samedi, mai 31, 2008

EUROPEAN STOCKS UP ON OIL DROP!

Bloomberg.com: Europe: "European Stocks Advance as Oil Declines; British Airways Gains"

ASIAN STOCKS FALL FOR 2nd WEEK!

Bloomberg.com: Asia: "Asian Stocks Fall for Second Week, Led by Commodity Producers"

US, A FRIGHTENING MONSTER?

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "Putin Calls U.S. `Frightening Monster,' Urges French Solidarity"

DOLLAR: 3-MONTH HIGH!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "Dollar Posts Monthly Gain, Reaches 3-Month High on Fed Outlook"

EUROPE: OIL DICTATES BORROWING COSTS!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "ECB's Draghi Says Oil Prices `Limit' Monetary Policy (Update1)"

MYANMAR: CRIMES VS HUMANITY?

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "Myanmar Delays Cost `Thousands of Lives,' Gates Says (Update2)"

ICELAND APPROVES DEBT SALE!

Bloomberg.com: Europe: "Iceland Approves Debt Sale to Boost Foreign Reserves (Update3)"

ASIAN CURRENCIES LAST WEEK!

Bloomberg.com: Asia: "Asian Currencies: Korean Won Posts Weekly Gain; Peso Declines"

JAPAN'S BONDS UP ON SLOWING ECONOMY!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "Japan's 10-Year Bonds Gain as Reports Signal Economy Is Slowing"

ASIAN STOCKS FALL FOR 2nd WEEK!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "Asian Stocks Fall for Second Week, Led by Commodity Producers"

GULF: NO QUICK DOLLAR PEG END?

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "Paulson Arrives in Gulf as Traders See No Quick Dollar Peg End"

NEW YORK: APPROVAL OF GAY UNIONS!

Bloomberg.com: News: "New York's Paterson Seeking Approval of Gay Unions (Update1)"

COLOMBIAN PESO KEPT DOWN?

Bloomberg.com: Latin America: "Colombian Peso Drops as Government Strengthens Capital Controls"

EMERGING BONDS UP IN WEEK!

Bloomberg.com: Latin America: "Emerging-Market Bonds Gain in Week on Brazil Ratings Increase"

SWEDEN'S GROWTH: 4-YEAR LOW!

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "Swedish Economic Expansion Slows to Four-Year Low (Update2)"

CANADA UNEXPECTEDLY SHRINKS 0.3%!

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "Canada's Economy Unexpectedly Shrank in First Quarter (Update4)"

EUROPEAN INFLATION UP, UP, UP!

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "European Inflation Accelerates More Than Forecast (Update1)"

US MORTGAGE DEFAULTS; CONTINUED!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "New Overdue Home Loans Swamp Effort to Fix Defaults (Update3)"

LIBOR RATE-SETTING PROCESS TO STAY!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "BBA Avoids Changes to Libor, Seeks to Bolster Review (Update3)"

MBIA, AMBAC TO JUNK ON MOODY'S?

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "Moody's Implied Ratings Show MBIA, Ambac Turn to Junk (Update1)"

US CONSUMER SPENDING SLOWS DOWN!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "U.S. Economy: Consumer Spending Gains Slowed in April (Update1)"

ARGENTINA NEEDS PARIS CLUB PACT!

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "Argentina Needs Paris Club Pact to Draw Investment, Cobos Says"

JAPAN'S INFLATION SLOWS!

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "Japan Inflation Slows to 0.9% as Gasoline Tax Expires (Update1)"

UK CONFIDENCE: LOW; LOW; LOW!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "Britons' Confidence Reaches Lowest Level Since Thatcher Quit"

EUROPE: ELECTRICITY PRICES TO RISE!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "Power Prices to Rise in Europe as Coal, Natural Gas Costs Surge"

INDIA: SLOWEST GROWTH SINCE 2005!

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "India's GDP Growth Holds at Slowest Pace Since 2005 (Update1)"

BRAZIL'S INFLATION UP!

Bloomberg.com: Latin America: "Brazil Broadest Price Index Rises to Five-Month High (Update1)"

OIL FALLS MORE THAN $4!

Bloomberg.com: U.S.: "Oil Falls More Than $4 as Fuel Demand Drops, Dollar Rallies"

EUROPEAN RETAIL SALES UP!

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "European Retail Sales Recovered in May, PMI Shows (Update1)"

US WEEKLY JOBLESS UP!

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Rose Last Week to 372,000 (Update1)"

US STOCKS UP ON GDP!

Bloomberg.com: U.S.: "U.S. Stocks Gain, Led by Financial Shares; MasterCard Rallies"

PUTIN UPSTAGES MEDVEDEV'S EU DEBUT!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "Putin Upstages Medvedev's EU Debut by Meeting Sarkozy (Update2)"

US GROWTH ESTIMATE UP TO 0.9%!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "U.S. Economy: First-Quarter Growth Estimate Raised (Update1)"

AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS INVESTMENT DROPS!

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "Australian Company Investment Unexpectedly Drops 2.5% (Update2)"

JAPAN'S RETAIL SALES SLOW DOWN!

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "Japan's Retail Sales Rise at Slowest Pace Since July (Update3)"

LIBOR ALTERNATIVES GAIN!

Bloomberg.com: Exclusive: "Libor Proxies Gain as Traders Seek Truth With Swaps (Update1)"

SHOULD THE FED INCREASE RATES?

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "Fed Should Increase Rates If Inflation Accelerates, Fisher Says"

US TREASURIES FALL ON DURABLES!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "Treasuries Fall on Durable Goods, Tepid Two-Year Note Demand"

MALAYSIA GROWS 7.1% ON COMMODITIES!

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "Malaysia's Economy Grows 7.1% on Commodity Shipments (Update1)"

GERMAN INFLATION ACCELERATES!

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "German May Inflation Accelerates More Than Forecast (Update1)"

US DURABLE ORDERS UNEXPECTEDLY UP!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "U.S. Economy: Goods Orders Rose Excluding Transport (Update1)"

FRENCH CONFIDENCE FALLS TO RECORD!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "French May Consumer Confidence Falls to Record Low as Oil Rises"

ARGENTINE FARMERS TO HALT SALES!

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "Argentine Farmers to Halt Sales in Third Export-Tax Protest"

MUST CENTRAL BANKS PREVENT BUBBLES?

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "Shirakawa Says Should Avoid Narrow Focus on Inflation (Update1)"

CALIFORNIA HOUSING DEMAND REVIVES!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "California Housing Discounts Boost Sales, Reverse Losing Streak"

OIL FALLS ON US CONSUMPTION!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "Oil Falls More Than $3 as Record Prices Curb U.S. Fuel Demand"

S. AFRICA GROWTH DROPS TO 6-YEAR LOW!

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "South African Economic Growth Drops to Six-Year Low (Update3)"

UK MORTGAGE APPROVALS FALL 39%!

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "U.K. Mortgage Approvals Fall 39% on Tighter Lending, BBA Says"

US HOME PRICES DOWN 14.4%!

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "S&P/Case-Shiller U.S. Home-Price Index Falls 14.4% (Update4)"

US NEW-HOME SALES UNEXPECTEDLY UP!

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "New-Home Sales in the U.S. Rose 3.3% to 526,000 Pace (Update2)"

ITALY'S CONFIDENCE UP!

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "Italian May Business Confidence Unexpectedly Gains (Update1)"

FRANCE, GERMANY: CONFIDENCE DOWN!

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "Inflation Hurts German Consumers, French Companies (Update1)"

WALL STREET FIRINGS: WORST TO COME?

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "Wall Street Dismissals, Not as Bad as '01, Signal Worst to Come"

WHY IS PIMCO BULLISH ON YUAN?

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "China's Shuttlecock Slump Shows Why Pimco Loves Yuan (Update1)"

PHILIPPINES MAY DOUBLE ASSET SALES!

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "Philippines May Double Asset Sales to Boost Spending (Update1)"

SWISS EXPORTS FALL!

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "Swiss Exports Declined in April as Global Slowdown Hit Orders"

PHILLIPINES MAY RAISE RATES!

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "Philippines' Tetangco May Raise Rates to Cool Prices (Update1)"

BANK OF JAPAN: RATE LEVELS APPROPRIATE!

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "Shirakawa Says Rate Levels `Appropriate' Given State of Economy"

GERMAN CONFIDENCE DOWN!

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "German Consumer Confidence Declines as Prices Rise (Update1)"

TRICHET'S INFLATION TARGET: FICTION?

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "Trichet's Inflation Aim Proves `Fiction' After Decade (Update1)"

LIBOR CRACKS WIDEN!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "Libor Cracks Widen as Bankers Struggle With Reforms (Update1)"

RICE SLUMPS AS CAMBODIA ENDS BAN!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "Rice Slumps by Limit as Cambodia Ends Ban on Overseas Shipments"

UBS: MORE LOSSES?

Bloomberg.com: Europe: "UBS Falls After Saying More Mortgage Losses Possible (Update2)"

DENMARK TO GROW JUST 1.2% IN 2008!

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "Denmark Lowers Growth Forecast for This Year, 2009 (Update1)"

HUNGARY RAISES RATE!

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "Hungarian Central Bank Raises Benchmark Rate to 8.5% (Update5)"

DOLLAR NEAR 1-MONTH LOW!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "Dollar Trades Near One-Month Low; Housing Slump Cuts Confidence"

WORLD STOCKS FALL ON OIL!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "Stocks Fall in Europe, Asia; Emerging Markets Drop for 5th Day"

SINGAPORE PRODUCTION FALLS!

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "Singapore Production Unexpectedly Dropped on Drugs, Electronics"

THAILAND'S GROWTH UP TO 6%!

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "Thai Economic Growth Accelerates on Consumer Spending (Update2)"

UK HOUSE PRICES FALL FOR AN 8th MONTH!

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "U.K. May House Prices Fall for an Eighth Month, Hometrack Says"

NORTH KOREANS FACE STARVATION!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "North Korea Needs 600,000 Tons of Food in June-July, Group Says"

ASIAN STOCKS SLUMP!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "Asian Stocks Fall the Most in Six Weeks; China Mobile Declines"

dimanche, mai 25, 2008

US ECONOMY THIS WEEK!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "Spending Probably Slowed, Confidence Sank: U.S. Economy Preview"

COLOMBIAN FARC LEADER: DEAD?

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "FARC Leader's Reported Death May Prompt Rebels to Free Hostages"