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This edition was generated on Fri Oct 2 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:

In this Sept. 25, 2009 photo, Khaliha Adger, from left, Gregory King, and Fred AP
Jobless rate reaches 9.8 percent in September AP – 1 min ago

WASHINGTON – The unemployment rate rose to 9.8 percent in September as employers cut far more jobs than expected, evidence that the longest recession since the 1930s is still inflicting widespread pain. Full Story »

U.S. President Barack Obama kisses his wife the U.S. first lady Michelle Obama
IOC is set to choose 2016 Olympic city AP – 5 mins ago
Indonesian rescue team pulled out a survivor who was trapped in a building since
2 rescued days after Indonesia quake kills 715 AP – 4 mins ago

Sports News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Sports:

U.S. President Barack Obama greets his wife the U.S. first lady Michelle Obama AP

Obama: US would do world proud with Olympics

AP – Fri Oct 2, 5:37 am ET

COPENHAGEN – Combining hometown pride and political muscle, President Barack Obama lobbied Olympic leaders on Friday to give the 2016 Summer Games to Chicago, saying a nation shaped by the people of the world "wants a chance to inspire it once more." Full Story »

U.S. President Barack Obama kisses his wife the U.S. first lady Michelle Obama

IOC is set to choose 2016 Olympic city

AP – 5 mins ago

Rio urges IOC to award Olympics to South America

AP – 21 mins ago

Business News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Business:

In this Sept. 25, 2009 photo, Khaliha Adger, from left, Gregory King, and Fred AP

Jobless rate reaches 9.8 percent in September

AP – 1 min ago

WASHINGTON – The unemployment rate rose to 9.8 percent in September as employers cut far more jobs than expected, evidence that the longest recession since the 1930s is still inflicting widespread pain. Full Story »

FILE - An oil tanker loading crude at Mina Al AHmadi Port, 25 miles (40 km)

Oil slides below $70 as traders eye US economy

AP – 1 hr 29 mins ago
FILE - In this July 20, 2009 file photo, the logo of the CIT Group is seen in

Bondholders committee, board OK CIT restructuring

AP – 2 hrs 15 mins ago

  • Cheaper Manhattan apartments draw buyers

    Reuters – Fri Oct 2, 12:13 am ET  

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - A fall of more than 10 percent in the average apartment price in Manhattan in the third quarter from a year earlier attracted buyers who pushed up the number of sales by over 45 percent in just one quarter, industry reports showed Friday. Full Story »

  • Oil dips towards $70 as dollar firms, Iran fears ease

    Reuters – Thu Oct 1, 11:25 pm ET  
    An EnCana pump jack pumps oil out of the ground near Rockyford,... Reuters

    SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil fell toward $70 a barrel on Friday, driven lower by the dollar's recovery and concerns over U.S. employment data, while worries over the West's talks with Iran about the OPEC member's nuclear plan eased. Full Story »

  • Lawmaker seeks group liability for rating agencies

    AP – Wed Sep 30, 9:23 pm ET  

    WASHINGTON - A key House lawmaker wants to make credit rating agencies — widely criticized for failing to give investors adequate warning of the risks in subprime mortgage securities that triggered the financial crisis — collectively liable for inaccuracies. Full Story »

  • August pending home sales rise to 2 1/2 year high

    AP – Thu Oct 1, 12:31 pm ET  
    In this Sept. 23, 2009 photo, a home with a sale pending is shown... AP

    WASHINGTON - Aspiring homebuyers rushed to take advantage of a tax credit for first-time owners that expires in November, driving up the number of signed sales contracts for the seventh straight month in August. Full Story »

  • MBA paychecks: Riches for some, not all

    BusinessWeek – 36 mins ago  

    The MBA in the corner office, fresh out of business school with a six-figure paycheck, is a standard trope of Corporate America. Every incoming student has heard rags-to-riches tales of that gilded certification leading to giant paychecks and even bigger bonuses. But how often do these MBA fairy tales actually come true? According to new research: not as often as you think. Full Story »

Miscellaneous Daily Stuff

Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - October 2, 2009
Acquaintance, n.: A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.
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Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
Estimated amount of glucose used by an adult human brain each day, expressed in M&Ms: 250
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Harper's Index, October 1989
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In a real dark night of the soul it is always three o'clock in the morning, day after day.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896 - 1940), "The Crack-Up" (1936)
Sanity is a madness put to good use.
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George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
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