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This edition was generated on Sat Oct 10 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:

Residents wade through floodwaters as they go on with their daily business at AP
Rescuers find more bodies in Philippine landslide AP – 5 mins ago

MANILA, Philippines – Rescuers dug out six survivors and more bodies buried under landslides that killed at least 225 people in the storm-soaked northern Philippines, as workers rushed Saturday to clear mountain roads to aid relief efforts. Full Story »

A Pakistani army helicopter flies over its headquarters after an attack by
Gunmen attack Pakistani army headquarters; 10 dead AP – 2 mins ago
President Barack Obama makes remarks about him being awarded the Nobel Peace
Analysis: A great prize, but will it help goals? AP – 1 hr 33 mins ago

Sports News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Sports:

New York Yankees' Mark Teixeira celebrates after hitting a game-winning home run AP

Teixeira & A-Rod power Yankees past Twins

AP – Sat Oct 10, 12:31 am ET

NEW YORK – Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez stood together as Yankee Stadium roared. Full Story »

Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Jered Weaver works against the Boston Red

Angels' Weaver, Izturis beat Bosox for 2-0 lead

AP – 1 hr 51 mins ago
IOC President Jacques Rogge gestures during a press conference after he won

Golf has a tee time for 2016 Olympics

AP – Fri Oct 9, 8:44 pm ET

Business News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Business:

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Reuters

Stocks post their best week since July

AP – Fri Oct 9, 5:54 pm ET

NEW YORK – The stock market is keeping its momentum going, giving shares their best week in more than two months. Full Story »

FILE - In this June 2, 2009 file photo, a Hummer H2 vehicle is seen for sale at

Iconic Hummer brand sold to Chinese manufacturer

AP – Fri Oct 9, 10:07 pm ET
FILE - In this file photo made June 15, 2009, Citigroup CEO Vikram S. Pandit

Citigroup dumps Phibro, avoids showdown with US

AP – Fri Oct 9, 5:13 pm ET

  • Ex-WTO chief "mildly optimistic" on Doha round

    Reuters – Fri Oct 9, 4:16 pm ET  

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It may take another world economic downturn to persuade everyone, but there is still a chance the long-running Doha round of world trade talks can be completed, a former WTO head said on Friday. Full Story »

  • High hopes and big risks in tech earnings

    Reuters – Fri Oct 9, 1:35 pm ET  
    A man walks past an Intel wall at the 2009 Computex trade show... Reuters

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The biggest risk for investors in technology, with stock prices up a whopping 55 percent this year, is they might be just a little too happy. Full Story »

  • PM sets optimistic forecast for Britain

    AFP – Sat Oct 10, 4:31 am ET  
    Prime Minister Gordon Brown pictured outside 10 Downing Street... AFP

    LONDON (AFP) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the British economy would emerge from recession with stronger growth than expected as he drew the battle lines for the general election, in an interview out on Saturday. Full Story »

  • JPMorgan, others to pay $100M settlement

    AP – Fri Oct 9, 6:37 pm ET  

    PHILADELPHIA - JPMorgan Chase & Co. and two other investment banks have agreed to pay $100 million to settle a lawsuit over their contribution to investor losses in the collapse of American Business Financial Services Inc., the bankruptcy trustee's lawyer said Friday. Full Story »

  • Barnes & Noble Expected To Launch E-Book Reader

    NewsFactor – Fri Oct 9, 5:07 pm ET  

    On the heels of Amazon.com taking its Kindle to international markets, Barnes & Noble is venturing into the increasingly popular e-reader market. The Wall Street Journal reported the giant book retailer could roll out an e-reader as early as next month in the U.S. Full Story »

  • Home sweet home investment? Sure, in the long run

    AP – Fri Oct 9, 7:49 pm ET  
    FILE - In this June 23, 2009 file photo, a woman tours a home... AP

    CHICAGO - For all the doom and gloom about the housing market, it still generally pays to own a home. Full Story »

  • Nigeria oil tanker truck explosion kills 14

    AP – 19 mins ago  

    ABUJA, Nigeria - A Nigerian official says at least 14 people died when a petroleum tanker truck exploded and set nine other vehicles alight on a road in southeastern Nigeria. Full Story »

  • 3 tips to start building a college savings account

    AP – Fri Oct 9, 3:18 pm ET  

    A new survey by online brokerage TD Ameritrade says college is the top reasons teens save their money. The results were a pleasant surprise to educators who are focusing on getting personal finance taught in schools. The survey indicated 78 percent of teens say they want to share the cost of college with their parents. Full Story »

  • Investors Real Estate Trust stock sale nets $62.6M

    AP – Fri Oct 9, 4:32 pm ET  

    MINOT, N.D. - Investors Real Estate Trust said it expects $62.6 million in net proceeds from a follow-on offering that closed Friday. Full Story »

  • Betting Big on a Boom in Natural Gas

    BusinessWeek – Fri Oct 9, 8:08 am ET  

    Earlier this year the time came for Lloyd M. Yates, CEO of Progress Energy , to decide how the big Raleigh (N.C.) utility would meet the state's stringent smokestack laws. First he considered the easy solution: installing pollution scrubbers on the utility's old coal-fired plant in Sutton, N.C., at a cost of $330 million. Then his attention turned to natural gas, the price of which had plunged by two-thirds in the previous year. Sure, the recession accounted for some of the slide. But reports were also circulating of massive discoveries of natural gas in the U.S. ... Full Story »

Miscellaneous Daily Stuff

Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - October 10, 2009
I felt like poisoning a monk.
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Umberto Eco (1932 - ), on why he wrote the novel "The Name of the Rose."
I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.
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Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948)
A sympathetic Scot summed it all up very neatly in the remark, "You should make a point of trying every experience once, excepting incest and folk dancing."
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Sir Arnold Bax (1883 - 1953), Farewell my Youth (1943)
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I always find it more difficult to say the things I mean than the things I don't.
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W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), The Painted Veil, 1925
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