Economy - Tuesday      (Investor's Business Daily)
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Investor's Business Daily - The Richmond Fed&#39;s service-sector revenues index fell to -4 in Aug. vs. 6 in July. The retail sales revenues index dived to -34 vs. 3 in July. But the manufacturing index for the Richmond Fed district ticked up to 7 this month from 4 in July.
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Investor's Business Daily - While rivals Hewlett-Packard and IBM struggle with change, computer giant Dell showed its consistency Thursday.
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Investor's Business Daily - 1 Oct. crude shot up $1.68 to $79.91, an all-time high, after the gov&#39;t reported steeper-than-expected drawdowns in supplies. Those stocks fell 7.1 mil barrels last week, far more than the 2.4 mil barrels forecast. Heating oil surged 3.64 cents to $2.2191 a gallon, also a record. Analysts say heating oil supplies aren&#39;t as high as they should be this near to the winter season.
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Investor's Business Daily - Future U.S. growth, measured by the ECRI&#39;s Weekly Leading Index, rose to 143.0 in the week ended June 29 vs. 142.8 the prior week. But its annualized growth rate, based on a 4-week moving average, fell to a 7-week low of 6.3%, down from 6.5% the previous week.
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Investor's Business Daily - The Economic Cycle Research Institute's Weekly Leading Index, fell to 139.7 in the week ended Oct. 19 from 140.1 the prior week. Falling stock prices and the housing slump were to blame. The annualized growth rate fell to -0.5% from the prior week's -0.3%. "While economic growth will indeed slow, a recession is not likely," ECRI Managing Director Lakshman Achuthan told Reuters.
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Investor's Business Daily - Sun Microsystems has pulled off a bit of an upset, gaining market share amid a sluggish year for top-tier computer server vendors.
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Investor's Business Daily - July&#39;s increase was higher than expected and follows a 0.4% June gain, the Commerce Dept. said. Sales rose 1.1% in the month, more than reversing a 0.3% decline in June. The inventory-to-sales ratio, a gauge of how long existing stocks will last at the current sales pace, fell slightly to 1.26 months from 1.27 months. Retail inventories rose 1%. Motor vehicles and parts climbed 2.9%. Both increases were the largest since May &#39;06.
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Investor's Business Daily - California, Florida and Ohio led the 176,137 total U.S. filings, RealtyTrac said. The total was nearly double May &#39;06 and 19% higher than April. More homeowners are falling behind on payments. Higher foreclosure activity also likely will mean lower home prices. Median prices fell 1.8% in Q1, according to the National Association of Realtors.
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Investor's Business Daily - Big-cap stocks flourished and value stocks outperformed again as U.S. stock funds enjoyed modest gains overall in the third quarter. Small- and mid-cap growth funds slipped.
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Investor's Business Daily - Mutual fund managers put some of their cash to work in September as their view on inflation improved and oil prices fell.
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Investor's Business Daily - The Business Roundtable, which includes the heads of some of the biggest U.S. companies, said its economic outlook index rose to 84.9, up from 81.9 in Q4 '06. In the Feb. 8-22 survey, 73% of CEOs polled expect sales to rise over the next 6 months vs. 69% in Q4. Capital spending plans also improved. But the net share of big firms planning to hire fell to 12% from 14%.
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Investor's Business Daily - Domestic stock funds had a rough June, but managed to hold on to solid performance for the second quarter and year to date. Growth beat value for the month, quarter and year to date.
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Investor's Business Daily - Q2 prices rose 3.2% vs. a year ago, the slowest rise in a decade, the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight said. Price gains could turn into declines, as they have in other measures, and are taking a toll on broader economic growth. The S&amp;P/Case-Shiller index on Tue. showed Q2 home prices down 3.2% vs. a year earlier. OFHEO prices don&#39;t include homes with jumbo or subprime loans, two of the more vulnerable segments of the mortgage market. Weakness is expected to continue into &#39;08.
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Investor's Business Daily - For the week ended Aug. 31, the Economic Cycle Research Institute&#39;s Weekly Leading Index rose to 140.4 from 139.2 the prior week after declining for 6 straight weeks. Higher stocks, better housing activity and jobless claims helped weekly numbers. But the index&#39;s annualized growth rate fell to 0.6% from 1.3% the prior week. That&#39;s a 43-week low, but not yet a signal that recession is on the way, the ECRI said.
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Investor's Business Daily - Market News&#39; retail trade index for the week of June 16 fell 1.4 points from the previous week to 40.1. Same-store sales growth was just 0.6%. Companies are curtailing new openings. Layoffs and bankruptcies are rising.
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Investor's Business Daily - Investors got a friendly package from FedEx Wednesday: big quarterly results and higher forecasts.
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Investor's Business Daily - IBM is ironing out some scheduling problems for the steel industry.