Asia stocks bounce back from 5-year low |
| | | Asian stock markets rebounded from a five-year low on Friday as a variety of rumors such as China cutting interest rates later in the day prompted investors to cover short positions before the weekend. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Witness recalls last messages in MySpace hoax case |
| | | Upon hearing about the suicide of a 13-year-old neighbor, a Missouri woman ordered her business assistant and daughter to delete the Internet account they are accused of using to harass the girl, the assistant testified Thursday. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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More People Losing Their Homes |
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Darling Has Banks In His Sights |
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Democrats demand U.S. Big 3 offer survival plan |
| | | Democratic congressional leaders, seeking to salvage a bailout of the Big Three automakers, demanded executives provide a business survival plan in exchange for their support of up to $25 billion in loans. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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RI unemployment rate hits 9.3 percent |
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The financial market crisis, uncertainty and policy responses |
| | Speech by José Manuel González-Páramo, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB
IE Business School Annual Alumni Conference
Madrid, 21 November 2008
1. Introduction
Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is a great pleasure for me to participate in the Annual Al | | From EduBourse | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Fear overtakes the markets |
| | | The fear is back. The fear in capital markets is different from the near panic experienced in September and October, before governments around the world began organizing plans to deal with a global credit freeze. The cause is different this time, and many of the symptoms vary. But this fear may be more serious, and it's driving markets even further ... | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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Small-business loans still flowing |
| | | Even as consumer loans become harder to get, many small businesses in Massachusetts report they are still able to borrow money. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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Asia Rises On China Rate Cut Tip |
| | | Speculation of a weekend rate cut in China has helped lift regional Asian markets with Japanese, Taiwanese and Hong Kong shares all showing solid gains. | | From Sky News | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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Google to shut down virtual world website |
| | | (Reuters) - Google Inc said it would shut down its three-dimensional virtual experience website by year end to focus more on its core search, advertisements and applications business. | | From Reuters | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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Asia rallies on bargain-hunting |
| | | Nov 21 - Asian shares shook off a host of economic and company woes, rallying on mild bargain-hunting and a slightly weaker yen. | | From Reuters | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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Macau's luck on the wane |
| | | Nov 21 - After a golden streak since 2002, which saw Macau transformed from a sleepy former Portuguese colonial backwater into a Las Vegas-style gambling paradise, Macau's fortunes may be about to change. | | From Reuters | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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Closing Time Soon For 1 In 8 Pubs |
| | | One in eight pubs will have to close in the next four years due to "irresponsible" supermarket competition and the economic downturn, a leading beer group says. | | From Sky News | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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Electronics Giant In Prices Shock |
| | | UK retailers may be slashing their prices right now - but electronics giant Sony is doing the opposite. | | From Sky News | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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Pump Price War: More Shots Fired |
| | | The petrol price war has intensified after one of the UK's biggest supermarkets took unleaded below the 90p a litre mark. | | From Sky News | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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Car Broker Says Bogof To Slowdown |
| | | An online car broker has hit upon a novel way of steering customers towards a good bargain: a two for one offer. | | From Sky News | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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Retirees hit by "longevity risk" |
| | | MIAMI (Reuters) - Like many other elderly Americans, Edie Stark has been hard hit by the meltdown in U.S. financial markets. She is 84 and has been worried a lot lately about outliving her savings. | | From Reuters | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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Profits to blame - former IMF head |
| | | Nov 21 - Speaking at a banking congress in Frankfurt, German President and former IMF President Horst Koehler said profits caused banks to turn a blind eye or knowingly ignore risks. | | From Reuters | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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Oil experts discuss demand |
| | | American Petroleum Institute President Jack Gerard and Chief Economist John Felmy discuss the numbers behind this year's five percent drop in petroleum consumption and the future of U.S. oil demand with Energy Editor Matthew Robinson. | | From Reuters | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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