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BlackRock Investment Strategist Sees Mixed Fortunes In 2009
A is for Alistair Darling The chancellor was thrust into the spotlight as the financial crisis escalated this year. In the summer, just before a second wave of banking turmoil that rocked the markets, Darling gave an explosive interview to the Guardian saying that Britain faced "the worst economic times in 60 years". In November's pre-budget report he announced a package of tax cuts ...
Several years ago police pounded on her door, looking for Morgan Rogers, who was wanted for passing fraudulent checks. Someone who looked something like Rogers, someone who was using Rogers’ lost driver’s license, had been cashing bogus paychecks at a local bar.
It's no secret that publicly traded companies as a whole took a drubbing in 2008. A look at some of the industry sectors of interest in central Ohio, the problems faced in the past year and thoughts on what 2009 might bring:
Jan. 2 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks climbed to a two-month high, following the market’s worst annual drop since the Great Depression, as General Motors Corp. got its first cash infusion from the government and rising oil prices lifted energy shares.
Jan. 2 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks advanced on the first day of trading in 2009, following the biggest annual drop for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index in 71 years, as rising fuel prices lifted energy shares and General Motors Corp. received a cash infusion from the government.
Jan. 2 (Bloomberg) -- European stocks rose, rebounding after the Dow Jones Stoxx 600 Index posted its biggest annual slump on record, as higher metals prices lifted mining companies and investors speculated governments will step up efforts to revive the global economy.
Jan. 2 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks advanced on the first day of trading in 2009, following the biggest annual drop for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index in 71 years, on expectations government spending will curtail the recession.
Jan. 2 (Bloomberg) -- European stocks rose, rebounding from their biggest annual slump on record, as investors speculated governments will step up efforts to revive the global economy and lower oil prices lifted retailers.
Jan. 2 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks advanced on the first day of trading in 2009, following the biggest annual drop for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index in 71 years, on expectations government stimulus efforts will curtail the recession.
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