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FT - Published: November 22 2007 19:57 | Last updated: May 26 2008 16:10
The rising oil price, which topped $130 a barrel this week, risks pushing the global economy into a deep and prolonged slowdown.
As long as demand from leading developing countries such as China and India remains strong, the price is likely to stay high. A combination of other forces, including the weakening US dollar and geopolitical tensions, is driving prices higher. | Vista Research, a Standard & Poor’s business is a subscription-based information service that supports institutional money managers. With access to tens of thousands of top industry practitioners, Vista Research connects clients to seasoned professionals who can answer their questions. Vista Research differentiates itself by its adeptness at finding the “tough-to-find” industry specialist and its dedication to client service. From vetting all industry professionals prior to each call to scheduling your proprietary consultation, Vista Research offers its clients a unique and time-saving experience | Business
Rescues for Homeowners in Debt Weighed
By EDMUND L. ANDREWS and LOUIS UCHITELLE
Published: February 22, 2008
The government is considering proposals to rescue the nearly 8.8 million homeowners who are underwater. | Seeking Alpha is the leading provider of stock market opinion and analysis from blogs, money managers and investment newsletters, and a provider of its own high-value, complementary financial content. | Wealth Daily : Independent Investment Analysis and Commentary
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Microsoft, Wall St. Journal in Exclusive Deal
Press Release|01/29/08
The Wall Street Journal Digital Network and Microsoft have announced a deal, through which Microsoft is the exclusive third-party provider of paid search and content (contextual) ads. The Wall Street Journal network of high-profile, high-impact sites includes The Wall Street Journal Online, Barrons.com, Marketwatch.com, and more.
The addition of these sites will bring an additional 20 million unique viewers each month to the extended Microsoft network, and serves more than 330 million page views per month specific to the highly sought-after financial services audience for advertisers. | IdeaBlob is where entrepreneurs and small business owners can share and grow their business ideas – and have a chance to win $10,000 towards fulfilling them.
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By Buying Up Foreign Companies, Emerging Economies Show their Power
By Michael Akerib
In the 16th century, Machiavelli was one of the few to have the foresight to see the importance of political change in terms of its potential to revitalize the economy. He called these agents of change the "new princes" and saw in them enemies of the established order, whether they were consciously trying to be or not. Today's new princes are the BRIC economies - Brazil, Russia, India, China - gradually establishing themselves as economic heavyweights with major political ambitions threatening the economic weight of the European Union and the United States.
A key indicator for monitoring the development and international economic standing of a country are the flows of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). The table below summarizes the situation of the four BRIC countries in 2005. In many cases, the outward flow has been carried out by government-owned natural resource companies often in pursuit of national policies rather than profits alone through the capture of distribution outlets. The creation of "national champions" that can become major global players and influence strategic decisions in developed countries are, increasingly, being considered by countries that do not want to stay at the edge of development. | Internet Recession Watch: Finance/Mortgage Ads Dropping?
Peter Kafka | October 11, 2007 2:52 PM
Last month, we were surprised to see that some of the biggest mortgage advertisers had increased their online spending in August, even as the mortgage market collapsed. This seemed to suggest that our thesis -- that mortgage woes would hurt the online ad business -- might be overly gloomy.
September's spending report, however, supports our original concerns. Nielsen/Netratings again reports (pdf) that mortgage/financial advertisers represented four of the top 10 web advertisers in September. Of the four, Experian Group Limited increased its spend 7%, to $44.7 million, and NexTag Inc. remained about flat at $50 million. But the other two advertisers recorded drops: Countrywide Financial (CFC), which had been slowing its rate of increase throughout the summer, dropped a modest 1.5%, to $34.9 million. And Low Rate Source's ad spend plummeted from $51.7 million to $22.9 million -- a 56% drop. | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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