Riding out the stock market storm
CNNMoney.com -
Stocks rallied late last week as the fog over the short-term interest rate outlook cleared, but the Fed could easily trigger more wild swings in the market if it offers no clues about what investors can expect in the coming months when the central bank's policy-makers meet next week.
2006-06-19
Monday Newspaper Review - Irish Business News and International
FinFacts Ireland, Ireland -
But verisimilitude does not equal impact, and it's an open question whether these documentaries will achieve any real-world effect. Books like "Silent Spring" and even "The Feminine Mystique" put long-ignored issues into the mainstream, altering or sometimes creating a debate. But even that rare documentary like "An Inconvenient Truth" that breaks through to wide release is up against the tyranny of mass consumption. It's likely that more people saw "Cars," an homage to joyous combustion, on its opening weekend than will ever see "Who Killed the Electric Car?" or "An Inconvenient Truth." The choir of the converted may line up for the latest cause, but most people who clog the multiplex are not going to be talking about global warming as they drive away.
2006-06-18
M's have done worse than Bonds
Seattle Post Intelligencer -
I agree with your thought process about Barry Bonds and the Mariners. Having become an adult during the era of interleague play and being fortunate to live near Seattle and Detroit over the past 10 years, I've been able to see all of this generation's big boppers in person. Whether I've worn or burned the jerseys of guys like Sosa, McGwire, Palmeiro, Bonds, A-Rod, Griffey Jr., Giambi, Sheffield, Pujols, Thome and even Brady Anderson, I've come out to the parks to see them do what they could do better than anyone else at their particular moments of glory: Hit a round ball with a round bat squarely with more consistency, power, determination and defiance than anyone else.
2006-06-16
Russia's gold and currency reserves growth slows
RosBusinessConsulting, Russia -
Russia's gold and currency reserves amounted to $247.9bn as of June 9, up by $0.9bn from the previous rate. The Central Bank's gold and currency reserves have been growing continuously since November 18, 2005, up by over 50 percent (almost $85bn) since then, and have reached a new historic high for both the USSR and Russia. Meanwhile, the pace of growth has slowed significantly since the last reporting date. As reported earlier, the Central Bank's gold and currency reserves added $10.3bn between May 19 and June 2.
2006-06-15
Goldman Sachs Net Doubles
123Jump.com, FL -
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2006-06-14
Up and Down 17th Street: Accuracy of fed figures questioned
Rocky Mountain News, CO -
But as the time frame collapses, the errors are growing. In the case of the 2004 numbers, there were three significant pieces of economic data that weren't available in time for the estimates: The 2002 Economic Census, which is taken every five years and released nearly as slowly, and two editions of the Annual Survey of Manufacturers. Once the agency got them, it redid the numbers.
2006-06-13
Dear Bill O'Reilly: We can reduce the price of gasoline
Energy Bulletin -
Want to blame someone for high oil prices? Censure Wall Street firms such as Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, or hedge funds that invest in speculative investments for the wealthy. Oil futures trading activity at the New York Mercantile Exchange, London's ICE Futures Exchange, the Tokyo Commodity Exchange, and the Atlanta Intercontinental Exchange soared in 2005. NyMex, the largest oil trading exchange, handled over 60 million oil contract sales and 13 million gasoline contract sales in 2005. Think billions of barrels of oil and multiple billions of gallons of gasoline. All priced by contracts for the delivery of oil or gasoline at some point in the future. If you are paying $3.00 for a gallon of regular gasoline, there are those who believe that maybe $ .30 to $.45 of that price is based on speculative trading in the Futures market.
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