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...tighter regulation now seems inevitable. In the U.S., Congress has scheduled hearings to examine the role of hedge funds in the ongoing financial crisis. "It's going to be quite a slog to get really serious reforms," Young says. "But I'd argue it is in the industry's interest to promote greater transparency...
...about: too much debt. But it is distressing that the only proposed solutions involve rewarding more debt. Let's, at least for the short term, raise taxes on well-off corporations and wealthy individuals, stop senseless wars financed by debt and eliminate the income-tax deductions for home-mortgage interest. Plus, don't artificially lower interest rates - this punishes those who saved sensibly. And we must all prioritize our spending wisely. I'd rather have fewer mortgage brokers and more architects or engineers rebuilding this nation's decaying infrastructure. Joseph Oppenheim, Rancho Bernardo, Calif...
...industry. They got one anyway. International bankers and investors yanked money from emerging markets worldwide. South Korea's banks rely more on external financing than most others in the region. Amid a global shortage of credit, the banks struggled to find financing, often borrowing on overnight markets at high interest rates. Foreigners dumped South Korean shares and the stock market plunged. On Oct. 16, the won lost nearly 10% of its value, its biggest one-day drop since the 1997 crisis...
...against the ruling Communist Party. Despite its domestic agenda, the stimulus package has been warmly welcomed overseas, too. The day after it was revealed, share prices from Hong Kong to London surged. And by again taking action along with the rest of the world (Beijing had previously cut its interest rates in tandem with central banks in other capitals), China is reinforcing its stated willingness to step up and help rebuild the global financial system...
...Unistraw's interest is spurred by a different set of numbers. "What's exciting," says managing director Tim York, "is that today it's a $7 billion market, and it's projected to be worth $20 billion by 2010." The big players include companies like Japan's Yakult and France's Danone (Dannon in the U.S.), which sell probiotic bacteria in yogurt. Dannon's Activia yogurt was launched in America in 2006 and passed $100 million in sales in its first year...