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...executive manager of Paris research and strategy group Global Equities, says that the "markets are pushing things in the search of a bottom - a point of impact from which rebound and recovery begins." "In one sense, it can be considered a catharsis," agrees Daley. "I just hope the panic doesn't cause irreparable damage to some firms and countries...
Friday's stock-market action was a microcosm: in Tokyo the Nikkei was down 9.6%; in Frankfurt the DAX - after dropping as much as 10% during the session - was down 5%; in São Paolo the Bovespa was down 6.35%. It was a global panic! Until things got to New York. The Dow and S&P both ended the day down about 3.5%. Big deal...
...people worried, as the U.S. ran up all those debts in recent years, that the dollar would soon lose its status as the world's reserve currency. But since the financial troubles of the past year turned to panic a few weeks ago, the dollar has been rising against the world's other major currencies. There simply isn't a credible replacement, at least not yet. And until that changes, the U.S. will keep getting to export at least part of its financial woes to the rest of the world. As it did today...
...great news for me, and I’d imagine for many women at Harvard,” said Justine R. Lescroart ’09. “I feel like if the study’s results had gone the other way, there would be widespread panic. Everyone likes coffee, and no one wants breast cancer...
...French are hoping that if the nine are tried and jailed by the Somali authorities, the piracy industry could begin to unravel. Right now, though, the pirates of Puntland don't seem to be feeling any need to panic...