We extend your Money Senses
By Luo Jun, Zhao Yidi and Klaus Wille
April 14 (Bloomberg) — China’s central bank chief, who raised interest rates six times last year, said there’s still room for the country’s lending and deposit rates to increase to help cap the fastest inflation in more than a decade.
“The anti-inflation policy is a combination of both […]
Wednesday January 23, 6:49 pm ET
By Madlen Read, AP Business Writer
Wall Street Whiplash: Stocks Plunge, Then Post Big Gains on Day After Fed Rate Cut
NEW YORK (AP)– It started with another stomach-turning drop at the open, and a loss of more than 300 points by midday. Then stocks changed course, raced higher and closed […]
Tuesday January 22, 4:08 am ET
By Yuri Kageyama, AP Business Writer
TOKYO (AP) — Global stock markets extended their shakeout into a second day Tuesday, plunging amid fears that a possible U.S. recession will cause a worldwide economic slowdown.
The dramatic declines in Asia and Europe were expected to spread to Wall Street, where stock index […]
Thursday January 17, 6:14 pm ET
By Tim Paradis, AP Business Writer
Stocks Extend Plunge As Manufacturing Index Falls; Bond Insurers Fall Amid Fears of Losses
NEW YORK (AP) – Wall Street extended its 2008 plunge Thursday, sending the Dow Jones industrials down 306 points and to their lowest level since last March after a regional Federal […]
The story of mankind is one long tale of greed, lust, debauchery and murder – if only you know where to look. Ian Crofton trawls through the annals of history to find all the juicy bits
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‘The Day of Creation’
The date of Creation, according to James Ussher, Protestant Archbishop of Armagh, in his 1650 work Annales […]