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This edition was generated on Sun Oct 4 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:

Head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, attends a AP
UN: Iran nuclear dispute shifting to cooperation AP – 47 mins ago

TEHRAN, Iran – The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Sunday there is a "shifting of gears" in Iran's confrontation with the West to more cooperation and transparency and he announced that international inspectors would visit Tehran's newly revealed uranium enrichment site on Oct. 25. Full Story »

A U.S. Marine, left, with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion 5th Marines walks in a
Attack on remote Afghan outposts kills 8 US troops AP – 1 hr 5 mins ago
-- FILE -- In this Sept. 18, 2007 file photo, National Intelligence Director
Cybersecurity starts at home and in the office AP – 1 hr 16 mins ago

Sports News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Sports:

Los Angeles Dodgers left fielder Manny Ramirez, right, sprays beer into the AP

Dodgers clinch NL West with 5-0 win over Rockies

AP – 1 hr 12 mins ago

LOS ANGELES – The Dodgers' magic number for clinching the NL West is down to zero — finally. Full Story »

Miami quarterback Jacory Harris hands off to running back Javarris James (5)

Signature win for 'Canes: Miami knocks off Sooners

AP – 1 hr 11 mins ago
Detroit Tigers from left, Adam Everett, Placido Polanco, Miguel Cabrera, Jim

Tigers lose, tied with Twins for AL Central lead

AP – Sat Oct 3, 10:37 pm ET

Business News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Business:

In this photo released by the IMF, G-7 Finance Ministers and their Bank AP

US treasury secretary urges IMF reform

AP – 1 hr 57 mins ago

ISTANBUL – U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Sunday urged the IMF to implement reforms that would give emerging market and developing countries more say in the financial institution. Full Story »

-- FILE -- In this Sept. 18, 2007 file photo, National Intelligence Director

Cybersecurity starts at home and in the office

AP – 1 hr 16 mins ago
In this photo made Friday, Sept. 25, 2009, displays of Christmas decorations

Recession-stung stores plan old-fashioned holidays

AP – 1 hr 42 mins ago

  • Venezuela predicts 0.5 percent growth in 2010

    AP – Sat Oct 3, 5:05 am ET  
    Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, right, shows Libya's President... AP

    CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez said Friday that Venezuela will base its 2010 budget on expectations of 0.5 percent economic growth and inflation no higher than 22 percent, despite depressed world prices for oil, the nation's biggest export. 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 »

  • Socialists favored to win Greece's election

    AP – 1 hr 13 mins ago  
    Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis greets supporters outside... AP

    ATHENS, Greece - Greeks cast ballots Sunday in a snap general election likely to produce a change in government, as voters angered by scandals and a foundering economy were expected to reject the conservatives in favor of the opposition Socialists. Full Story »

  • U.S. Treasury set to finalize home "short sales" plan

    Reuters – Fri Oct 2, 7:13 pm ET  

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury will soon finalize a plan to expand its incentives for mortgage companies to include "short sales" as a way to stem a rising tide of foreclosures, according to a Treasury spokeswoman. 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 »

  • Several mortgage firms getting federal funds have spotty records

    McClatchy Newspapers – 2 hrs 45 mins ago  

    WASHINGTON — Several firms now participating in the Treasury's program to modify troubled mortgages have run into problems with federal or state regulators for their treatment of their customers over the years. Included are: Full Story »

  • World Bank sees oil at $63 a barrel in 2010

    AFP – Sat Oct 3, 2:46 pm ET  
    Offshore oil rigs are seen at night near Santa Barbara, California,... AFP/Getty Images/File

    ISTANBUL (AFP) - Oil prices are expected to average 63 dollars in 2010, after 55.5 dollars in 2009, the World Bank said in a report on the Middle East and North Africa released in Istanbul on Saturday. 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 »

  • ALL BUSINESS: Generous pay for new Freddie Mac CFO

    AP – Sat Oct 3, 5:19 am ET  
    FILE - In this July 13, 2008 file photo, the Freddie Mac's corporate... AP

    NEW YORK - The pay package given to Freddie Mac's new chief financial officer should have sent a message from Washington to corporate America about how executive compensation standards must change. Instead, it did just the opposite. Full Story »

  • MBA Pay: 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 4, 2009
The best defense against the atom bomb is not to be there when it goes off.
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Anonymous
The last time somebody said, 'I find I can write much better with a word processor.', I replied, 'They used to say the same thing about drugs.'
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Roy Blount Jr.
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I can remember when the air was clean and sex was dirty.
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George Burns (1896 - 1996)
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There comes a time in every man's life and I've had many of them.
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Casey Stengel (1890 - 1975)
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