- Economic Picture Looks Mixed (Reuters)
- Retail Sales Fall (CNN)
- Retails Sales Excluding Autos Rise (Bloomberg)
- NY Manufacturing Surged (CNN)
- Pensions Need Bailout (LATimes)
- Who Wins and Loses with Weak Dollar? (NYT)
- Bush to Demand Fair Trade (Washington Times)
- and in the category of unintended consequences: Iraq War Swells Al Qaeda (Reuters)