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November 19, 2008

• Consumer Price Index Offers Relief
• Housing Starts Tumble in October, Permits Worse
• CNOOC Sees $40 Oil - FT
• Israeli Air Force Chief Says, "We're Ready" - Jerusalem Post
• Al-Qaeda Threatens US, Obama - BBC
• CEOs Suggest $300 Billion Fiscal Stimulus - CNBC
• Stimulus, the Risk of Waiting - CNN Money
• The Recession in Your State - CNN Money
• Mortgage Activity Off - MW
• Auto Execs Return to Face Fire - MW
• UK Factory Orders Lowest in Years - DailyFX
• Eurozone Construction Declines - DailyFX
• Gold, the Two Views - MW
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades
• Gas Sales Boost BJ's Wholesale (NYSE: BJ) - AP/Yahoo
• BASF to Close 80 Plants Worldwide - Reuters
• Toyota (NYSE: TM) Takes Steps - AP/Yahoo
• Trina Solar (NYSE: TSL) Shines on Demand and Cost Cuts - AP/Yahoo
• Indian Navy Sinks Pirate Ship - Reuters
• Can Lincoln's Playbook Help Obama - CNN
• VIDEO: Pirate Attacks in Gulf of Aden - AP/Youtube

November 18, 2008

• Producer Prices Fall in October on Energy Decline
• Bernanke's TARP Testimony
• Paulson's Testimony on TARP
• Auto Industry Begs Skeptical Congress - US News
• IMF Spokesman Says More Need Help
• G-20 Failure - Reuters
• Asian Firms Bet on Mobile Convergence - MW
• ICSC Weekly Same-Store Sales Fell 0.1% Yr/Yr
• Foreign Demand for US Investments Increased in September
• State Street Investor Confidence Slides in November
• Home Prices Rise in Some Metro Areas - NAR
• Housing Market Index - NAHB
• VIDEO: AP Top Stories - Youtube
• VIDEO: Nov 17 in 100 Seconds - TPMTV
• Oil Moves Below $55 - CNN Money
• UK Inflation Goes Away - FT
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades
• VIDEO: Jerry Yang Leaving Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) - AP/Youtube
• Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) Beats Numbers - Bloomberg
• Home Depot (NYSE: HD) Wrecked - AP/Yahoo
• Ford (NYSE: F) Unloads Mazda Stake - Reuters
• Dutch Insurer Seeks US Bank to Tap TARP - CNBC
• Saks (NYSE: Saks) Posts Greater Loss than Seen - AP/Yahoo
• New Ship Seized in Gulf of Aden - FT
• China's Hu Strikes Deal in Cuba - BBC
• Obama Meets McCain Half Way - NYT
• America's Hungry Kids - CNN

November 17, 2008

• VIDEO: AP Top Stories - Youtube
• Citigroup Considers Cutting Another 53K Jobs (NYSE: C) - AP/Yahoo
• Industrial Production Exceeds View in October
• Japan Slips Into Recession - FT
• Empire State Manufacturing Survey Shows Poorly (-25.4)
• G-20 Not Bad Work - Economist
• FDIC May Alter Guarantee Plan After Banks Complain - Bloomberg
• NABE Says Unemployment to Peak at 7.5% - CNBC
• Philly Fed Surveys Economists
• Auto Bailout Showdown - CNN Money
• Oil Hijacked! - Reuters
• OPEC Official Says No Cut - CNBC
• EU, China Sign Agreement on Consumer Safety - AP/Yahoo
• Geopolitical Week Ahead - Economist
• Pension Deficit Drops $3 Billion - CNBC
• VIDEO: Nov 14 in 100 Secs - TPMTV
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades
• Target (NYSE: TGT) Earnings Fall 24% - MW
• Lowe's (NYSE: LOW) Lowers Forecast - Bloomberg
• UBS, Goldman Execs Forgo Bonuses - FT
• JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) Mulls Layoffs - MW
• Genworth Buys Bank, Seeks Aid - MW
• Iraq, US Agree on Troops - Reuters
• Obama Meeting with McCain - CNN
• Pirates Take Tanker - BBC

November 14, 2008

• Retail Sales Fall Sharper Than Expected in October
• G-20 Summit Gets Underway with Weird Speech from Bush - FT
• Import Prices Fall 4.7% in October
• VIDEO: AP Top Stories - Youtube
• Import, Export Prices Deflate in October
• Bernanke Addresses Bankers of World
• FDIC Loan Loss Sharing Proposal to Promote Affordable Loan Modifications
• Business Inventories Decline in September
• France Avoids Recession for Now - Reuters
• Oil Dips Below $56 - CNN Money
• Europe Enters Recession - BBC
• Hedge Fund Giants Support More Regulation - MW
• Michigan Consumer Sentiment Rises - Reuters
• Hillary for Secretary of State? - Reuters
• Paulson Pulling Rabbits from his Hat - Economist
• VIDEO: Nov 13 in 100 Seconds - TPMTV/Youtube
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades
• JC Penney (NYSE: JCP) Profit Sinks 52% - Bloomberg
• Sun Micro (Nasdaq: JAVA) Sheds 6K Jobs - AP/Yahoo
• Citigroup (NYSE: C) to Lay Off Another 10K - CNN Money
• Crisis Hits Nokia, Mobile Market (NYSE: NOK) - CNBC
• Dow Chemical (NYSE: DOW) Sees Cut Backs by Year End - CNBC
• Freddie (NYSE: FRE) Needs More Dough - MW
• Obama and the Muslim World - CNN
• 4 New Planet Images - CNN
• Sarkozy Seeks to Remove Tension with Russia - BBC

November 13, 2008

• Weekly Jobless Claims Top 500K
• Trade Deficit Narrows in September
• Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) Profit Rises 10%, Beats - AP/Yahoo
• VIDEO: AP Top Stories - Youtube
• Obama Pushes for $50 Bln. to Autos, Oversight Czar - Bloomberg
• OECD Sees Tough 2009 - FT
• RBC Cash Index Slips Slightly in November
• WEBCAST: Treasury Secretary Paulson on TARP
• Paulson's Remarks on TARP
• Oil Dips Further - CNN Money
• IEA Cuts Forecast
• Petroleum Status Report
• China Industrial Production Slows - MW
• Foreclosure Activity Inches Higher - Realtytrac
• White House Says Bailout Funds Not for Big 3 - Reuters
• Banks Promise No Bailout Funds for Bonuses - AP/Yahoo
• Germany Falls Into Recession - Bloomberg
• VIDEO: Nov 12 in 100 Secs - TPMTV
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades
• Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) Slashes Forecast - CNBC
• DOJ Indicts UBS Wealth Management Head - FT
• Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) Halts Project, Fires 11K in Macau - AP/Yahoo
• BT Cuts 10K Jobs - FT
• AMAT Fires 1,800 - MW
• Zurich Profit Falls 90% - MW
• Afghan Attack Kills Eight - BBC
• Obama Faces Big Challenges in Afghanistan - Reuters
• US Criticizes Russian Counter Missile Move - BBC

November 12, 2008

• Paulson to Address Congress on TARP Program - FT
• ICSC Weekly Same-Store Sales Growth Softens Sharply to +0.4% Yr/Yr
• IEA Warns of Long-Term Energy Supply Crunch
• Oil Slips Below $59 on Economic Weakness - CNN Money
• Crude to Pass $200 by 2030 - CNN Money
• New Help for Borrowers - FT
• Mortgage Applications Drop 20% in a Week - MBA
• Originations Shows Shift to Fixed Rate and Gov't Loan Products in 1H - MBA
• New FHA Loan Limits
• World Bank Pushes to Place $100 Bln. with Developing Nations - FT
• BOE Gets Serious, Ready for Another Cut - Bloomberg
• Holiday Sales to Fall First Time in 23 Years - CNBC
• China Retail Sales Still Hot - MW
• Pelosi Says Autos Too Big to Fail - BBC
• VIDEO: Bush Talks About Regrets - TPMTV/Youtube
• VIDEO: Nov 11 in 100 Seconds - TPMTV/Youtube
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades
• Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) Cuts Forecasts on Seismic Consumer Shift - Bloomberg
• Macy's (NYSE: M) Beats Expectations with its Loss - AP/Yahoo
• ING Posts First Loss - CNBC
• Barclays (NYSE: BCS) Finds Dissent for its Mid-East Capital Raise - FT
• JA Solar (Nasdaq: JASO) Sees Panic - Reuters
• Nkunda's War in Congo - Economist
• Iran Test Fires New Long Range Missile - Reuters
• Fortress Korea - BBC
• Obama's Pick Upsets Arabs - Reuters

November 11, 2008

• The Bravest Man I Know - iReport.com
• Veterans Groups Sue Administration for Benefits - US News
• Citigroup (NYSE: C) Reworks Mortgages - Reuters
• Obama Arrives at White House - Reuters
• VIDEO: Nov 10 in 100 Secs - TPMTV/Youtube
• Paulson's Folly, Throwing More Money at AIG - Reuters
• Oil Falls on Economic Reality, Hopes Deflated - CNN Money
• Obama Presses Bush to Help Automakers - CNN Money
• Bush to Take Action on Autos - US News
• Playing the Bailout: Bonds May Benefit - CNBC
• Chinese Stimulus Could Hurt US - MW
• Barton Biggs: Fears Overblown
• Ruble Roils Russian Stocks - Bloomberg
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades
• Toll Brothers Sees Q4 Revenue Drop of 41% - AP/Yahoo
• American Express (NYSE: AXP) Converts to Bank - FT
• Starbucks (Nasdaq: SBUX) Needs a Cup - MW
• Grand Ambitions in Congo - BBC
• Palin Leaves Door Open - Reuters

November 10, 2008

• China Stimulus Plan Energizes Asia and Oil - Bloomberg
• China Stimulates - FT
• Wall Street Could Shed 70K Jobs - CNBC
• Oil Moves Higher - CNN Money
• Geopolitical Week Ahead - Economist
• Dollar Weakens on Chinese Move - MW
• Obama Meets Bush at White House - CNN
• Chinese Stimulus Not What it Seems - Forbes
• UK Inflation Eases a Bit - FT
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades
• Citigroup (NYSE: C) Seeks Regional Bank - Reuters
• Gov't Alters AIG Deal - CNBC
• DHL Fires 9,500 - CNN Money
• Circuit City (NYSE: CC) Bankrupt - Reuters
• Fannie (NYSE: FNM) Posts Loss - AP/Yahoo
• McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) Strong October Sales - MW
• Tyson Foods (NYSE: TSN) Misses - AP/Yahoo
• USDA Cuts Corn and Soy Forecasts - AP/Yahoo
• Emanuel Brushes Off Partisan Shots - CNN
• Santander Makes Big Rights Offering - FT
• Pentagon Struck Al Qaeda Using Secret Powers - AP/Yahoo
• Three Bombs Shake Baghdad - BBC
• VIDEO: Obama's First Press Conference - TPMTV

November 7, 2008

• Employment Situation Report Shows 240K Jobs Lost, 6.5% Unemployment Rate
• Ford (NYSE: F) Burns $7.7 Bln., Declares 2,260 Jobs Gone - AP/Yahoo
• VIDEO: AP Top Stories - Youtube
• Spain May Guarantee Bank Bonds for 5 Years - Bloomberg
• Pending Home Sales Index September
• Wholesale Trade Report September
• Oil Backs Under $61 - AP/Yahoo
• Consumer Credit Report September
• EU Holds Financial Reform Summit - BBC
• Obama Examines Economy - Reuters
• Pelosi Wants Tax Cuts - Bloomberg
• States Face Unemployment Funds Drain - CNN Money
• JP Morgan Warns on Consumer Debts - Reuters
• GMAC May Leave Mom & Pop Investors with $15 Bln. Problem - Bloomberg
• Fed Pumps Another $100 Billion - CNN Money
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades
• GM Misses, Capital Tight, Sees Tough '09, Emerging Markets Soften - PR Newswire
• Toyota Tanks as Trade Resumes (NYSE: TM) - CNBC
• Disney Profit Declines (NYSE: DIS) - MW
• British Airways Shares Soar Despite Big Loss - AP/Yahoo
• Automakers Plead for Funds - MW
• New Treasury Chief is Obama's First Test - FT
• Chinese Hack into White House - FT
• Pentagon Prepares for War Time Transition - CNN

November 6, 2008

• Bank of England Slashes Rate by 150 BPS
• ECB Cuts Rate by 50 BPS
• Trichet's Intro Statement
• Monster Employment Index Hits New Low
• VIDEO: Asian Markets Face Reality Post Election - AP/Youtube
• VIDEO: The Day After in 100 Secs - TPMTV/Youtube
• Weekly Jobless Claims Stick High
• Longer Term Jobless Benefits Hit 25-Year High - AP/Yahoo
• Retail Chain Store Sales Nosedive - Bloomberg
• Q3 Productivity and Costs Report
• Oil Prices Fall on Reality - CNN Money
• Democrats Push for More Stimulus - CNBC
• Natural Gas Stocks Expand - EIA
• Borrowing Costs Decline - CNN Money
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades
• Wal-Mart Posts October Sales Rise of 2.3%
• After Microsoft, Google Deals Fall Apart, Yahoo Chief Defends Himself - CNN Money/Techland
• Toyota (NYSE: TM) Hacks Forecast - Reuters
• Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO) Sees Weakness, Doesn't Expect Layoffs - CNBC
• Republicans Vow to Rebuild - MarketWatch
• Israel Cautions Obama Against Dialogue with Iran - Reuters
• Obama Assembles His Team - BBC

November 5, 2008

• The World Reaction to Obama's Victory - FT
• Market Starts Lower After Obama Win - Bloomberg
• ADP Employment Report Shows Loss of 157K Jobs in October
• Announced Layoffs Hit 5-Year High - Reuters
• Weekly Mortgage Applications Decrease - MBA
• Obama's Historic Victory - Economist
• EIA Petroleum Status Report, Inventory Unchanged
• Oil Falls on Demand Woes - CNN Money
• Who Will Be the Next Treasury Secretary? - CNBC
• Obama Inherits Feeble Economy - AP/Yahoo
• ISM Nonmanufacturing Shows Contraction
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades
• Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) Warns - AP/Yahoo
• Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) Pulls Out of Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) Partnership - CNN Money
• GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) Cuts Workforce - CNBC
• Obama's Trade Policies - CNBC
• Biggest Dem House Majority in 15 Years - CNN
• Dems Pad Senate Lead - CNN
• Russia to Move Missiles Next to Poland to Offset Shield - BBC
• CNN Election Center

November 4, 2008

• Candidates Make Final Pitches - US News
• VIDEO: AP Top Stories
• September Factory Orders
• Oil Prices Fall on Economic Strife - AP/Yahoo
• Baku Plays Russia Versus Europe for Natural Gas - Bloomberg
• Treasury Weighs Purchasing Stakes in Other Firms - Reuters
• ICSC-Goldman Weekly Sales Rose 0.9% Yr/Yr
• Borrowing Costs Fall to Lowest Levels in 5 Months - CNBC
• How McCain Might Win - Weekly Standard
• Australia Cuts Rates by 75 BPS - FT
• VIDEO: Nov 3rd in 60 Secs - TPMTV/Youtube
• Landmark Meeting at Vatican, Catholics and Muslims Talk it Over - Reuters
• NYC Commercial Real Estate Crash - Bloomberg
• Dollar Yen Lower as Traders in Risky Mood - MW
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades
• Goldman (NYSE: GS) Fund Loses $1 Bln. - CNBC
• Archer Daniels (NYSE: ADM) Net Doubles - MW
• UBS Faces Tough Close to Year - MW
• WalGreen (NYSE: WAG) Sales Up 2.0% in October - Reuters
• Mastercard Reports Loss - Washington Post

November 3, 2008

• US Light Motor Vehicle Sales Lowest in 17 Years - Bloomberg
• Up to 1,800 Total Institutions Might Apply for Federal Investment - Reuters
• Economists See Recession Through '09 - CNN Money
• EU Autumn Economic Forecast Shows GDP Stalling
• Sharp ECB Rate Cut Anticipated - AFP
• VIDEO: AP Top Stories - Youtube
• Fed's Lacker Discusses Global Interdependence
• Oil Inches Above $69 - CNN Money
• REPORT 10 AM: ISM Manufacturing Index October (Consensus: 41.5)
• REPORT 10 AM: Construction Spending Sept (Consensus: -0.8%)
• Dollar LIBOR Eases - Bloomberg
• Chinese Manufacturing Slows - AP/Yahoo
• IMF's Scheme to Save Emerging Markets - Economist
• South Korea Unveils Stimulus Plan - MW
• India Makes Surprise Rate Cut - MW
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades
• Boeing (NYSE: BA) Employees Return to Work - AP/Yahoo
• Commerzebank, Societe Generale Cough Up Tough News - Bloomberg
• JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) Halts Foreclosures to Redo Mortgages - CNBC
• Circuit City (NYSE: CC) Closing 155 Stores - AP/Yahoo
• Pepsico (NYSE: PEP) Invests $1 Bln. Into China - MW
• Hard Hit Hartford (NYSE: HIG) Says Well Capitalized - MW
• Russia Blames US For Crisis - CNBC
• Last Push for Presidency - Economist
• Geopolitical Week Ahead - Economist
• Iran Marks Anniversary of Embassy Seizure - Reuters
• Aid Reaches Congo in Chaos - BBC

October 31, 2008

• Personal Income, Outlays September About as Expected
• Bank of Japan Cuts Key Lending Rate to 0.3% - Bloomberg
• Oil Falls Below $64 - AP/Yahoo
• Employment Costs Rise 0.7% in Q3, Up 3.0% Yr/Yr
• Chicago Business Barometer Tanks to 37.8 in Oct, from 56.7 in Sept
• AAA Shows National Average Gasoline at $2.50
• Reuters/University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Drops in Final Reading for October
• 7.5 Million Homeowners Underwater - CNN Money
• Bernanke Speaks at Berkley at 2PM
• Second Stimulus on Way - CNBC
• Eurozone Inflation Tumbles - FT
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades
• Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO), Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) May Walk Away from Search Deal - Reuters
• Chevron (NYSE: CVX) Beats Numbers - Bloomberg
• Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) Says Crisis Could Hurt Business - CNBC
• ArvinMeritor (NYSE: ARM) Fires 1,250 - AP/Yahoo
• Barclays Looks Eastward for Capital - FT
• Treasury Nixes GM, Chrysler Aid - CNN Money
• Libya Discusses Naval Base with Russia - FT
• India Points to Separatists - Reuters
• Catastrophe Grips Congo - BBC

October 30, 2008

• GDP Declines 0.3% in Q3
• Weekly Jobless Claims Unchanged at 479K
• VIDEO: AP Top Stories - Youtube
• VIDEO: Phillies Win World Series - AP/Youtube
• Money Market Rates Drop on Fed Cut, Credit Unlocking - Bloomberg
• Equity Allocation at Historic Low - Reuters
• US May Back $600 Bln. for Troubled Home Loans - CNBC
• European Confidence Sapped - FT
• Japan Unveils Economic Stimulus Package - FT
• Crude Oil Tops $70 - CNN Money
• Credit Card Debt Forgiveness in the Works - CNN Money
• Dollar Weakens Some - CNN Money
• EIA Natural Gas Report
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades
• ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) Posts Biggest Ever Profit - AP/Yahoo
• Motorola (NYSE: MOT) Delays Spinoff - FT
• Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE: CL) Beats by Penny - CNBC
• Deutsche Bank (NYSE: DB) Posts Magic Profit - MW
• Cigna (NYSE: CI) Posts 53% Profit Drop - AP/Yahoo
• Waste Management (NYSE: WMI) Beats - Reuters
• American Express (NYSE: AXP) Fires 7K - AP/Yahoo
• It's Time for Obama? - Economist
• Russia Selling Arms in US Backyard - Reuters
• Blasts Rock India - BBC

October 29, 2008

• FOMC Policy Statement - Fed Cuts Funds Rate by 50 BPS
• Sept Durable Goods Orders Rise 0.8%, Beat View, Decline 1.1% Ex-Transportation
• Wall Street Awaits the Fed Today - CNN Money
• VIDEO: AP Top Stories - Youtube
• Weekly Mortgage Activity Increased on Rate Drop, Housing News - MBA
• China Lowers Rates for 3rd Time in 2 Months - Bloomberg
• Dollar Mixed in Early Trade - MW
• Congress, Wall Street Set to Clash on Bonuses - CNBC
• Treasury May Extend Rescue to Private Banks - CNBC
• Money Market Rates Retreat - Bloomberg
• Oil Bounces Off 17-Month Low - AP/Yahoo
• EIA Petroleum Status Report
• TARP Full of Holes for Bank Investors - CNN Money
• How to Draw Down Retirement Funds - US News
• Belarus Ready to Liberalize for IMF Loan - FT
• Recession Slows Wind Turbines - Reuters
• VIDEO: Immigrants Can't Find Work, Returning Home - Youtube/AP
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades
• Aetna (NYSE: AET) Profit Sinks 44% on Investment Losses - AP/Yahoo
• Porsche Soars, While VW Sinks on Hedge Trade Plan, End of Short Squeeze - FT
• GMAC Seeks Bank Status - Reuters
• P&G (NYSE: PG) Profit Rose, Cuts Outlook - AP/Yahoo
• Kraft Foods (NYSE: KFT) Optimistic on Sales Growth - MW
• Sony (NYSE: SNE) Profit Falls 90% - CNBC
• GM Q3 Sales Tank 11% - AP/Yahoo
• Democrats Seek Historic Gains - Reuters
• Hundreds Dead in Pakistan Quake Rubble - Reuters
• Diego Back to Coach Argentina - BBC
• Coming Eco Crunch - BBC

October 28, 2008

• Stocks Stage Fierce Rally - AP/Yahoo
• Consumer Confidence Drops to 38 in October
• VIDEO: Asian Markets Rise, Off US Lead - AP/Youtube
• ICSC Weekly Same-Store Sales Rose 1.3% Yr/Yr in Week Ended October 25th
• S&P Home Price Index Declined in August
• VIDEO: AP Top Stories
• Oil Rebounds to $64 - AP/Yahoo
• OPEC Officials Say Ready to Act Again on Production - Reuters
• Iceland Hikes Key Lending Rate to 18% - MW
• Fair Value Accounting Scrutinized this Week - CNN Money
• Yen Gives Back Ground - DailyFX
• Baltic Dry Index Drops Below 1K for First Time in Six Years - Bloomberg
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Boeing (NYSE: BA) Machinists Voting on New Deal - Bloomberg
• Whirlpool (NYSE: WHR) to Cut 5K Jobs by End 2009 - AP/Yahoo
• VW Briefly tops ExxonMobil's Market Cap (NYSE: XOM) - CNBC
• BP (NYSE: BP) Posts 83% Profit Rise - AP/Yahoo
• GE Borrows $5 Bln. from Fed - CNN Money
• Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) Cuts Cap Spending - MW
• Behind but Unbowed - Economist
• The Race Race - BBC
• Election, Your Health Insurance at Stake - Fortune

October 27, 2008

• G7 Warns on Yen Volatility - FT
• Yen, Dollar Surge on Risk Aversion - FT
• IMF Pledges Support for Ukraine, Hungary - IMF
• G7 Statement on Yen - Treasury
• Nine Big Banks Get $125 Bln. Injection - CNN Money
• Regionals Get $18 Bln. - CNN Money
• Oil Tests New Lows - CNN Money
• New Home Sales Stabilize in September
• Take Your Tax Losses - MW
• Fed Expected to Go to 1% - MW
• VIDEO: Brown Says Banks Need to Do Jobs - AP/Youtube
• Gas Prices Drop 53 Cents - AP/Yahoo
• Interbank Lending Improves at Slower Rate - AP/Yahoo
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades
• Verizon (NYSE: VZ) Profits Soar on Wireless Segment - AP/Yahoo
• Loews (NYSE: L) Supports CNA Financial (NYSE: CNA) Post Loss - Bloomberg
• GM, Chrysler Seek Aid for Jobs - Reuters
• Fifth Third (Nasdaq: FITB) Needs Injection - CNBC
• Goldman (NYSE: GS) Approached Citi (NYSE: C) - MW
• Humana (NYSE: HUM) Hits Wall - AP/Yahoo
• US Helicopter Downed in Afghanistan - CNN
• Obama Leads in 5 Key States - Reuters
• Geopolitical Week Ahead - Economist
• US Helicopter Raid Inside Syria - BBC
• VIDEO: Palin Addresses Spending - TMPTV/Youtube

October 25-26, 2008

• VIDEO: President's Address
• Asia, Europe Reach Consensus on Crisis - AP/Yahoo
• VIDEO: Washington Week - PBS/Youtube
• VIDEO: Friday's Stock Action - AP/Youtube
• VIDEO: Political Day in Bits - TPMTV
• VIDEO: Credit Rating Agencies Come Under Fire - C-SPAN

October 24, 2008

• Stock in Wild Day - AP/Yahoo
• NIKKEI Tanks 9% - Bloomberg
• VIDEO: AP Top Stories - Youtube
• Existing Home Sales Rise
• Paulson Said to be Planning Regional Bank Investment - Bloomberg
• OPEC Cuts Production by 1.5 mb/d
• Oil Rises Despite Cut - BBC
• Russia Warns US on Sanctions - Reuters
• Another Fed Rate Cut on Tap - CNN Money
• Into a Slump - Economist
• Mail Warns Wall Street Execs of Payback - Reuters
• VIDEO: UK Into Recession - Youtube/ITN News
• GE Taps Fed Funding - AP/Yahoo
• Yen Hits 13-Year High on Carry-Trade Unwind - Bloomberg
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades
• PNC Bank (NYSE: PNC) Gets National City (NYSE: NCC) in Bailout Action - AP/Yahoo
• Aflac (NYSE: AFL) Gets Frost Bitten - MW
• Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) Down on EPS News - MW
• Target (NYSE: TGT) Alters Model - MW
• Obama Talks About Toot - ABC News
• Rays Take Game 2 of Series - ESPN
• Fey's Palin Meets Ferrell's Bush on SNL - CNN

October 23, 2008

• VIDEO: AP Top Stories
• Weekly Initial Jobless Claims Increase to 478K
• VIDEO: Asia Tanks Ahead of Summit - Youtube/AP
• S&P Cuts Russia Outlook to Negative - Bloomberg
• Foreclosures Decline Monthly in September - AP
• New Foreclosure Plan on Tap at FDIC - CNN Money
• Greenspan, Snow, Cox Testify - CNBC
• Greenspan Sees Credit Tsunami - AP/Yahoo
• US to Host G-20 Meeting in November - FT
• Sweden Slashes Rates - FT
• OPEC's Nightmare, as Oil Prices Plummet - MW
• EIA Natural Gas Report
• Eurozone Factory Orders Decline - MW
• Credit Markets Appear to be Thawing - Economist
• Hamels Leads Phillies to Game 1 Victory - ESPN
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades
• Goldman (NYSE: GS) Cutting 10% of Workforce - AP/Yahoo
• UPS Beats, Sees Challenges - Reuters
• Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) Sees Tough Q4 - CNBC
• GM Signals More Cuts - CNN Money
• Chrysler Letting Another 1,825 People Go - AP/Yahoo
• Sony Slashes Forecast (NYSE: SNE) - FT
• US Turns Over Triangle of Death - AP/Yahoo
• Audio: Sarkozy as Catalyst - Economist
• Does Bin Laden Have an October Surprise in Store? - BBC

October 22, 2008

• VIDEO: AP Top Stories
• Credit Rating Agencies to Blame - ABC News
• Argentine Default Looms - Bloomberg
• Mortgage Activity Report Shows 16.6% Drop - MBA
• Underwater Mortgages a Growing Threat - CNBC
• Paulson's Remarks on China and Global Economy - Treasury
• Fed Alters Rate Structure to Free Credit
• Oil Inventory Builds - EIA
• Russia Considers Production Cuts on Oil - Reuters
• Crude Prices Drop 6% - MarketWatch
• Hungary Raises Rates to Preserve Currency - Bloomberg
• China Calls for Global Cooperation on Financial Crisis - CNN
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades
• Merck (NYSE: MRK) Net Drops, Fires 7,200 - AP/Yahoo
• Wachovia (NYSE: WB) Posts $24 Bln. Loss - Reuters
• Boeing (NYSE: BA) Strike Hits Home Hard - Reuters
• McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) Profit Jumps - AP/Yahoo
• Apple's Jobs Heads Off Panic (Nasdaq: AAPL) - Fortune
• Travelers (NYSE: TRV) Profit Falls 82% - AP/Yahoo
• World Series Start - MLB
• India Goes to the Moon - BBC

October 21, 2008

• ICSC Weekly Same-Store Sales Rose 0.9% Yr/Yr, Fell 1.6% Wk/Wk
• Oil Above $74, Waits on OPEC - AP/Yahoo
• Kerkorian Sells Portion of Ford (NYSE: F) Stake - AP/Yahoo
• IMF Warns Europe - IMF
• State Street Investor Confidence Index
• Bank of Canada Lowers Overnight Rate Quarter Point
• Fed's Stern Speaks Today
• French Banks Surge on State Injection - FT
• VIDEO: Bernanke Favors Fiscal Aid - AP/Youtube
• VIDEO: Know Your 401K - Youtube/AP
• Further Ease in Borrowing Rates - MW
• Fed Announces New Money Market Fund Aid
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades
• Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) Net Falls - Bloomberg
• National City Cuts 4K Jobs - Reuters
• DuPont (NYSE: DD) Cuts Outlook, Profit Sinks 30% - MW
• Texas Instruments Tips - CNBC
• Iraqi Cabinet Seeks Changes to Troops Pact - Reuters
• McCain Attacks Obama's Tax Plan - Youtube/AP
• Democrats Could Dominate After Elections - Economist

October 20, 2008

• This Week: Not So Happy Anniversary
• VIDEO: AP Top Stories
• Geopolitical Week Ahead: OPEC Meeting Keys - Economist
• Bernanke Testifies Before House on Economic Recovery Challenges
• Leading Economic Indicators Rose 0.3% in September
• Fed's Lockhart Speaks
• Energy Prices Diverge - CNN Money
• Credit Markets Seen Thawing - CNN Money
• LIBOR Rates Improve - MW
• Chinese GDP Growth Slips to 9% - FT
• Iceland Gets IMF Rescue - FT
• Fed Governor Kroszner Speaks
• Credit Default SWAPS Investigation Opened - Bloomberg
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades
• GM Reportedly Pushing Ahead with Chrysler Merger - Reuters
• Mattel (NYSE: MAT) Misses Its Number - AP/Yahoo
• Oilfield Services Firms Halliburton (NYSE: HAL), Weatherford (NYSE: WFT) Top Numbers - Reuters
• ING Shares Soar on Capital Injection - CNBC
• Circuit City (NYSE: CC) Closing Stores - CNBC
• Exelon (NYSE: EXC) Bids on NRG (NYSE: NRG) - CNN Money
• Disarray at Turkish Terror Trial - BBC
• Obama Vows He Will Change the World - Telegraph
• CNN Election Center
• Don't Call it a Cleric Comeback - Economist

October 17, 2008

• Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) Beats Forecasts - Reuters
• Housing Starts Sink to Decades Low
• President's Address This Morning - C-SPAN
• IMF Ready to Stabilize Ukraine - FT
• Michigan/Reuters Consumer Sentiment Reading October
• Credit Market Tension Easing - CNN Money
• Europeans Want Financial System Revolution - Economist
• Oil Edges Higher - AP/Yahoo
• Eastern Europe Takes Hit - Economist
• Buffet Says He's Buying Stocks - CNN Money
• Autos Set for Mergers? - AP/Yahoo
• Getting a Mortgage in Today's Environment - US News
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades
• Schlumberger (NYSE: SLB) Gains 13% on Profits - Bloomberg
• Honeywell (NYSE: HON) Meets, Guidance Soft - CNBC
• Lehman Execs Subpoenaed - CNBC
• ING Shares Sink on Capital Rumor - Reuters
• Your Stress May Impact Your Kids - US News
• Palin to Appear on SNL - CNN
• Obama Keeps 5-Point Lead - Reuters
• Presidential Candidates Trade Jokes - Reuters
• Geopolitical Week Ahead - Economist

October 16, 2008

• Industrial Production, Capacity Utilization Drop in September
• Citigroup Posts Large Loss, Misses Consensus - Bloomberg
• Weekly Jobless Claims at 461K
• CPI Tame in September
• Swiss Banks Get Major Rescue - FT
• VIDEO: AP Top Stories
• VIDEO: 3rd Presidential Debate - CSPAN
• Debate Analysis - CNN
• Emerging Market Currency Chaos Erupts - FT
• US Investors Shed More Foreign than Visa Versa - TIC Report
• Philly Fed Index October - Consensus -10
• Housing Market Index Pending 1PM
• Oil Sets 14 Month Low - AP/Yahoo
• EIA Oil Inventory Data
• EIA Natural Gas Report
• EU, US to Meet on Financial Crisis - Reuters
• Highland Capital to Close Hedge Fund - CNBC
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades
• Merrill Lynch Loss Widens - AP/Yahoo
• Southwest (NYSE: LUV) Reports Net Loss - CNBC
• UnitedHealth (NYSE: UNH) Makes Number - Reuters
• Peabody (NYSE: BTU) Profit Soars - AP/Yahoo
• EU Resolute on Climate - BBC

October 15, 2008

• Retail Sales Collapse in September
• JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) Profit Sinks 84% - AP/Yahoo
• VIDEO: AP Top Stories - Youtube
• Europe Pumps $250 Bln. - FT
• Oil Slips on Global Recession Fear - AP/Yahoo
• OPEC Cuts Forecast - MW
• Core PPI Rose 0.4% in September
• Empire State Survey Drops to -24.6, Well Below Expected
• Mortgage Activity Increases
• While Home Prices Plummet, Taxes Won't - CNN Money
• Yellen Sees Economy in Recession
• Are Money Funds Safe Now? - CNN Money
• Iceland Slashes Rates - FT
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades
• JP Morgan Q3 EPS Report
• JPM Call and Presentation for Q3
• Coca-Cola Profit Up 14% - CNN Money
• Delta Posts Q3 Loss (NYSE: DAL) - AP/Yahoo
• Abbott Labs Profit Jumps (NYSE: ABT) - CNBC
• Wells Fargo Tops Estimates (NYSE: WFC) - Bloomberg
• Piper Jaffray (NYSE: PJC) Swings to Loss - AP/Yahoo
• Intel Profit Rises 12% - MW
• Christians Flee Iraqi Town - CNN
• Canadians Reelect Conservatives - BBC
• VIDEO: Sox Lose to Rays Again - Youtube/AP

October 14, 2008

• Treasury Action to Stabilize Economy
• Joint Statement of Fed, Treasury
• VIDEO: Asian Markets Up 2nd Day in Row - Youtube/AP
• Bush Announces Bank Rescue - BBC
• President Bush's Sober Thoughts on Economy - White House
• Paulson Advises Banks to Deploy the Capital - Bloomberg
• ICSC Same-Store Sales Rise 1.0% Yr/Yr
• Redbook Survey Sales Up 0.5%
• Oil Now Above $84 - AP/Yahoo
• Treasury Budget 4PM: Consensus - Surplus $70 Bln.
• Gold Breaks Losing Streak - MW
• Bank of Japan Catches Up
• Worst to Come in Retail - CNN Money
• LIBOR Eases - AP/Yahoo
• McCain's New Housing Plan - CNN Money
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades
• Pepsico (NYSE: PEP) Cuts 3,300 Jobs, Profit Falls 10% - AP/Yahoo
• J&J Profit Beats Forecasts - Reuters
• Daimler to Cut 3,500 Jobs - Bloomberg
• Boeing Says Talks with Union Fail - CNBC
• North Korea to Resume Atom Closure - Reuters

October 13, 2008

• The Greek's Week Ahead - Whew!
• VIDEO: AP Top Stories
• European Cos. Brace for Recession - Bloomberg
• World's Central Banks Shed Lending Limits - Federal Reserve
• Oil Rebounds - AP/Yahoo
• Spain Makes Huge Bank Guarantees - FT
• Europe Acts to Restore Banks - FT
• Mobius: We're Seeking a Bottom - CNBC
• IMF: World Has a Plan - MW
• Treasury's Kashkari's Remarks
• Geopolitical Week Ahead - Economist
• Emerging Markets Upheaval - Economist
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades
• VIDEO: Fed Approves Wells, Wachovia Deal - AP/Youtube
• Morgan Stanley, MUFG Deal Closes, MS Shares Soar - Reuters
• US Considers Comprehensive Bank Action - AP/Yahoo
• GM Shares Rally on Merger Talks - CNBC
• Sovereign Confirms Talks with Santander - CNN Money
• North Korea Restores UN Monitors - Reuters
• Turkish Jets Bomb Kurds - BBC

October 10, 2008

• VIDEO: Markets Spiraling Lower
• GE Misses Consensus, Shares Fall
• GE Earnings Conference Call
• VIDEO: President's Address - Youtube/AP
• Obama Focuses on Economy - Reuters
• Import Prices Fall in September on Oil Decline
• Trade Deficit Narrows
• G-7 Tough Circumstance - Bloomberg
• Oil at 13-Month Low - AP/Yahoo
• NY Fed to Play Counterparty for CDS Market - CNBC
• Rogers Sees Inflation Holocaust - CNBC
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades
• Morgan Stanley Slides on Rating Threat - Bloomberg
• Barclays Cuts 3K More Jobs - Reuters
• MetLife Raises $2 Bln. - FT
• Suicide Attack on Tribal Gathering - CNN
• NATO to Take on Opium Trade - BBC

October 9, 2008

• VIDEO: AP Top Stories
• Global Recession on the Way - Economist
• Weekly Jobless Claims Still Hot
• 3 Asian Central Banks Cut Rates - FT
• VIDEO: Asian Markets React to Rate Cuts
• Paulson Says US Might Take Ownership in Banks - Bloomberg
• Italian Banks in Trouble - Bloomberg
• Iranian Oil Minister Sees Emergency OPEC Meeting November - Reuters
• RBC Cash Index Shows Consumer Sentiment Collapse in October
• Wholesale Trade Report August, Inventories Build
• LIBOR Rates Jump - CNBC
• Minneapolis Fed Chief Stern Speaks on Financial Shock
• Bank Iced in Iceland - Bloomberg
• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
• Yahoo! Upgrades and Downgrades
• IBM Q3 Profit is Decent - AP/Yahoo
• Blackrock, PIMCO Bid to Manage Bailout Assets - Reuters
• Could MetLife or Hartford be the Sick Cos. Mentioned Last Week? - Reuters/Yahoo
• Gap Same-Store Sales Sink - MW
• Korea Deploys Missiles - Reuters
• Snap Election Called in Ukraine - BBC

October 8, 2008