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IBD'S TOP 10.(A)
Factory Activity At 20-Year High
1The ISM manufacturing index climbed 3.4 points to 66.2 in Dec., well above the boom-bust 50 mark. Economists had expected a small drop. The new orders index shot up to its highest level since 1950. Inventories declined for the 34th time in 35 months. The employment index hit a four-year high, suggesting factory hiring may finally resume. More on this page, A2
Bond Yields Soar On ISM Data
2The surprisingly strong manufacturing report raised fears that the Federal Reserve may raise interest rates sooner than previously expected, sparking a sell-off in Treasuries. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note jumped 12 basis points to 4.37%, the highest close in a month, in a holiday-shortened session and week. More on A19
Mixed Trade Caps Holiday Week
3 The Nasdaq rose 0.2% in slightly lower trade. The S&P 600 added 0.2%. But the Dow sank 0.4%, the S&P 500 0.3% in higher trade. But NYSE volume was below average. China-related stocks soared. The Nasdaq climbed 1.7% in the holiday-shortened week, the S&P 500 1.1%, the Dow 0.8%, the S&P 600 0.4%. More on this page, B2
U.S. To Visit Korea Nuclear Site
- UPDATE 2-European shares mixed on North Korea nuke test.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire October 9, 2006 700+ words
...prices on the back of news that North Korea made its first-ever nuclear test...Sentiment was checked by news of North Korea's underground nuclear-weapon...in airlines British Airways and Air France-KLM and car makers such as BMW...
- Travel Survey: Americans Are Flying Overseas, Undeterred by War, Disease Or...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 12, 2004 700+ words
...despite conflicts and turmoil in Iraq and North Korea, the Al Qaeda threat, cancellations...to Cancellation of British Airways and Air France Flights: Half of those surveyed (54...cancellation of some British Airways and Air France flights have had no impact on their feeling...
- North Korea's nuclear weapons program.
- Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue Briefs Niksch, Larry A. April 28, 2003 700+ words
SUMMARY North Korea's decisions to restart nuclear installations...policy problem for the United States. North Korea's major motive appears to be to escalate...would provide new U.S. benefits to North Korea. However, re-starting the Yongbyon...
- North Korea: terrorism list removal?(Congressional Research Service)
- Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue Briefs Niksch, Larry A. February 1, 2009 700+ words
February 2, 2009 Summary The issue of North Korea's inclusion on the U.S. list of terrorism...particularly in connection with negotiations over North Korea's nuclear program. North Korea demanded that the Clinton and Bush Administration...
- North Korea's nuclear weapons development and diplomacy.
- Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue Briefs Niksch, Larry A. January 1, 2007 700+ words
Updated January 3, 2007 Summary North Korea's first test of a nuclear weapon on...July 4, 2006, escalate the issue of North Korea in U.S. foreign policy. These acts...and openly produce nuclear weapons. North Korea's actions follow the disclosure in...
- North Korea's nuclear weapons program.(CRS Report for Congress: Received...
- Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue Briefs Niksch, Larry A. August 1, 2006 700+ words
August 1, 2006 Summary North Korea's decisions at the end of 2002 to restart...program and openly produce nuclear weapons. North Korea's actions follow the disclosure in October 2002 that North Korea is operating a secret nuclear program...
- North Korea: a literary view.
- Magazine article from: Contemporary Review Choi, Yearn Hong February 1, 1996 700+ words
North Korea's nuclear development has been making...and the United Nations have condemned North Korea's clandestine development of a nuclear...that of Japan and the United States. North Korea's action may accelerate the arms race...
- North Korea and the nuclear threat.
- Magazine article from: Contemporary Review Shuja, Sharif May 1, 2003 700+ words
...series details the developing nuclear crisis in North Korea. NORTH Korea was condemned by President Bush in his January...destruction while starving its citizens'. States like North Korea (DPRK), Iran and Iraq, the President said...
- North Korea's nuclear weapons.(Congressional Research Service)
- Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue Briefs Nikitin, Mary Beth February 1, 2009 700+ words
...denuclearization. Beginning in late 2002, North Korea ended an eight-year freeze on its...inspectors, and restarted facilities. North Korea may have produced enough additional...2007. In total, it is estimated that North Korea has up to 50 kilograms of separated...
- North Korea's Quest for Nuclear Weapons and the Role of the Six-Party Talks.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire November 1, 2003 700+ words
...conference as a forum designed for disarming North Korea. The North Korean foreign ministry...that the Beijing talks were useless and North Korea would no longer be interested in participating...of that sort. The dominant theme of North Korea's subsequent pronouncements has been...
