Archive for November, 2008

Stocks jump but European economies stagger (AFP)

A businessman walks past a stock indicator in Tokyo. The global economic storm raged unabated with fresh warnings of recession, lost earnings and mass job cuts but a huge Chinese economic stimulus plan boosted world stock markets.(AFP/Toshifumi Kitamura)AFP - The global economic storm raged unabated on Monday with fresh warnings of recession, lost earnings and mass job cuts but a huge Chinese economic stimulus plan boosted world stock markets.

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Stocks open up on China’s spending boost (Reuters)

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, November 7, 2008. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)Reuters - Stocks opened higher on Monday, with big U.S. exporters including General Electric leading gains following China's plan of a multibillion economic stimulus to shore up the world's fourth-largest economy.

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Sweden’s debt office takes control of Carnegie (AP)

AP - Sweden's financial regulator says it has revoked the banking license from troubled investment bank Carnegie and that Sweden's national debt office will take control of the bank.

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Report: Low-cost carriers could win from recession (AP)

AP - Low-cost travel operators could be the big winners from the global economic downturn even as tourism faces a tough year in 2009, a report said Monday.

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World stocks buoyed by China stimulus plan (AP)

Pedestrians look up at an electric  market board in Tokyo, Monday, Nov. 10, 2008. Japan's key stock index jumped more than 5 percent in early trade Monday as sentiment turned upbeat on China's massive economic stimulus package and a weakening yen. The benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average rose 470.90 points, or 5.49 percent, to close the morning session at 9,053.90. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)AP - European stock markets traded higher Monday ahead of expected solid gains on Wall Street as sentiment across the world was boosted by China's $586 billion plan to stimulate its economy, a main driver of global growth.

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