Financial Regulators, Markets Struggle To Avert Massive Stock Dives


Federal financial regulators forged ahead to try to prevent a repeat of the May 6 roller-coaster stock ride, though they had not determined the cause of the sudden, steep decline in prices that day.

Federal financial regulators forged ahead to try to prevent a repeat of the May 6 roller-coaster stock ride, though they had not determined the cause of the sudden, steep decline in prices that day.

Euro Sovereign Debt Crisis Still Far From Resolved


As everyone now knows, it’s not simply Greece – or Portugal or even Spain – that is under the gun as a result of the European debt crisis.

It’s the entire Eurozone – and hence European Union – experiment.

As everyone now knows, it’s not simply Greece – or Portugal or even Spain – that is under the gun as a result of the European debt crisis.

Indian / Chinese Tension Over Several Aspects of Telecom


Worried about reports of Chinese hackers and spying, the Indian government has effectively barred local mobile phone operators from making deals with Chinese telecommunications manufacturers, according to the head of India’s main cellular industry trade group.

New Photos, Information re China’s Increasingly “Blue Water” Navy


On April 29, we ran a piece about the expansion of the activities of the Chinese navy.

Chinese Language Study Slowly Grows in Indonesia


When the regent of Lamongan, a coastal rice-growing region on the island of Java, first toured China as part of an official delegation, his eyes went wide.

Here was the future, he thought: skyscrapers and humming factories and grand highways.

When the regent of Lamongan, a coastal rice-growing region on the island of Java, first toured China as part of an official delegation, his eyes went wide.

UK Coalition a ‘New Kind of Politics’ – But Not For Scotland


The Conservatives and Liberals have formed a coalition they call a ‘new kind of politics’ – but not new enough to represent all of the United Kingdom.

 

Great Britain has been transfixed by an election last Thursday that resulted in no clear winner.

Is Europe Turning Japanese? Starting To Think So


12 May 2010. By David Caploe PhD, Chief Political Economist, EconomyWatch.com

“I think I’m turning Japanese, I think I’m turning Japanese, I really think so”

12 May 2010. By David Caploe PhD, Chief Political Economist, EconomyWatch.com

“I think I’m turning Japanese, I think I’m turning Japanese, I really think so”

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Derivatives Bring Out Wall Street’s Full Armada of DC Lobbyists


The nation’s five largest banks – JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Citigroup and Wells Fargo – which dominate the derivatives business,

have dispatched trade groups, paid lobbyists and their own executives to lobby Washington in full force …

Incompatibilities of Trading Platforms, Computer Algorithms Possible Keys To Market Panic


Ever since computerized trading became dominant in the nation’s stock markets in recent years,

market experts have been warning that the lack of consistent rules among exchanges and the increasing complexity and speed of computer trading systems could destabilize markets.

Markets Seek Technical Solutions to “Nightmare” Scenarios – EN ESPANOL !!!


It seems things are continuing to move along nicely in Rosario, Argentina, where our friend / colleague / and devoted reader Sr. Dr. Claudio Pairoba lives,

because we just received his excellent translation into Spanish [br]