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New ADP Count Slashes Job Creation for September CNBC U.S. Stocks to Open After Longest Storm Outage Since 1888 BL Acampora Home vacancy rate falls to pre-housing bubble levels Reuters Shiller: Housing Likely Bottomed, but Ample Worries Remain DTicker 9 scenarios and all lead to stock plunge Farrell U.S. of A(sia) - United to Weaken the Dollar?! Merk Fed’s Kocherlakota: Fed May Not Be Providing Enough Stimulus WSJ Shilling: Who Loses When Fed Keeps Interest Rates Low? BL Insiders providing a ray of sunshine Hulbert Switch: Business Confidence Sinks While Consumer Confidence Lifts Sonders The Virtual Recovery Roberts Acting Man - Reich - Summers - Baker - Smith - Keen Financial Crisis Caused By Bad Policies, Not Tax Cuts IBD Storm Keeping Millions From Work May Slow Growth BL Pictures Sandy's Market Impact - From the Known to the Uncertain El-Erian No, Hurricane Sandy Won’t Help the Economy Baum Post-Sandy Rebuilding May Boost Economy CNBC Subway System Citigroup Staff Uprooted for Weeks After Sandy BL For Years, Warnings That It Could Happen to New York NYT
Barclays hit by fresh U.S. investigations Reuters A Halloween Surprise for Wall Street WSJ The bad news for bankers and traders is obvious: The era of big bonuses for large swaths of Wall Street's labor force is over, at least for a while Berkshire Extends Housing Bet With Brookfield BL ”Chinese Warren Buffett” found guilty of fraud G&M Disney to buy "Star Wars" producer for $4.05 billion Reuters Why do the Germans want their gold back? Lynn Much of the German gold...is held in New York, London and Paris. Now there is a campaign under way in Germany to bring the metal back home — and it is gathering strength all the time Germany's gold reserve inspection could spark other central bank gold audits Mineweb
Germany rattled as taxpayer losses loom in Greece Pritchard Greek prime minister warns back deal or risk euro exit Telegraph Greece recession and debt problems even worse BBC Research: Spain's unrealistic expectations Danske An Optimistic Case for the Euro Feldstein Is China making the consumption transition? Saft The New Renminbi Landscape Brookings Hong Kong named top financial center for second year Reuters Bad loans still weigh on China's biggest lenders China Daily Forget Europe: Is the Real Debt Crisis in Japan? Diplomat S&P downgrades Argentina AFP Ireland’s Priciest Hotel on Sale for 50% Off BL Africa’s $1.3 Trillion Gone “Missing” Triple Crisis
NYSE Shutdown Is Longest in Over a Century BL Behind Plan to Close Markets WSJ Hurricane Sandy Threatens $20 Billion in Economic Damage BL Oldest Nuclear Plant in the US on Storm Alert AP
Bye-Bye, Bull? Barron’s Bearishness rises among Big Money poll respondents When markets drive the economy, cash flow is king Rosenberg Chinese currency plays complex, crucial role in U.S. economy Chicago Sun Times Eurozone Taking the Hard Way to Breakup Bear’s Lair Uncertainty Reigns: The Election and the Fiscal Cliff Schwab Let the Markets Clear! Paul The Fed’s Response to the Financial Crisis: What It Did and What It Should Have Done FRBSL Truth on The Market - Crudele - Bill Black
UBS Plans 10,000 Job Cuts, Raises Profit Goal BL Turkish Banks Go for Gold to Lure $302 Billion Hoard BL Embry - Truth Exposed About Missing Central Bank Gold King Russian ship with 700 tons of gold ore missing AP
Spain's Contraction Continues as Inflation Grows BL Research Euroland: Fact Book Spain Danske Spain Has Time, Greece Does Not: ECB’s Nowotny CNBC Interview with Draghi - 'We Couldn't Just Sit Back and Do Nothing' Spiegel Bank of Japan unveils new easing, cuts growth outlook AFP Japan Industrial Output Falls Yuan set to be more flexible China Daily Closer Look: Why Yuan Rebound Carries Little Weight in Long Run Caixin A River of Illicit Money Flows Out of China Asia Sentinel Barclays is hauled to High Court over rate-fix scandal Inde Farmers allowed to use pigs, cows as collateral China Daily
Japan says four Chinese ships in disputed waters AFP
Closure of U.S. Markets on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 NYSE Bank of Israel Unexpectedly Cuts Rate, Sets Mortgage Limits BL Stock market seen closed Tuesday: source Reuters Sandy Strengthens as Hurricane Barrels Toward New Jersey BL Get ready for a spike in gas prices CNN Labor Department Says No Decision Yet on Whether to Delay Jobs Report WSJ US Stock Markets Closed on Monday as Storm Hobbles New York CNBC
NYSE Closing Stock Exchange Floor for Storm WSJ
Economic hit from Hurricane Sandy 'cannot be underestimated' G&M Citigroup, Goldman Sachs Shut Some NYC Offices for Storm BL Thousands of flights grounded ahead of hurricane AP NYC shutting down transit, evacuating 375,000 MW Stores sell out of storm essentials CNN Business Economists’ Optimism Fades WSJ Distinction Without a Difference Hussman Do you believe in life after debt? Price “The White Hurricane” Saut Bargain-Addicted Investors Ignore Perils of Low Rates Shilling 'Interest Rates Have Fallen And They Can't Get Up' Grant (via SA) The Lame Duck Congress's Fiscal Duty Forbes Let’s Put America’s Bankers Out of Business Now Pesek Trick, treat or crash? Chicago Tribune Smith - Krugman
UBS, RBS S'pore Traders Suspended, Rates Probe Grows BL Why Does the SEC Protect Banks’ Dirty Secrets? Cohan MF Global Problems Started Years Ago WSJ Bubble trouble in junk bonds CNN Active managers aren’t worth the cost, study says G&M Commodities: Speculators Reduce Wagers as Annual Advance Erased BL
ECB couldn't participate in Greek haircut - Nowotny Reuters China firms leave bills unpaid as economy slows Caixin H.K. Imposes Property Tax on Non-Locals on Bubble Risks BW Has Hong Kong popped its bubble? Lynn New property tax another sign of currency-peg stress Won Soars Amid Economic Slump Chosun Pesos Go Underground as Dollar Ban Backfires: Argentina Credit BW Japan PM says govt 'will stall' without bond bill AFP The renminbi bloc is here: Asia down, the rest of the world to go? VOX Europe left behind as shale shock drives America’s resurgence Pritchard Firms 'facing a loans shortfall of £21bn' Inde
Israeli jets bomb Sudan missile site in dry run for Iran attack Sunday Times
Forecasters Warn This Is Not a Drill: Prepare for 'Frankenstorm' CNBC Memo to Central Banks: You’re debasing more than our currency Mauldin The Perils of Bubbles and Speculative Finance Noland A contrarian take on fiscal cliff worries Hulbert What are the odds U.S. will really jump off cliff? Is The Market Plunging Over An Earnings Cliff? Harding The Great Moderation Is Dead, Revisited C. Puplava SPX and 2012 Elections 3 ZEAL The Dow as an Election Indicator Norris Gold Still Sliding Swenlin Global Views Scotia Global Equity BMO Weekly Focus: A mixed data picture with a pinch of soft Q3 earnings Danske 5 Ways the Student Loan Bubble Mirrors the Housing Crisis Fiscal Times A debt inspired milestone MyBudget Q.E.D. Sheehan A call for frank talk about our debt from Bill Clinton (and me) Quick Central bankers take up the bat and ball FT A Part-Time Life, as Hours Shrink and Shift NYT
The Perils of Feeding a Bloated Industry Morgenson Wall Street braces for hurricane Sandy FT Dodd-Frank: Pain’s still waiting in the wings ABABanking US swaps reform triggers futures rush FT Dodd-Frank forces European banks to review U.S. deals Reuters But some traders have privately questioned whether non-U.S. firms will cut off U.S. counterparties indefinitely, given they are among the main liquidity providers in the market. UBS to cut up to 10,000 jobs bankwide - source Reuters Citi fined $2 million over Facebook IPO, fires two analysts Reuters The Plot to Destroy America's Beer BW
Unemployment in Spain Exceeds 25%, Taking Economic Misery to New Levels NYT German finance minister rules out Greek debt "haircut": radio Reuters China at a Crossroads in Shift from World's Factory to Industrial Power Spiegel Moody’s reviews six Canadian banks, could downgrade G&M Yuan hits 19-year high Shanghai Daily RMB ready for currency leadership? Chinese Daily Chinese left in the dark over new leaders FT A Hard Landing Down Under Xie Australia's bubble is built on China's, and with no major stimulus in the offing, it may suffer a financial crisis in 2013 Builders struggle to sell unsold units Korea Times
No concession on territorial sovereignty China Daily
Why Everyone's Bailing Out of Commodities: 'Into the Abyss'? CNBC Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index Rose to 82.6 in October BL Economy in U.S. Grows at 2% Rate, More Than Forecast BL Downward Earnings Revisions Are A Game Changer Comstock Analysis: Americans to face tougher 2013 on rising prices, taxes Reuters Earnings and revenues can’t diverge forever Saft Hubbard Said to Prefer Treasury to Fed If Romney Wins BL Prison May Be the Next Stop on a Gold Currency Journey NYT The Economist’s Buttonwood Gathering - The Bagehot Lecture El-Erian Pointing Toward Prosperity? Krugman Dr. HB - Smith - Duy Trade Data Suggest Another Global Downturn Is On the Cards Panzner Sober Look Worst Storm in 100 Years Seen Headed for Northeast U.S. BL
Apple iPad sales disappoint, Street eyes the holidays Reuters 3 scariest things about this earnings season Fortune Now Arnott looks sage-like. S&P estimates earnings of the 500 companies in their index fell 3% in the third quarter from a year ago. That would be the first drop in corporate profits since the end of the recession. AMD Faces Looming Cash Crunch Amid Quest for New Markets BL Hedge Fund Boxers Bloody Noses Amid Bikini Models in Hong Kong BL Obama sees executive pay rules as next financial reform: report Reuters IMF's Lagarde urges action on unfinished financial reforms Reuters How Risky are "Safe" Stocks? Schwab Credit Suisse looks to run U.S. exchange: WSJ Reuters Think Gold's Pricey? Wait 'til It's at $5000: Schiff CNBC The Cost and Consequences of the U.S. Drought Wharton Elizabeth Taylor now highest-earning dead star ahead of Michael Jackson Guardian
HKMA defends US$ peg again China Daily HK dollar peg under strain, but seen likely to stay BRecorder Eurozone nears Japan-style trap as money and credit contract again Pritchard Japan Grapples With Its Fiscal Cliff FT Bond dealers said they had requested the special meeting with the Ministry of Finance to express their concerns about the stand-off and discuss possible contingency plans. Japan Adds Stimulus Amid Threat of Bond-Sale Disruption BL With lawmakers blocking financing legislation, some of the extra money will come from tapping discretionary budget funds, the government said... Euro Survives, but Future Is in Doubt Norris IMF + ECB = OMT Longitude (Brookings) The crisis isn't over yet. This may not even be the beginning of the end Elliott Statistically, the UK is out of recession – but it took an Olympian effort to achieve even this fragile upturn S. Korea Growth Slows as Global Cooling Caps Export Demand BL Billions in Hidden Riches for Family of Chinese Leader NYT Fish Caught in Fukushima as Tainted as a Year Ago, Study Says BL
Iran Said to Near Enrichment Plant’s Completion NYT
Goods Orders Point to U.S. Business Spending Slump: Economy BL Jobless Claims in U.S. Show Limited Labor Market Progress BL Pending Sales of Existing Homes in U.S. Rose 0.3% in September BL Consumer Comfort in U.S. Climbs to Highest Level Since April BL Free 26-page report: Read Prechter's big-picture outlook on crude oil EW Three horsemen of a weakened U.S. currency Das Commentary: ‘Financial WMDs’ debase dollar, risk inflation Bernanke, the election and risk assets Saft The fiscal cliff has arrived Mirhaydari Bundesbank slashed London gold holdings Pritchard The revelation came as Germany's budget watchdog demanded an on-site probe of the country's remaining gold reserves in London, Paris, and New York to verify whether the metal really exists. Outsourcing Turns Inside-Out as Indians Open U.S. Centers BL Obama Slanders the 1920s to Justify His Failures Shlaes Gross Says Structural Headwinds to Dominate After U.S. Election BL
Too Big To Handle Simon Johnson In the discussion of whether America’s largest financial institutions have become too big, a sea change in opinion is underway. Are the big banks winning? Reuters Ex-Goldman Director Gupta Gets 2 Years in Prison for Insider Trading Reuters 'I Still Like BofA,' More Bank Lawsuits Likely: Whitney CNBC Best Buy Sees Profit Down; US Business Head to Leave Reuters Facebook employees are now $5.2 billion richer CNN Any Seasonality for Gold or Gold Miners? CXO China Silver Demand to Advance to Record on Wealth Protection BL
China's yuan hits record high, tests strong-side band limit Reuters China says industry recovery trend not yet stable Reuters Yuan preferred in cross-border trade Shanghai Daily Dual-currency IPO set as mood rises Standard Beijing to Launch 70 Bln Yuan Plan to Rescue Solar Industry Caixin Program has broad government involvement, but questions over who will pay remain unanswered Ratings agency aims to rival 'big three' China Daily Moody's Investors Service, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services and Fitch Ratings — the "big three" — currently control 95 percent of the global ratings market. S&P warns of risk for China's banking sector China Daily BOJ Minds Its Words as Emerging Nations Eye Global Easing Warily BL The central bank held its first English-language briefings for foreign media on Oct. 22 and 23
Fed Says Growth Is “Moderate”, Maintains Asset Purchases BL Text U.S. Sued Bank of America Over Alleged Mortgage Fraud Reuters Sales of New U.S. Homes Rose in September to Two-Year High BL Buffett: 'No Question' Global Economy Is Slowing CNBC The Perils of the Fiscal Cliff Mauldin Monetary CLiff? Merk S&P 500: 2012 vs 1987 BeSpoke Marc Faber: US Stocks Could Fall 20% CNBC A New Low for China Bashing Roach Warren Buffett says hopes Bernanke stays at Fed for third term Reuters Job benefits growing faster than wages USAT Self-Fulfilling Credit Cycles FRBSL
Why the Price of US Farmland Is Soaring NYT U.S. could surpass Saudi oil output by 2020 USAT Dow cutting jobs, closing plants as growth slows Reuters Ex-Goldman director Gupta awaits sentence in insider case Reuters New Federal Rules for Debt Collectors NYT Thanks, Mitt. Big Bird costumes sell out CNN
Greece Gets 2 More Years to Meet Bailout Targets Reuters Schauble Warns Worst Is Yet to Come Spiegel Europe's debt crisis seems to have entered a calm phase, but that's only an illusion, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble said on Tuesday The most powerful person in the global economy Lynn Commentary: Draghi’s power grab will end in tears Sir Mervyn King: no UK recovery until banks own up to bad debts Telegraph China Manufacturing May Contract at Slower Pace: HSBC BL “The flash PMI reading confirmed that China’s recovery is on track and no further monetary policy easing is warranted” Asian economies turn to yuan China Daily A "renminbi bloc" has been formed in East Asia, as nations in the region abandon the US dollar and peg their currency to the Chinese yuan. Surging Singapore Dollar Seen Impeding Yuan Center Goal BL Asian debt capital markets flourish Finance Asia Iran's Bark Bigger Than Bite When It Comes to Oil CNBC Giant Taj Mahal Can't Hide Dubai Property Market Weakness BL
As China tensions simmer, Japan pulls back from "world's factory" CT
Nasdaq ends below 3,000 MW Bank of Canada softens rate stand, flags debt concerns G&M Billionaire Wilbur Ross Interested in Buying Spanish Bank Assets BL Iran Threatens to Halt Crude Exports If Sanctions Intensify BL Frankenstein Economics is killing capitalism Farrell Japan to join currency wars as exports slump Pritchard Bernanke Seeks More Market Exuberance With Stimulus BL Fed Considering Upping QE3 Size and Language MW A Few Fed Numbers Worth a Thousand Words BL Casting Dual Roles, at Treasury and the Fed Sorkin FOMC preview: Too early to announce a formal rule Danske 25 Years Later: In the Crash of 1987, the Seeds of the Great Recession TIME Blacker Monday Bear’s Lair “Silver Anniversary”: Saut Lessons from Black Monday Schiff 3-Ways To Play a Market Implosion FOX Video Case for Gold: Invest in the Ultimate Currency? Merk The Money Bubble: Toil and Much Much More Trouble Forbes The echo bubble in Arizona Dr. HB The Real Meaning of Europe is Being Crushed in Order to “Save” It Currency Currents If U.S. Goes Over Fiscal Cliff, Dollar Could Fly Reuters Gauging the multiplier: Lessons from history VOX
DuPont to Cut 1,500 Jobs as Profit Misses Estimates BL As Hedge Funds Evolve, Rich Are Bailing Out CNBC Earnings Cliff Ahead? Profit Outlooks Are 90% Negative CNBC Taibbi: Wall Street Execs Believe That 'Everybody Else Is A Parasite' HP The Payoff: Why Wall Street Always Wins – Jeff Connaughton Black US real estate market stabilising? A revealing look at the regional markets DBR
Spain’s ‘Vicious Circle’ Worsens After Downgrades CNBC Spain’s Economy Shrinks for Fifth Quarter Amid Bailout Talk BL Guest Contribution: Greek Bond Buyback Boondoggle WSJ Cash-strapped Cyprus plots Russian exit from austerity Telegraph China’s Factories Losing Pricing Power in Earnings Threat BL Americans head to China to find work CNN Burmese Gov't Warns Public about Dodgy Investments Asia Sentinel
Asia's economy at risk from dispute Shanghai Daily
Analysis: Some investors open to higher U.S. tax to shave deficit Reuters A surprising number of top money managers say they are willing to pay modestly higher rates This time is different, again? The US five years after the onset of subprime Reinhart & Rogoff The Data-Generating Process Hussman To embrace present market and economic data at face value - without recognizing that generating this data relies on enormous monetary distortions and government deficits - is like believing that you’re Louis XIV just because you’ve built a massive cardboard Palace of Versailles in your front yard. Low Carry Trades Show Central Banks Hitting Easing Limits BL The $4 trillion-a-day foreign- exchange market is losing confidence in central banks’ abilities to boost a struggling world economy. IMF's epic plan to conjure away debt and dethrone bankers Pritchard So there is a magic wand after all? Chaos Price Dysfunctional, Dishonest, Insane, & Intolerable JimQ It's Time to Time the Market Arrends What David Rosenberg Said at The Big Picture Conference via BP Intel, IBM and Mr. Market's whims MSN False prosperity through debt MyBudget The Secret of Our Non-Success Krugman QE3 begins - Smith - Keen Noam Neusner: If Ben Bernanke Sought Advice WSJ West in a ‘Colossal Mess’ in Five to 10 Years: Marc Faber CNBC Hard times put the squeeze on American middle class MSN Tidal #3 (PDF) Occupy Theory Wealthy Presidential Campaign Donors Driving The Election Reuters
How to Crash an Economy and Escape the Scene Cohan Asset-Backed Securities May Face Tougher Basel Bank Rules BL Most companies won't be early adopters of Windows 8 Reuters Goldman Sachs Expose Falls Far Short of Hype Reuters Goldman Sachs 'muppet' trader says unsophisticated clients targeted Guardian The Tragic Demise of Fannie Mae Pollock The Randian and the Bailout NYM
Japan Exports Tumble 10% as Maehara Presses BOJ to Ease BL Spanish elections could mark step toward bail-out Telegraph Greece Austerity Risks 1930s-Style Depression as Economy Shrinks BL Berlin Sends Contradictory Messages on Greece Spiegel Merkel Says Ireland “Special Case”, Seeking to Calm Concern BL ECB crisis measures raising risks to taxpayers - Bundesbank Reuters Europe’s Debt Surged to Record Last Year, Led by Greece: Economy BL Policymakers risk fiddling while the global economy burns Elliott Big rise in credit cards brings increase in debt China Daily Beijing meet to fortify HK dollar Standard H.K. Dollar Forwards Suggest Ackman Bet Against Peg to Fail BL Hurdles ahead as city strives for global hub Shanghai Daily Liquidity party restarts in Hong Kong MW Investors seeking a play on central-bank money printing should look no further than Hong Kong. China loses its taste for junk food CNN Pensions funds pushed to brink by downturn, says bailout fund Inde Petronas rejection may hurt Canadian stocks Reuters
Putin flexes muscle in big test of Russia's nuclear arsenal Reuters U.S. Officials Say Iran Has Agreed to Nuclear Talks NYT
Wall Street Week Ahead: Investors face earnings blitz with dread Reuters Hoisington Quarterly Review and Outlook Hoisington 25th Anniversary Noland Lessons from the 1987 Crash Swenlin Rich Americans Advised to Sell Before 2013 BL The real deal Economist Low real interest rates are usually bad news for equity markets Boom, Bust & Bottom: A Generational Low in U.S. Housing BMO Let It Be Known That No Financial Crisis Was Ever Caused by Stable Money Forbes A new Fed chapter: bond fire of the insanities Crudele U.S. Dollar: Double Top or Double Bottom? C. Puplava Financials and Housing: “We Got the Beat” R. Puplava Gold Has Lost Its Glitter Again! Swenlin 10 nations that control the world’s gold MW Why 'Fiscal Cliff' May Be Bigger Threat Than You Think CNBC Global Views Scotia Global Equity BMO Weekly Focus: Recovery moving east Danske
Citiâ€s Torch Has Passed. Now Find a Knife Morgenson Citigroup Reached Deal to Carve Out Hedge Funds Before Shakeup BL John Mack Says Wall Street Compensation Needs to Be “Squeezed” BL Wall Street “Delusional” on Pay: Feinberg CNBC A Secretary to a Salomon Is Accused of Embezzling Dealbook Here's Why Google Could Disappear in Five Years: Pro CNBC After the Boom in Natural Gas NYT
Europe mistakes market lull for vote of confidence Pritchard Hong Kong Defends Currency Peg for First Time Since 2009 BL Investment from China in US reaches record high China Daily China's Authoritarian Capitalism Asia Sentinel Hidden European Fashion Billionaires Undressed on China BL Canadian government blocks Petronas bid for Progress Energy Reuters
Exclusive: The scientists who turned fresh air into petrol Inde
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