Archive - October 2005 - September 2005 - August 2005

Wednesday, November 30

• Spreading Front-Page Doubts About the Strong Bush Economy (Times Watch)

• Economic growth in third-quarter revised up (AP)

• Consumer confidence gets a lift (AP)

• A warning of trade suits over farming (NY Times)

• Record year for hurricanes part of a natural cycle (USA Today)

• Snow says China should get credit for yuan moves (USA Today)

• Walter Williams: Dead-end jobs (Townhall)

• Thomas Sowell: Random thoughts (Townhall)

• Bruce Bartlett: Corruption creep in GOP (Wash. Times)

Tuesday, November 29

• DoE: Avg. gasoline price falls below $2.20 (Reuters)

• Online sales seen surging on ‘Cyber Monday’ (Reuters)

• Crude falls, heating oil drops to 4-month low as supplies climb (Bloomberg)

• Orders for durable goods rebound in October (AP)

• Leading economies 'sail and skate' towards 3.0 percent growth (Channel NewsAsia)

• Patrick Michaels: Global warming overkill (Cato)

• Doug Bandow: The world of David Catania (Am. Spectator)

Monday, November 28

• EU strikes landmark sugar reform deal (AP)

• Stock futures rise as holiday sales jump (Reuters)

• Saudi oil minister says world oil markets are ‘well balanced’ (AFX News)

• Tips for online shopping this ‘Cyber Monday’ (ABCNews.com)

• Mideast trade pacts fare well (Wash Times)

• Elizabeth Whelan: Fast food tells all (Wash Times)

• James Glassman: Ticking tax time bombs (TCS)

• Michael Barone: Toward Europe? (Townhall)

Wednesday, November 23

• Mexico OKs Pipeline to Future Arizona Refinery (Reuters)

• Stocks edge up after Fed’s take on the economy (AP)

• Another reason to be thankful (Wash Times)

• A marathoner chases trade deal (IHT)

• Gas prices ease ahead of Thanksgiving (CNN)

• Hong Kong must create 'road map' for rest of Doha Round, say WTO heavyweights (Channel NewsAsia)

• John Stossel: Fast food justice isn't good justice (Townhall)

• Bruce Bartlett: Logrolling of the Rx benefit (Wash Times)

• Max Borders: The Altruism Boom (TCS)

Tuesday, November 22

• U.S. economy seen growing respectably (AP)

• 5 WTO members try to resolve differences (AP)

• Retail group boosts U.S. holiday sales forecast on falling gasoline prices (Bloomberg)

• EU may accept big cuts in sugar subsidies (IHT)

• Hans Labohm: Bad for business (TCS)

• Arnold Kling: Why people hate economics (TCS)

• U.S. farm subsidy offer deserves quiet burial (Bloomberg)

Monday, November 21

• Gasoline prices continue to slide, survey finds (MSNBC)

• After eminent domain win, project goes nowhere (NY Times)

• Farming's front and center at talks (USA Today)

• Retailers like Wal-Mart adjust to Katrina (AP)

• Cingular will be sold under name of AT&T (USA Today)

• House votes to kill Byrd trade law (Reuters)

• Kerry Howley: Every man's land (Reason)

• The freedom to hate Wal-Mart (Townhall)

• Who Should Control the Internet? Just You and I (Bloomberg)

Friday, November 18

• Stocks surge, lifting hopes for strong '05 (LA Times)

• US, ASEAN agree to push for trade and investment agreement (Channel NewsAsia)
• Rolling back malaria (Mail & Guardian)
• U.S. should not import European laws (Fox News)
• Roy Spencer: The killer that matters most (TCS)
• Larry Kudlow: What I learned this week (Townhall)
• Ben Stein, good for laughs, shuns China hype (Bloomberg)

Thursday, November 17

• Conoco to expand West Coast oil refineries (LA Times)

• Factory production rebounds strongly (AP)

• OPEC oil price falls below $50 (Reuters)

• APEC says EU farm cuts key to saving world trade talks (AFP)

• Privatize Fannie and Freddie (NRO)

• Excessive health insurance regulation leads to high costs (Fox News)

• Alan Reynolds: Medicare's muddled meddling (Townhall)

Wednesday, November 16

• Senate panel refuses to extend a Bush tax cut (LA Times)

• Falling gas prices help retail profits (AP)

• Fannie Mae's repairman (Wash. Post)

• How Bernanke would fine-tune the economy (CS Monitor)

• Walter Williams: What's inflation? (Townhall)

• Thomas Sowell: Ignoring economics: part II (Townhall)

• Bruce Bartlett: Tax reform non-starter (Wash. Times)

Tuesday, November 15

• Willis offers $1m for Osama (Times of India)

• ‘Cheeseburger bill’ is high on menu in Washington (LA Times)

• Gas prices fall for sixth straight week (AP)

• U.S. producer prices excluding energy, food decline by most in two years (Bloomberg)

• Thomas Sowell: Ignoring economics (Townhall)

• Bill Frist: How tax relief works (Wash. Times)

• David R. Henderson: Is a ‘windfall profits tax’ a good idea? (TCS)

Monday, November 14

• No major AMT relief in House bill (CNN)

• Doha Round is stuck because of EU: Brazilian foreign minister (Channel NewsAsia)

• Wal-Mart reports smallest profit gain in four years (Bloomberg)

• The most charitable companies (Forbes)

• The free market's fair-weather friends (Townhall)

• Senate stages show trial for big-oil executives (Bloomberg)

Friday, November 11

• Fannie Mae finds more errors, names new CFO (Wash. Post)

• Global warming on the cover of Rolling Stone (Fox News)

• WTO chief urges members to put meat into Hong Kong talks (Channel NewsAsia)

• Dark clouds over Doha (Economist)

• Editorial: Memo to poor countries: stand fast (NY Times)

• That other cultural war grinds on (TCS)

• The facts about Big Oil (Am. Spectator)

Thursday, November 10

• Oil prices fall to lowest level in 3 months (AP)

• Farm issues stall talks for a deal on trade (NY Times)

• FTC against price-gouging law (CNN)

• World Bank says poorest nations stand to gain most from WTO (Channel NewsAsia)

• Living Large: We've been misled about the real threat posed by the ‘obesity crisis’ (Cato)

• Setting America free or shackling us with mandates? (TCS)

• How DDT can stop millions of malaria deaths (Mail & Guardian)

Wednesday, November 9

• Freddie Mac to restate its profit downward (Wash. Post)

• Winners and losers from rise in dollar (NY Times)

• China applauds textile agreement, but hits out at U.S. (Channel NewsAsia)

• Free trade deal offers ray of hope to millions of poor in South Asia (Channel NewsAsia)

• Walter Williams: Windfall profits (Townhall)

• Direct Dumb-ocracy: California fruits and nuts against agriculture (TCS)

Tuesday, November 8

• Feuding over vaccines (Wash. Post)

• Imports, refineries help trim gas prices (Wash. Post)

• U.S., China Sign Deal on China Textiles (AP)

• News Analysis: Quagmire of farm aid hinders U.S. trade deal (IHT)

• Some rare good news on the obesity front (TCS)

• Skip the gas profit tinkering (Wash. Times)

Monday, November 7

• China and U.S. expected to reach deal on textiles (NY Times)

• Survey: Gas prices drop 23 cents a gallon (AP)

• Bush to talk trade in FTAA-friendly Panama (Fox News)

• Wal-Mart finds some friendly data (IHT)

• Key WTO players try again to break deadlock (Channel NewsAsia)

• Caroline Baum: Simplifying the tax code proves too complicated (Bloomberg)

• ‘Windfall’ profits tax on oil would slow flow (Independent Institute)

Friday, November 4

• House votes to block land seizure (CBS)

• U.S. Senate showdown on farm subsidies is threat to trade talks (IHT)

• Greenspan: Economy sturdy after hurricanes (Fox News)

• Tired of globalisation (The Economist)

• Trade with Cuba steadily rising (CBS)

• Patrick Michaels: How much ice in the global cocktail? (TCS)

• Nick Schulz: Demagogues and ‘windfall’ taxes (Wash. Times)

Thursday, November 3

• Retailers Post Solid Sales in October (AP)

• Gas prices head down the driveway (CNN)

• Free-Trade Battle Looms at Americas Summit (AP)

• Talks in Europe last-ditch effort to salvage WTO round: US (AFP)

• Alan Reynolds: Oil profits, prices and politics (Townhall)

• Neal Boortz: Whose profits are they anyway? (Townhall)

Wednesday, November 2

• Tax change proposals to set off howls of protest (MSNBC)

• Free flow: Private firms in fast lane on autobahn (IHT)

• Budget cutters line up targets (CS Monitor)

• Bush says Latam free-trade idea stalled for now (Reuters)

• Japan, Australia begin study of free trade pact (Channel NewsAsia)

• Boom's over, but no sign of a bust (Chicago Trib)

• Walter E. Williams: Do we really care about children? (Townhall)

• Alejandro Chafuen: U.N. discovers property rights (Wash Times)

• Jack Rafuse: Here We Go Again (TCS)

• J.C. Watts: GSEs need reform now (Wash Times)

Tuesday, November 1

• In this economy, the 'R' word means resilient (CS Monitor)

• Court nominee has free-market bent (LA Times)

• U.S. gas prices below $2.50 (Reuters)

• Bush panel to propose broad tax-law changes (AP)

• Experts: Bird flu import bans illogical (AP)

• Oil prices dip on warmer weather forecasts (AP)

• Bruce Bartlett: Managing money (Townhall)

• Roy Spencer: Blair Gets Real on Climate Change (TCS)