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This edition was generated on Sat Oct 3 08:45:02 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:

This is an aerial image of an area affected by earthquake-triggered landslide in AP
Quake landslides wipe out 3 villages in Indonesia AP – 8 mins ago

PADANG, Indonesia – At least three Indonesian villages were obliterated by earthquake-triggered landslides that buried as many as 644 people including a wedding party under mountains of mud and debris, officials said Saturday. Full Story »

FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009 file photo, Manouchehr Mottaki, Minister
Congress readies Iran sanctions if diplomacy fails AP – 1 hr 29 mins ago
Local residents make their way through floodwaters in Taytay township, Rizal
Second storm slams into northern Philippines AP – 1 hr 33 mins ago

Sports News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Sports:

Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer, left, and pitcher Joe Nathan celebrate their AP

Twins cut Central lead to 1 game, top Royals

AP – Sat Oct 3, 4:57 am ET

MINNEAPOLIS – Delmon Young and the Minnesota Twins are making this drawn-out AL Central race a fight to the finish. Full Story »

Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Russell Martin, left, tags out Colorado Rockies'

Not over yet: Rockies close gap on Dodgers

AP – 1 hr 23 mins ago
Maria Sharapova of Russia holds the trophy after the final match against Jelena

Sharapova wins as Jankovic retires in Japan final

AP – Sat Oct 3, 5:42 am ET

Business News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Business:

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, AP

G-7 finance ministers face dollar concerns

AP – 1 hr 12 mins ago

ISTANBUL – Finance ministers from the Group of Seven rich countries gathered Saturday to confront concerns about the dollar, in a forum whose role is under question as developing countries get more say. Full Story »

President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks in the Rose Garden of the White

Obama links job growth to health care proposal

AP – 1 hr 25 mins ago
FILE - In this July 13, 2008 file photo, the Freddie Mac's corporate offices

Generous pay for new Freddie Mac CFO

AP – Sat Oct 3, 5:19 am ET

  • Job losses were widespread last month

    AP – Fri Oct 2, 5:12 pm ET  

    A snapshot of major employment categories, and how they fared in the past two months: Full Story »

  • Improved revenue could boost U.S. earnings

    Reuters – Fri Oct 2, 8:59 pm ET  

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - If the stock market bulls are right, U.S. third-quarter corporate earnings could show revenue kicked into gear after some disappointing numbers last quarter, sustaining the rally. Full Story »

  • Sweden calls for more carbon taxes

    AP – Fri Oct 2, 9:51 am ET  

    GOTEBORG, Sweden - Sweden urged other European nations on Friday to follow its lead in linking new taxes to greenhouse gas emissions as governments seek additional sources of income in the wake of the financial crisis. Full Story »

  • Mortgages rates dip below 5 percent

    AP – Thu Oct 1, 1:58 pm ET  

    McLEAN, Va. - Rates on 30-year home loans dropped below 5 percent for the first time in four months, but still remained above this year's record low, Freddie Mac said Thursday. Full Story »

  • Amazon Agrees To Pay $150,000 for Deleting E-Books

    NewsFactor – Fri Oct 2, 5:04 pm ET  

    Nearly two months after being sued for removing electronic books from Kindle owners' devices without their knowledge, Amazon has agreed to a settlement. The Internet retailer will pony up $150,000 to settle the class-action suit. Full Story »

  • Consumer bankruptcies soar in September

    Reuters – Fri Oct 2, 2:54 pm ET  

    WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - Consumer bankruptcies soared 41 percent in September from a year before and climbed from August, as high unemployment and the housing market crash took their toll, the American Bankruptcy Institute said on Friday. Full Story »

  • NY appeals court rules for Canadian energy company

    AP – Fri Oct 2, 6:50 pm ET  

    NEW YORK - A federal appeals court in New York has ruled that a lawsuit alleging that a Canadian energy company aided genocide in its pursuit of oil in Sudan was properly thrown out. 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 »

  • The Risks and Rewards of Reverse Mortgages

    U.S. News & World Report – Fri Oct 2, 2:17 pm ET  

    As the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression guts real estate values, hammers 401(k)'s, and drives job losses higher, a disconcerting number of older Americans are facing a threat they never expected to encounter during their golden years: home foreclosure. In a first-of-its-kind study released last fall, AARP reported that Americans ages 50 and older accounted for more than a quarter of all home foreclosures and mortgage delinquencies in the second half of 2007. ... Full Story »

  • MBA paychecks: Riches for some, not all

    BusinessWeek – Fri Oct 2, 8:08 am ET  

    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 3, 2009
He played the king as if afraid someone else would play the ace.
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John Mason Brown (1900 - 1969), drama critic
An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought.
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Simon Cameron (1799 - 1889)
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A sense of duty is useful in work, but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not be endured with patient resignation.
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Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970), Conquest of Happiness (1930) ch. 10
My way of joking is to tell the truth. It is the funniest joke in the world.
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George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), John Bull's Other Island (1907) act 2
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