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...developing world still must cope with the prospect of lower economic growth in the months ahead that could compound problems for countries that are already struggling. Although prices for oil and other commodities have declined recently, they remain at unusually high levels. Justin Lin, chief economist at the World Bank, says his organization is preparing lending programs to help ease the burden of high food and fuel costs for developing countries. "They still need to have the support, in order to protect the poor," Lin says. But it's unclear how widely available such programs will...
...recent days, that premise hasn't been quite as far-fetched. As credit markets seized and governments the world round rushed in to prop up financial institutions, investor panic - and, on Monday, euphoria - swept aside most other concerns about companies' fundamentals. "It was indiscriminate selling," says Art Hogan, chief market analyst at Jefferies & Co. of last week's market activity. "It didn't matter what your company did. It was everything for sale...
...Business owners may get some comfort on Oct. 15, when Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang is expected to detail the city's plan to deal with the economic crisis. Hong Kong's Monetary Authority has already said that it may use the city's $160 billion in foreign currency reserves to help shore up its financial sector...
...spoke about how they are trying to address student concerns about crime. UC representatives responded with questions and proposals for improving safety. Following a string of crimes and community alerts in the first month of the semester, students have become more concerned about their security, but Harvard University Police Chief Francis D. “Bud” Riley and HUPD spokesman Steven G. Catalano downplayed fears of an extraordinary crime wave. “There is no crime wave here,” Catalano said, adding that students have become more aware and fearful because of HUPD?...
...country's membership in the World Trade Organization has required it to open its financial services sector to global competition and investment in 2006, "there is still only a narrow range of derivative instruments and innovation in financial products is still slow," says Sun Fei, Managing Director and Chief Economist at Hong Kong-based fund manager China International Capital. In other words, China's financial sector is just primitive enough to have prevented its banks from getting burned by buying complicated and ultimately toxic subprime mortgage products and derivative securities...