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Global Investing Roundups Thursday, November 20th, 2008

Nov 20th, 2008 | By William Patalon III | Category: Financial News

BASF Halts 80 Factories; Oil Prices Slide to $53 a Barrel; Chinese Automakers Ask for Gov’t Aid; October Housing Starts Hit 49-Year Low; Honeywell Lands Engine Deal; Fed Sees Year-long Recession; Holiday Sales and Traffic to Plummet; BJ’s Profit Jumps 24%



Global Investing Roundups Thursday, August 21st, 2008

Aug 21st, 2008 | By William Patalon III | Category: Financial News, International Investing

eBay’s Copy Cat Move; Mortgage Applications at New Low; FDIC Extends Help to IndyMac Customers; Oil’s Wild Ride; Suntech Stock Shines; BJ’s Stock Slump; HP Beats Expectations; TVA Hikes Rates 20%



The U.S. Financial System Is Beyond Credibility Now

Jul 16th, 2008 | By James Howard Kunstler | Category: Featured, Financial News

In a rare press conference yesterday President Bush tried to assure Americans that their banking system was “sound.”

Bush’s comments didn’t do much for investors confidence. Shares in troubled mortgage outfits Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac tumbled, along with most other financial stocks.

The bottom line is the U.S. financial system is now beyond credibility, as James Howard Kunstler puts it. And Dubya and his Republican party will be remembered as the party that broke America.



Global Investing Roundups Friday, July 11th, 2008

Jul 11th, 2008 | By William Patalon III | Category: International Investing

Retailers Report 4.3% Bump in Sales; Toyota Changes Direction; Whirlpool Closes Two Factories; Brazil and Vietnam Come Together; GE Spin-Off; New Wachovia CEO; IAM Wants Fair Bidding; Oil Jumps Over $5 on Political Tension



Rising Energy Prices Will Hold Down Retail Sales, Corporate Earnings and Even Travel Spending This Summer

May 26th, 2008 | By William Patalon III | Category: Oil Investment & Alternative Energy

When U.S. Department of Energy analysts told you more than a month ago that gasoline prices would peak at about $4 a gallon around Memorial Day, we told you they were wrong. Gas prices, we said, were destined to head much, much higher.



Global Investing Roundups

Apr 11th, 2008 | By William Patalon III | Category: International Investing

Takeda Acquires Millennium for $8.8 Billion; Gas Prices Driven to Another Record High; Jobless Claims Drop; Car Sales in India Up Again; China’s Trade Deficit Narrows; 100,000 Angry Airline Passengers; Favorable Amgen Ruling; BJ’s Wholesale Club Gains on Sales Increase.