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August 11, 2008

• Week Ahead - Capital Flows Driving Stocks
• Geopolitical Week Ahead - In Search of Peace - Economist
• Georgia Russia Cease Fire Bid Nada - BBC
• Russian Fleet Arrives - Reuters
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades

August 8, 2008

• Euro Falls Most in 4 Years - Bloomberg
• Dollar Strengthens on European Weakness - DailyFX
• Q2 Productivity and Costs Report
• Russian Tanks Enter South Ossetia
• War Breaks Out in Georgia - Economist
• Putin at the Olympics, While War Breaks - Bloomberg
• Securities Flap Has Wall St. Returning Billions - CNBC
• Olympic Games Begin - CNN
• Gold or Bust for US Basketball - Reuters
• Oil Sinks More than $4 on Dollar Driver - CNN Money
• Wholesale Inventories Rise 1.1% in June
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades
• Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) Loses $2.3 Bln. - AP/Yahoo
• Fannie Release and Conference Call
• UBS Settles Up with SEC - Bloomberg
• Washington Mutual (NYSE: WM) CEO Dismisses Capital Needs - Marketwatch
• MBIA (NYSE: MBI) Reports Surprise Profit - MW
• Mozilo Subject of SEC Probe - Reuters
• The Greek's Week Ahead - Olympic Games of the Banks
• Geopolitical Week Ahead: Olympics Open- Economist

August 7, 2008

• ECB Holds Ground
• Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) Reports July Sales, Makes Modest Forecast, Shares Fall
• Retailers Report Tough July - Reuters
• Jobless Claims Heating Up, to 455K Last Week
• Currency After Effects - DailyFX
• Turkish Pipeline Damage Requires 2 Weeks, Oil Above $120 - Bloomberg
• DOE Deputy Secretary in Brazil, Says Long-Term Changes In Process
• EIA Natural Gas Report
• Pending Home Sales Rose 5.3% in June
• Highest Unsold Home Supply Needs 50% Redux - Bloomberg
• RBC Cash Index Recovers in August
• Bank of England Holds Rates
• Musharraf Faces Impeachment - BBC
• Hundreds Protest Chavez in Caracas
• Bush Calls for Deeper Rights in China - AFX
• Beijing Pollution Efforts Hailed - BBC
• Confessions of a Risk Manager - Economist
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades
• Toyota (NYSE: TM) Q1 Drops, Keeps Forecast - Reuters
• Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) July Sales Fall 6.1% - AP/Yahoo
• Costco (Nasdaq: COST) Sales Jump 10%, on gas sales... - AP/Yahoo
• AIG (NYSE: AIG) Misses Badly - CNBC
• The Greek's Week Ahead - Olympic Games of the Banks
• Geopolitical Week Ahead: Olympics Open- Economist

August 6, 2008

• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades
• The Greek's Week Ahead - Olympic Games of the Banks
• Geopolitical Week Ahead: Olympics Open- Economist
• Bloomberg Live Radio
• Currency Exchange
• Commodity Markets
• Iran Daily: Tales from the Dark Side

August 5, 2008

• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades
• The Greek's Week Ahead - Olympic Games of the Banks
• Geopolitical Week Ahead: Olympics Open- Economist
• Bloomberg Live Radio
• Currency Exchange
• Commodity Markets
• Iran Daily: Tales from the Dark Side

August 4, 2008

• Geopolitical Week Ahead: Olympics Open- Economist
• Personal Income, Outlays for June - Inflation Roars!
• Challenger Report Shows Job Cuts Jump 26% in July - CNN Money
• Iran Tests New Long-Range Anti-Ship Weapon - BBC
• Oil Prices Mixed Amid Iran, Storm, Inflation News - Forbes
• Factory Orders Rose 1.7% in June
• Tropical Storm Edouard Tracks West Into Energy Center - MarketWatch
• ECB in Stagflation Dilemma - DailyFX
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades
• Verizon (NYSE: VZ) Temporarily Averts Strike - AP/Yahoo
• Humana (NYSE: HUM) Profit Falls, Raises Guidance - CNBC
• WCI Communities Files for Bankruptcy - Bloomberg
• HSBC (NYSE: HBC) Reports $10 Bln. of Bad Debts - MarketWatch

August 1, 2008

• Employment Situation Report, Unemployment to 5.7%
• General Motors (NYSE: GM) Posts $15.5 Bln. Loss
• GM Loss on Charges for Layoffs, Strike - AP/Yahoo
• Crude Rises on Mofaz Comments about Iran - Bloomberg
• ISM Manufacturing Report July Measures 50
• Construction Report June Falls 0.4%
• Russia Forms State Grain Trading Co. - FT
• Gas Falls Below $3.90 - CNN Money
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades
• Total (NYSE: TOT) Reports Profit Up 38%- AP/Yahoo
• Elan Shares Tank (NYSE: ELN) - CNBC
• BMW Slips a Gear (NYSE: BMK)- MarketWatch
• China's Dash for Freedom - Economist
• Anthrax Scientist Found Dead - BBC
• Total Eclipse Provides Delight - CNN
• Week Ahead - Bridge to Nowhere

July 31, 2008

• Q2 GDP +1.9%, Short of Forecasts
• Monster Employment Index Slips to New Recent Low
• Weekly Initial Jobless Claims Rocket to 448K
• ExxonMobil Profit Rises, Production Disappoints
• Natural Gas Inventory Builds - EIA
• Q2 Employment Cost Index Rises In Line
• NAPM Chicago Business Barometer Surprises at 50.8
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades
• Snap Poll Called in Israel - BBC
• Geopolitical Week Ahead, Political Uncertainty in Turkey - Economist
• Week Ahead - Bridge to Nowhere

July 30, 2008

• President Signs Housing Stimulus Law - White House
• ADP Shows Increase of 9K Jobs in July - ADP
• EIA Petroleum Status Report Shows Moderate Drop in Oil, Large Draw from Gasoline Inventory
• Oil Rises on Gasoline Draw - CNBC
• Mortgage Applications Decrease in Weekly Report - MBA
• Fed Extends Emergency Loan Program - Federal Reserve
• Rating Agencies Sued by CT Over "Deceptive" Practices - Bloomberg
• SEC Extends Naked Short Selling Rule
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades
• Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA) Reports - AP/Yahoo
• Video: Alzheimer's Report - MarketWatch
• Wyeth (NYSE: WYE) Shares Tank on Mixed Test Results - AP/Yahoo
• Metlife (NYSE: MET) Shares Fall - Reuters
• Office Depot (NYSE: ODP) Posts Loss, Shares Rise - Reuters
• Tough Building Codes Spare LA in Quake - CNN
• Turkey's Ruling Party Survives to Rule Another Day - BBC

July 29, 2008

• S&P Case Shiller Price Index Reaches Record Low Level
• Consumer Confidence Inches Higher - Conference Board
• Garage Sale at Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER)
• ICSC-UBS Same-Store Sales +2.6%
• Johnson Redbook Survey Sales +2.9%
• Oil Dips to 10-Week Low - Bloomberg
• Ahmadinejad Scolds Majors for Nuclear Development - CNN
• NYC Faces $2.3 Bln. Budget Shortfall - CNN
• Dollar Extends Gains - DailyFX
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades
• EDF Close to British Energy Purchase - Bloomberg
• Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE: CL) Profit Rises - CNBC
• British Airways Talks Merger with Iberia - FT
• Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) CEO Hits Road - MW
• Obama Meeting with Pakistani Leader - CNN Money
• China Defends Human Rights Record - BBC
• Geopolitical Week Ahead, Political Uncertainty in Turkey - Economist
• Week Ahead - Bridge to Nowhere

July 28, 2008

• Geopolitical Week Ahead, Political Uncertainty in Turkey - Economist
• Week Ahead - Bridge to Nowhere
• Congress Passes Housing Stimulus - Economist
• U.S. Says China, India Put Trade Talks at Risk - FT
• Oil Climbs on Nigeria Attack - Platts
• Gas Drops Below $4 - CNN Money
• Candidates Have High Energy Hopes - Marketwatch
• Challenges Face Dollar Rally - DailyFX
• KKR Revives Plan to Go Public - CNBC
• Ex-Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) Guys Launch Engine - CNN Money
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades
• Amgen (Nasdaq: AMGN) Shares Rise on Bone Drug Results - Bloomberg
• Kraft Foods (NYSE: KFT) Earnings Edge Higher - AP/Yahoo
• Tyson (NYSE: TSN) Earnings Plunge - AP/Yahoo
• Verizon (NYSE: VZ) Profit Rises 12% - CNBC
• Ryanair (Nasdaq: RYAAY) Shares Plunge on Warning - MarketWatch
• Toyota (NYSE: TM) Revises Global Forecast - FT
• Blast Kills 53 in Baghdad - BBC
• Pakistan's PM Meets Bush - BBC
• Blasts Rock Constantinople - CNN

July 25, 2008

• Durable Goods Orders Rose 0.8%, 2.0% Excluding Transportation
• Euro Rebounds as Safe Haven Bid Returns - DailyFX
• Foreclosures More than Doubled in Q2 - RealtyTrac
• June New Home Sales Surprisingly Strong
• University of Michigan Sentiment to 61.2 Vs. 56.4 Last Month
• Oil Edges Higher - CNN Money
• Frank Says More Risk Taking Restraints Needed for Banks - CNBC
• U.K. GDP Hits a Wall - Telegraph
• Gas Prices Slip - CNN Money
• Gold Rises - Reuters
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades
• Honda (NYSE: HMC) Posts Record Quarter on New Market Strength - AP/Yahoo
• Lehman (NYSE: LEH) Mulls Sale of Neuberger Berman - CNBC
• Legg Mason (NYSE: LM) Posts 2nd Straight Loss - Bloomberg
• Fortune Brands (NYSE: FO) Tops Views - Reuters
• Crocs (Nasdaq: CROX) Dives Juniper (Nasdaq: JNPR) Surges - MarketWatch
• Obamamania Grips Europe - Economist
• Cyprus Sets Date for New Talks - BBC
• Hole in Quantas Plane Forces Emergency Landing - BBC
• The Geopolitical Week Ahead - Economist
• Greek's Week Ahead - Kung Fu Diplomacy

July 24, 2008

• Ford (NYSE: F) Posts $8.7 Bln. Loss - AP/Yahoo
• Weekly Initial Jobless Claims Rocket to 406K
• Existing Home Sales Sink 2.6% in June - NAR
• Oil Range Bound After Bearish Supply Data - Platts
• Vast Energy Reserves Found in Arctic - AP/Yahoo
• Experts Say Middle Class Living on the Edge - CNN Money
• Senate Looks at Housing Bill, After House Approval - Bloomberg
• PIMCO's Gross Publishes August Investment Outlook
• Natural Gas in Storage Increases
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades
• Dow Chemical (NYSE: DOW) Reports Decline - AP/Yahoo
• Credit Suisse (NYSE: CS) Beats Views - Bloomberg
• Occidental (NYSE: OXY) Sets Profit Record - AP/Yahoo
• 3M Beats Views - Bloomberg
• FCC Approves Sirius, XM Satellite Deal - CNBC
• National City (NYSE: NCC) Swings to Loss, Says Capital OK - MarketWatch
• Mobil Phones May Cause Cancer - BBC
• Obama to Berlin - BBC

July 23, 2008

• Vote Looms in Congress on Housing Rescue - Reuters
• Oil Falls Below $127 As Storm Fear Wanes - Reuters
• Dollar Strengthens on Hawk Talk - Bloomberg
• Weekly Oil Inventory - EIA
• Weekly Mortgage Activity Declines - MBA
• Minutes Released for BOE July Meeting - BOE
• Iran Vows Not One Iota of a Chance it Will Cease Enrichment - BBC
• Rice Presses North Korea - AP
• Fed's Beige Book 2:00 PM ET - Federal Reserve
• Roubini Says $1 Trillion Needed to Solve Housing Issue - Yahoo
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades
• Boeing (NYSE: BA) Falls on Military Plane Charge - AP/Yahoo
• Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) Profit Doubles - Reuters
• Pepsico (NYSE: PEP) Profit Rises 9% - AP/Yahoo
• Washington Mutual (NYSE: WM) Takes Biggest Loss in its History - AP/Yahoo
• McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) Reports Strong Overseas Results - CNBC
• Costco (Nasdaq: COST) Feels Energy Crunch - Fortune
• Obama Discusses Lessons of Trip - Time
• Hurricane Dolly Strengthening - NOAA

July 22, 2008

• Paulson Address at Public Library
• American Express (NYSE: AXP) Sends Shares and Dollar Into Tailspin - Yahoo/AP
• Euro Strengthens on Poor EPS, Raised Recession Fears - DailyFX
• State Street Investor Confidence July 82.6, Vs. 79.0 in June
• ICSC-UBS Weekly Same-Store Sales Rise Strong 2.5%
• Fannie and Freddie May Have More Bad News - Bloomberg
• Oil Steadies, Eye on Storm - CNBC
• Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) Posts 31% Growth, Shares Fall on Jobs Concern - AP/Yahoo
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades
• UnitedHealth (NYSE: UNH) Profit Falls, Tops Views
• Wachovia (NYSE: WB) Reports Big Loss, Slashes Dividend
• DuPont (NYSE: DD) Beats Views
• Halliburton EPS Drop, Meets Views
• India's No Confidence Vote - BBC
• Serb War Criminal Arrested - BBC
• Jalepeno Looks to be Salmonella Culprit - MarketWatch
• Dolly Approaches Texas - National Hurricane Center

July 21, 2008

• The Geopolitical Week Ahead - Economist
• Greek's Week Ahead - Kung Fu Diplomacy
• Leading Indicators (June) Sinks -0.1%
• Oil Rises on Iranian Defiance - Bloomberg
• EU Offers 60% Cut in Food Tariffs - BBC
• Global Economy on the Brink - Telegraph
• Lehman Lowers its Global Markets View - Bloomberg
• What's Next for the Euro - DailyFX
• Gold Futures Rising - MarketWatch
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades
• Icahn Scores Three Seats on Yahoo's Board - Silicon Insider
• Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) Beats Views While Profit Shrinks - AP/Yahoo
• Roche Makes Tender for Genentech (NYSE: DNA) - CNBC
• Hmm... Merck (NYSE: MRK), Schlering (NYSE: SGP) Postpone Reports - AP/Yahoo
• Hasbro (NYSE: HAS) Posts Profit - AP/Yahoo
• Obama's Tour Extends to Iraq - CNN
• U.S. Efforts with Iran - Ynet

July 18, 2008

• GSE Model Threatened - Reuters
• Citigroup (NYSE: C) Posts Smaller Than Expected Loss - Bloomberg
• Oil Prices Edge Higher - AP/Yahoo
• Iran Expresses Guarded Optimism - BBC
• Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE) Considers Stock Sale - WSJ
• Euro Forming Low - DailyFX
• Israel Makes Arrests in Plot Against Bush - Reuters
• Group of Six Meeting on Korea Next Week
• Bank of Mexico Raises a Quarter Point
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades
• Honeywell (NYSE: HON) Raises Guidance - AP/Yahoo
• Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) Shares Fall on Disappointing EPS - AP/Yahoo
• Merrill's Write-Down More Than Expected - Bloomberg
• A Generic Merger, Teva Buys Barr - CNBC
• Schlumberger (NYSE: SLB) Benefits from Oil Price - AP/Yahoo
• Greek's Week Ahead - Feds Slap Market's Fannie
• Geopolitical Week Ahead - Economist

July 17, 2008

• Housing Starts Exceed Expectations
• Weekly Initial Jobless Claims NOT So Bad
• Stocks Look Higher on Surprising EPS Results - Forbes
• China Reports Slowest Quarterly GDP Growth in 2 Years - Bloomberg
• Euro Settles In Short of 1.60 - DailyFX
• Oil Rebounds - AP/Yahoo
• Natural Gas Storage Continues to Build - EIA
• Texas Weighs Big Bucks Wind Project - CNBC
• Philly Fed Measure Still Weak
• Governor Kroszner on Minority Owned Business Promotion
• Is Race Data Relevant for Credit Purposes? - Director's Testimony
• Yahoo Says, On Second Thought... - Fortune
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades
• JP Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) Surprises on High Side - CNBC
• Harley Reports Solidly - MSN Money
• Coke (NYSE: KO) Profits Fizzle - Bloomberg
• Nokia (NYSE: NOK) Results Distorted by Nonrecurring Item Last Year - AP/Yahoo
• Continental (NYSE: CAL) Sees Tough Times - Reuters
• U.S. Presence at Nuke Talks a Positive - Reuters
• Greek's Week Ahead - Feds Slap Market's Fannie
• Geopolitical Week Ahead - Economist

July 16, 2008

• June CPI Report Comes in Hot
• SEC Subpoenas Wall Street in Hunt for Rumor-Mongers - Bloomberg
• SEC Questions Goldman Sachs About Lehman, Bear Stearns Rumors - CNBC
• June Industrial Production, Capacity Utilization Stronger than Expected
• May Treasury Int'l Capital Shows Foreign Investment Growth Eases
• Weekly Mortgage Activity Picks Up
• Housing Market Index Sinks to New Low in July
• FOMC June Meeting Minutes
• Confidence Drops in U.S. Economic Policy - Reuters
• Oil Prices Continue Losses - AP/Yahoo
• EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report Shows Build
• Dollar Nervousness Continues - DailyFX
• SEC Acts Against Naked Shorting
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades
• AMR (NYSE: AMR) Swings to Loss - AP/Yahoo
• Delta (NYSE: DAL) Posts Loss - AP/Yahoo
• Cleveland-Cliffs Buys Alpha Natural
• Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) Posts Strong Results, Shares Soar - Bloomberg
• Gannett (NYSE: GCI) Profit Sinks - Reuters
• Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) Reports Q2
• General Motors (NYSE: GM) Frees Up $15 Bln., 25% Salaried Workforce Cut
• US Bancorp (NYSE: USB) Profit Sinks 18%
• CSX (NYSE: CSX) Meets Views
• AMR (NYSE: AMR) Lets 200 Pilots Go - AP/Yahoo

July 15, 2008

• Bush Addresses Nation on Economy
• Bernanke's Prepared Statement to Senate Panel
• Paulson's Testimony to Panel
• Producer Price Index June Hot on the Headline, Short on the Core
• Retail Sales June Reported Weaker than Views
• Empire State Mfg. Report July -4.9
• ICSC-UBS Weekly Same-Store Sales +2.2% Yr/Yr
• Dollar Falls Below 1.6 Euros - Bloomberg
• Bank of Japan Keeps Rates Steady
• Dollar Prepares Counter Against Majors - DailyFX
• Oil Prices Plummet - AP/Yahoo
• Bank of Canada Holds Rates Steady
• Business Inventories June
• Obama's Foreign Policy Speech - Youtube
• McCain's Rebuttal - Youtube
• German Investor Confidence Falls - Bloomberg
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades
• Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) Reports Q2
• General Motors (NYSE: GM) Frees Up $15 Bln., 25% Salaried Workforce Cut
• US Bancorp (NYSE: USB) Profit Sinks 18%
• CSX (NYSE: CSX) Meets Views
• AMR (NYSE: AMR) Lets 200 Pilots Go - AP/Yahoo
• Thai Troops Cross Into Cambodia - BBC
• Greek's Week Ahead - Feds Slap Market's Fannie
• Geopolitical Week Ahead - Economist

July 14, 2008

• Paulson Announces GSE Initiatives
• Fed Authorized to Act if Necessary
• SEC Investigating Rumor Sources
• Oil Rebounds After Initial Dip - AP/Yahoo
• Chavez Sees $300 Oil - Retuers
• President Bush's Weekly Radio Address
• More Banks May Fail - CNBC
• Dollar Bounces as GSEs Get Prop - DailyFX
• iPhone at 1 Million and Counting - CNN Money
• $91.8 Bln. Paid Out So Far in Stimulus
• Don't Blame Speculators for Oil - Economist
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• This Bud Costs $52 Billion, Anheuser Sold to InBev - AP/Yahoo
• IndyMac: Your Money is Safe - CNN Money
• Bombardier Gets Lufthansa Order - MarketWatch
• Waste Management Offers to Buy Republic Services - Reuters
• Shell to Buy Duvernay - Reuters
• Iran and Israel, What to Make of It - Economist
• Sudan's President Charged with Genocide - CNN
• Unstable Turkey - BBC
• Greek's Week Ahead - Feds Slap Market's Fannie
• Geopolitical Week Ahead - Economist

July 11, 2008

• Fannie (NYSE: FNM), Freddie (NYSE: FRE) Collapse in Premarket on Bailout Concern - AP/Yahoo
• Import Prices Rise Hot 2.6% in June - BLS
• International Trade Deficit Unexpectedly Narrows in May - Census Bureau
• Oil Hits Record at $147 - CNBC
• Israeli Warplanes Exercising Over Iraqi Air Space - Jerusalem Post
• Russian FM Says Tests Show Missile Defense Not Needed - BBC
• Reuters/U. Michigan Consumer Sentiment July at 56.6, Above Consensus 56.0
• Treasury Budget June - Surplus at $50.7 Bln. Bests Expected $23.7 Bln.
• Gold Futures Surge - MarketWatch
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Today's Upgrades/Downgrades - Yahoo
• General Electric (NYSE: GE) Reports Q2 In Line
• GE Meets Estimates - AP/Yahoo
• Citigroup (NYSE: C) Selling German Unit for Near $8 Billion
• InBev, Anheuser (NYSE: BUD) Hold Deal Talks According to Source - Reuters
• United Airlines (Nasdaq: UAUA) Sees $2.7 Bln. Writedown for Aircraft in Q2 - Bloomberg
• Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) New iPhone 3G Goes on Sale - Fortune
• Confidence Lost in Lehman (NYSE: LEH) - CNN Money
• Paulson's House Testimony
• The Important Latino Vote - Economist
• G8 Summit Website
• The Greek's Week Ahead - Bear Country
• Geopolitical Week Ahead - Economist

July 10, 2008

• Bernanke's Testimony Prepared Statements
• Live CSpan Coverage of Bernanke, Paulson Testimony to House Committee
• Weekly Initial Jobless Claims Fall to 346K
• Foreclosures Surge 53% in June - AP/Google
• Bank of England Holds Rates Steady
• U.K. Housing Environment Demands BOE Non-Action - DailyFX
• Oil Outlook 2008 - OPEC
• Oil Rises on Tensions - AP/Yahoo
• Natural Gas in Storage Increases - EIA
• Hungary PM Calls for Nabucco Review - Platts
• What's Slapping the Dollar - DailyFX
• Chinese Export Growth Slows - MarketWatch
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Today's Upgrades/Downgrades - Yahoo
• Fannie (NYSE: FNM), Freddie (NYSE: FRE) Capital Bailout May be Necessary - CNBC Video
• Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), Costco (Nasdaq: COST) Gain in June Chain Store Sales - Bloomberg
• Retail Sales Mixed in June - AP/Yahoo
• Dow Chemical (NYSE: DOW) Buying Rohm and Haas (NYSE: ROH) for $15 Bln. - AP/Yahoo
• Total (NYSE: TOT) Totally Out of Iran - MarketWatch
• Marriott (NYSE: MAR) Earnings Fall 24% in Q2
• GE (NYSE: GE) Explores Strategic Options for Divisions - AP/Yahoo
• Toyota (NYSE: TM) to Produce Prius in U.S. - PR Newswire
• Iran Launches Second Round of Rockets - CNN
• More Rocket Fire - MyWay
• U.S. Warns Iran on Launches - BBC
• Gates Says Launch Shows Need for Missile Defense - CNN
• G8 Summit Website
• The Greek's Week Ahead - Bear Country
• Geopolitical Week Ahead - Economist

July 9, 2008

• Iran Test Fires Missiles - Int'l Herald Tribune
• Oil Inventory Drops 5.9 Mln. Barrels - EIA
• Oil Prices Rise on Data and News - AP/Yahoo
• IMF Says Tackle Inflation Now
• Mortgage Applications Increase - MBA
• Rate Hike Possibility for August Fades - DailyFX
• Emerging Markets Do NOT Comply on Emissions - Financial Times
• Omen Predicts Market Crash - CNBC
• BOE Preview - DailyFX
• Hedge Funds Stumble in H1- CNN Money
• Abu Dhabi Buys Chrysler Building - Bloomberg
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Today's Upgrades/Downgrades - Yahoo
• Derivatives Traders Downgrade Fannie (NYSE: FNM) Freddie (NYSE: FRE) - Bloomberg
• Alcoa (NYSE: AA) Shares Rise
• General Electric (NYSE: GE) Invests in Renewables
• Wachovia (NYSE: WB) Benefits from Upgrade - MarketWatch
• Obama Vs. McCain, Where They Stand - CNN Money
• Russia Threatens Military Response - Times Online

July 8, 2008

• Pending Home Sales Fall in May
• Wholesale Inventory-to-Sales Improve in May
• ICSC-UBS Weekly Same-Store Sales Rise 2.3%
• Bernanke Addresses FDIC
• Oil Swings Sharply Lower - AP/Yahoo
• G8 Sets Big Greenhouse Goal - BBC
• EU Rejects Biofuels - Platts
• T. Boone Pickens Promotes Alt Energy and His Interests - MW
• Majors Divided on Dollar's Fate - DailyFX
• Consumer Credit +$7.8 Bln. in May
• Fed and SEC So Happy Together
• Fed Plans New Rules - AP/Yahoo
• Fed's Lacker Set to Address Group
• Tales from the Black Sea - Georgia, Abkhazia, Russia - Economist
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Indymac (NYSE: IMB) Tanks on Capital Issues - Bloomberg
• Fannie (NYSE: FNM) Freddie (NYSE: FRE) in Rebound Mode - MarketWatch
• Siemens (NYSE: SI) Cuts Costs and 12,600 Jobs
• Novartis (NYSE: NVS) Takes 25% Stake in Alcan
• ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) Production Drops
• Iran Warns U.S. and Israel - BBC
• GM and Ford (NYSE: F) Big China Sales - AP/Yahoo

July 7, 2008

• Retail Vacancies Soar - CNBC
• RPX Index Shows Seasonal Housing Price Lift
• U.K. Industrial Production Softens - FT
• G-8 Leaders Face Rising Expectations - U.S. News
• Dollar Benefits from G8 Support - Bloomberg
• Oil Prices Ease Slightly - CNBC
• OPEC's Khelil Sees Further Rise - Platts
• Metals Lose Polish - FT
• Fred Mishkin's Speech - Fed
• UK Declares War on Food Waste - The Independent
• Bomb Rocks India Embassy in Kabul - BBC
• Bush Defends Concessions to North Korea - AP/Yahoo
• China's Olympic Nightmare - Foreign Affairs
• Last Straw for Ahmadinejad - Foreign Policy
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Earnings Season Kicks Off, but Not Much Hope - CNBC
• InBev Seeks Ouster of Anheuser (NYSE: BUD) Board - AP/Yahoo
• Universal Agrees to Buy The Weather Channel - AP/Yahoo
• Long Awaited Satellite Deal May Close Soon - AP/Yahoo
• GM Considers Asset Sales - CNN Money
• Microsoft Open to Deal if Yahoo Board Ousted - Bloomberg
• Toyota Prius to Gain Solar Panel - MarketWatch
• The Greek's Week Ahead - Bear Country
• Geopolitical Week Ahead - Economist

July 3, 2008

• Employment Situation June - Unemployment Holds at 5.5%
• Weekly Initial Jobless Claims Jumps to 404K
• ECB Hikes Rates 25 BPS
• ECB's Trichet Video Press Conference
• RBC Cash Indicates Sees Sentiment at All-Time Low
• ISM Nonmanufacturing Composite Slips Into Contraction Territory
• Oil Prices Pare Gains to $143 - CNBC
• EIA Natural Gas Report - Inventory Grows
• Euro Falls on Soft Spoken Trichet - Bloomberg
• Euro Should Correct to 1.57 Next Week - DailyFX
• Tough '09 for China - CNBC
• EU Rebuffs Slovakia - Bloomberg
• European Markets - FT
• Asian Markets - FT
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• General Motors (NYSE: GM) Downsizing to Mini - Bloomberg
• Nvidia (Nasdaq: NVDA) Warns
• BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) Clears Regulatory Hurdle Toward Rio Tinto (NYSE: RTP) Deal - AP/Yahoo
• Open Skies Clears Way for American, Iberia and British Airways Partnership - Financial Times
• French Judge Orders Continental (NYSE: CAL) to Trial - AP/Yahoo
• Dramatic Rescue in Colombia - BBC
• Iran Detains Saudi Fishing Vessels - Breitbart
• The Greek's Week Ahead - The Worst Case Scenario Bear Market
• Geopolitical Week Ahead - Economist

July 2, 2008

• ADP Says Private Sector Lost 79K Jobs in June
• Challenger Report Shows 82K Planned Layoffs in June - Bloomberg
• Monster Employment Index Dips 3 Points in June
• Factory Orders Rise 0.6% in May
• Iranian FM Dismisses Threat of Attack - Breitbart
• U.S. Admiral Urges Caution on Iran - BBC
• Israel Reassures West No Attack Imminent - World Tribune
• EIA Petroleum Status Shows 2 Bln. Barrel Draw
• Oil Prices Rise - Bloomberg
• Mortgage Activity Rises - MBA
• Paulson Says Home Prices to Sink Further - AP/Yahoo
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Merrill (NYSE: MER) Says GM (NYSE: GM) Bankruptcy Possible - Bloomberg
• Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) Shares Rise on Deal Report - AP/Yahoo

July 1, 2008

• June Sales Kick U.S. Automakers to Curb - Forbes
• Ford Sales Collapse in June
• General Motors (NYSE: GM) Sales Decline
• Fuel Efficient Vehicles Power Honda (NYSE: HMC) Sales - Business First Columbus
• ICSC-UBS Weekly Same-Store Sales Rise
• Construction Spending Falls 0.4% in May
• ISM Manufacturing Report Exceeds Expectations in June at 50.2%
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar

June 30, 2008

• The Greek's Week Ahead - The Worst Case Scenario Bear Market
• Geopolitical Week Ahead - Economist
• Oil Rises for 3rd Straight Day - Bloomberg
• Giant Saudi Field is Key to Production Growth - AP/Yahoo
• Bank for International Settlements Says Things Could be Worse than Expected
• NAPM - Chicago Exceeds Expectations at 49.6
• National Agricultural Statistics Service Assesses Corn and Soybean Acreage - NASS
• Eurozone Inflatin Jumps to 4% - Eurostat
• European Market Activity - Financial Times
• Asian Stocks Fall 3rd Day in Row - Bloomberg
• Can the Dollar Recover - DailyFX
• Buffet Disagrees with Bernanke on Inflation - Fortune
• Senate Seeks White House Summit - Platts
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• H&R Block Reports, Shares Jump 5%
• GenCorp (NYSE: GY) Reports at Close
• Yahoo!'s Takes Case to Shareholders in Defense Against Icahn - AP/Yahoo
• Del Monte (NYSE: DLM) Selling StarKist to Dongwon
• Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) Stops Selling Windows XP - AP/Yahoo
• France Telecom (NYSE: FTE) Drops TeliaSonera Bid - FT
• Hot Capital Flows Into China - Economist
• Zimbabwe Looms Over Africa Summit - BBC
• Spain Takes Europe - BBC

June 27, 2008

• Personal Income +1.9%, Outlays +0.8% Both Exceed Views
• Reuters/University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment at 56.4 Touches 50-Year Low
• Oil Setting New Records - Platts
• Fed's March Meeting Minutes
• Gold Gains - MarketWatch
• Banks and Retailers Lead European Bourses Lower - FT
• Asian Shares Sink on Oil Concern - AP/Yahoo
• Japanese Inflation at 10-Year High - AP/Yahoo
• European Confidence and Retail Sales Fall - DailyFX
• Global M&A Drops 35% - Reuters
• Faber Says Buy Gold, Greek Agrees - CNBC
• Farm Prices Report
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• KB Home (NYSE: KBH) Shares Fall on EPS News
• KBH EPS Conference Call 11:30 EDT
• AIG (NYSE: AIG) Poised to Absorb $5 Bln. Loss from Securities Lending - Bloomberg
• Merrill (NYSE: MER) Could Take Another Big Write-Off Says Lehman Analyst - Reuters
• Gates Sees Yahoo Deal Unlikely - Reuters
• Royal Bank of Scotland Takes Ratings Hit from Moody's - Bloomberg
• North Korea Demolishes Reactor Tower - BBC
• Greek's Week Ahead - You've Got a Friend
• Geopolitical Week Ahead - Economist

June 26, 2008

• Q1 GDP and Corporate Profits Revisions (GDP +1.0%)
• Weekly Initial Jobless Claims Unchanged at 384K
• Help-Wanted Index Drifts to 17 in May, from 19
• Existing Home Sales Rise 2.0% in May - NAR
• Natural Gas in Storage Increases - EIA
• Oil Rises as OPEC Pres Sees $170 and Libya Threatens Cuts - Bloomberg
• Fed VC Kohn Discusses Economic Decoupling - Fed
• Euro Consolidates Post FOMC - DailyFX
• Airlines Settle Price Fixing Scam - AP/Yahoo
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• GM (NYSE: GM) Falls on Goldman Downgrade - Bloomberg
• CitiGroup (NYSE: C) Hit by Goldman Downgrade - MW
• ConAgra (NYSE: CAG) Sinks After Reports
• Tech Sector Hit by Oracle and RIMM Outlooks - CNBC
• Discover Financial (NYSE: DFS) Reports Results, Charge-Offs Rise
• Lennar (NYSE: LEN) Reports, Sees More Tough Times
• White House Lifting N. Korea Sanctions - CNBC
• Greek's Week Ahead - You've Got a Friend
• Geopolitical Week Ahead - Economist

June 25, 2008

• How Fed Decision Could Impact Dollar - DailyFX
• FOMC Keeps Rates Unchanged, Signals Hawkishness
• Durable Goods Orders Unchanged in May - Census Bureau
• New Home Sales Run at 512K Annual Rate in May - Census Bureau
• Mortgage Applications Decrease in Weekly Survey - MBA
• International Energy Outlook - EIA
• Petroleum Status Report Shows Inventory Increase - EIA
• Saudi Arabia Foils Plot Targeting Oil Installations - Platts
• Oil Drops $4 - CNN Money
• Mastercard (NYSE: MA) Settles with American Express (NYSE: AXP) for $1.8 Bln. - AP/Yahoo
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• American Express Says Late Card Payments Increasing - Bloomberg
• California Attorney General Sues Countrywide (NYSE: CFC, NYSE: BAC) - AP/Yahoo
• Barclays (NYSE: BCS) Raises Capital
• Monsanto (NYSE: MON) Reports, Raises Guidance
• General Mills (NYSE: GIS) Reports Results

June 24, 2008

• ICSC-UBS Weekly Same-Store Sales Rise 2.2% Yr/Yr
• Redbook Weekly Sales Rise 2.8%
• Consumer Confidence Collapses to 50.4 in June from 58.1 in May - Conference Board
• Home Prices Sink Further in April - SP Case Shiller
• OPEC President Says "No need to raise supply" - AP/Yahoo
• OPEC-EU Meeting
• Fabor Favors Commodities - Bloomberg
• Does Central Bank Bark = Bite? - DailyFX
• Iran Denies It's Been Attacked - Jerusalem Post
• FOMC Meeting is Under Way
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Kroger (NYSE: KR) Same-Store Sales Up 5.8%
• Dow Chemical (NYSE: DOW) Raising Prices 25% Globally
• NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) Gets Doha Exchange - FT
• Two Rockets Strike, End Truce - BBC
• Soldier's Suicide Rushes Sarkozy Exit - CNN

June 23, 2008

• Greek's Week Ahead - You've Got a Friend
• Geopolitical Week Ahead - Economist
• Oil Rising Above $136 - CNBC
• Jeddah Oil Meeting Achieved Nothing - CNBC
• Gas at Pump Up 2.5% in 2 Weeks - MarketWatch
• Euro Falls on Slowdown Fears - Financial Times
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Citigroup (NYSE: C) Readies Major Job Cuts - Bloomberg
• Republic Services to Buy Allied Waste - AP/Yahoo
• China's Baosteel Agrees to Pay Rio Tinto 80% More for Ore - Bloomberg
• Bunge to Buy Corn Products for $4.4 Bln. - CNBC
• Walgreen (NYSE: WAG) Q3 Profits on Cost Cutting - AP/Yahoo

June 20, 2008

• Stocks Tumble on Economic and Iranian Concern - AP/Yahoo
• Israel Makes a Test Run - BBC
• Crude Up on Supply Fears - CNN Money
• OPEC President Rules Out Production Increase - Breitbart
• Winnebago Has a Tough Go - MarketWatch
• Ford Delays New Pick Up, Cuts Forecast - AP/Yahoo
• Moody's Cuts Bond Insurers - CNBC
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Automakers Face Potential Downgrade - Bloomberg
• A.Q. Khan, the Nuke Network - Economist
• Mars Lander Finds Ice - CNN

June 19, 2008

• Philadelphia Fed Business Outlook Survey Dips to -17.1 in May - Philly Fed
• Leading Indicators Rose 0.1% in May - Conference Board
• Weekly Initial Jobless Claims Measure 381K - DOL
• Natural Gas in Storage Increased 57 Bcf - EIA
• China Raising Gasoline, Diesel and Electricity Prices - Bloomberg
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Bear Stearns Hedge Fund Managers Sued by SEC - Bloomberg
• Ex-UBS Banker Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion - AP/Yahoo
• Circuit City (NYSE: CC) Loss Widens - AP/Yahoo
• The Greek's Week Ahead - Investment Bank Firing Line
• Geopolitical Week Ahead - Economist

June 18, 2008

• Oil Fluctuates on Mixed Inventory Report - AP/Yahoo
• Petroleum Inventory Decreases by Lesser Amount - EIA
• Mortgage Activity Sees Impact of Higher Rates - MBA
• Bush Urges Lifting Ban on Offshore Drilling - CNBC
• U.S. China to Open Negotiations on Investment Treaty - Bloomberg
• Dollar Decline to Accelerate - DailyFX
• Shooting to the Moon on Renewables - CNN Money
• European Markets Fall - FT
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• FedEx (NYSE: FDX) Swings to Loss - AP/Yahoo
• Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) Earnings Fall - Bloomberg
• Boeing Wins Air Force Tanker Challenge - CNBC
• AIG CEO Scores on Severance Package - AP/Yahoo

June 17, 2008

• Producer Price Index (PPI) May - Headline Prices Soar 1.4%, Core +0.2%
• Housing Starts Drop to Pace of 969K in May, Short of Consensus and April
• ICSC-UBS Weekly Same-Store Sales +2.1% Year-Over-Year
• Current Account Q1 - Deficit Widens to $176.4 Bln.
• Industrial Production Falls 0.2% in May, Capacity Utilization Drops to 79.4%
• State Street Investor Confidence Rises Slightly in June
• Crude Futures Extend Selloff - Platts
• Kuwaiti Oil Minister Sees Natural Price for Oil at $100 - Bloomberg
• U.K. Inflation Hits 3.3%, King Sees 4.0% - DailyFX
• German Investor Confidence Hits 15-Year Low - AP/Yahoo
• U.S. China in High Stakes Business Conference - AP/Yahoo
• Asian Shares Fall - Bloomberg
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) EPS Fall, Beat Expectations - AP/Yahoo!
• Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) Profit Falls, Beats Views - Yahoo

June 16, 2008

• Lehman Brothers (NYSE: LEH) Earnings - Yahoo!
• Empire State Manufacturing Survey June Deteriorates to -8.7
• Treasury International Capital April (Foreign Holdings Increase to $115.1 Bln.)
• International Equity Activity - FT
• Nestle Chairman Says High Food Prices Here to Stay - Bloomberg
• Corn Prices Soar Due to Floods - Bloomberg
• Housing Market Index June Falls to 18
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar

June 13, 2008

• CPI for May Gets a Bit Hot - BLS
• Michigan Consumer Sentiment June Collapses - Bloomberg
• Foreclosures Setting New Top in May - Realtytrac
• Power Out in Washington - Bloomberg
• Oil Just Short of $136 - AP/Yahoo
• OPEC Monthly Oil Market Report
• Bank of Japan Holds Rates Firm - BOJ
• BOJ Monthly Economic Viewpoints - BOJ
• Dollar Rallies - DailyFX
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) Turns to Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) - AP/Yahoo
• Merrill (NYSE: MER) Likely to Raise Capital According to Lehman (NYSE: LEH) - CNBC
• Kerkorian Boosts Ford (NYSE: F) Stake - Fortune
• KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY) Raises $1.65 Bln. - CNBC
• Geopolitical Week Ahead - Economist
• Greek's Week Ahead - Armageddon Renaissance Likely

June 12, 2008

• Retail Sales Rise 1.0% in May
• Import Prices Rose 2.3% in May
• Weekly Jobless Claims Jump to 384K
• Business Inventories-to-Sales Improve in April
• EIA Natural Gas Report
• Lehman Brothers (NYSE: LEH) Ousts CFO - Bloomberg
• Crude Falls on Dollar's Gain - Bloomberg
• Euro Gains May Prove Hard to Get - DailyFX
• Top Treasury Official Eases Wall St. Fears - FT
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) Plans $1 Bln. Plant Expansion - AP/Yahoo
• InBev May Need to Bid Higher for Anheuser-Busch (NYSE: BUD) - CNBC
• Invitrogen (Nasdaq: IVGN) to Buy Applied Biosystems (NYSE: ABI) - CNBC
• Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) Raises Forecasts - CNBC

June 11, 2008

• Energy Department Report Predicts Ongoing Price Pressure - DOE
• Oil Inventory Decreases by Another 4.6 Mln. Barrels - EIA
• Oil Prices Rise - Bloomberg
• Fed's Kohn Discusses Lessons for Central Bankers - Federal Reserve
• Mortgage Originations Increase Despite Rate Rise - MBA
• Quarterly Services Survey Q1 (Revenue Falls 4.7% from Q4) - Census Bureau
• Fed's Beige Book
• Monthly Treasury Budget
• Japan GDP Grew 1.0% in Q1 - WSJ
• G8 Energy Ministers Statement - DOE
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Corporate Express (NYSE: CXP) Accepts Staples (Nasdaq: SPLS) Offer - AP/Yahoo

June 10, 2008

• Dollar Rises on Bernanke Comments - Bloomberg
• Bernanke Speech on Inflation and Economy - Federal Reserve
• ICSC-UBS Weekly Same-Store Sales Rise 1.2% Yr-to-Yr.
• Trade Deficit Widens in April to $60.9 Bln.
• Oil Market Report - IEA
• Oil Eases on Saudi Output - CNBC
• Bank of Canada Keeps Rates Steady - BOC
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• XTO Energy (NYSE: XTO) to Buy Hunt - CNBC

June 9, 2008

• Dollar Woes Continue - DailyFX
• McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) Same-Store Sales Rise 7.7% in May - Ap/Yahoo