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The Economy
05/16 Fed,
BOE Signal End of Rate Cuts as Price Pressures Increase,
Crisis Eases
05/16 Housing
Starts in U.S. Rise; Single-Family Construction Hits
17-Year Low
05/16 U.S.
Builders Broke Ground on Fewest Houses Since '91
05/16 Senate
Short of Agreement on Housing Rescue
05/15 Bernanke
`Strongly' Urges U.S. Banks to Raise More Capital as
Crisis Wanes
05/15 Industrial
Output in U.S. Drops More Than Twice What Economists
Forecast
05/15 Congress
Sends Farm Bill to White House
05/15 Job
Market Soft, Factories Weak
05/14 Fed
Officials Warn on Inflation, Say Financial Markets Are
Still Unsettled
05/14 US
Foreclosure Filings Surge 65 Percent in April
05/14 Congress
Votes to Stop Stockpiling Oil
05/13 Bernanke
Says Markets Remain Unsettled, Fed Is Ready to Increase
Auctions
05/13 Import
Prices in U.S. Advance 1.8%, More Than Forecast, 1.1%
Excluding Oil
Financial Markets
05/16 Saudi
Arabia Plans to Boost June Oil Production by 300,000
Barrels a Day
05/16 Oil
Rises to Record Above $127 on Goldman Report, China Demand
for Diesel
05/16 Gold
Rallies Most in Three Months on Record Oil Costs,
Weakening Dollar
05/16 Energy
Department Won't Accept New Contracts to Fill Strategic
Oil Reserve
05/16 Natural
Gas Climbs in New York, Following Jump in Nymex Crude-Oil
Futures
05/16 Nymex
April Trading Volume Rises 22% as Crude Oil, Gasoline
Reach Records
05/15 Crude
Oil Falls After U.S. Natural-Gas Inventories Jump More
Than Forecast
05/15 Gold,
Silver Gain in New York as Dollar's Rally Stalls, Energy
Costs Climb
05/15 Nymex
Gas Falls After Report of Larger-Than-Expected U.S.
Inventory Gain
05/15 Venezuela's
Chavez Says Attack by U.S. May Cause Oil Price to Rise to
$500
05/14 Crude
Oil Declines After U.S. Distillate-Fuel Supplies Climbed
Last Week
05/14 Gold,
Silver Futures Tumble on Reduced Demand for Hedges Against
Inflation
05/14 OPEC
Will Eventually Cut Oil Output as Heavy Crude Demand
Falls, Iran Says
05/14 Greenspan
Expects Crude-Oil Prices to Keep Rising on Capacity
Constraints
05/14 Nymex
Gas Rises After Enterprise Delays Start of Gulf of Mexico
Pipeline
05/14 Gas
Prices Up? All in Your Head, Data Says
05/13 Crude
Oil Trades Little Changed After IEA Cuts 2008 Global
Demand Forecast
05/13 Gold
Drops as Dollar's Rebound Curbs Investment Demand for
Precious Metal
Corporate
05/16
British
Airways May Eliminate Routes as Rising Fuel Prices
Threaten Profit
05/16 GE
Confirms Plans to Exit Appliance Business
05/16 Macy's
to Have FAO Schwarz Boutiques in Stores
05/16 Abercrombie
& Fitch Profit Tops View
05/16 J.C.
Penney Says Profit Fell 50 Percent, Will Again
05/16 Kohl's
First-Quarter Profit Falls Nearly 27 Percent
05/15
Icahn
Takes Yahoo Stake, Seeks Control of Board to Accept
Microsoft Offer
05/15 CBS
Agrees to Buy Cnet Networks, Owner of News Web Sites, for
$1.8 Billion
05/15 Chrysler
Is Exceeding Cash, Operating Goals for 2008, Chief
Nardelli Says
05/15 J.C.
Penney Reports $120 Million Profit, Exceeding Estimates of
Analysts
05/15 General
Electric Looks to Sell Appliance Unit: Report
05/15 High
Gas Prices are Driving Scooter Sales Up
05/14
Freddie
Mac Loss Is Narrower Than Estimated; Lender to Raise $5.5
Billion
05/14 Sony
Forecasts 20% Gain in Operating Profit on Unexpected
Rebound in Games
05/14 Macy's
Shares Surge After First-Quarter Sales Beat Analysts'
Estimates
05/14 Deere
Profit Higher, but Outlook Disappoints
05/13 UPS
Orders 200 Hybrid Electric Delivery Trucks
05/13
Wal-Mart
Net Rises on Discounts; Second-Quarter Profit May Trail
Estimates
Consumers
05/16
U.S.
Consumer Confidence Falls to 28-Year Low, Single-Family
Starts Drop
05/15
Food
Costs Jump Most in 18 Years
05/15 Americans'
Money Worries are Growing, L.A. Times/Bloomberg Poll Finds
05/14
Consumer
Prices in U.S. Rose 0.2% in April, Less Than Economists
Forecast
05/14 Consumer
Credit Crisis Showing Up in the Cards
05/13
U.S.
April Retail Sales Rise More Than Forecast as Consumers
Keep Spending
World Markets
05/16 Japan's
Economy Grows 3.3%, Faster Than Estimated, Led by Exports
to Asia
05/16 India's
Inflation Unexpectedly Accelerates to 3 1/2 Year High;
Rupee Falls
05/16 Bank
of Japan May Keep Rate at 0.5% as Shirakawa Reduces Growth
Forecasts
05/16 Hong
Kong's First-Quarter Economic Growth Unexpectedly
Accelerates to 7.1%
05/16 British
Energy Rises After Receiving Approaches Priced Above
Market Value
05/16 European
Coal Rises to Record on Stronger Demand From Indian Power
Plants
05/16 European
Exports Decline 2.9% as the Euro's Advance Erodes
Competitiveness
05/16 WTO
Tells U.S. to Cut Trade Barriers, Improve Exports
05/15 U.K.'s
Two-Year Notes Are Heading for Biggest Four-Day Decline
Since 1996
05/15 China
Factory, Property Spending Rises 25.7%, Adds to
Overheating Concern
05/15 Japan's
First-Quarter Growth Probably Slowed as Companies Reduced
Spending
05/15 PetroChina
Suspends All Exports of Fuel to Meet Increasing Domestic
Demand
05/15 Bank
of Japan May Keep Benchmark Rate at 0.5% After It Lowered
GDP Outlook
05/15 European
Economic Growth Accelerates More Than Estimated, Led by
Germany
05/15 New
Zealand Spending Report Another Sign Economy Has
Contracted
05/14 King
Signals BOE May Be Almost Done Cutting Rates as Inflation
Accelerates
05/14 China's
Industrial Production Growth Cooled Last Month as Exports
Slowed
05/14 China's
Earthquake Makes Interest Rate Rise Less Likely,
Economists Say
05/14 China
Orders Insurers to Expedite Earthquake Claims as Damage
Bill Rises
05/14 Wholesale
Prices Rise at Fastest Pace in Almost 3 Decades on
Commodities
05/14 Global
Economic Outlook Improved in May Amid Signs Credit Crisis
Is Easing
05/14 EU
Ministers Say Consumers `Suffering' as Food, Oil Erode
Purchasing Power
05/13 China
Stocks Fall as Earthquake Damages Power Plants,
Transmission Lines
05/13 China
Orders Mines, Chemical Plants, Oil Wells to Halt Output
After Quake
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MSNBC
05/15
Economist - special report
 05/15
The Economist
 05/14
BCA
 05/'12
Gold
 04/20
Confidence
Board
04/24
The Economist
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