Monday, August 27, 2007

Worsening credit crunch could doom world boom
Quite Polished: Potential to be on top Robert J Samuelson
Economic Times
24 Aug 2007

weak to resume its leading role. The failure to find an alternative abetted the Great Depression of the 1930s. Today’sglobaleconomyundeniably faces some big, potentially destabilising threats,oilbeingthemostobvious.The world now uses 86 million... read more...

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Nasdaq drops LSE chase (The Wall Street Journal Europe, 21 Aug 2007, Page 1)

Nasdaq drops LSE chase
By Aaron Lucchetti And Alistair MacDonald
The Wall Street Journal Europe
21 Aug 2007

Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. has effectively thrown in the towel on its bid to buy London Stock Exchange PLC, a move that allows it to concentrate its firepower elsewhere but also reminds shareholders of the misstep in London. Nasdaq Chief Executive Bob... read more...

Monday, August 13, 2007

Asia buying opportunity?

Asia buying opportunity?
By Jason Leow — Patricia Kowsmann in Singapore, Yuka Hayashi in Tokyo and Evan Ramstad in Seoul contributed to this article.
The Wall Street Journal Europe
13 Aug 2007

BEIJING—Investors hunting for opportunities in the global market chaos may want to look to Asia, where jitters over widening credit troubles in the U.S. and Europe have driven down the share prices of some financial institutions that actually have... read more...