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News Tidbits: 6 Aug 2008

New Zealand 'enters recession' - BBC News (Add New Zealand to Denmark which is already in recession)UK pensions are 'back in the red' - BBC News (I haven't focused nearly enough on this issue. It never really went away. The bear market…

News Tidbits: 5 Aug 2008

Riches to Rags - NY Times (article about Kevin Phillips' Bad Money -- great book)Credit crunch: The blame game - BBC News (Interesting compilation of pundits' take on who caused the crunch)Wary investors see banks as cheap - BBC News (I…

News round-up: 31 Jul 2008

Trade talks collapse frustrates Africa - Fin24 (Africa is the real loser here in a dispute between the EU, U.S. and China and India)India blamed for Doha collapse by trying to protect poor farmers - Times Online (The finger pointing…

News round-up: 30 Jul 2008

Bank losses shame disgruntled Swiss - BBC NewsStarbucks cuts 1,000 jobs, COO post and retreats from Australia - National PostSantander revenues rise 16% - FTAustralia faces worse crisis than America - Ambrose Evans-Pritchard,…

News round-up: 29 July 2008

Japan Jobless Rate Rises to 4.1%, Highest Since 2006 - BloombergPlan to revive mortgage lending - BBC News (Is an American-style bailout in the offing in the UK?)Merrill's $5.7B Write-Down, $8.5B Share Issuance - Big Picture (interesting…

News Round-Up: 28 Jul 2008

IMF sees no end in sight to credit crisis - FTBBVA boosted by expansion in U.S. and China - FTFormer Google engineers unveil new search engine - National PostCommodities such as oil could be the latest bubble about to burst - Roger Bootle,…

News Round-Up: 25 Jul 2008

Housing: US, UK and SpainBright spots in the housing nightmare - MSNU.S. Mortgage Rates Soar on Inflation Fears - Housing WireU.S. Existing Home Sales Continue Freefall - Housing WireOversupply killing U.S. lender giants and house prices -…

News Round-Up: 24 Jul 2008

PoliticsSurvey finds oil bonanza in Arctic - National PostA Short Primer on McCainomics Versus Obamanomics: Top-Down or Bottom-Up - Robert ReichBush drops opposition to housing bill - LA TimesMcCain Credits Bush For Drop in Oil Price -…

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