ease CBSM Treasury Dept. Moves to Avoid Debt Limit AP Ex-Exron Exec Admits Inconsistent Answers AP AT&T Plans 10,000 Job Cuts After Completing $67B BellSouth Purchase BL Cost of Hedging Hussman The numbers behind the lies MSN (Fleck) Wierd Correlation! (Fed Funds vs. S&P 500) Cross Currents Fed's Stern Doesn't See Inflation Accelerating Berry Beware of Slam-Dunks in the Bond Market NYT Accurate Characterization of Yield-Curve and Recession Probabilities Jain What a new 'gilded age' may bring CSM Family Savings Look Scary WP The richest 1 percent of Americans now get about 15 percent of total US income US mortgage bonds face risk if house prices fall-BIS Reuters -- BIS Quarterly Review, March 2006 BIS Hoping for Best in Home Sales, 2 Sides Sit Tight NYT Who Needs the Mortgage-Interest Deduction? NYT For 'boomerangers,' it's no laughing matter NJ Colorado: Real Estate Market Conditions Realty Times Grand Rapids: Slow home sales drive prices down Woodtv California: More people now departing state than moving here SF Gate House Sitting - An expert on the mysteries of the bubble Newsweek Declining U.S. Home Market Demands Pricing Savvy BL If real estate is prospering, chances are your agent isn't Boston Globe Gold Rises as Investors Seek Safe Haven on Iran Nuclear Dispute Concern BL My gunship view of the ragbag Schultz Market prospecting for gold mergers Reuters Japan's last gold mine shines as bullion rallies Reuters SA gold output lowest in 83 years MiningMx Deutsche Bank becomes Trade Member of DGCX AME Harry Browne: Right on the megatrend Brimelow Too Big to Grow Newsweek Why Wall Street has soured on many of corporate America's most admired and feared companies AT&T regains supremacy with $67B purchase of BellSouth FT Key developments in history of AT&T Reuters NYSE keen to diversify into derivatives after merger FT General Motors Sells 17 Percent Stake in Suzuki, Paring 25-Year Investment BL SEC: Gone Fishin’ Byron Harvard investigating another controversy FT 'Crash' stuns by winning best picture CBSM Yen Falls; Koizumi Raises Speculation of Delay in Policy Change BL Japan's 4th-Qtr Capital Spending Rose 9.5%, Govt Survey Show BL Weak Japan Inc capex growth won't alter BOJ view Reuters Many Watching BOJ AP BOJ May Shift Policy This Week BL No cut in dollar reserve holding: Central bank China Daily Thailand's Economy Risks Stalling on Political Crisis BL Emerging Markets Sold Record $231 Bln of Debt in 2005, BIS Says BL Iceland Sends Chilly Warning to Bigger Economies BL Retail Sales in Europe Fall by Most in Eight Months, Bloomberg Index Shows BL Demand will outweigh supply in Bank's thinking King Bear Market Drying Up New Inflows Korea Times Israel: Still no real estate recovery Globes They know you so well, but lenders want the whole history of consumers Inde Foreign maids march in Hong Kong to demand wage increase China Post Weekend Edition (March 4-5) Central Banker's of the World, Unite! Mauldin Global Asset Inflation and Lessons to be Learned Noland Wave of liquidity gives buoyancy to asset prices FT Rising I-Rates, Rising Geopolitical Concerns - Double Jeopardy? Chapman Hi-Ho Silver; Gold and Mining Shares to Follow Schiff Silver ETF Ironies RI OPEC Unlikely to Curtail Production AP By Most Measures, a Housing Boom for the Ages Norris Psst... Have You Heard About Bushwick? NYT Regulators warn of 'specialty' loans Arizona Republic Economists at odds over savings rates AP Most savings accounts paying next to nothing SF Chronicle Restatements Surged in 2005 Says Study CFO Buybacks pick up, but at what cost? Chicago Tribune Berkshire Says Storms Hurt, Buffett's Successor Chosen BL Buffett blasts excessive executive pay CBSM Trade deficit, rising money-management fees also a worry 2005 Letter To Shareholders Berkshire PDF Research In Motion Pays NTP $612.5 Mln to End Suit BL AT&T reportedly near deal to buy BellSouth for $65 billion CBSM General Motors to Sell Suzuki Motor Stake for $2.3 Billion, Nikkei Reports BL Auto incentives still there but more modest Reuters Activist investor seeks seat on Heinz board FT SEC eyes stock pricing and trading reform delay Reuters Water stocks running hot MSN Monks serve God by selling toner Fortune The Week Ahead: Here There and Everywhere CIBC PDF China Will Make Yuan More Flexible, Widen Band, Central Bank's Zhou Says BL Shanghai's housing bubble bursts, causing some panic LA Times Bust follows a doubling of prices in past three years; recent buyers sue to get money back Japan's recovery could mean trouble CB Online Individual investors retreat from stocks Asahi ECB's Draghi Says Interest Rate Levels Remain `Very Relaxed' BL Bond Bubble Leaves Many Retirement Savers High and Dry Scotsman IMF voices unease at house valuations Telegraph French leader 'asked secret service for list of firms at risk of takeover' TO Have you noticed Dubai property prices are still going up? AME Vodafone licks its wounds after five years of failure in Japan TO Govts seen not allowing stocks to crash Khaleej Times Royal Bank Canada opens Beijing branch Xinhua UK, US to withdraw Iraq forces by early '07: papers Reuters Friday March 3 OPEC president says world "oversupplied" with oil Reuters Consumer sentiment fades CBSM Nonmanufacturing index rebounds ISM Treasuries Fall as Services Expands, Lehman Increases Fed Forecast BL Dana U.S. operations file for bankruptcy CNN Globalization's New Underclass Roach Housing, Mortgages and Consumption - Comparing Australia, the UK & US MS Intel Lowers Revenue Forecast Amid Loss of Share to Advanced Micro BL Bush quietly reshaping the Fed CNN The Derivatives Mess Comstock Getting a grip on prosperity Economist What changes if intangible investment is measured properly? World’s Biggest Bank Calls for Economic Overhaul Trumpet Stocks Run a Gauntlet in Presidents' Second Terms Currier Cheney Urges Americans to Save More AP Last Battle Over Pensions to Be Fought in MuniLand BL Congress Just Can't Deal Straight With Big Oil BL Silver matches 22-yr high on ETF hopes, gold steady Reuters Silver pushes to new 22-year high FT Silver Boom Ignored Texas Hedge The "Animal Spirits" - Wait to See the Whites of Their Eyes Bugos Top bank offers dollar-denominated paper gold Shenzhen Daily Oil Gains as Iranian Nuclear Dispute Increases Supply Concern BL Better a bug than broke Schmidt The New Middle East Oil Bonanza Business Week Beyond the Dubai Ports deal: Where all those billions are going Crude Oil Spills From Pipeline in Alaska AP Saddle Up on the Commodity Bull Forbes Another Sugar Rush? Futures Focus Housing Bubble Science ScienCentral News The Long Birth of the Bubble Voice of San Diego 'American dream is fading' as affordable housing disappears Sun-Sentinel Luxury home sales soar CNN Sydney slips into housing freefall Daily Telegraph International home buyers boost prices for luxury property in central London FT Living on a 'bubble' Rocky MN 50,000 metro families risk homelessness due to rent burden Report: Overstock Chairman Mulls Leaving TheStreet Dana plunges on missed payments CBSM With plant closings, fewer jobs for GM gypsies to chase AP Automakers extend deals, hope discounts abate AP Detroit's slump hits Japanese parts makers Asahi Debate Over Fannie, Freddie Takes Place in the Extremes WSJ Wal-Mart Extending Dominance of the Grocery Business NYT Wal-Mart represents 14 percent to 18 percent of all food and beverage sales Refco Creditors Target Banks NYP Wendy's Gives Fund Three Seats NYT Google Execs Paint Bright Picture AP Yahoo's Boulevard Of Broken Dreams Microsoft: E.U. colluded with rivals CBSM DOJ opens probe into online music pricing: sources Reuters SEC charges son, father over NBTY trades Reuters Chipmaker Charged with Price-Fixing CFO Witness: Enron Mulled Buying WorldCom CFO Skilling: “They're on to us” NYP Huge Payouts for CFOs with Options CFO SEC's Disclosure Plan Would Unveil Hidden Executive Perks BL Japan Consumer Prices Rise at Fastest Since 1998 BL Japan's deflation 'over' as BoJ prepares to tighten cash tap AFP China: No timetable on yuan convertibility Reuters Rough ride ahead for UK consumers... CIBC PDF EU Forecasts Fastest Growth Since 2000; Services Rise Most in Five Years BL European Two-Year Bond Yields Reach Highest Since 2002 on Rates BL European pension funds still wary of hedge funds Reuters Iceland-inspired wobble puts pressure on global carry trades FT Gref Warns of Market Bubble Moscow Times 39 Sectors Restricted Gref is the third top government official in two weeks to voice concern about the rate of market growth. $1 trillion worth of Mideast projects are in the pipeline Khaleej Times Henderson faces negligence claim over investments Times Online Moscow in plea to extradite Berezovsky FT Bank officials, gangsters arrested Asahi Former bank execs told to pay ¥4 billion Asahi Thursday March 2 Jobless claims rise 15,000 to 294,000 CBSM U.S. Retailers' Sales Gains Slow on Weather, Waning Confidence BL The flat yield curve may be the strongest supporting factor for stocks Schaeffers Naked Short Selling: “Who Is Going To Sort This Out?" Cross Currents Over the Rainbow HCM Back to a big-thinking bear Brimelow Skeptics say 'baby bust' could weigh on stocks AJC US government long-term promises top $46 trillion Reuters Census Bureau Survey Falling on Hard Times WP How long can households sustain negative savings? USAT Publishers fight for the $7m words of Greenspan Times Online Russell On Gold, Silver & US$ Russell Precious Metals Quarterly - Spotlight on investment demand Scotia PDF Jewellers, carmakers turning to palladium Business Times Conspiracy or not, bullion's headed higher Globe & Mail NYMEX crude tops $62 on new Nigeria attack fears Reuters Energy independence is a disaster in the making Fortune Copper heading for 'tipping point' Telegraph Gobbling up hard assets is a misguided strategy WSJ Natural resources funds ran out of gas in February MorningStar 'Exotic' mortgages tempt more buyers CS Monitor As US housing market stalls, concerns mount that falling prices may force foreclosures. Aspen Hasn't Heard U.S. Housing Bubble May Burst Gilbert How many ways can mortgage go wrong? Plenty Charlotte Observer Declining Affordability May Be Affecting First-Time Home Buyers WSJ The boom is gone as home sales drop 39% in Palm Beach County SS 48% home sales drop leads state Herald Tribune Investors unloading properties make it tough for developers to sell inventories LAT Google's position is reminiscent of Yahoo in 2001 CBSM Both Ford and G.M. to Scale Back Production NYT Biggest Auto Dealer Restates Cash Flow CFO Terayon restating The British invader that thinks it can beat Wal-Mart Slate Error may have cost U.S. $7B in royalties AP Taxpayers Vs. The Business of Tax Breaks NBR Man Group says hedge-fund fraud a U.S. phenomenon Reuters Hynix Execs Agree to Jail TheStreet Ex-Enron CFO Fastow to Testify Next Week AP A Lie Is a Lie Is a Lie CFO "The Smartest Guys in the Room" EW Amazon: DVD ~ Book Corporate reform dead; SEC chief should resign Houston Chronicle Microsoft Working on Paperback-Sized PC AP Microsoft says better than Google soon Reuters NYSE Floor Brokers Confront `Hybrid Market' as Takeover Nears BL ECB Raises Interest Rate to 2.5 Percent; Trichet May Signal More Increases BL BOJ mulls measures to avoid long-term rate spike after policy shift Kyodo Easy does it in Japan FT Japan's Bonds Fall, Pushing 10-Year Yield to Highest Since 2004 BL Asia's exports defy gravity...and gloomy signs Reuters China: a serious over-accumulation of international reserves NBF PDF Yuan rises to new high against US Dollar Xinhua Sales of homes have virtually halted in some areas of Shanghai Mecury News To fill or not to fill? China's oil reserve quandary Reuters China steel sector margins under pressure in 2006 - NDRC AFX Who Pays China’s Bank Restructuring Bill? CEPII PDF Sensex crosses 10500 India Times Where’s the bull headed? Mumbai Mirror Trichet, Issing Push Higher Rates to Contain Housing `Bubble' BL Is There a bubble in the Spanish housing market? SP Insight Biggest rise in card borrowing for a year Times Online Mortgage lending up R Triple whammy of consumer doom sends out warning signal Independent Housing booms not good: Costello Courier-Mail "The reason we're against booms, is we're against busts” Moody's warns of Australian downgrades Courier-Mail Solving the energy puzzle Japan Times Bush Must Keep His Promise and Light Up India BL Japan Air's New Chief Must Pay Dividends or Quit Within Year, Itoyama Says BL Burned Livedoor investors huddle to weigh options Japan Times China Aviation Oil Chairman, Non-Executive Directors Fined BL U.K. fines hedge fund and director IHT (BL) Drug cartels 'laundering cash in China' FT Wednesday March 1 Inversion ends as curve bets unwind Reuters No slowdown in housing prices CBSM OFHEO PDF Ford's U.S. Sales Drop 4 Percent; DaimlerChrysler Sales Rise 4.3 Percent BL Oil Prices Rise Toward $62 AP OPEC President: Current Oil Prices Fair Manufacturing Expands; Spending, Incomes Gain BL BEA ISM ~ Ts Fall Construction spending rises 0.2% CBSM It's All In The Follow Through Contrary Investor Comments Before The Money Marketeers Club McCulley Beware the Ides of March CBSM Market Now in Dangerous Zone To Blue-chip companies' earnings may decline LA Times Risk Management Challenges in the U.S. Financial System NY Fed Fed Official Warns of Changes WP Greenspan Moved Markets Less as Poole, Kohn Gained Influence BL Currency carry trades face trouble FT Works of Art in Optimism EW Supreme Court to rule on state tax breaks FT Should the court rule against the incentives, the US business community says the potential for political and fiscal fallout is vast. So, You Want To Buy a Strategic US Company… Slate The Controversy Paul The hidden cost of outsourcing Business 2.0 What Money is Not Mises It's always the damned banks! Mogambo S. Fla. home sales market continues to cool Sun-sentinel California home sales drop 24% in January Reuters Don't Fear the Bubble That Bursts NYT Costs Hang Over Construction Industry Forbes HouseValues shares drop on guidance AP Home builders say orders declining CBSM US home loan applications fall despite rate drop Reuters Gold futures climb to a three-week high CBSM The case for $1,000 an ounce CBSM The great gold debate Globe & Mail Newmont Prediction: Gold prices range from $525 to $600 Elko DP BOC set to sell gold for dollars Shanghai Daily Vietnam’s 1 kg gold bars sell like hotcakes Thanh Xuan There's more to the move than gold and oil CBSM New commodities ETF Heinz trades near wides on Peltz cloud Reuters The deadline for filing a proxy motion is March 4... Record hedge-fund launches in 2005 CBSM SEC may have jumped the gun on subpoenas SF Gate Wall Street Expects Merger Record AP GM pushing for GMAC deal, report says CNN Witness: Enron rules 'fast and loose' AP CBS Radio Sues Howard Stern, Agent Over Jump to Sirius Satellite Radio BL A Stock Market Dictionary Via the Devil's Tongue Dorfman Bank and Thrift Earnings Set Fifth Consecutive Record in 2005 FDIC Misunderstandings and Misconceptions in Operational Risk Management GARP Asian Stocks Drop on U.S. Economic Concern BL Yen Reverses Gain as Greater Yuan Convertibility May Be Limited BL Is Japan the land of the rising return? Telegraph Farewell to the zero zone: Japan ready to resume normal rates SMH Banks raise housing loan rates in Japan Kyodo Chinese economy grows 9.9% in 2005 Xinhua Record high street lay-offs 'profound' threat to economy Telegraph Doubts cast on recent strength of the housing market Nationwide PDF Brown's Budget plan to prick gilts bubble Independent Australian Economy Expanded Less-Than-Expected 0.5% BL Recession fears as NZ confidence plummets The Age Saudi Stocks Dive for Second Day Arab News C&W axes 3,000 staff and 27,000 customers in latest survival plan Independent Beijing Accuses Taiwan Leader of 'Grave Provocation' NYT Global: Pandemic Fallout Morgan Stanley American troops want to leave Iraq FT Russia, Iran make new bid to break impasse Reuters

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