Archive for September 13th, 2009

Sunday, September 13th, 2009
Gold finally breaks through $1,000, but the battered bugs are mostly still cautious, and one expert says take profits.

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Peter Brimelow: Some gold bugs still cautious despite rally
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Sunday, September 13th, 2009
Jurgen Stark is 61, but the European Central Bank official won’t be retiring any time soon.

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Marsh on Monday: Retirement can wait in case of ECB’s Stark
Tags: bundesbank, china, david-marsh, european, finance, frankfurt, german, latest-news, market, markets, peter-brimelow, podcasts, thomas-kostigen, time, trichet
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Sunday, September 13th, 2009
It’s been a year of incredible pain and losses for ordinary Americans everywhere. It will be for naught if we don’t learn from it.

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Brett Arends’ ROI: Lessons to be learned from a year of losses
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Sunday, September 13th, 2009
Compensation committee members should be worried, and that’s a good thing, say investor activists who target excessive executive pay.

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New weapons in pay fight threaten directors
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Sunday, September 13th, 2009

China will launch an anti-dumping investigation into U.S. sales of chicken and auto products, a move apparently in response to Washington’s decision to impose punitive sanctions on Chinese tire imports late last week.

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China mulls sanctions on U.S. imports
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Sunday, September 13th, 2009
Chevron Corp. receives final approval from the Western Australian government for the massive Gorgon natural gas project, setting the stage for Australia’s largest-ever resource venture.

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Gorgon mega-project gets final approval
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Sunday, September 13th, 2009
The U.S. dollar moves lower against its Japanese counterpart after funding rates for greenback loans drop below those of its major rivals.

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Currencies: Dollar slips, pressured by yield differentials
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Sunday, September 13th, 2009
Shares of cash-strapped Japan Airlines climb sharply following reports that the carrier is in talks with AMR to receive a possible investment from the American Airlines’ parent.

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JAL shares rally on news of talks with AMR
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Sunday, September 13th, 2009
The weakness in China’s recovery is that it needs policies to create enterprise and jobs, and not just more buildings.

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Craig Stephen’s This Week in China: China’s growth needs more than skyscrapers
Tags: bank-of-china-ltd, craig-stephen, create-alert, first-take, hsbc-hldgs, latest-news, latin-america, market, markets, marketsasia, shanghai, standard-life, they-will-spend-it, thomas-kostigen, week
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Sunday, September 13th, 2009
Investors worried about inflation and the headwinds facing the global economy have been stuffing cash into a growing list of gold exchange-traded funds with the metal’s price again topping $1,000 an ounce.

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ETF Investing: Gold ETFs all the rage as metal hits $1,000
Tags: 000-an-ounce, etfs-gold-tr, first-take, gld, investing, ishares-comex-gold-trust, market, markets, pimco-etf-tr, price, sgol, state-street-corp, thomas-kostigen, tip
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