Theodore's World (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
The Dow Jones industrial average closed below 10,000 for the first time in three months Monday on nagging concerns about debt loads in Europe. Shares of big banks pulled the market lower, extending a slump that has led to...
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The Filter , the Peter Gabriel-backed digital entertainment recommendation site, has appointed Doug Merrill, former CIO of Google ( NSDQ: GOOG ), to its board of directors, as it ramps up its strategy to white-label its recommendation engine to third-party content sites. The Filter says it has two big deals that it will announce later this month, for a customer each in Europe and the U.S.. Merrill’s...
Adam Smith Institute Blog (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Commons to vote on electoral reform You've really got to hand it to Gordon Brown. After nearly 13 years in government, and just a few weeks left until a general election he looks set to lose, he's suddenly decided we need to change Britain's electoral system. And yet he chooses to champion a reform that (a) won't win him any more seats, (b) won't persuade the Lib Dems to go into coalition with him,...
The Economist (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Free exchange European debt worries R.A. | WASHINGTON It's not the size that matters Images: PAUL KRUGMAN puts worries about European debt into perspective , posting a chart of European GDP shares: As you can see, Greece is but a small part of the European economy. Portugal, too. Why, then, the concern? It's worth looking at a generally helpful piece on the debt crisis in southern Europe by Charles...
Hagley Road To Ladywood (Free subscription) | 40 minutes ago
Forget the hot air of pre-election proclaims: there cannot be a serious change of direction under the rotten, outdated form of bicephalus communism that is this voting system. While the recession of the late 70s may have -at least partly- been attributed to the allegedly decaying social democratic consensus or to the striking unions, the current mega-crisis is purely the product of capitalism at its...
Calling England (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
...and believe me that's not always a good sign. I've been thinking about the prospect of a hung Parliament for weeks and it filled me with dismay. Hung Parliaments; weak coalitions belong to continental ways of voting, not ours. Italy is the prime example and is always cited - it's a basket case with about fifty governments in forty years. Fhs, it's bad enough with one every four or five years and...
New Statesman (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
To help propel its revenues above EUR4bn by the end of next year, Deutsche Bank intends to step up its capital markets and advisory operations in Asia, reported the Financial Times
Overcoming Bias (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Many folks are not that comfortable with the idea of working in or for the military. Yes, at some level we all support armies via paying taxes, selling them food, teaching their kids, etc., but the more direct their support the more uncomfortable many folks get. For example, actually stabbing enemy soldiers on the front [...]
Business: Market Forces blog | guar (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Xstrata is on the rise in the wake of yesterday's figures, helping to lift the mining sector and indeed the whole market. Xstrata has added 31.2p to £10.15, with Morgan Stanley for one making very positive noises. The bank said: We think the risk-reward at Xstrata is compelling and that the pull-back presents a medium-term buying opportunity – our £14.57 price target implies 53%...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
• Barclays chief tells Treasury select committee that proprietary trading ban is 'completely irrelevant' • Rules to increase capital ratios will increase cost of credit to customers, says Varley Barack Obama's plans to stop banks engaging in risky trading activities will not stop another banking crisis, John Varley chief executive of Barclays said today. Speaking before the Treasury select...
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
* Software cos rally; Kotak says valuations attractive (Updates to close)
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
MOSCOW, Feb 9 (Reuters) - VTB , Russia's second biggest bank, plans to cut 10 percent of its staff this year, or nearly 1,000 people, a spokesman said on Tuesday.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
* Thailand, Malaysia also recover a little from sharp falls
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
MUMBAI, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Indian shares fell 0.3 percent in early trade on Tuesday, led by losses in Reliance Industries and ICICI Bank , tracking weak Asian markets and as worries in euro zone weighed on investor sentiment.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
* Ireland move boosts net profit by 14 mln stg (Adds detail)
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After starting the week on a firmer note, oil prices fell sharply toward the end of the week in a general market sell-off as investors sought the dollar as a safe haven amid worries about European Union economies. Debt problems that have plagued Greece are now spreading to Portugal and Spain, driving the euro down temporarily...
staffjam | 05/02/2010
As widely reported, the fall in WTI was part of a larger sell-off in commodities. Triggered by strengthening of the U.S. dollar. With all the focus on yesterday's selling, there was less press on the things being bought. Most notably U.S. Treasury notes. Alerts registered for falling yields on three-, five- and ten-year Treasury securities. Yields plunged as traders piled into these investments, driving...
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