Topic: Economic Crisis

Aust stocks end higher on jobs surge

The Australian share market closed on Thursday in positive territory, heartened by strong labour figures and solid trading in offshore markets.....

Cashing in

He's a diamond geezer, that new boss of Barclays.. . But he's taking an effective pay cut of almost £50million to fill a promoted post and leave...
Oil was higher in Asian trade today on expectations that government data will show a rise in US demand. . . New York's main contract, light sweet...

Job openings spike in July

Job openings rose in July after two months of declines, a positive sign that companies could step up hiring in the coming months.. The Labor...

FTSE Seen Opening Lower

The FTSE 100 is seen falling on Thursday, retreating after gains in the previous session, with mining stocks likely to come under pressure after ...
The Bank of Canada decided to increase the Overnight Rate by another 0.25%, up to 1%. This is the third consecutive interest rate hike that the BoC...
The global financial crisis has sharply increased unemployment across the world to more than 210m people, an increase of over 30m since 2007...
The recession has spawned a thrift/simplicity movement that has been in the news a lot lately and also is something I have been feeling at home...

Paulson & Co see painful August

Paulson & Co, the world's third-largest hedge fund manager, has suffered another poor month amid concerns over a faltering US economic recovery...

Tony Blair on Political Ignorance

(Ilya Somin) . David Bernstein's post referencing a commenter who greatly overestimates the extent to which the public pays attention to politics...