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This edition was generated on Mon Jun 29 08:45:01 EDT 2009

Table of Contents

General News Update
Sports News Update
Business News Update
Miscellaneous Daily Information
Boston Area Weather


General News Update

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-General News:

FILE - In this March 10, 2009 file photo, Bernard Madoff exits Manhattan federal AP
Madoff due in court for sentencing today AP – 1 hr 3 mins ago

NEW YORK – Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff is due back in court today to hear his punishment for running a massive Ponzi scheme. Madoff's lawyer has asked a judge to give his 71-year-old client 12 years behind bars. Prosecutors plan to seek a 150-year prison term. Ten victims have sought permission to speak at Madoff's sentencing Monday in federal court in Manhattan. Madoff also is expected to speak. Full Story »

Sports News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Sports:

USA's goalkeeper Tim Howard, right, reacts following their Confederations Cup AP

Brazil rallies to beat US in Confed Cup final

AP – Mon Jun 29, 3:24 am ET

JOHANNESBURG – Next year's World Cup just got a little more interesting. Full Story »

FILE - In this March 10, 2009 file photo, Bernard Madoff exits Manhattan federal AP

Madoff due in court for sentencing today

AP – 1 hr 4 mins ago

NEW YORK – Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff is due back in court today to hear his punishment for running a massive Ponzi scheme. Madoff's lawyer has asked a judge to give his 71-year-old client 12 years behind bars. Prosecutors plan to seek a 150-year prison term. Ten victims have sought permission to speak at Madoff's sentencing Monday in federal court in Manhattan. Madoff also is expected to speak. Full Story »

  • White House advisor hopeful on US economic recovery

    AFP – Sun Jun 28, 6:21 pm ET
    Christina Romer, chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, shows... AFP/Getty Images/File

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States could experience strong growth as it comes out of the current economic downturn, a senior advisor to US President Barack Obama told the Financial Times on Sunday. Full Story »

  • KB Home new home orders up from 1Q

    AP – Fri Jun 26, 5:42 pm ET
    In this photo taken June 24, 2009, a KB Home sign stands in front... AP

    LOS ANGELES - Going into its second quarter, KB Home had everyone wondering whether the homebuilder could duplicate the standout performance of its first quarter — posting a 26 percent year-over-year increase in new orders for the first time in more than three years. Full Story »

  • ECB to keep rates unchanged after massive auction

    AP – 39 mins ago

    LONDON - The European Central Bank is expected to keep its key interest rate unchanged on Thursday and cautiously note some signs that the economy of the 16 countries that share the euro is stabilizing following unprecedented liquidity injections and big declines in the cost of borrowing. Full Story »

  • Thinking of Switching Financial Planners?

    BusinessWeek Online – 36 mins ago

    You've got a dirty little secret. During long lunch breaks, or after work when everyone else heads home to their families, you're sneaking out to a secret rendezvous. You know what you're doing is perfectly justified, but you still feel a little bad afterwards. You never thought it would come to this. But here you are -- cheating on your financial planner. Full Story »

  • Amazon.com ends commission program in NC

    AP – Sat Jun 27, 4:56 pm ET

    RALEIGH, N.C. - Amazon.com said Friday it has pulled the plug on commissions for North Carolina Web sites that make referrals to the online retailer because a law designed to collect sales taxes on these transactions could soon be enacted. Full Story »

  • Emaar downplays debt burden of Dubai property merger

    AFP – Sun Jun 28, 3:08 pm ET
    A construction worker near the world's tallest building the... AFP/File

    DUBAI (AFP) - Dubai real estate giant Emaar Properties said on Sunday that the debt of the entity to be created through its merger with three other property developers will not exceed 3.64 billion dollars, seven percent of combined assets. Full Story »

  • Capitalizing on Cheap Natural Gas

    BusinessWeek Online – 36 mins ago

    While the price of a barrel of oil has doubled since early March, to about $68, natural gas prices are languishing at about $4 per million BTUs. In markets where traders make bets based on those standard measures of barrels and BTUs, the 18-to-1 price ratio for oil is about double the typical ratio of 8 or 9 to 1. That has some speculators betting natural gas prices will spike. Full Story »

  • For modest earners, relief repaying student loans

    AP – Sun Jun 28, 9:28 pm ET

    NEW YORK - Repaying a student loan could soon be a little less painful. Full Story »

  • The 10 Most Dollar-Discounted Housing Markets

    U.S. News & World Report – Fri Jun 26, 3:04 pm ET

    As the historic real estate bust continues to gut home prices throughout the country, property owners everywhere are scrambling to attract buyers. For some home sellers, that might mean chipping in for closing costs; others might try to sweeten the deal by handing out perks, like a free parking spot. But for many homeowners, the most efficient way to sell a home in a depressed market is to simply drop the listing price. ... Full Story »

  • The Family Doctor: A Remedy for Health-Care Costs?

    BusinessWeek Online – 36 mins ago

    The primary-care doctor is gaining new respect in Washington. Battles may be breaking out left and right over the various health-care bills emerging from Congress, but reformers on both sides agree that general practitioners should be given a central role in uniting the fragmented U.S. medical system. Full Story »

Miscellaneous Daily Stuff

Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - June 29, 2009
We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.
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Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860)
Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.
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Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809 - 1892)
Anyone who can handle a needle convincingly can make us see a thread which is not there.
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E. H. Gombrich (1909 - )
To pretend, I actually do the thing: I have therefore only pretended to pretend.
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Jacques Derrida (1930 - 2004)

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