Euro debt crisis germs will spread unless politicians actSaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 12:54PMTom Stevenson says the only sustainable solution to the eurozone debt crisis is greater fiscal integration and until politicians respond financial markets will remain volatitle.
Time to take another look at Russia’s VIP?Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:27AMVimpelCom is finally getting a little love again on Wall Street, largely because its merger with Egypt-based mobile carrier Orascom was so universally unpopular. Last August, shares of VimpelCom
PFT: Favre is Joe Webb's coach during lockoutThursday, July 14, 2011 @ 2:31PMBrett Favre didn't exactly have a reputation in Green Bay or New York as a guy that would go out of his way to help his understudy at quarterback. Perhaps (supposed) retirement has him more relaxed.
Audit, management shuffle weigh on GafisaWednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 11:42AMBrazil's homebuilders, hurting since late last year, are still suffering. Today's news from Gafisa only heightens the pain.Gafisa chief executive Wilson Amaral de Oliveira unexpectedly
How will the market react to Puea Thai’s victory?Sunday, July 3, 2011 @ 10:11PMDespite talk of there being economic instability if Puea Thai formed a coalition, the fact that they were able to win a majority as opposed to a plurality - there would have been instability if they won less than 230 and formed a government – means it is likely to mean that the market response
Respecting Caffeine, Steel, Zeus und Da Vinci SurgeonsThursday, June 30, 2011 @ 5:23PMDriven by a better than expected reading on manufacturing activity from the Chicago PMI in the U.S., as well as continued relief that the debt crisis in Greece has been at least temporarily defused, U.S. and world stocks shot higher again on Thursday.It was the fourth straight day of gains for equity markets after almost two months of weakness The crisp rally has taken the S&P 500 above its ...
Bullish On Uranium Despite FukushimaWednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 5:13PMUranium prices tumbled since a tsunami battered Japan’s coasts and caused the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl at Tepco’s Fukushima Daiichi plant. Prices, though, overreacted, much like public opinion, and have fallen below what underlying supply-demand fundamentals suggest, according to research by RBC Capital Markets. With supplies continuing to fall and demand swelling on growing ...
UPDATE 3-Oil rises on hopes for Greece resolutionTuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 6:03AM(Updates prices, adds detail, context, quote) * French plan to roll over Greek debt supports risk appetite * Dollar weakness helps lift crude prices * Eyes on impact of IEA stock release, OPEC reaction ...
India's schizophrenic banksMonday, June 27, 2011 @ 1:52PMThe power sector alone accounted for 42 per cent of aggregate infrastructure credit at the end of March 2011.