Action In The North Atlantic      (Investor's Business Daily)
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Investor's Business Daily - Foreign Threats: While we fret over our 401(k)s and whose fault it is that we bought houses we couldn't afford, the once-hibernating Russian bear is awake and up to some mischief.
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Investor's Business Daily - The Economic Cycle Research Institute&#39;s leading U.S. index edged down to 140.6 in the week ended Sept. 14 after climbing in the prior 2 weeks. The 4-week annualized growth rate ticked up to 0.4% from 0.3%, which was the lowest since last Oct. ECRI says readings would have to fall sharply negative before they&#39;d signal recession.
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Plus:  EarthLink trims outlook...AT&#38;T posts $7.1 billion loss...Lucent sees first profitable year since 2000...EMC issues sunny report.
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roundup Plus: PMC-Sierra lowers forecast...WebSideStory cuts IPO to 4.4 million shares...BMC looks to simplify network operations.
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Investor's Business Daily - Latin American mutual funds are king of the hill so far this year, thanks to top-notch performance from miners, airline companies and an assortment of other firms tied into thriving economies.
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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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A look across the Pacific for stock ideas.
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Investor's Business Daily - Despite rising interest rates, the Mortgage Bankers Association&#39;s seasonally adjusted index of application activity edged up 6.6% to 666.5 in the week ending June 8. Its index of purchase activity rose 7.2%, while refinancing activity climbed 5.6%. Analysts called it a scramble to head off rising borrowing costs. Mortgage rates are at their highest since mid-&#39;06.
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Investor's Business Daily - Environment: Enough can't be said about Tony Blair's unwavering support of the U.S. in the war on terror. His position on global warming is another matter.
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Investor's Business Daily - Think of Millicom International Cellular as the "Star Trek" of wireless phone companies.
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Investor's Business Daily - There might come a day when U.S. investors don't have a hopeless crush on Chinese stocks, but that day won't come soon.
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Plus: AT&#38;T posts $7.1 billion loss...Lucent sees first profitable year since 2000...EMC issues sunny report...IBM net income inches higher, despite legal bill.
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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 - Could Russia's hypergrowth in cellular subscribers start slowing?
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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.
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Investor's Business Daily - 1 Big M&amp;A deals kicked off the shortened week as a consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland launched a $96 bil bid for Dutch bank ABN Amro  , and Archstone-Smith  , a REIT, agreed to a $22.2 bil buyout by 2 equity groups. RBS&#39; offer for ABN topped Barclays  &#39; earlier $86.6 bil bid, but analysts said ABN&#39;s previous decision to sell LaSalle to Bank of America   clouded the deal.
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Investor's Business Daily - InfoSpace is a rarity in this post-dot-bomb world: an Internet company with a healthy share price and bottom line.