Emerging markets and their currencies sold off after a downward shift in risk appetite drove wary foreign investors into repatriating their funds
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According to Reuters, Japan exports hit their lowest level since 2002. Reuters writes that hopes for an auto bailout in this session of Congress are poor. Reuters reports that the US is looking into lending practices at Golden West. Reuters reports that small businesses are being hurt by trouble on Wall St.Reuters reports that a bank analyst said financial firms need another $1 trillion in capi...
The Dow is down below 8,000 again. Is the bear market half-empty or half-full?
Therese Poletti's Tech Tales: Battle lines forming in nascent robotics field
Thu, Nov 20, 12:01 AM ET
Microsoft Corp. has very clearly set its sights on what could be the next big field of technology – robots. But the software titan will have to compete with open-source developers who are also making a big push in the field.
A popular bookstore chain is roughing up its competitor - will it last
For those of you who have been following this blog, you know where I stand on the proposed aid package for US automakers (see Preventing Moral Hazard in the Auto Industry for background). I am not opposed to aid for General Motors (GM) and Ford (F), provided that aid comes with strict terms: A moratorium on acquisitions (whether with Chrysler, or otherwise) A rationalization of operations - a r...
The company's profits were up 22%, but a slowing economy has them curbing expenditures.
Filed under: Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Morgan Stanley (MS), Financial CrisisBanks around the world have been raising capital in the last few months. If the market is efficient, then the cost of capital for these banks should tell us something about how risky they are. Based on the relative cost of capital of banks in the U.S. compared to those in France, Germany and Switzerland, the world's ris...
Filed under: Google (GOOG), Marketing and advertising, Procter and Gamble (PG)Maybe it is one of the reasons that Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) are among the best managed companies in America. They will go to almost any legitimate lengths to improve their knowledge of businesses that will help them expand and prosper. P&G would like to know more about how to sell...
One of the unexpected benefits of a $90-a-barrel drop in the price of crude oil is a transport sector that has far less to pay for keeping things moving. Now, of course, that savings is predicated on the assumption that there’s actually something out there to move – that manufacturers are still making things, and consumers are still buying. These days, none of that can be taken for ...