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Tue 3 Jun 2008

Soros sounds alarm on oil ‘bubble’

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Oil.jpgBillionaire investor George Soros is to tell US lawmakers on Tuesday that “a bubble in the making” is under way in oil and other commodities and that commodity indices are not a legitimate asset class for institutional investors. He is expected to tell a congressional committee that rising (more…)

 

Thu 22 May 2008

Oil Sets Record as Stocks Shudder

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Record high oil prices at $135 a barrel deepened worries about inflation on Thursday and weighed on some Asian stocks although Japanese shares ended slightly (more…)

 

Fri 2 May 2008

Newhall Land: Calpers Takes Hit on Land Deal

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The nation’s largest pension fund is involved in one of the biggest land deals to fall victim to the housing bubble. It is an unusual position for the investor, which has a reputation for avoiding such blowups. (more…)

 

Mon 28 Apr 2008

Mars Reportedly Near Deal to Acquire Wrigley

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Mars, the makers of M&M’s, was near a deal last night to acquire the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, the chewing gum concern, for more than $22 billion, people involved (more…)

 

Mon 31 Mar 2008

Treasury Rolls Out Overhaul of Financial Regulators

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The Bush administration on Monday introduced the broadest overhaul of Wall Street regulation since the Great Depression, presenting a 218-page proposal that would, for the first time, create a set of federal regulators with authority over all players in the financial system. (more…)

 

Thu 20 Mar 2008

Jack Murphy: My Gift to the Great Readers of the West Ranch Beacon

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Recently I have seen TV infomercial’s where some guy is telling the viewer how to get rich in real estate. I watched a couple of them while riding my exercise bike the other morning and was laughing my rear-end off when I actually figured out what they (more…)

 

Sat 1 Mar 2008

Buffett’s State of the World: There’s Folly in Wonderland

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The billionaire investor Warren E. Buffett disclosed Friday that he had earned profits for shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway by speculating in the Brazilian currency, the real, and by buying a large stake in a French pharmaceutical company, Sanofi-Aventis. (more…)

 

Fri 25 Jan 2008

French Bank Rocked by Rogue Trader to the tune of $7.2 Billion in Losses

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 The rogues’ gallery of banking has a new candidate for membership: 31-year-old trader Jérôme Kerviel. In one of the banking world’s most unsettling recent disclosures, France’s Société Générale SA said Mr. Kerviel had cost the bank (more…)

 

Wed 23 Jan 2008

Rate Cut: Good for Borrowers, Bad for Savers

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For many Americans, the effects of the Federal Reserve’s aggressive rate cut will be swift and striking. The average borrower could save hundreds of dollars within a few (more…)

 

Mon 21 Jan 2008

Update: Stocks Plunge Worldwide on Fears of a U.S. Recession

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Fears that the United States is in a recession reverberated around the world on Monday, sending stock markets from Bombay to Frankfurt into a tailspin and puncturing the hopes of many investors that Europe (more…)

 

Fri 11 Jan 2008

As Gold Traders eye $1,000, Inflation stirs the Pot

Posted by admin under Economy , Investing  No Comments 

Global inflation, stock volatility, the upcoming Chinese New Year holiday — you name it, there’s a reason out there for gold’s rapid rise and the likelihood it (more…)

 

Wed 2 Jan 2008

Dollar fear sparks rush to Oil and Gold

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Crude oil prices briefly hit the $100-a-barrel mark and gold prices jumped to an all-time high as investors poured money into commodities on Wednesday amid deepening fears about the (more…)

 

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