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Wednesday, November
30
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Spreading Front-Page Doubts About the Strong Bush Economy
(Times Watch)
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Economic growth in third-quarter revised up (AP)
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Consumer confidence gets a lift (AP)
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A warning of trade suits over farming (NY Times)
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Record year for hurricanes part of a natural cycle (USA Today)
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Snow says China should get credit for yuan moves (USA Today)
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Walter Williams: Dead-end jobs (Townhall)
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Thomas Sowell: Random thoughts (Townhall)
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Bruce Bartlett: Corruption creep in GOP (Wash. Times)
Tuesday, November 29
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DoE: Avg. gasoline price falls below $2.20 (Reuters)
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Online sales seen surging on ‘Cyber Monday’ (Reuters)
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Crude falls, heating oil drops to 4-month low as supplies climb
(Bloomberg)
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Orders for durable goods rebound in October (AP)
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Leading economies 'sail and skate' towards 3.0 percent growth
(Channel NewsAsia)
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Patrick Michaels: Global warming overkill (Cato)
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Doug Bandow: The world of David Catania (Am. Spectator)
Monday, November 28
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EU strikes landmark sugar reform deal
(AP)
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Stock futures rise as holiday sales jump
(Reuters)
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Saudi oil minister says world oil markets are ‘well balanced’
(AFX News)
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Tips for online shopping this ‘Cyber Monday’
(ABCNews.com)
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Mideast trade pacts fare well
(Wash Times)
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Elizabeth Whelan: Fast food tells all (Wash Times)
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James
Glassman: Ticking tax time bombs (TCS)
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Michael
Barone: Toward Europe? (Townhall)
Wednesday, November
23
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Mexico OKs Pipeline to Future Arizona Refinery (Reuters)
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Stocks edge up after Fed’s take on the economy (AP)
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Another reason to be thankful (Wash Times)
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A marathoner chases trade deal
(IHT)
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Gas prices ease ahead of Thanksgiving
(CNN)
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Hong Kong must create 'road map' for rest of Doha Round, say WTO heavyweights (Channel
NewsAsia)
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John
Stossel: Fast food justice isn't good justice (Townhall)
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Bruce Bartlett: Logrolling of the Rx benefit (Wash Times)
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Max Borders: The Altruism Boom
(TCS)
Tuesday, November 22
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U.S. economy seen growing respectably (AP)
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5 WTO members try to resolve differences (AP)
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Retail group boosts U.S. holiday sales forecast on falling
gasoline prices (Bloomberg)
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EU may accept big cuts in sugar subsidies (IHT)
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Hans Labohm: Bad for business (TCS)
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Arnold Kling: Why people hate economics (TCS)
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U.S. farm subsidy offer deserves quiet burial (Bloomberg)
Monday,
November 21
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Gasoline prices continue to slide, survey finds (MSNBC)
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After eminent domain win, project goes nowhere (NY Times)
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Farming's front and center at talks
(USA Today)
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Retailers like Wal-Mart adjust to Katrina (AP)
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Cingular will be sold under name of AT&T (USA Today)
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House votes to kill Byrd trade law
(Reuters)
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Kerry
Howley: Every man's land (Reason)
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The freedom to hate Wal-Mart
(Townhall)
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Who Should Control the Internet? Just You and I
(Bloomberg)
Friday,
November 18
Thursday,
November 17
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Conoco to expand West Coast oil refineries
(LA Times)
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Factory production rebounds strongly
(AP)
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OPEC oil price falls below $50
(Reuters)
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APEC says EU farm cuts key to saving world trade talks
(AFP)
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Privatize Fannie and Freddie
(NRO)
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Excessive health insurance regulation leads to high costs
(Fox
News)
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Alan Reynolds: Medicare's muddled meddling
(Townhall)
Wednesday,
November 16
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Senate panel refuses to extend a Bush tax cut
(LA Times)
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Falling gas prices help retail profits
(AP)
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Fannie Mae's repairman
(Wash. Post)
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How Bernanke would fine-tune the economy
(CS Monitor)
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Walter Williams: What's inflation?
(Townhall)
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Thomas Sowell: Ignoring economics: part II
(Townhall)
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Bruce Bartlett: Tax reform non-starter
(Wash. Times)
Tuesday,
November 15
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Willis offers $1m for Osama
(Times of India)
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‘Cheeseburger bill’ is high on menu in Washington
(LA Times)
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Gas
prices fall for sixth straight week
(AP)
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U.S. producer prices excluding energy, food decline by most in two
years
(Bloomberg)
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Thomas Sowell: Ignoring economics
(Townhall)
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Bill Frist: How tax relief works
(Wash. Times)
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David R. Henderson: Is a ‘windfall profits tax’ a good idea?
(TCS)
Monday,
November 14
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No major AMT relief in House bill
(CNN)
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Doha Round is stuck because of EU: Brazilian foreign minister
(Channel NewsAsia)
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Wal-Mart reports smallest profit gain in four years
(Bloomberg)
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The most charitable companies
(Forbes)
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The free market's fair-weather friends
(Townhall)
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Senate stages show trial for big-oil executives
(Bloomberg)
Friday,
November 11
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Fannie Mae finds more errors, names new CFO
(Wash. Post)
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Global warming on the cover of Rolling Stone
(Fox News)
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WTO chief urges members to put meat into Hong Kong talks
(Channel NewsAsia)
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Dark clouds over Doha
(Economist)
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Editorial: Memo to poor countries: stand fast
(NY Times)
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That other cultural war grinds on
(TCS)
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The facts about Big Oil
(Am. Spectator)
Thursday,
November 10
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Oil
prices fall to lowest level in 3 months
(AP)
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Farm issues stall talks for a deal on trade
(NY Times)
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FTC against price-gouging law
(CNN)
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World Bank says poorest nations stand to gain most from WTO
(Channel NewsAsia)
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Living Large: We've been misled about the real threat posed by the
‘obesity crisis’
(Cato)
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Setting America free or shackling us with mandates?
(TCS)
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How DDT can stop millions of malaria deaths
(Mail & Guardian)
Wednesday,
November 9
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Freddie Mac to restate its profit downward
(Wash. Post)
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Winners and losers from rise in dollar
(NY Times)
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China applauds textile agreement, but hits out at U.S.
(Channel NewsAsia)
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Free trade deal offers ray of hope to millions of poor in South
Asia
(Channel NewsAsia)
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Walter Williams: Windfall profits
(Townhall)
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Direct Dumb-ocracy: California fruits and nuts against agriculture
(TCS)
Tuesday,
November 8
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Feuding over vaccines (Wash. Post)
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Imports, refineries help trim gas prices (Wash. Post)
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U.S., China Sign Deal on China Textiles (AP)
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News Analysis: Quagmire of farm aid hinders U.S. trade deal (IHT)
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Some rare good news on the obesity front (TCS)
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Skip the gas profit tinkering (Wash. Times)
Monday,
November 7
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China and U.S. expected to reach deal on textiles (NY Times)
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Survey: Gas prices drop 23 cents a gallon (AP)
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Bush to talk trade in
FTAA-friendly Panama (Fox News)
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Wal-Mart finds some friendly data
(IHT)
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Key WTO players try again to break deadlock (Channel
NewsAsia)
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Caroline Baum: Simplifying the tax code proves too complicated (Bloomberg)
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‘Windfall’ profits tax on oil would slow flow (Independent Institute)
Friday,
November 4
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House votes to block land seizure (CBS)
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U.S. Senate showdown on farm subsidies is threat to trade talks (IHT)
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Greenspan: Economy sturdy after hurricanes (Fox News)
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Tired of globalisation (The Economist)
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Trade with Cuba steadily rising (CBS)
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Patrick Michaels: How much ice in the global cocktail? (TCS)
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Nick Schulz: Demagogues and ‘windfall’ taxes (Wash. Times)
Thursday,
November 3
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Retailers Post Solid Sales in October (AP)
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Gas prices head down the driveway (CNN)
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Free-Trade Battle Looms at Americas Summit (AP)
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Talks in Europe last-ditch effort to salvage WTO round: US (AFP)
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Alan Reynolds: Oil profits, prices and politics (Townhall)
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Neal Boortz: Whose profits are they anyway? (Townhall)
Wednesday,
November 2
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Tax
change proposals to set off howls of protest (MSNBC)
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Free flow: Private firms in fast lane on autobahn (IHT)
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Budget cutters line up targets (CS Monitor)
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Bush says Latam free-trade idea stalled for now (Reuters)
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Japan, Australia begin study of free trade pact (Channel NewsAsia)
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Boom's over, but no sign of a bust (Chicago Trib)
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Walter E. Williams: Do we really care about children? (Townhall)
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Alejandro Chafuen: U.N. discovers property rights (Wash Times)
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Jack Rafuse: Here We Go Again (TCS)
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J.C. Watts: GSEs need reform now (Wash Times)
Tuesday,
November 1
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In this economy, the 'R' word means resilient (CS Monitor)
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Court nominee has free-market bent (LA Times)
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U.S. gas prices below $2.50 (Reuters)
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Bush
panel to propose broad tax-law changes (AP)
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Experts: Bird flu import bans illogical (AP)
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Oil prices dip on warmer weather forecasts (AP)
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Bruce Bartlett: Managing money (Townhall)
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Roy Spencer: Blair Gets Real on Climate Change (TCS)
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