Economy - Thursday      (Investor's Business Daily)
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Investor's Business Daily - Average 30-year rates dipped to 6.67% from 6.69% from the week prior, Freddie Mac said, citing slower home sales. Average 15-year rates fell to 6.34% from 6.37%, while one-year ARMs fell to 5.65% from 6.37%. It&#39;s the second week of declines after a month of increases. Rates remain below year-ago levels.
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Shares for Google slip for the first time since its public offering.  Also: FDA under fire for its slow Vioxx reaction & hellip;. Yahoo and SBC stay friends through new deal & hellip;. and more.
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Investor's Business Daily - A funny thing happened on the way past the 2000-02 bear market: Assets in 401(k) accounts soared.
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Investor's Business Daily - The U.S. economy is slowing as the housing and auto sectors slump, even as the jobs market becomes increasingly tight.
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Investor's Business Daily - All those long lines of first-day Apple iPhone buyers didn&#39;t immediately pay off as expected for the device&#39;s service provider, AT&amp;T, but the company on Tuesday still reported better-than-expected earnings, aided by strong wireless growth.
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Plus: Time Warner net income slips...Cell phone unit shores up Verizon...Gateway trims loss in third quarter...EDS delays earnings.
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Investor's Business Daily - Stock markets have soared in India for the last few years. HDFC Bank has held on for the ride.
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Investor's Business Daily - Recent data suggest the game is over in the Web-based social networking field, but that isn&#39;t stopping new new players from joining in.
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Investor's Business Daily - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke offered the market some soothing words Wednesday to counter consumer price and housing data that raised concerns about inflation and an economic slowdown.
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Investor's Business Daily - One of the questions swirling around the global credit crisis is how it will impact private-equity deals, which ran at a record pace for much of the year.
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Investor's Business Daily - The National Assoc. of Realtors cut its &#39;07 outlook for the fourth consecutive month. Home resales will fall to 6.18 mil from last month&#39;s forecast of 6.29 mil and well below the initial 6.42 mil forecast. The median existing-home sales price will fall 1.3%, more than the previously forecast 1% slide. The median new-home price will fall 2.3% to $240,800, reversing the Jan. forecast for a 2% gain, NAR said.
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Investor's Business Daily - The ABC News Consumer Comfort Index fell 6 points to -33 in the week ended Feb. 3. The index dived 13 points in the last month. It fell 13 points in 4 weeks ahead of the '90-'91 recession and 14 points in the 4 weeks leading up to the '01 recession. Just 26% say it's a good time to buy, the lowest since July '93. 52% are positive on their own finances, but that's down from 58% a month ago.
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Investor's Business Daily - Mutual fund investors reached deeper into their pockets in October to step up buying of stock and bond funds, as the market rallied and the outlook for inflation improved.
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Investor's Business Daily - In recent weeks, even when the rest of the market has lagged, REIT funds generally have outperformed.
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Investor's Business Daily - The Business Roundtable&#39;s CEO Economic Outlook Index fell 3 points to 81.9 in May amid high energy prices and the housing slump. But that&#39;s still well-above the boom-bust line of 50. Most executives expect sales, capital spending and hiring to be flat or rise in the coming months. &quot;While the survey does suggest that the economy is settling into a softer consolidation phase, as long as consumers keep spending, the economy can continue to move ahead,&quot; said Harold McGraw, the group&#39;s chairman.
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Investor's Business Daily - The ABC News/Washington Post Consumer Comfort Index shot up 5 points over the last week to -7, the best in several weeks. Some 39% of respondents said now&#39;s a good time to buy, a big rise from 33% last week. Americans also were more upbeat about the economy and their own finances. Gasoline prices, which have fallen back below $3 a gallon, likely are a big factor.
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Investor's Business Daily - Amid a shaky market, investors put just &#36;1.09 billion into stock funds in August. The total reflects &#36;1.21 billion that shareholders pulled from stock funds investing in just the U.S.