By ANDREW DOWNIE : SÃO PAULO, Brazil — Some co-workers are sitting around their office here on a recent Monday afternoon, dissecting the weekend’s soccer matches and picking their top players.
One of the men likes a talented fullback. Another wants a player who has been scoring regularly for a top second division team. And the […]
Posted on July 19th, 2008 by admin
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By JANE PERLEZ : ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Angry investors stormed out of the Karachi Stock Exchange on Thursday, hurling stones and planters at the building in protest over slumping share prices.
The benchmark index fell for the 15th consecutive trading day, the worst losing run in at least 18 years. Angry investors also protested in Lahore […]
Posted on July 18th, 2008 by admin
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By JAD MOUAWAD and MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM
Concerns about a slowing economy and rising inflation pushed oil prices down sharply for a second day on Wednesday, an unusual dip in the oil price rally that began more than six years ago.
The two-day decline totaled more than $10.50 a barrel, but analysts cautioned that it was still […]
Posted on July 17th, 2008 by admin
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By DAVID BARBOZA
SHANGHAI — A year ago, investors like Guan Ling were ebullient. Chinese share prices had climbed over 500 percent in the span of two years, setting off a nationwide stock buying frenzy.
When experts periodically warned about the possibility of a bubble, prices would dip temporarily then soar even higher, breaking records and inciting […]
Posted on April 2nd, 2008 by admin
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Your Money : By ALINA TUGEND
A major investment bank has collapsed, and the Fed is cutting interest rates to stave off a recession that we may already be in. More and more people seem to be having trouble making their mortgage payments, and credit card delinquencies are up.
Short of putting our heads in the sand […]
Posted on March 22nd, 2008 by admin
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By LANDON THOMAS Jr. and ERIC DASH : James Dimon tramped through the rain on Wednesday evening and strode into the headquarters of Bear Stearns, the embattled investment bank he hopes to buy for a mere $2 a share.
More than 400 Bear executives — seething, fearful and to their dismay, far poorer than they were […]
Posted on March 20th, 2008 by admin
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