Economy - Friday      (Investor's Business Daily)
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Investor's Business Daily - Chicago Fed chief Michael Moskow said the unexpectedly tight labor market could fuel inflation and the central bank has &quot;a way to go&quot; to bring inflation down to satisfactory levels. Inflation expectations appear to be contained for now, and interest rates, currently at 5.25%, are &quot;appropriate,&quot; said Moskow, who is a voting member of the Fed&#39;s policy-setting committee this year.
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Plus: Toshiba earnings dip, chip outlook dims...Verizon boosted by wireless, fiber...Nintendo outlook positive.
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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 - 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 - When the U.S. began slowing last year some analysts began hoping for a trade-off.
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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 - The Mortgage Bankers Association&#39;s applications index rose a seasonally adjusted 1.3% to 622.9 in the week ended Aug. 31, but multiple applications and refilings caused by recent credit problems may have played a role. Activity could slow on higher interest rates. The MBA said a dearth of demand for short-term loans sent 1-year ARM rates to 6.52%, near week-ago levels but well above longer-term rates. Average 30-year mortgages edged up to 6.42% from 6.41%. ARMs made up just 12.6% of applications in the week, down from more than 30% just a few weeks ago.
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Investor's Business Daily - Investors pumped $4.8 billion into stock funds in August as the stock and bond markets rose amid slumping oil prices and easing inflation jitters.
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Investor's Business Daily - Looking for news on Russia's wireless telecom markets? Tune to a frequency somewhere between bear baiting and Russian wrestling.
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Investor's Business Daily - The Internet's 800-pound gorilla, Google, slipped on economic and social-networking banana peels, reporting fourth-quarter results that missed analyst views.
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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 - 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 - 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 - It's not likely you've heard of James Burton. But it's likely you've heard him.
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Investor's Business Daily - If you're looking for a hot sector, you can't get much hotter than the sun.
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Plus: Write-downs widen DirecTV's loss...Time Warner net income slips...Cell phone unit shores up Verizon.
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Investor's Business Daily - Could Russia's hypergrowth in cellular subscribers start slowing?