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I will find myself in Slovenia over the next week, with my wife Isabel and a group of ten South African travel and business journalists we have invited to first-hand explore this delightful country with …
Stock markets have improved handsomely over the past three days, notching gains for four consecutive days and registering the first positive week since early August.
Will the rally have legs, or is it merely a bear …
On this week’s WealthTrack, Consuelo Mack interviews Brian Rogers. He shares the lessons learned from the financial crisis and how he is applying them as Chairman of T. Rowe Price and manager of the highly …
The comments below come courtesy of Dave Rosenberg, chief economist and strategist of Gluskin Sheff & Associates, sharing his latest views on the U.S. economy.
The U.S. employment report for August was uninspiring in the aggregate …
Congress and the White House may throw a curveball and roll out a tax cut ahead of the midterm elections rather than boost stimulus spending to aid the struggling economy, Harvard University History and Business …
The U.S. employment report for August was announced yesterday, comprising the following key numbers (courtesy of Asha Bangalore of Northern Trust):
Civilian Unemployment Rate: 9.6% in August, virtually steady for three straight months. The unemployment rate …
The article below is a guest contribution by Bill Bonner of The Daily Reckoning.
Japan was the world’s most admired economy in the ’80s. Then it was the world’s most despised economy in the ’90s. By …
Prudent fiscal policy will help foster confidence within the euro zone, European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet told CNBC.
“We encourage all countries to be absolutely determined to go back to a sustainable mode for their …
The August manufacturing PMIs came in mixed. The U.S. and China surprised on the upside while Japan disappointed with its manufacturing sector barely growing.
Country
Manufacturing PMI
August 2010
July 2010
Trend
United States
56.3
55.5
Higher, expanding
Euro zone
55.1
56.7
Lower, …
I referred to some comments by Albert Edwards from Société Générale in a post a few days ago. Today’s quote of the day comes from his colleague on the SocGen Global Strategy Team, Dylan Grice. …
