In This Issue:

•Sovereign Wealth Funds to the Rescue? Global banks may turn to Asian and Middle Eastern Sovereign Wealth Funds with plenty of capital.
•Intelligencer : Headlines, Highlights, and What's on Our Minds
•The Observatory: Selected actions for December 3 through December 7.
•Smarter Phones: Consumers want everything in one handy piece of equipment.
•Topping Holiday Wish Lists: Consumer electronics should be in much demand this season.
•Seeing the Light: Solar power has obvious potential, but until now, it has been too expensive to make.
•Mexican Remittances Slow: With the turmoil in the U.S. housing market and the ongoing political debate on immigration, Mexican immigrants working in the United States are sending less money back home.
•Misery in the Mortgage Market: The mortgage markets are in need of a major blast of liquidity. But is there anyone left out there to supply it?
•Five by Five by Five: These stocks get the top ranking in S&P's STARS and Fair Value systems, and have shown profit growth in each of the past five years.
•Counting on Coca-Cola: Cash flow from operations should continue to grow at a brisk pace.
•Industry Momentum Portfolio: This Standard & Poor's portfolio identifies industries with the potential for above-average price performance.

Some of the Companies Featured:
Activision
Best Buy
Coach
Cvs Caremark
Danaher
Darden Restaurants
Dominion Resources
Jacobs Engineering
Oracle
Starbucks
Tribune Co.

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