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President-Elect Obama will inherit one of the worst economic downturns in U.S. history. As Peter Morici argues, he must act quickly and decisively — focusing not only on the country's banks and infrastructure, but also on its trade imbalance.
The proposed merger between Port Otago and Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) took a major step forward yesterday with a tantalising offer to minority LPC shareholders, laying a foundation for a delisting from the New Zealand stock exchange.
It’s not only companies that are nervous about growth. B-schools are also keeping their fingers crossed with revenues from management development programmes (MDPs) expected to slow during the next quarters.
A gallon of gas or a share of GM? That’s a headline prompted by the fall of the GM stock to less than five dollars. Back home you could almost ask a similar question: two litres of petrol or a share of Tata Motors?
Five, four… where’s the floor? Citigroup ’s shares continued their slide Friday, extending the week’s selloff and falling below the $4 mark.
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Citigroup Inc. Chief Executive Officer Vikram Pandit told employees he doesn't plan to break up the company, aiming to reassure workers as the stock resumed a skid that has erased more than half its value in three days.
Asian stocks fell, driving the region’s benchmark index to its lowest level since August 2003, as Japan’s exports declined the most in almost seven years and US consumer prices sank by a record.
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- European stocks fell, extending the Dow Jones Stoxx 600 Index's 2008 decline to 50 percent, after Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said the U.S. is in a deeper recession than it previously forecast and concern grew about the health of Citigroup Inc.
Landowners and tenants face difficult leasing decisions for the year ahead, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln agricultural economist says. It will be especially challenging to determine a fair and reasonable leasing agreement for both parties, said Bruce Johnson, UNL agricultural economist.
SPOONER (AP) — The chemical company where an explosion last spring critically burned two workers has reached a settlement with the federal government over workplace safety violations.
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