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			Wednesday November 30 Economists raise forecasts after stellar GDP report CNN But some worry about a more aggressive Fed Gold falls $4, but logs 6% monthly gain CBSM Chicago-area business measure slips from strong October CBSM Economy Expands at 4.3% Pace in Quarter, Faster Than Forecast BL BEA Stocks Set to Open Lower on Yahoo Downgrade AP Oil Prices Hit Lowest Level in 5 Months AP Why the Dollar Is Rising . . . Again AEI (Makin) Rockwell ~ Saville The US Dollar and Prosperity: Accidents Waiting to Happen McGill PDF When yield curve talks, Wall St economists listen Reuters Investors may be jumping gun AP (Beck) Fed Exit strategy? Kellner Gold Falls From 22-Year High in Asia BL Hedge funds set for next gold bet Business Times Gold vs. stocks Hulbert Silver, Gold Charade Fekete Gold's New Luster Puzzles Traders WP Japanese Investors Boost Gold Despite Weaker Yen DJ Gold To Consolidate, Head Sharply Higher - Tokyo Analyst DJ Inflation Lags Gold Price by 14 Months Financial Sense Forecasting The Silver Price AIR Mortgage applications decrease last week MBA Housing boom shows signs of finally waning CS Monitor $430 a Square Foot, for Air? Only in New York Real Estate NYT “Nothing shocks me anymore. This market is absolutely crazy” As Prices Cool in California Markets, Defaults Rise BW RealtyTrac survey U.S. raises mortgage limit to $417,000 Reuters Investors regain faith in stock market FT They also appear to be seriously deluded about the success of their own investments Most corporate fraud found by luck: study Reuters GM, Ford Sales Probably Fell Again as Toyota Won Share It Takes Many Arrows To Kill An Elephant Forbes Ghosts That Still Haunt GM WP Giving GM Another Try Schaeffers GM program gives laid-off nearly full pay Boston Globe S&P Says It Could Further Downgrade Ford AP Ford chief tells workers to support restructuring or leave BL Ford may sell historic Jaguar plant Reuters U.S. auto suppliers face a bleak 2006--S&P Reuters Delphi workers' 401(k)s take hit Det FP Value Line on the hot seat CBSM KKR, Blackstone to Acquire TDC for $15.3 Billion, Biggest Buyout Since RJR BL Time Warner dissidents hire Lazard Reuters Trump to soon have his own vodka - and a cocktail BL Samsung's Fuller Disclosure Business Week Barrick rebuffs Newmont Globe & Mail Bausch & Lomb further delays filing of Form 10-Q CBSM Hurricane Katrina to cost Lloyd's 1.9 billion pounds AFP Glitch inflates Medicare drug costs USAT Japan's Nikkei Rises Above 15,000 for First Time in Five Years BL The Bank of Japan discomfited Economist Households spend 1.3% more but pay falls fourth month Japan Times Deflation Looms as China's Economy Cools Off BL China to see huge steel surplus: report AP China will produce a surplus of steel next year equivalent to Japan's entire annual output... Awakening Giants, Feet of Clay Berkeley PDF A Brief Assessment of the Rise of China and India The foundations for an Asian oil and gas grid Asia Times China's ICBC freezes talks with Arab investors over stake sale AFP Dollar devaluation cause of oil spike The Peninsula Chile's Central Bank to Keep Raising Rate to Stem Inflation, Gregorio Says BL Canadians face bitter vote CS Monitor State pension age 'to rise to 68' BBC Crippling budget crisis looms at UN as US forces reform issue AFP Premier threatens Ma with libel suit Taipei Times British Airways to Cut About 600 Jobs AP Tuesday November 29 Supply-Demand Mix Shifting in the Housing Market Merrill PDF Treasuries Drop as Data Points to Strong Economy, Further Fed Rate Boosts BL Consumer Confidence Surges to 98.9, Biggest Gain Since 03 BL CBoard New Home Sales Jump 13% to Record 1.424 Million Annual Rate BL PDF Gold, platinum retreat from multi-decade peaks Reuters Gold Climbs to $500, the Highest in 22 Years BL Gold above $500: It's about time Brimelow Gold Analysts Say the Real Rally Is Just Beginning Resource Investor Gold: The Sky Is Falling Ing Gold's glorious ascent Mining Mx Gold Price Back To 1970 Bullion Desk Demand for jewellery puts platinum at a 25-year high Telegraph Durable goods orders surge in Oct. CBSM Census The Case of the Missing Petro-Dollars Roach More of the Same at the Federal Reserve Paul Change in Fed Statement Is Coming (Either Way) Baum Greenspan’s Gift Getting a Feel For Another End of Year Rally Crudele Too much holiday cheer? Hulbert Holiday sales growth flat Arizona Republic A survey by retail analyst Britt Beemer showed that 73 percent of shoppers were done by noon, the highest percentage in the past six years. U.S. chain store sales rise in latest week-Redbook Reuters Can the Jews Save Christmas? Slate Guns, Butter and Retired Boomers: How Do We Pay for It All? WSJ Business trips will get more pricey in 2006 USAT Sellers put their homes on the 'range' USAT A Trendy Mortgage Falls From Favor WSJ Demand for Option ARMs, Which Helped Fuel Boom, Wanes Housing sector could become a rough neighborhood usat If winter is bitter, brace for a natural-gas crunch CS Monitor Bridgewater's Dalio Lures Pension Funds With 13.3 Percent Gains BL Hedge fund industry appears to be cooling off BL Globalization isn't what's killing GM Jubak Exec: Delta Unprepared for Pilots' Strike AP Bankruptcy Judge Lectures Delta CFO CFO Perhaps the airline shouldn't have spent $2.4 Billion to repurchase its shares, the judge suggests. Merrill getting anxious about Google shares CBSM Citizens Financial to cut 'a few hundred jobs' Boston Globe Refco Sues Over ‘Stolen’ Customers NYP Black's judge 'a fistful of dynamite' Globe & Mail SEC Investigates Bankruptcy Committees Over Hedge-Fund Fraud BL Ahold Settles Class Action for $1.1 Billion CFO Supreme court will hear eBay appeal Reuters Federated Settles With SEC, Spitzer WP Congressman Admits Taking Bribes, Resigns WP David vs. Goliath -- bet on the underdog! Farrell OECD Tells Fed to Keep Raising Rates; ECB, Japan Should Wait BL U.S. Criticized Over China Currency Report AP Snow’s Statement Treas China central bank reiterates no timetable for yuan convertibility AFP Yuan Hits New High Againt the Dollar AP China Trader Liu May Be Scapegoat for Weak Controls BL China: From GDP to NDP Xie Dubai Government's DP World Agrees to Purchase P&O for $5.7 B BL No More Cheap Gas, Russia Tells Neighbors Moscow Times US calls 'timber' in longstanding trade dispute with Canada CS Monitor Canada's government is thrown out BBC Argentina ousts economy minister Lavagna FT Reactions to change in Argentina's economy minister Reuters Dofasco deal sparks ire Financial Post A Madam Ho Ho surfaces in Portus investigation G&M Today's twentysomethings have never had it so bad Telegraph Monday November 28 Gold climbs but stops short of $500 CBSM Platinum tops $1,000; copper at record above $2 a pound Treasuries climb as housing facade begins to crack Reuters Home Sales Fall More Than Forecast; Unsold Homes Reach 18-Year High BL An 11K kind of day? CNN This Week: Housing Market Faces Big Test WSJ "Whipsaw" written all over it Hussman Dollar Rally May Have Peaked For Year Dow Jones Close To Neutral FT US economy, manufacturing and monetary policy Jackson Fisher, Fed's `Weakest Member,' Speaks Mind, Shaking Markets BL Fed's power ever waning National Post Pension Officers Putting Billions Into Hedge Funds NYT Nation's spending out of line SF Chronicle Home is no longer a refuge for the economy DiMartino Living Large 60 Minutes The size of the average new house in this country has grown almost 50 percent in the last 30 years, while the average family has shrunk Homesellers predict holiday slowdown Baltimore Business Journal If you own 100 shares of GOOGLE... Russell Merck to Eliminate 7,000 Jobs, Close Five Factories in Restructuring Plan BL What's In Buffett's Shopping Bag Business Week General Misery Byron Engine-shutoff device gets drivers to pay loans on time Boston Globe Gimme an Rx! Cheerleaders Pep Up Drug Sales NYT Gold shy of $500 in Asia as Japan buys, PGM rises Reuters Brown's gold sale losses pile up as bullion price surges Scotsman Metals a solid investment amid inflation Times Union Pipeline Shortages, Demand Boost LNG Prices, Help BP BL This debate is about politics, not economics King Japan's Retail Sales Fall, Suggesting Pace of Expansion Will Slow BL Japan firms raise capital spending at fastest pace for 15 years AFP Foreigners buy into Japan’s recovery FT It's Time for A Turnaround Blodget Foreign buying of Japanese stocks has reached a record level as global investors buy into the country’s economic recovery Citigroup Venture Agrees to Purchase Bad Loans in China Worth $4.5 Billion BL Trichet's Stance on ECB Rates Is Yes, No, Maybe BL House prices hold steady after 16 months of falls Guardian China apologizes to Russia over benzene spill AFX Paul McCartney attacks China over fur BBC Swiss ban GM Crops Swiss Info US Farmers Use Pesticide Despite Treaty AP White House lays foundation for US troop withdrawal AFP Ex-U.S. attorney general to join Saddam defense CNN Gold May Rise for Fourth Straight Week, Reach $500, Survey Says BL Euro Likely to Decline as ECB Signals Limit to Rate Increases BL Weekend Edition (Nov 26-27) Weekend Sales Jump 22% to $27.8 Billion, NRF Says BL U.S. Retail Sales Down 0.9% on Black Friday, Close to '04 Record BL Retail spending on credit cards rose 12 percent to $1.38 billion Our Brave New World, Part Two Mauldin It's His Economy Now—and Yours Fortune It's time to get over our collective Greenspan-era dream. How Powerful Is The Federal Reserve? AP Realtors' bullish housing outlook questioned AP A Quickie on “Money” Noland Waiting for the sky to fall: Asia and gold at $500 kwr $500 Gold and Interest Rates Schiff Catching You Up (Gold Bugs, Turning Japanese, and Intel Options) Schaeffers Newmont Says Gold May Exceed $1,000 on Asian Demand BL Market Action Still Suspect Comstock Trading Natural-Gas Stocks Zeal Beware bears coming out of hibernation CNN Report: Big job cuts coming at Merck CNN Wal-Mart Says Its November U.S. Sales Rise 4.3 Percent, Led by Groceries BL GM: Wag’n a Dog NYP GM expects to sell more vehicles abroad than in US: report AFP Morgan Stanley, BNP Secret Codes Give Edge in Treasury Trades BL UK growth set to be weakest since 1992 FT Past Canadian Elections and Asset Markets CIBC PDF Slovakia Ties Currency to Euro AP Piling more into pensions just as the hole gets deeper The Business Online FSA tells loan giant to suspend operation Asahi Experts sceptical over rare stamps investment fund Times Online Brazil Congress Has `Clear' Proof of Bribe Scheme BL Friday November 25 Investor quandary: buy gold or gold mining stocks Reuters Pause before $500 Black Friday Unleashed CNN Black Friday loses luster as shopping days spread Arizona R Retailers Use Giveaways and Gimmicks on Black Friday BL Sears is cutting gold and silver jewelry prices by 70 percent from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. Retailers are nervous Promotions create frenzy ahead of Black Friday CBSM The worse the rich feel, the more they seem to spend NYP The USD: What A Difference A Year Makes BCAR Monthly FX Outlook CIBC The U.S. dollar buying frenzy may be in its final stages A Roadmap to Financial Ruin! Faber The benign metaphysics of Ms. Baum Blog Rate views support dollar, gold hits 18-yr high Reuters Closer To $500 FT M3 mutterers refuse to give thanks Brimelow The stock market reaches for multi-year highs - but so does gold. Is that a warning sign? Precious metal's elusive value Cassels Gold Rises in London as Jewelers in India, Europe Stock Up BL First Gold, Now Silver AIR Banks’ attitude ‘key to gold’s fortunes’ Business Day Can oil production satisfy rising demand? USAT High-end real estate market still sizzling USAT Some regret adjustable rates AP San Diego housing market finally cools off AP Mass. Housing Boom Ends as Mortgage Expenses Increase BL Surreal Estate on the San Andreas Fault North States' Coffers Swelling Again After Struggles NYT MergerTalk: Is there a 'buyout bubble'? Reuters Boring May Be Beautiful When Money's on the Line Currier Google ignites hiring frenzy WSJ One top-notch engineer is worth "300 times or more than the average" Puts Swell on Semis Schaeffers GM bank for idled workers targeted Det FP Toyota Quickens Quest to Unseat GM AP Refco's European assets to be sold to Marathon BL No charges against Greenberg: WSJ Reuters Taser gets delisting notice from Nasdaq Reuters SEC searching for scam suspect Rocky MN Fast-food giant lifts the lid on its culture FT Former auditor isn't done with Enron USAT Executive Pay: Too many turkeys Economist GAO Criticizes SEC Internal Controls CFO Japan's Consumer Prices Stop Falling, Suggesting Deflation Near End BL Dollar Rises Against Yen After Tanigaki Says Deflation `Persists' BL RMB made 11-year new high against the dollar China News Yen vs. Yuan, Redux Xie China's Copper Crisis Tells a Bigger Story Pesek New China Stumbles Into Old-Fashioned Trade Scandal WP China Crude Demand Seen +6.65% Next Year Dow Jones Canada Offers C$1.5 Bln in Aid to Forestry Companies BL World's largest property trust makes strong Hong Kong debut AFP Citigroup May Pay $800 Million to Boost Pudong Stake, People Familiar Say BL How the pensions won again Globe & Mail Market Mania Sun Basel bank chief urges more hedge fund transparency Reuters Bank of Italy investigated by EU BBC Compass Group probed by Britain's fraud office AFP Huge Xmas Debt Hangover Sky Shortage pushes up olive oil prices Jordan Times China blames oil firm for chemical spill IHT Japan to demand repayments from North Korea for scrapped KEDO project Asahi Odds are Tokyo will be stuck with the tab US in move that may bar foreign researchers FT Thursday November 24 Funds Buy Copper on Speculation China to Cover Bets BL Gold edges higher in thin Asia trade Reuters Indians avoid jewellery shops, investors sell bars Reuters Speaking of slowdowns... Marco Island Ship's log, Stardate 652, mark 42 Mogambo Storm Watch -- Part 4: Helicopter Commander Financial Sense Bernankeism: Fraud or Menace? Blumen Haves and Have Nots Crudele A Little-Known Piece of History EW Millions Face a Deadline for Choosing a New Medicare Plan NYT How we can screw OPEC Gross Broker accused of insider trading Reuters Man Will Sell Refco's European Assets to Marathon Because of Overlap BL Shopping 'hell' breaks loose, linked to Xbox USAT China likely to raise export tariffs on refined copper People’s Daily China's copper auctions fall short, floor price seen too high - traders AFX Bernanke for Asia? Mundell Seems to Think So BL German Business Confidence Falls More Than Forecast BL ECB President Defends Possible Rate Hike AP FTSE feels anger of Fidelity over pay Times Online Will China's military rise shift the global balance of power? CS Monitor Wednesday November 23 Treasuries Drop as U.S. Government Auctions $20 Billion of Two-Year Notes BL U.S. Stocks Gain for a 6th Day on Consumer Confidence, Fed BL GM, Ford U.S. sales seen down again Reuters Initial jobless claims rise to 335,000 CBS US home loan applications fall MBA Could hedge funds hurt the U.S.? CNN The skies may be clouding over for US borrowing The Age Dollar rides wave of investment as world chases its American Dream TOnline Fed May Change Language to Prepare ‘Clean Slate' for Bernanke BL Fed Doesn't Have Much Power to Fix Trade Deficit Berry M3 Discontinued Casey What's Happened to M3? Chapman JWSGS Pace of U.S. home sales still slowing WSJ Is the technology bubble back? Globe & Mail (Ingram) Value investing's future? CBSM Moody's may cut Ford ratings deeper Reuters Ford's Chief Makes Case for Federal Help WP Congressional staffers say that Republican lawmakers are philosophically divided about whether the industry should be propped up or allowed to sink. GM restructuring won't stop cash bleed - Fitch Reuters GM's Toughest Sale Yet: A Turnaround Dow Jones Delphi Chief Fights Battle of Detroit NYT Spitzer: “When I read it my blood began to boil again" Fortune This Citigroup memo admitted internal "pressures" kept analysts from providing honest research. NASD fines State Street unit $1.4m for bond trades Boston G Black With Fear NYP Feds Seek to Dismiss Andersen Indictment AP Warner to pay $5m to settle Spitzer payola case AP Grand jury indicts three in currency, land frauds Denver Post Refco tries to stop Swiss broker diluting stake Reuters Microsoft's Red-Ink Game Business Week Bidding for Xbox 360s reaches thousands on eBay AP Forget day trading - the best way to make a buck this holiday season may be to flip your Xbox 360 Google Is Really About Money, Money and More Money Gilbert Book PBGC Bails Out Two Pension Funds CFO Two Companies Restate Gold's Global Gleam Forbes Gold within striking distance of $500 an ounce AFX New Dubai bourse stakes claim as gold futures hub MWeekly President Putin Supports Gold Plans Moscow Times Gold sales surge 26 per cent to hit Dh1.4b in Q3 Khaleej Times Newmont may woo Placer Dome BL Placer Dome Urges Shareholders to Reject $9.1 Billion Barrick Takeover Bid BL Oil investors facing hedge fund talent crunch Reuters Refinery bottleneck to ease CS Monitor Worse than Watergate? Mother Jones America is facing the mother of all Constitutional crises -- and the media remains silent. The end of constructive ambiguity, Mr Trichet? Economist Bond markets barely reacted to the European Central Bank’s recent signal on sovereign debt ratings. Odd, that U.K. Property Crash Is Canceled? Don't Bet on It BL Home is where the disaster is Times Online Consumers set to spend less across Europe FT CBI paints gloomy picture for UK manufacturers FT Running Up Debt With Little Care Leicestershire In 1974 the UK owed £38 million on credit cards. Today, that figure is £56 billion. Property investors seek high returns in Asia-Pacific FT BOE Voted Unanimously to Leave Rates Unchanged, Minutes Show BL China: Towards a Deflationary Landing Xie China finance ministry enters copper fray - traders Reuters Shanghai Copper Drops as China May Reschedule Some Deliveries BL China's SRB fails to sell entire 20,000 tons of copper at auction - trader AFX "We are in a commodity economy” LA Times China's economic boom has led to a revival of the 2-millennium-old tradition of "golden canaries” China to build new accounting standards system China News New Zealand business confidence dives to 17-year low AFP Mexico's Ortiz Says Push to Weaken Currencies Failing BL China's Baosteel to cut prices by at least 10 pct - report AFX Condo industry on edge over fake data Yomiuri Dubai Plans World's Largest Airport Arab News Tuesday November 22 Fed Expressed Concern Over Rate Increases at Nov. 1 Meeting BL Minutes Deteriorating Global Liquidity Outside The Box Globalization: The New World Spiegel Special â€œWe should expect upheavalsâ€ The Economy: "Doesn't Get Better Than This"? EW An inverted yield curve's all but inevitable Kellner Foreign money: Will it continue? AP If investors sour, a financial crisis could be in store Gold futures near $500 an ounce CBSM Gold Surges to Highest Since 1987 as Funds Buy as Hedge Against Inflation BL Speculators Set To Take Gold To New Heights Dow Jones Thereâ€™s Gold in Them Hills!! Grandich PDF Silver versus Gold SavilleÂ Maund on Gold ~ Maund on Silver Fed Printing Press Fueling Gold $500 WSW Dubai Commodities Exchange opens Rediff Bernanke: Go, Get the Helicopters! Merk Whatâ€™s The Fed Up To? Crudele Bernanke Might Make Fed-Watching a Different Game BL An overfed Fed? Baker Moskow says Fed rate moves could go beyond neutral Reuters The Housing Boom is Dead. Long Live the Housing Boom! Sprott PDF Economy goes forward but leaves many behind USAT National Retail Federation Raises Holiday Sales Forecast to 6% BL U.S. Core Inflation Seen Higher Next Year, NABE Survey Shows BL Greed season: Wall Street bonus time Farrell They win, you lose -- so why aren't you mad as hell? Google shares seen surpassing $500 mark AP GM cutbacks portend tougher road ahead CS Monitor Mix of Shock and Resignation on G.M. Shop Floors Set to Close NYT Automakerâ€™s plan to cut workforce deals blow to state Det FP Ford poised to follow with cuts Globe & Mail Overhaul could be tougher than rival's Berkshire Hathaway reveals stakes Reuters A Hedge Fund for Anyone With $10,000 NYT Nymex Gets Saddled With Bankrupt Refcoâ€™s Baggage NYP Refco investor suits target IPO banks CBSM In Rarity, Spitzer Drops Case NYT The Accounting Cycle Smart Pros Investors and Financial Analysts: Shouldn't They Be Liable Too? Georgia-Pacific CEO to Receive $130M CFO Ex-HealthSouth Finance Exec Found Guilty CFO Black faces up to 40 years' jail Guardian J. Lo's Credit Woes Foo LME Says China Copper Short Report Rumor, Speculation BL China questions copper trader Times Online No major stakes in banks for foreigners China Daily French Consumer Spending Unexpectedly Falls, Signaling Slowdown BL Investments Illegally Offered By Global Fx Trust Scoop Chavez Pushes Petro-Diplomacy WP High Oil Profit Leads to Venezuela's Plan to Subsidize Heating in United States Flat Note from the Pied Piper of Globalization DissentÂ Review of Friedman The â€œbulldozerâ€ sends tremors through Israeli politics Economist Monday November 21 Gold extends rally; copper dips CBSM U.S. Leading Economic Index Rebounds After the Hurricanes Conference Board Hardly a Flat World RoachÂ Xie GM to Cut 30,000 Jobs, Close Plants BL Â Toyota on track to top GM sales Wall Street: Giving thanks for even minimal returns AP Diminishing Participation and Garbage Stocks Hussman What 'Yield Curve' Is Saying: Hunker Down WSJ The riddle of the greenback Mail & Guardian The real outrage: pensions, not petrol MSN (Fleck) Who Will Pay for Retirement Benefits SF Chronicle Concern over under-funding of private defined-benefit pensions is at a boiling point. US on course for record run of profits Times Online Home builders turn to incentives Washington Times What's Behind the Boom WSJ The Housing Bubble ABC7 Real-Estate Speculators, Pulling Back, Help Fed Remove `Froth' B â€œThe mom-and-pop investors are unloading their propertiesâ€ Nearly 2% of adults in California hold a license to sell property NYP Sellersâ€™ Slump Is A Harsh Reality In Tri-State NYP â€œSales are drying up at the top. And now homes on the lower end [of the price scale] are sitting for weeks and months. Homebuilder ETFs launch into softening market IBD Oil's 2-Month Fall Leaves Traders With Worthless Bets BL Gold May Rise to $500 for First Time Since 1987 BL Gold prices look set for a spiral Business Standard Hedge funds selling energy stocks, buying gold. Banks, traders ride gold price boom India Times Hot gold prices helps industry turnaround Australian South Africa, Russia To Increase Gold Holdings AIR DGCX opens tomorrow AMEÂ DMCC Costliest Part of Gulf Rebuilding Yet to Come WP Bank That Lent to Ex-Refco Exec Names CEO AP Big Mac faces hedge fund attack Crainâ€™s Enron defense has work cut out for it USAT Grubman Grab NYP Where Is Wal-Mart's Fancy Stuff? Try Online NYT Copper scam may wire China, world braces for a meltdown Reuters China Forced to Disclose Copper Holdings After Trading Losses BL Excess capacity may generate deflation Shenzhen Daily China far way from becoming global technology powerhouse Japan Times Inflation watchdogs should beware a penalty of the Maradona effect King Asian Debt Markets Are `Where the Action Is' BL Investment funds lead the charge in real estate transactions Asahi Concerns that a "mini-bubble" might soon hit urban areas Japan's Recovery Flashes a Warning to Bond Investors BL â€œIf interest rates can rise in Japan, where they have been suppressed by global disinflation for more than a decade, they can rise anywhereâ€ ECB 'planning several interest rate increases' FT Concern over hedge fund product for retail investors Times Online Falling interest rates squeeze margins of financial firms Jamaica Observer TSE mulling full ban on golden shares Japan Times Shell faces $1bn bill on ageing North Sea rigs Times Online U.S. will come for our water Calgary Sun Weekend Edition (Nov 19-20) Bull vs. turkey on Wall Street CNN Mighty dollar defies the currency bears FT Overview of Market Fundamentals Swelin Hoping It's Different This Time Mauldin Content with the Status Quo Noland Are the Fed Fights Over? NYT Business leaders considered for empty Fed seats FT McCulley is said to be one of a number of names put forward by Mr Bernanke... Foreign Investors Pour Money Into Bonds Every Minute, Every Day Norris M(3)urder Will Out! Corrigan Gold Bull Stage Two 2 Zeal Bernanke: An Early Christmas Gift to Gold, Gold Shares, and Silver SH Barrick, Blanchard settle gold, libel lawsuits Reuters Blanchard: "We regret having made the statements that gave rise to the libel action filed by Barrick in Canada and any embarrassment those statements may have caused Barrick or its officers or directors” As the McMansions Go, So Goes Job Growth NYT With Real Estate, This Time it Really is Different Schiff Beyond a Reasonable Doubt? CIBC PDF We’ll really know that the Fed’s work is done when the rate hikes start to bite in the housing sector... Housing Bubble Insurance Slate Homeowners with ARMs face big bill jump CNN In the past few years, nearly a third of all mortgage loans have been in the form of ARMs. Now, it's time to pay the piper. Housing boom: All's not bright Rediff City house prices plummet Evening Times Builders offer upgrades to lure buyers in a slowing market DetFP $100 Oil: Sooner Than Later CIBC Presentation PDF Saudi King: Oil Importers Should Cut Taxes AP Value investors say finding cheap stocks is tough Reuters For Some Veterans, Google Stirs Flashbacks TheStreet Sharpen Your Knives - It’s Time For The Turkeys of the Year NYP Lord Black faces extradition to the US if he seeks refuge in Britain Times Online Savvis: CEO Has to Pay Topless Club Bill AP Ex-Halliburton Employee Gets Jail Sentence AP Deals and Consequences NYT A small group of conservative lawyers and a collection of former Merrill Lynch executives say that Mr. Bayly's conviction is a result of prosecutorial overreach. California Sues Sempra Energy CFO For a G.M. Family, the American Dream Vanishes NYT Ford to cut 4,000 jobs in North America Reuters GM and Chery settle Honda FCX: Ride pollution-free USAT Is Google Flying Too High? Business Week Bush Attends Beijing Church WP Says China to cooperate on yuan Trade deficit hangs in delicate imbalance WP Like yin and yang, saving in Asia complements spending in America Asia’s Polite Reception Masks Declining US Influence YaleGlobal China by the Numbers The Big Picture (WSJ) Red faces as China blunders in copper deal TimesO Copper bottom Observer Soaring gas bill forces chemicals firm to cut production Times Online 'Government pressure' delayed pension report Guardian We're partying like it was 1996... Telegraph Sanyo to cut salaries FT Emirates to buy 42 Boeing 777s ~ China to buy 70 Boeing 737s AP Teacher sends threat email to BSE hoping it will crash WebIndia Friday November 18 Copper futures hit all-time high Reuters To M3 or not to M3? Brimelow Report: GM may soon detail job cuts CNN Technical Outlook Weak Despite Rally Comstock Will The U.S. Dollar Overshoot? BCA Research Foreigners Feasting on U.S. Corporate Bonds CFO Financing Outlook - The Good Times Are ver Morgan Stanley A specific target may be a risky way to control inflation AP Greenspan Shoes Aren't Too Big to Fill After All Baum Investing in Case of Stagflation Morningstar Dangers of a runaway mortgage market Jubak Conservative financial institutions -- insurers and pension funds -- are set dead in the path of the runaway train. Economists say U.S. housing market in downdraft Reuters Homes For Sale Pile Up Here Valley Voice More signs of county housing slowdown Press Democrat Boston's building spree rivals '80s boom Boston Globe A Really Dumb Headline MBlog Senate Passes $60 Billion Tax Bill AP House passes deficit-reduction bill Public Officials Aren't Compensated for Swap Risks BL GM, Delphi, CDO Swings Can't Derail Derivatives Gilbert Credit Derivatives Led by Too Few Banks, Fitch Says BL GE to sell unit for $8.5B CBSM Cisco to buy Scientific-Atlanta Cherish the newsprint on your thumbs CS Monitor Anybody want to buy a paper? Norris War brewing over insurance coverage CNN Calpine frozen funds suit adjourns, no ruling yet Reuters 120 arrested on immigration violations at Wal-Mart site USAT Conrad Black denies fraud charges BBC H&R Block cuts fiscal 2006 profit target CBSM Gold at $489, sets fresh 18-year high CBSM Gold at 18-year high after Russia pledges to pile in Telegraph Debate rages on gold's assault on $500/oz Mining W The Manipulation of The Gold Market Murphy 24-hour gold trading comes to Shanghai Shanghai Daily US gold ETF the fastest growing ETF in history Mineweb Are we there yet? Prospect of $100 oil CBSM A Misguided Defense of Sarbanes-Oxley Mises China to Default on Copper Contracts Amid Shortage, Lawyer Says â€œThe market is a strange and mysterious thing and China is still learningâ€ China to LME: Come and get me, copper! Asia TimesÂ Record BL Snow says US must back off on China's currency WP Nikkei near 5-year peak, Toyota hits all-time high Reuters BOJ:Japan Bank Loans To Real Estate Cos Highest Since 98 Dow Jones Made in U.S., Shunned in China NYT Trichet Says ECB Ready to Raise Interest Rates to Stem European Inflation BL ECB's Weber Says U.S. Deficit Risks Global Shake-Up BL Property outlook index falls amid govt curbs Shenzhen Daily Citibank CEO Warns of 2nd Asian Crisis Due to Slow Reforms Korea Times Royal Mail faces surge in pension deficit Times Online OSC vows to tighten reins on hedge fund industry G&M Renault profit warning a challenge AP Citing of Polygamy as a Cause of French Riots Causes Uproar NYT U.S. Accuses Pair of Rigging Iraq Contracts BL Star Rises in Fight Against Bird Flu WP Thursday November 17 Gold Rises Near 18-Year High on Alternative-Investment Demand BL With metals at record highs, what's a trader to do? CBSM GM's Wagoner: No Plans to File for Bankruptcy BL GM's perfect storm Conrad Black, Ex-Hollinger Chief Executive, Is Indicted for Fraud in U.S. BL Mortgage rates climb for 10th straight week AP Industrial Output in U.S. Rises 0.9 Percent; Plant Use at 79.5 Percent BL U.S. Housing Starts Fall 5.6%; Permits Drop by Most in Six Years BL PDF Jobless claims fall to lowest level since April CBSM COMEX gold sprints to 18-year high above $483 an oz Reuters Inflation Brewing and Gold is Shining Aden Good Luck Mr. Bernanke! Faber Bernanke Gives Fed an Explicit Inflation Target Berry ...defense systems set to "Hair Trigger" Mogambo Street Dogs: Ask yourself Business Day Again, Which do you Believe, Gold or the Government? Schiff Home sales shifting into buyer's market USAT Housing prices might be at peak, group says St.PT Home equity for the holidays MSN The world’s worst mortgage Homebuilder index hits a 30-month low CBSM Living well is the best revenge Economist Your columnist signs off, with some thoughts for the coming months on private equity, interest rates—and happinesst Pension overhaul bill gets Senate OK Reuters High energy prices spur a new coal rush AP GM fears cast long shadow CBSM Ford Chases GM Promo NYP GM May Use Up Cash in Delphi Strike as Shares Drop BL GM under gun as Delphi, UAW battle CNN Average cost of new car at 4-year high in quarter USAT Layoffs become more common over holidays AP 'L.A. Times' to cut 85 newsroom jobs AP Tech leaders say Silicon Valley's edge is growing duller SF Gate Dana to Restate Results Back to 2000 CFO Not so NYSE and easy CBSM Oil testimony challenged NYT Farewell, Peter Drucker: A Tribute to an Intellectual Giant Wharton US Current Account Deficit: A Re-examination of the Role of Private Saving RBA OTC derivatives market activity in the first half of 2005 BIS ABS issuance to top $1,000bn FT China to lose 100 mln usd from copper futures bet AFX Chart Could he be China's Nick Leeson? Electric NP Funny dealings in the copper market could cost China... Times Online China to auction 20,000 more tons of copper to ease supply - NDRC AFX Distrust of official data leaves Bank in the dark Telegraph "This is the first time I can remember, apart perhaps from the Bank of Uganda, that a central bank has not believed its statistical office...” China-US trade to hit US$200b mark this year China Daily Beefed-up regulator 'must be more open' Telegraph AC Real Estate files in year's biggest failure Japan Times Why high-tech jobs fly off to India NYT Indian call-center workers suffer abuse SF Gate Turner 'to suggest we work longer' Guardian China confirms its first human bird-flu cases China Daily Fraud charge for Iraqi contractor BBC Wednesday November 16 Gold jumps $10; silver at 11-month high CBSM Dollar gains after data show strong U.S. investment inflow CBSM TIC Oct. Consumer Prices Rise 0.2%; Core Increases 0.2% BL BLS Inventory-to-sales ratio falls to record low in Sept. CBSM Census Still on Overdrive Cross Currents Greenspan's Legacy Of Debt Kasriel PDF The Guardian of Price Stability? Home prices show sharp increases AP NAR Many indicators point to a major slowdown in home prices CNN Housing Prices Shooting Up Throughout District WP U.S. mortgage applications increase last week MBA Dollar Reaches 27-Month High Against Yen as Fed, BOJ Differ on Rate Policy BL Hedge funds headed for a fall? CNN Hedge funds, which have had a tough year so far and a particularly nasty October, could be headed for a spectacular fall. Are We Running Out of Oil? Yahoo Spotlight Wells Fargo sees $175 mln loss from Q4 bankruptcies Reuters Former Goldcorp chair wary of using debt for buys Reuters Enron settles with Feds for $1.5 billion Reuters MStanley Will Fire Two Dozen Senior Investment Bankers, Person Says BL First-class stamps to rise by 2 cents on Jan. 8 AP Truffle Sells for Record $111,000; Flown to Hong Kong BL Copper Falls on Speculation China Seeks to Export 200,000 Tons BL Copper hits record on Chinese whispers Tele China denies links to trader FT Copper puzzle raises questions for Beijing FT Financial fears as top China trader goes missing Scotsman The Myth of the New American Gold Standard Fekete Has gold lost its war chest status? Mining Weekly GFMS Global Hedge Book Platinum hits near-26-year high Reuters Demand outstrips supply for 7th-year Top Investor Warns Gold Producer Mine Lives Too Short Wood On the hunt for a conspiracy theory CS Monitor JPMorgan, Other Investors Find Less Profit in Asia's Bad Loans BL BOJ to Keep Zero Rates, Pump Cash Into Economy, Survey Shows BL Koizumi vs Fukui Trumps Bush vs Greenspan Pesek Bank of England Trims Growth, Inflation Forecasts BL Germany's Merkel Won't Survive Economic Crisis BL The cost of public sector pensions is twice the national debt Inde Brazil's Currency Rebounds Ahead of Palocci's Testimony in Congress Today BL Energy giants to be forced to open markets Telegraph Disputed £2bn tax bill knocks Vodafone Times Online Bird flu could start a capital flight Australian Bird flu could cut US poultry demand by 50 pct-USDA Reuters Tuesday November 15 Investor tax cuts dropped by Senate CBSM Pension Agency Reports $22.8B Shortfall AP PBGC Bernanke Pledges `Continuity'... BL To Go Slow on Targeting ~ Ts Rise Fed's Moskow sees higher rates CBSM Gold rises above $470 CBSM Russian May Double Gold Reserves RI Fears about GM bankruptcy rising on Wall Street AP As General Motors Falls, Kerkorian Keeps Buying BL Schwab to miss forecasts, fined by NYSE Reuters Fund managers warm to U.S. equities CBSM October Producer Prices Rise 0.7%; Core Prices Fall 0.3% BL BLS Oct. retail sales fall 0.1% CBSM Census Empire State Manufacturing Survey US chain store sales fall in the latest week-ICSC Reuters Bernanke Unwrapped WP C-SPAN (10:00 AM) The public will get its first extended look at the little-known Bernanke today For Bernanke, Short Hearing May Spell Long Tenure BL Bernanke and the Bank Rally TheStreet A hawkish appearance would be bad news for financial stocks. Inflation Issue to Dominate Questioning of Fed Choice NYT A 'fiscal hurricane' on the horizon USAT Curse of The Tight Spread Grant When Profits go Poof Benson How to Unlearn Economics 101 EW Signs of Sickness in the U.S. Consumer Trumpet Natural Gas Poses Threat to Economy NYT Report: Housing market cooling CNN (from WSJ) Easy Money Has Been Made Target Says Sales May Fall Below Forecast BL Hurricanes hit AIG Reuters No holiday bonus at 60% of companies CNN Tax Burden Is Rising, Survey Finds WSJ GM’s derivatives show rising bets on bankruptcy Bloomberg GM hangs out red tags; others mull discounts Chicago Tribune Without deep discounts sales plunged 26 percent... Why would anyone buy a Newspaper Company? Slate Knight Ridder to Consider Selling Company AP Exchanges' rush to go public Hulbert Delta: Strike Would Be 'Murder-Suicide' AP Warren Buffett, Unplugged WSJ Berkshire Doubles Tyco Stake, Sells Shares of Pier 1 BL Soros loads up on techs Reuters NBC says Martha Stewart is out Reuters Accounting's New Frontier: Pensions Business Week For Ford, GM, Boeing, and many others, this could be tricky Companies playing a charade on pension accounting HC Former Refco Executives Sued TheStreet SEC Probing TDS, US Cell CFO Company Reports $70 Million Embezzlement SEC Looking at Backdated Options Grants CFO Bogle's Beefs Forbes The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism Amazon Record central bank gold sales seen I-net The Yellow Book Fortis SA’s gold output ‘likely to hit an 80-year low’ I-net Johnson Matthey Sees Platinum At $1,030/Oz In Next 6 Mos DJ PDF City gripped by mystery of the phantom copper dealer TOnline A Chinese trader gambled millions on behalf of his government. Now he has disappeared Mystery over copper bets Standard Currency issue front-and-center as Bush visits China CBSM Report questions future dominance of India, China Boston Globe Telstra to Cut as Many as 12,000 Jobs, Predicts Larger Decline in Earnings BL Asda struggling as it admits to flat sales Guardian Brazil markets fall as pressure mounts on Palocci Reuters The Bear Is Back - Russia's Rising Star KWR Awash in Petrodollars, Russia Frets About the Paradoxes of Bounty NYT $A sinks to 13-month low as $US soars AFR Banks warn over Basel delay FT Monday November 14 Gold grinds on, with Fed lending a hand CBSM Why does the Fed no longer want to report the total quantity of dollars in circulation? Greenspan: U.S. current account deficit cannot grow forever FED The Green Ben Bernanke Willie The Elastic World Roach Bursting of Oil Bubble Revives Growth Expectations Xie Wal-Mart Has Smallest Profit Increase in Four Years on Storms; Sales Climb BL Niznaya brodo, nyeh suizio vwodo Hussman A year-end rally for no good reason MSN (Fleck) Bernanke faces Hill balancing act ~ Tough Questions Await WSJ US economy, Ben Bernanke and recession Brookesnews Fed's remorseless rate rise may continue, but... King The US rope trick, or how to keep the dollar up Guardian The deficit is at a new high but the greenback defies gravity. Where's the logic? Strong Dollar Scares a Few Bears WSJ Foreign Investors Lose Appetite for Treasuries as Deficit Rises B Fed Announces it Will Hide M-3 SH Unpleasant M3 Trend FSU Hedge fund boot camp prepares U.S. SEC inspectors Reuters Hedge Fund Services May Bring Wall Street a Record $7.5 Billion of Fees BL Quitting the hedge fund biz Reuters Hedge Fund Sleuths Business Week For sizable fees, they put secretive investment partnerships under a microscope Hedge funds outraged at 50-pound breakfast Reuters Want Home Prices to Hold Up? Try Curbing Building BL Will They Come? WP Affordable-housing advocate feeling squeeze Arizona Republic Investors climbing all over forest land WSJ Georgia-Pacific to Be Bought by Koch Industries for $13.2 Billion in Cash BL Host Marriott to Pay $3.3B for 38 Hotels AP GM's Default Swaps, Options Show Bets on Bankruptcy BL Retailers fear decline in holiday sales, tough 2006 Crain’s Det Storms could push oil rig design change USAT Big Pharma's big headache: Beating back the generics G&M Oracle At Delphi Byron Google lawsuit poses dilemma Seattle Times Platinum hits quarter-century peak, gold firms Reuters Copper: Turn Bearish At Your Peril AIR Obscure Economic Indicator: The Price of Copper Slate Mad Money Man Jim Cramer on 60 Minutes 60M “I have a gift, Dan. I have a gift to turn people on to this stuff...” Japan's Current Account Surplus Widens on Slowing Import Growth BL Japan's Prime Minister Koizumi Pressures BOJ to Maintain Policy BL Germany risks Japanese-style lost decade Times Online Is the Australian economy sinking into recession? Brookesnews China Offers Money to Back Oil Companies' Global Buying Spree BL China faces vehicle production glut AFP Securitizing Reserves May Be Clever, And Risky BL Mass-market hedge fund created Guardian Man Group attacked for 'specious' refusal to supply evidence Guardian Why asset-rich over-60s walk on the wild side Independent Credit card fees could return as debts mount Reuters Feckless borrowers confess sins? BBC Iran denies claims about nuclear plan Guardian Dollar May Gain on Speculation Higher Yields in U.S. to Attract Investment BL Gold May Gain for 2nd Week on Concern Inflation Will Pick Up BL Weekend Edition (Nov 12-13) This Time It's Different Mauldin (Pollyanna) Poole on the Current Account Noland Derivatives Disaster, Hedge Fund Monsters? Chapman The Coming Disaster in the Derivatives Market SH US Dollar ... What the …? Bloom Trading XOI Volume Zeal Protecting your stock market investments Ledger Dispatch Ian Gordon Reviews His Deflationary K-Winter Thesis Taylor Housing bubble's burst could cost 1 million jobs and cause a recession AP For some boomers, bills trump retirement Boston Globe The Great Global Buyout Bubble NYT So far this year, buyout firms have spent more than $130 billion gobbling up parts of corporate America. Can GM Stop Blowing Cash? Business Week Pink Sheets scams may give investors nightmares USAT Wal-Mart's Nov Sales Are Rising Within Its Forecast, Led By Groceries BL The Human Social Experience Forms a Fractal EW (R) Peter Drucker, a Pioneer in Social and Management Theory, Is Dead at 95 NYT Steps to Take Before the Collective Well Runs Dry NYT Silver: Good As Gold SH Checking Back in on Gold Schaeffers German borrowing to hit record, gold sales planned Reuters China May Surpass Germany as World's 3rd-Largest Vehicle BL APEC consumed by WTO deadlock, bird flu fears AFP Friday November 11 Copper prices touch lifetime high CBSM Nat-gas futures up as much as 4% Spendthrift Nation SF Fed (Lansing) No Way Out For the Fed Comstock In Greenspan's Math, Inflation Is Always Zero Baum Legacy of debt Hill If only consumers could see things Alan Greenspan's way Is central bank independence all it’s cracked up to be? Daily Times A Seat at the Table WSJ Economists Say Senate Should Quiz Bernanke On Inflation Target; Growth Forecasts Are Cut Globalization and the Dollar Merk The Rise of the Dollar.com Schiff Bugos Don't Blame Trade For U.S. Job Losses McKinsey Quarterly Home builders sweeten incentives as demand slows WSJ Housing Market Cooling, Data Say WP The Fading Housing Frenzy Consumer Affairs Housing forecast: downturn until '07 Boston Globe Does Real Estate Belong in a Class by Itself? BL Recycling the petrodollars Economist Exporters of oil are saving more of their recent windfall than in previous price booms. It's hard to spot where the money is going Did crude's bull market just end? CBSM Crude breaks 200-day moving average Rule Would Put Pension Deficits On the Books WP Stock ownership on the rise CBSM ICI Half of U.S. households invested, mostly through funds What's wrong with $100 billion mutual funds Slate How bullish are buybacks? Hulbert Lining up for profits Economist After losing $43B in five years, airlines are at the beginning of a massive boom Refco Is Left With 20 Units, About $1.25 Billion Cash After Man Group Sale BL Fannie Mae Finds More Errors, Names New CFO WP Report: Halliburton mishandled funds CBSM Voters Shrug Off Bad News, Approve Bargeload of Bonds BL House GOP Leaders Scuttle Budget-Cut Vote AP Bush Leaves GOP in Crisis Buchanan Japan's Economy Expanded at 1.7% Pace, More Than Estimated BL ECB to issue warning on cost of running deficits FT Yuan stability faces pressure: central banker Shenzhen Daily Asian Bond Markets Get Much-Needed Spotlight Pesek Link REIT to raise $19.8b if shares sold at top price Standard Cry for Me Argentina AEI Inflation shoots above 400 percent mark in Zimbabwe Xinhua The Rioting in France and the Decline of the State DNI Angry Jordanians Mourn Dead, and a Bruised Image NYT Thursday November 10 Dell's Profit Falls 28 Percent as Consumers Switch to Less-Expensive PCs BL U.S. stocks rally on crude, auction CBSM Consumer sentiment rebounds in Nov. CBSM Mortgage rates continue to rise AP General Motors Shares Drop on Restatement, Quadrupling of Quarterly Loss BL Trade gap widens to new record in Sept. CBSM Census ~ JClaims Up Gold breaks dollar shackles to trade higher Reuters Cisco, General Motors, Fannie Mae CBSM Fed rates headed higher, no hint on pause Reuters How Hedge Funds Move The Market Crudele The Straining Straps of the Straightjacket Mogambo What, Me Worry? Axcess News Classical Exuberance WP What's Up Doc? Kirby Greenspan's Quote Struck a Chord With a Composer Big Bonds Win Big in Post-Katrina Spending Rebound BL Spying on the SPY Schaeffers New pressure on 'big oil' CS Monitor $100 Oil - Not so far fetched Financial Sense Construction Costs Soaring Fool Blame Bush, Congress for Busted Federal Budget Berry You bet your house: Home price futures are coming USAT Do senators know what investors don't? Brimelow Interactive Brokers Withdraws Bid for Refco Assets, People Familiar Say BL Hedge fund manager accused of defrauding clients AP Hedge funds hide in plain sight CNN Man Group Wins Refco Auction; Some Creditors to Challenge Pact BL Intel Raises Dividend by 25 Percent, Authorizes $25 Billion Share Buyback BL Fraud Examiners Doubt SOX Will Change Culture Smart Pros CFTC plans new guidelines for futures exchanges FT Dell's Rollins May Miss Annual Sales Goal as Third-Quarter Growth Slows BL Fannie Finds More Accounting Violations, Names Blakely Finance Chief Â BL Amtrak fires president after damning Congress report AFP Bush Borrowed More Than All Previous Presidents Combined, Group Says CNS China's Trade Surplus Swells to Record $12.01 Billion on Toys, TVs BL Asia/Pacific: The Fear Factor Xie Japanese machinery orders take a dive AFP A slowdown will expose the economy's soft underbelly Guardian BoE leaves interest rate uncut Scotsman BoE should have been bolder and cut rates - BCC Forbes Full-time jobs rate plunges ABC Bird flu worst threat since 1997 financial crisis Shanghai Daily Snow sees India as 'economic powerhouse' Dow Jones Siemens Quarterly Profit Drops to Lowest in Three Years on Division Losses BL Prosecutors indict Doosan group owner AFP Judge nudges Portus closer to bankruptcy G&M France's Rioters Reveal Social, Economic Sloth BL Wednesday November 9 Fed's Poole sees little risk from US current acc't Reuters Oil Company Execs Defend Huge Profits AP Cisco Profit Declines 9.7 Percent on Costs to Expense Options; Sales Rise BL GM to Restate 2001 Earnings, Revises Second-Quarter Loss to $1.07 Billion BL Treasuries Tumble After Foreign Demand Slumps at $13 Billion U.S. Auction BL U.S. crude stocks climb a fifth week: Energy Dept CBSM EIA Refco Disqualifies Bidder Alaron From Bankruptcy Auction, Greenberg Says BL Stocks set for lower opening CBSM With a pfffffffft or a fizzle Economist The air is coming out of Americaâ€™s property-price bubble. Will a Bursting Bubble Trouble Bernanke? CEPR PDF Housing bubble springs a leak Newsday Home Purchase Applications Increase In Latest MBA Survey MBA Dollar party may be over soon CNN When Warrenâ€™s What Becomes Why AIR U.S. Employment: Has The Slowdown Begun? BCA Research Greenspan Leaves His Mark on the Stock Market Too BL What Would Greenspan Prefer in 2006: Inflation or Deflation? FSU Changing Times at the Fed WSJ Why Money Supply Matters Mises Shadows of Foreign Debt Sennholz Spy Versus Spy Schaeffers Over a Barrel Mother Jones Experts say we're about to run out of oil. But we're nowhere near having another technology ready to take its place. How soon will world's oil supplies peak? CS Monitor Heating fuel to jump nearly 30% AP EIA Monthly Outlook Oil Executives Face Senate Scrutiny Today WP Oil industry leaders to take defiant line in hearings FT Arctic Oil Drilling Goes to House Vote WP Soaring Costs Have Md. Aluminum Plant on the Brink WP Kraft Raises Product Prices CBS Forget Everything You Know About Oil? ~Â Book Buybacks Surge, with Uneven Results CFO Technology companies have especially been eager to enhance shareholder value, but the strategy doesn't always work. Watch Out, They Bite! TIME How hedge funds tied to embattled broker Refco used â€˜naked short sellingâ€ to plunder small companies Refco's Collapse Marks Onset of Outrage Fatigue Gilbert There's something almost heroic in Bennett's efforts to keep the smoke from clearing and the mirrors from cracking Refco's flameout ends history of ups, downs USAT Credit Suisse gets subpoenas over Refco Reuters Refco scandal called 'significant blow' to industry FT Refco Customers Are Seeking $1.8 Billion in Accounts BL Former Refco CEO to unveil new trading venture USAT AIG to Restate Financial Results Again, Increasing Profit by $500 Million BL Avoiding Las Vegas Slate Is the hottest destination in America cooling off? Old Computer, New Woes for Freddie Mac CFO BofA charges fee when other banks' ATMs reject you NYDN Bank of NY confesses in laundering case Reuters SEC Probes Guidant as J&J Backs Away CFO Trial Begins for Former HealthSouth Exec CFO Nickel Stock Hits $90, Spurs Frenzy and Suspension NYP The company - which reported $4,000 in assets in June - had a market value of $133 million Another Top Accountant Leaving the SEC WebCPA When C.E.O.'s Are Entangled in Their Own Web of Words NYT Gunning for Google Business Week Gates Warns of 'Sea Change' in Memo AP Dotcom boom and bust tops list of Internet watersheds AFP Delay sought in NYSE's Archipelago purchase AP Gold Trades Near a 3-Day High - French Riots Spur Buying BL Fortis Metals Monthly PDF Analysts see shift in gold, greenback correlation Globe & Mail More gold M&A ahead: Merrill Globe & Mail Companies rush to find Alaska gold News-Miner Platinum hits 25-1/2-year peak, gold extends gains Reuters Mountains of Corn and a Sea of Farm Subsidies NYT Investors find growth in credit derivatives FT Bush Says He Will Seek More Currency Flexibility From China on Trip B Recycling Petro-Dollars CIBC PDF Goodbye Obsolete G-7, Meet the Relevant G-20 Pesek ECB may target overspending nations' bonds - FT Reuters FSA threatens hedge funds with pincers Telegraph Debtors are going for broke Telegraph Canadian housing starts fall 10% G&M Emerging Market Debt Issuers In Final Dash To Raise Cash Dow Jones Emerging market sovereign and corporate issuers have printed $275.49 billion in new bonds so far in 2005, up almost 23% on the ear Young Indonesian executives fight a business culture of corruption IHT ASIC eyes insider claims Herald Sun Watchdog will investigate revelations 10 millionaires plunged money into a company shortly before the release of news that sent its share price soaring Italy Revisits Scandal Over Borodin's Deals Moscow Times Banks fuel inflation with customer debt targets Scoop Why are staff paid incentives to get customers into more debt, and why is it if they don't sell enough their job can be threatened? Zimbabwe warns U.S ambassador risks expulsion Reuters Louisiana's swamped economy CS Monitor The state may get a boost from post-Katrina rebuilding. But for now a budget crisis looms. Company under fire won Katrina contracts USAT Tuesday November 8 Stocks drop amid housing bubble concerns AP Gold futures climb back toward $463 CBSM Deficits at Home, Welfare Abroad Paul Leaders fiddle as France burns Telegraph Euro Drops to 2-year Low Vs Dollar ~ Rioting in France Escalates New French curfew laws as euro falls on riot fears FT Party may be over -- for now CNN Chain store sales rise -Redbook Reuters Here’s Some Corporate News You May Have Missed Crudele 2 of the world’s smartest got their very public dollar call very wrong? Black Swan Inflation’s alive and well, though unseen MoneyWeb Investors warned of stock bubble The Oklahoman Investors don't recognize the nearly unprecedented three-year surge in stocks because most are "mentally anchored" to March 2000 Global: Is Global Excess Liquidity Drying Up? MS Warning as world faces $17,000bn energy bill Times Online It's Not Your Dad's Oil Story Newsweek A Pension Rule, Sometimes Murky, Is Under Pressure NYT Consumers may have to cut spending DiMartino Who can remember the last three months of 1991? Few people on Wall Street can, apparently. That happens to be the last time consumer spending slowed in this country. With $200,000 in debt, where do you start? USAT Flyi Inc. Files for Bankruptcy Protection AP Toll Rings Alarm Bells TheStreet Dell's outlook now stable, was positive - Fitch Reuters US newspapers suffer from circulation fall FT NYSE Seat Holder May Avoid Jail Time AP Refco Bonds Soar Following Charges NYP The story behind Refco's collapse Account frozen in Placer probe G&M Scrushy returns to an unwelcome spotlight FT Icahn takes 9.3% of Fairmont Hotels CBSM Criticizing film could work against Wal-Mart USAT Wall Street bonuses set to soar? CNN Real-Estate Porn, Complete With Greed, Lust, Names BL The little-noticed, little-understood bull market Russell US, China reach textile agreement China Daily ECB's Trichet Poised to End Armistice on Rates Gilbert Surprise fall in industrial activity The Herald First leveraged loan CDS transaction FT Lula, in Sweeping Defense of Bribery Charges, Says He Knew of No Scheme BL Chavez's Venezuela Ranch, Factory Seizures Spark Friction, Lawsuits, Fear BL Chinese companies to fight BASF injunctions FT Monday November 7 Buffett Reduces Berkshire's Bet Against Dollar After Losses BL Asian Convergence Roach Diverse Opinions Xie Consumer credit dips unexpectedly Reuters FED US mortgage bond prepayments fell in October Reuters Treasuries Gain ~ Futures Up ~ Dollar Mixed, Gold Rises in Europe Speculating on Speculation Hussman A Year-End Rally? History Says Yes, But... WSJ Reserved NYT (Lowenstein) Agency sees world demand for oil climbing AP -- http://www.worldenergyoutlook.org/ High oil prices seen hurting global economy AP IEA says world's energy policy is not sustainable Reuters Gasoline prices fall 23 cents-survey Reuters Oil falls below $60 America 'is facing a pensions crisis' Times Online It's a slow road to pension reform CS Monitor Pension Powder Byron Merrill Lynch, CIBC, Eaton Vance, Give Up on Treasury Rally BL Darkness before the dawn? Hulbert Bond timing newsletters have never been more bearish than they are right now. Power crunch in the desert Cox In Connecticut, A New Cop Walks Hedge-Fund Beat WSJ Papers Suggest Wal-Mart Knew of Illegal Workers WSJ Guidant sues Johnson & Johnson BL Software shenanigans and Dell's dilemma MSN (Fleck) Dell may be past its best days: Barron's Reuters Microsoft makes fresh move to Web, challenging Google, Yahoo AFP Alwaleed, Undaunted by Citigroup's Decline, Says Stock May Rise 50% BL Simplifying the Tax Code Proves Too Complicated Baum Gold Prices May Rise on Concern Fed Will Fail to Slow Inflation BLTop in Gold? Global gold hedge books fall in Q3 as forward sales plunge, options rise GFMS Gold a good asset for predicting inflation Reuters Silver group fires bullet at ETF CBSM China, U.S. agree on textiles: report CBSM The agreement, which controls China's access to U.S. markets through 2008, is said to be similar to one that China signed earlier this year with the European Union. Central bankers see markets cope with tighter money Reuters China can learn from Japan's economic pain King State-controlled banks distorting the economy Asahi Portman, Under Fire, Tries to Ratchet Up Pressure on China BL ECB's Garganas Says Money Supply Growth Is a Risk BL Slick property dealers a little daunted by Hong Kong interest rate hikes AFP Don’t get suckered by the house price rally Times Online Retailers fear doom-mongers will hurt sales Times Online Financial services' tax out of proportion FT SFO probes British firms in oil-for-food scandal Times Online Is that the fifth horseman of the apocalypse riding by? Scotsman Are we heading back to 1987? Stuff Central Bank raises key interest rates - Jordan JTimes Truth Best Serum to Fight Bird Flu Pandemic BL Bird flu could cost nations $550B Reuters Weekend Edition (Nov 5-6) Zero? Less Than Zero? CNN An analyst at a prominent bank is forecasting no corporate profit growth next year. Could it happen? Bears knocking at the door CNN Sept. trade gap should shatter records CBS Thoughts on Pensions and Retirement Mauldin The Bernanke Fed Saville White House looks to round out Fed board R The Week Ahead: He's Got the Whole Curve in His Hands CIBC PDF The Global Financial Sphere Noland Trading the Oil-Stock Bull Zeal Powerful Silver ETF Texas Hedge A Hyperinflationary Omen? Tanashian Defined-benefit Plans Face $218B Deficit CFO ''A flat stock market, combined with a growing pension obligation, does not bode well'' How long can consumers keep economy going? AP GM sweetens rebates on '05 models Reuters Wide-Flying Moguls: Google Duo's New Jet Is a Boeing 767-200 WSJ Buffett's Berkshire Says Net Fell to Lowest Since 2001 on Hurricane Losses BL Pimco’s Gross in biggest stamp deal in 100 years Reuters U.S., China Reach Agreement to Limit Clothing Exports During Next 3 Years BL Americas Summit Ends With Nations Split Over US Proposal for Free Trade BL An Unsafe World For US Companies Asia Times Steel, the 'new textiles' for China Asia Times Silicon Valley investors love - and fear - China IHT Japanese Equities: Overbought BCA Research Insolvency figures at highest on record Times Online ’Menace’ jailed for 4 years in fraud case Times Online Ford to cut more than 1,000 jobs in Germany AFP Friday November 4 Economy Adds 56,000 Jobs, Fewer Than Forecast BL BLS Dollar Advances to Highest in 26 Months Versus Yen Before Jobs Report BL It’s Still About Yield! Black Swan PDF Watch Out Below Comstock Too Much of a Good Thing? TheStreet Is all the talk of a 'year-end rally' reaching overly exuberant levels? Worldwide economic crunch seems inevitable Financial Express Too much cheap credit, thanks to short-sighted central bankers, has created a global liquidity bubble Flood of capital to invest spurs world-wide risk taking WSJ World pension, insurance and mutual funds have $46 trillion at their disposal, up almost a third from 2000. In the same period global central-bank reserves have doubled to $4 trillion, and other gauges of available capital have risen as well 5 reasons the Fed will fumble in 2006 Jubak How to outdo Greenspan Washington Times To Fight Rising Prices, Fed Nominee May Need New Weapons N Something Beats Nothing, Mr. Greenspan KasrielÂ PDF The Fed And Credit Markets S&PÂ PDF Monetary Credibility, Inflation, and Economic Growth FED Has The Real Estate Bubble Burst? CBSÂ Car.org The condo craze is all bubble MSN High-end homes getting harder to unload AP Profits Up, Gas Prices Down, Oil Stocks ....? EW Profits soar, but stocks pause CS Monitor Bears Emerge at REIT Convention TheStreet U.S. Airlines -- All-Time Losers, and Counting BL SEC Probe on Gryphon Fund TheStreet Another Refco bidder emerges Reuters Oracle Finance Chief Maffei to Resign After Clashing With Top Executives BL Comcast Confronts Bundle of Trouble TheStreet The Short View: Shedding light on the role of gold FT The Dollar - It's Now or Never... Maund Bank of Japan's Course Might Renew Deflation Berry China Can Withstand More Flexible Currency, CenBank Zhou Says BL China market sued over fake goods BBC U.K. Personal Insolvencies Reached Record in Third Quarter BL Financial Times editor steps down Guardian Paris-Area Riots Spread to 20 Towns AP Deep roots of Paris riots CS Monitor China has fourth bird flu outbreak CNN Bird flu could 'push world into recession' Scotsman Bird flu 'could cost $283bn' Guardian Thursday November 3 Greenspan Warns U.S. on Budget Deficits AP Testimony FED Guidant Sued by Spitzer, Accused of Misleading Doctors BL Merck Wins Federal Judge Freezes $3 Million in Assets in Placer Dome Case BL GM: Bracing for a Crash? Business Week Big Three plant closings loom Globe & Mail Sept. factory orders fall 1.7% Census Productivity Up 4.1%; Labor Costs Unexpectedly Drop BL BLS ~ Futures Jump Storm-Related Job Losses Climb on Wilma AP Economy in bad shape, expert says ABC (Roach) Ask not for whom the bell tolls, America, it is tollign for thee DeLong Assaying the World â€œSavings Glutâ€ NBER PDF Stocks & Crude: A Day, A Month, Big Drop, Big ??? EW After a grim month, Merrill timing indicator flashes "sell" signal CBSM Cheap debt makes M&A deals fly but bondholders fear a heavy landing FT Bernanke Runs Conservative Portfolio IBD â€œBernanke's Canadian Treasury bonds could be a currency playâ€ Why repo men are getting rich Slate One-third of consumers to spend less this holiday season CBSM Goodbye, My Sweet Deduction NYT Linking up a Hedge Fund, a Revolution and the Fall of the Berlin Wall Wharton Hedge fund deadline fast approaching CNN Hedge Clipped $100M NYP Henry Blodget Is Back Selling Internet Moonshine Gilbert Reading Blodget's views on the likes of Yahoo! and Amazon is akin to hearing Kenneth Lay lecture on accounting, or Dennis Kozlowski comment on executive perks. The skin crawls. The hackles rise. It all seems a bit surreal. Google: The $400 gorilla CNNÂ We've jumped on this train before . . . CBSM It wasn't that long ago when many investors were touting Cisco as a company that could be the first to hit the trillion dollar market value. CFTC Objects to Any Refco Sale That Shields Officers BL Cold Weather Lifts October Retail Sales AP Wal-Mart October Sales Rise 4.3%, More Than Forecast, on Gas Prices BL Wal-Mart documentary debuts with a fracas NYT Stock-option Manipulation at Mercury CFO US to unveil new stance on control of airlines FT Videotapes plunging into obscurity CS Monitor Fed, Dollar Conspire Against Gold TheStreet SUA's Anti-ETF Argument "Just Plain Wrong" Mineweb SEC Begins Probe of Trades in Placer Dome Options BL ECB Keeps 2% Interest Rate Unchanged for 29th Month BL Citizens' Fears over Globalization and Jobs Divide the EU Wharton Retail sales droop; trade deficit widens Australian FR Flat owners face price hit as banks step up rates pace Standard Deflation warning by official adviser Standard Surveys show cooling in manufacturing activity Standard US warns trade talks could fail BBC Billions of dollars will be lost if trade protection continues, says Lamy Guardian Time to push collateral borrowing: RBI paper Business Standard Kuwait Raises Rate to Six Percent AFP The swift rise and fall of the Bank of Crooks and Cocaine Times Online Putin may force Shell to carry cost of Sakhalin overruns Times Online Algoma rejects request for special meeting Reuters More suspect Mediaset bank accounts are found Swiss Info Gang fails in cash machine raid BBC Avian Flu Outbreak May Kill 1.9 Million Americans BL Lessons From the 1918 Flu WSJ Bush Faces Rising Anti-U.S. Sentiment at Summit of Americas BL Wednesday November 2 30-Year Bond to Return February 9 CFO More Signs of Weakening Momentum In The Economy - Housing and Cars NT Without raises, recession coming Burns IEA warns of 50% oil price rise by 2030 FT BCCI liquidators drop £1bn case BBC Refco Slams Rogers Over $362M Claim NYP Layoffs rise 13% to 81,301 in October CBSM How To Break the Irony of Too Much Success PIMCO (McCulley) Bill Clinton: Bush making 'grievous error' with deficits CBSM Monetary dislocation to show up in the price of gold Black Swan PDF Volcker urges inflation vigilance Reuters Waking the dogs Economist Financial markets have been eerily calm for most of the past 2-years. No longer The stock market has been particularly volatile in recent sessions Hulbert Fed Has Eye on Housing TheStreet Here's What the Fed DIDN'T Raise EW Fed May Be on Road to Neutral Monetary Policy Berry It All Depends on the Meaning of Accommodative Baum The Questionable Legacy of Alan Greenspan Palley U.S. Growth: As Good As It Gets BCA Research Natl Gas: The Grinch That Steals Holiday Spending? NBR Ho, ho, hum Kellner Overheated housing market cooling off USAT US home loan requests fall MBA Decennial Cycle Gains Cross Currents There's no money to pay girls to take their clothes off! Mogambo Delphi defied FT How the credit derivatives business is finding ways to retain its poise Delphi bankruptcy impact $10 bln: study BG PDF File Stock Options, Meet Pro Forma CFO ''It's getting to the point where we're almost talking about earnings before costs" More grads moonlighting to make ends meet WSJ Study casts shadow on options trading Chicago ST The manipulation, which is illegal, takes place in the final days before options expire within a given month... SEC: Firm Traded on Stolen PR CFO Izzy Englander in SEC settlement talks Fortune What Do You Think of Enron? WP Windfall oil profits may lead to merger blitz WSJ Republican wants Big Oil to share 10 pct profits Reuters Black Friday at Wal-Mart revealed? CNN NYMEX crude hovering below $60 ahead of U.S. data Reuters Copper bubble feared NYT Some investors contend that the boom in growth from China and India has sparked a whole new paradigm for metals and fuel prices Gold: The Financial Story of the Century G-E The blood of capitalism -- oil Russell China's War Chest Forbes Matalan deepens high street gloom Guardian The interest rate noose tightens on the $A TheAge Australia building approvals much weaker than expected Reuters Factories see bleakest prospects in 10 years Globe & Mail Bond bears Telegraph Issuance of junk bonds slides FT BAA will cut 700 jobs by 2007 to save £45m Times Online Snafu leaves investors sidelined Yomiuri Rogue builders con pensioners Guardian Deutsche Telekom to Cut 32,000 Jobs Over Three Years at Cost of $4 Billion BL Black expected to sue U.S. over seized funds Globe & Mail Syria upbeat on ability to cope with UN sanctions FT Democrats close Senate to push war probe CNN Tuesday November 1 Crude Ends Below $60 For 1st Time In 3 Months Dow Jones Fed Raises Overnight Lending Rate to 4% BL Statement ~ $ Up Bush to Propose $7.1 Bln Plan to Guard U.S. Against Bird Flu BL Toyota's U.S. Auto Sales Rise; General Motors, Ford, Chrysler Lose Ground BL Ex-Dynegy Executive Jamie Olis Has 24-Year Jail Term for Fraud Overturned BL Gold falls, set to extend two-day loss CBSM Manufacturing Expands at Second-Fastest Pace of 2005 in ISM Index BL ISM Fed rate hike a foregone conclusion CBSM CBOT Fed Watch ~ FED So long Alan and 'measured?' CNN Welcome To The Real Word Contrary Investor Here’s A More Likely Reason For The Market’s Big Rally Crudele Bursting Bernanke's Bubble Tom Paine Bernanke May Be Caught Between Inflation, Slowdown Concerns BL Bernanke Faces Stiff Challenges Forbes Treasury to borrow $96 billion in fourth quarter CBSM US Treas U.S. plans to borrow record $171 billion in first quarter The threat behind consumer spending CNN Slowing Growth? Angry Bear The consumer fell off a spending cliff in August and September! Wall Street's 'Brainwashing Machine' Farrell 10 psychological strategies controlling your mind Asian financial crisis link in Refco collapse Standard “During the Asian crisis, we were very concerned that big investors could leave a firm like Refco holding the bag. It sounds like Bennett may have avoided all that by covering those loans himself.” October could be worst for hedge funds since 2000 Reuters Discover says bankruptcy spike could add $250 mln to charges Reuters UAL quarterly loss widens on restructuring costs Reuters Bumpy road for GM, Ford CNN Ford may cut engineering jobs A New Weapon for Wal-Mart: A War Room NYT Labor Deal With Wal-Mart Criticized WP Firm in $450 bln Exxon bid run from flat Reuters Qwest Agrees to $400M Settlement of Shareholder Suits Over Accounts BL Revenue Recognition a Top Concern CFO Tax 'em Till They Turn Red Slate The Bush tax panel's plan to screw Democrats. Trump Swaps Snipes NYP Overstock's phantom menace Fortune There are two old maxims on the Street: One, you can't destroy a fundamentally healthy company through market manipulation. And two, if a company begins to complain about short-sellers, watch out, because something else is very wrong. The Free Market Is Killing Americans, Ex-Merrill Trader Writes BL Funds Bet on China Real Estate as Boom Falters BL Shanghai built more skyscrapers in 15 years than New York did in a century, Beijing has the equivalent of three Manhattans under construction, and China's government says it's concerned about a property bubble. Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and other investors are undeterred. Bam’s chief investment officer looks to Asia as he warns of global instability HW China’s railways welcome foreign investors on board FT China Port Backlog Threatens Growth, Shipbrokers Say BL RMB tending towards further appreciation Xinhua Steel mills to slash production China Daily Trade frictions cast shadow over exports China Daily Oil Investors Tapped Out Of Wells WP China Orders Private Drillers to Halt Desert Operations TSE Says Trading System Isn't Working BL TSE Nikkei surges to 4-yr high European Manufacturing Growth Fastest in 13 Months BL India's Housing Boom Has a `Knowledge' Problem BL CBI attacks government climbdown on pensions Times Online Household ability to repay debt still fragile Korea Herald Secret Shareholder Data for Sale Moscow Times Chavez now aims for corporate-owned land CS Monitor US ‘had no policy’ in place to rebuild Iraq FT The Plame Affair and the Decline of The State DNI