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This edition was generated on Mon Oct 12 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:

Commandos storm Pakistan army HQ, freeing 39 hostages AFP
Pakistan says 41 killed in market bombing AP – 39 mins ago

PESHAWAR, Pakistan – A suicide car bombing targeting Pakistani troops killed 41 people Monday, the fourth grisly militant attack in just over a week, as the Taliban pledged to mobilize fighters across the country for more strikes. Full Story »

Sports News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Sports:

New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez reacts after tagging out Minnesota AP

Rodriguez and Posada power Yanks back to ALCS

AP – 1 hr 23 mins ago

MINNEAPOLIS – After so many October misses, Alex Rodriguez delivered the playoff performance his talent demanded. Rodriguez and Jorge Posada hit seventh-inning home runs to spoil Carl Pavano's opportunity to frustrate New Yorkers one more time, and the Yankees advanced to their first AL championship series in five years with a 4-1 victory and sweep of Minnesota on Sunday night. Full Story »

Traders gather at the Bank of America kiosk on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Reuters

Philips profit boosts European markets

AP – 31 mins ago

LONDON – European stock markets rose strongly Monday as investor sentiment was buoyed by better than expected third-quarter profits from Royal Philips Electronics NV at the start of a week when earnings statements around the world will be the main focus of attention. Full Story »

  • Fed's Bullard: Don't underestimate inflation risk

    Reuters – Sun Oct 11, 4:00 pm ET  

    ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - There may not be as much slack in the U.S. economy as many forecasters believe, which means medium-term inflation risks could be higher, a Federal Reserve official said on Sunday. Full Story »

  • Investors to companies: show us higher sales

    AP – Sun Oct 11, 12:01 am ET  
    FILE - In this April 14, 2008  file photo,  a sign is shown in... AP

    NEW YORK - It has been clear for some time that business is getting better. The coming week will give investors an idea of how much. Full Story »

  • Glance at 2009 Nobel Prize winners

    AP – 54 mins ago  

    With Monday's prize in economics, all the 2009 Nobel Prizes have been announced. The winners will receive them on Dec. 10 in twin ceremonies in Stockholm and Oslo. Full Story »

  • What's Ahead for Financials

    BusinessWeek – 36 mins ago  

    Financial-services stocks have come roaring back since their collapse last fall. Are the gains sustainable? For insight on smart ways to play such stocks now, Personal Finance editor Lauren Young spoke with Anton Schutz, manager of the top-ranked Burnham Financial Services Fund, which delivered an annualized gain of 14.3% over the past decade. 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-Foreclosure Rescue Is Falling Short, Critics Say

    BusinessWeek – 36 mins ago  

    Editor's note: An earlier version of this story had an incorrect quote from Elizabeth Warren. Full Story »

  • Oil prices rise on demand recovery forecast

    AFP – 48 mins ago  
    Oil prices have risen, boosted by a forecast of higher demand... AFP/DDP/File

    LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices rose on Monday, boosted by a forecast of higher demand amid growing hopes of economic recovery, traders said. 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 »

  • Housing risks still lurk even as buyers return

    Reuters – Mon Oct 12, 3:58 am ET  
    A sold sign hangs in front of a house in Dallas, Texas September... Reuters

    RIVERSIDE, California (Reuters) - On the surface, a glimmer of confidence is returning to the battered U.S. housing market, after more than three years of gut-wrenching defaults, price slumps and foreclosures. Full Story »

  • Betting Big on a Boom in Natural Gas

    BusinessWeek – 36 mins ago  

    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 12, 2009
There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes.
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Doctor Who
I'm just a person trapped inside a woman's body.
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Elayne Boosler
I love acting. It is so much more real than life.
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Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance.
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Edward Gibbon (1737 - 1794)

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