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by Edmund M. McCarthy
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Articles of Interest

Ticking credit card time bomb - Peter Schiff (05/13/2008 01:53 PM)

Quotable

"One of the lessons that investors seem to have to learn over and over again, and will again in the future, is that not only can you not turn a toad into a prince by kissing it, but you cannot turn a toad into a prince by repackaging it. But very imaginative people in the securities market try to do that. If you have bad mortgages they do not come better by repackaging them. To some extent the chickens are coming home to roost for the mortgage originators and securitisers."

Warren Buffett, Financial Times, October 26, 2007

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Updated 05/13/2008 04:53 PM

Treasuries Fall as Retail Sales Less Autos Increase in April - Bloomberg (05/13/2008 04:53 PM)

Oil Rises to Record on Signs Refiners Not Meeting Fuel Demand - Bloomberg (05/13/2008 04:53 PM)

Most U.S. Stocks Gain, Led by Energy Shares; Yahoo Rallies - Bloomberg (05/13/2008 04:52 PM)

U.S. April Retail Sales Fall 0.2%; Rise 0.5% Excluding Autos - Bloomberg (05/13/2008 07:47 AM)

U.S. Import Prices Rise 1.8% in April, Up 1.1% Excluding Oil - Bloomberg (05/13/2008 07:48 AM)

Bernanke Says Fed to Boost Loans to Banks as Needed - Bloomberg (05/13/2008 07:21 AM)

Housing Prices Tumble in Two-Thirds of U.S. Cities - Bloomberg (05/13/2008 10:53 AM)

Conformity trumphs green living in some HOAs - Houston Chronicle (05/13/2008 08:43 AM)

Survey: 1 in 10 boomers borrowing for everyday expenses - Chicago Tribune (05/13/2008 05:09 AM)

Pain at the Other Pump: Shoe Prices Rise - WSJ ($) (05/13/2008 06:07 AM)

About Half Of Cleveland's Subprime Loans Ended In Foreclosure - Newsnet5 (05/13/2008 03:03 PM)

Latest Groans: Small-Business Loans - WSJ ($) (05/13/2008 05:22 AM)

Libor Poised for Shake-Up as Credibility Is Doubted - Bloomberg (05/13/2008 05:07 AM)

Average gas prices set record at $3.72 a gallon - USA Today (05/13/2008 05:18 AM)

Farmers unable to cash in on soaring food prices - LA Times (05/13/2008 05:05 AM)

Corn Prices Rise, Pitting Chickens Against Ethanol - Washington Post (05/13/2008 05:43 AM)

Wal-Mart Net Increases; Shares Fall on Forecast - Bloomberg (05/13/2008 06:46 AM)

Bank of America Sees Higher Losses on Home Equity - Bloomberg (05/13/2008 10:51 AM)

Economy Puts Tight Squeeze On RV Makers - WSJ ($) (05/13/2008 06:07 AM)

Goldman, Merrill Estimates Reduced at Oppenheimer - Bloomberg (05/13/2008 05:05 AM)

Hewlett-Packard Agrees to Acquire Electronic Data - Bloomberg (05/13/2008 07:53 AM)

U.K. April Inflation Rate Jumps the Most Since 2002 - Bloomberg (05/13/2008 05:06 AM)

China Retail Sales Rise at Fastest Pace Since 1999 - Bloomberg (05/13/2008 05:28 AM)

India's Futures Ban Is No Answer to Inflation: Andy Mukherjee - Bloomberg (05/13/2008 05:34 AM)

Surveyors' mood is gloomiest in nearly 30 years as slump deepens - UK Times (05/13/2008 05:38 AM)

A Wish List for Fixing Wall Street - NY Times , Sorkin (05/13/2008 05:08 AM)

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