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2007

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2007

• Lender Lobbying Blitz Abetted Mortgage Mess: Ameriquest Pressed For Changes in Laws; A Battle in New Jersey - Wall Street Journal 31dec2007
• New-Home Sales Tumbled 9% Amid Falling Prices in November - Wall Street Journal 28dec2007
  • New Residential Sales in November 2007 - Press Release / US Census Bureau News / Joint Release US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development / US Dept of Commerce 28dec2007
• Mortgage Fraud Seen as a Driver In Wave of Foreclosures - Wall Street Journal 21dec2007
• Bear Stearns Loss Presages More Turmoil - New York Times 20dec2007
• Morgan Stanley: $9.4 B Write-Downs for Quarter. CEO John Mack "Won't Accept Bonus" - Wall Street Journal 20dec2007
• Asian Stocks Fall with Wall Street  - Thomson Financial News / CNNMoney 17dec2007
• Bush Says US Economy is Safe and Sound: Why Doesn't Anyone Believe Him? - AP 17dec2007
• Microlending: How big Mexican banks profit as many poor borrowers get trapped in a maze of debt - Business Week 13dec2007
• Interest Rate 'Freeze' is Fraud: Bankers pay lip service to families while scurrying to avert suits, prison - San Francisco Chronicle 9dec2007
• New-Home Sales Post Modest Gain Because Prior Month Revised Down  - Wall Street Journal 29nov2007
• Stocks Plunge on Financial System Fears - Los Angeles Times 27nov2007
• Goldman Cuts Rating on Citi to 'Sell': Biggest U.S. bank could write down $15 Billion - Los Angeles Times 20nov2007
• Get Set for Wave of Debt Downgrades - Wall Street Journal 9nov2007
• General Motors Loses $39 Billion - AP 7nov2007
• Private Equity Is On The Prowl - Le Monde diplomatique (France) 6nov2007
• Citigroup $11 Billion Charges: In Citi Shake-Up, Broader Troubles Rubin and Bischoff Succeed Prince for Now - Wall Street Journal 5nov2007
• Citigroup Charles O. Prince III: Citigroup Chief Exec to Resign in Wake of $US5.9 Billion Writedown - Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) 4nov2007
  • Meredith Whitney: CIBC Analyst Got Death Threats on Citigroup - Reuters 4nov2007
• Chrysler Plans to Cut Thousands More Jobs: Half by 2010 - Wall Street Journal 1nov2007
• Stock Prices Plunge: Dow Drops 370 Points - AP 1nov2007
• Price of Oil Climbing to $100 a Barrel Seen Not Too Far - Arab News 30oct2007
• Economic News: Consumer Spending Down: Foreclosures Up - AP 1nov2007
• Merrill Lynch Posts Wide Loss, Discloses Bigger Write-Downs - Wall Street Journal 24oct2007
• Nissan Races to Make Smaller, Cheaper Cars - Wall Street Journal 22oct2007
• Fears of Falloff In Profits Send Dow Down 2.6%: Third-Quarter Results Worse Than Expected; More Worries on Banks - Wall Street Journal 20oct2007
• Angelo Mozilo: SEC Probing Countrywide CEO Stock Sales - Reuters 17oct2007
• Citigroup Net Falls 57 Percent on Fixed-Income Losses - Bloomberg 15oct2007
• Hormone-Therapy Drugs Caused Breast Cancer: Wyeth Hit With $134.5 Million Verdict - Wall Street Journal 12oct2007
• Illegal Weapons Exports Growing Say US - AP 11oct2007
• Furniture Sales Hurt by Mortgage Woes - Business Week 7oct2007
• Real Estate Sags, REITs Cool Down - New York Times 7oct2007
• Merrill's $5 Billion Bath Bares Deeper Divide - Wall Street Journal 6oct2007
• Wal-Mart Era Wanes Amid Big Shifts in Retail: Rivals Find Strategies To Defeat Low Prices; World Has Changed - Wall Street Journal 3oct2007
• Food Makers Get Appetite for Regulation - Wall Street Journal 17sep2007
• AstraZeneca to Outsource Manufacturing - The Times (UK) 17sep2007
• Record Highs For Oil, Wheat; Record Low For the US Dollar - FN Arena News (Australia) 13sep2007
• Penny Pritzker, Chairman of the board, Classic Residence by Hyatt and TransUnion; billionaire, U.S. - Forbes 30aug2007
• Court Clears Whole Foods Deal: FTC Loses Appeal to Delay Acquisition of Wild Oats - Wall Street Journal 24aug2007
• Countrywide Says `Unprecedented' Disruptions May Hurt Profit - Bloomberg 9aug2007
• Stocks Drop on New Credit Concerns - Washington Post 9aug2007
• Red Cross Is Sued by J&J Over Signature Emblem - Wall Street Journal 9aug2007
• Kroger to Complete Transition to Certified rBST-Free Milk by Early 2008 - Press Release / Kroger's 1aug2007
• Whole Foods CEO John Mackey: Unraveling Rahodeb: A Grocer's Brash Style Takes Unhealthy Turn - Wall Street Journal 20jul2007
• Whole Foods CEO John Mackey: The Price of Anonymity - Time 19jul2007
• FDA Food Inspections Are Seen as Inadequate - Wall Street Journal 17jul2007
• Whole Foods CEO John Mackey: Chief John Mackey Bashed Rival on Web -  Bloomberg News 12jul2007
• Car Sales: Detroit's Fourth of July Dud: Jump in June Auto Sales Passes up the Motor City - MarketWatch 3jul2007
• Whole Foods and Wild Oats: FTC Fights Proposed Merger - Bloomberg News 6jun2007
• PepsiCo, Sunny Delight and Rockstar: Benzene Suit to Move Forward - AP 30may2007
• China Ex-Food and Drug Safety Chief Sentenced to Death - Reuters 29may2007
• Ex-Wal-Mart Marketing Chief Accuses Executives of Taking Gifts - Bloomberg 27may2007
  • Julie Ann Roehm vs Wal-Mart Stores Inc. / US Dist. Court in the East. Dist. of MI South. Div. / Case No. 07-CV-10168   24may2007
• Halliburton Opens Door To Middle East Investors - Wall Street Journal 23may2007
• Kuwait Abandons Peg to Sliding US Dollar - Financial Times (UK) 21may2007
• China to Buy $3 Billion Stake in Blackstone - New York Times 20may2007
• Pet and Fish Food: Tainted Chinese Imports Common: In Four Months, FDA Refused 298 Shipments - Washington Post 20may2007
• GE Nears Deal in Plastics Auction Nearly $11 Billion Sale To Saudi Company - Wall Street Journal 18may2007
• Halliburton Distances Itself From KBR - Reuters 16may2007
• Eli Lilly Gave Away $11.8M in First Quarter: Influence-Peddling - Indianapolis Star 2may2007
• Pacific Steel Casting: Nonprofit Begins Air Monitoring  - Berkeley Voice 27apr2007
• AT&T CEO Whitacre Gets $158.5 Million Plus Pension to Retire - Wall Street Journal 27apr2007
• Apple's Q2 Profit Soars 88%: 10.5 Million iPods Sold in Quarter -  Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal 25apr2007
• OSHA Leaves Worker Safety in Hands of Industry - New York Times 25apr2007
• Existing-Home Sales Decline 8.4% As Median Prices Falls From 2006: Consumer Confidence Drops - Wall Street Journal 24apr2007
• Google's Net Surged 69% to $1 Billion - Wall Street Journal 20apr2007
• GM, Ford, Chrysler's U.S. Sales Fall; Toyota's Rises -  Bloomberg 3apr2007
• Compact-Disc Sales Down 20% this Year - USAToday 21mar2007
• Chiquita to Pay $25M in Terror Case: Paid Colombian Terrorist Group for Protection - AP 14mar2007
• Halliburton Moves its Corporate HQ to Dubai: No Joke! - Wall Street Journal 12mar2007
• Whole Foods Makes Offer for a Smaller Rival Wild Oats - New York Times 22feb2007
• High Court Throws Out Verdict Against Philip Morris -  Wall Street Journal 20feb2007
• ExxonMobil Offered Scientists Cash to Dispute Climate Study - The Guardian (UK) 2feb2007
• Unhappy Meals - Michael Pollan / New York Times 28jan2007
• Organic Erosion: Will the term organic still mean anything when it's adopted whole hog by behemoths such as Wal-Mart? - San Francisco Chronicle 28jan2007
• Apple Renames Itself, Unveils iPhone and Cisco Sues - AP 9jan2007

• GE Is Seeking Bids on Plastics Unit Auction Appears to Reflect Concerns From Regulators About Bidders Teaming Up - Wall Street Journal 8jan2007