Archive for July 20th, 2008

Doha's F-Words
Wall Street Journal - 1 hour ago
So far, not so good for this week's crucial meetings in the Doha Round of world trade talks. Before the sessions in Geneva even started, the Brazilian Foreign Minister caused a ruckus Saturday by equating Western leaders' public evaluations of the
Doha trade talks face 'moment of truth' in Geneva Financial Times
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Gothamist
4 Brooklyn Neighborhoods Lose Power
New York Times - 41 minutes ago
By FERNANDA SANTOS At 4:05 pm on Sunday, the National Weather Service extended a heat advisory for New York City, telling residents to avoid sun exposure, drink plenty of fluids and stay in air-conditioned rooms.
Con Ed Asks That Air-Conditioners Be Shut Off in Parts of Brooklyn New York Sun
Thousands lose power in Brooklyn on fifth day of heat wave New York Daily News
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Thousands lose power in Brooklyn on fifth day of heat wave
New York Daily News - 37 minutes ago
BY WIL CRUZ, ERIN DURKIN and JOTHAM SEDERSTROM A Brooklyn power failure left thousands of people spending the night without air conditioning - and tens of thousands more were warned to cut back their usage or face the same fate.
Power Restoration in Brooklyn Continues MarketWatch
Con Edison to Distribute Dry Ice to Residents in Parts of Brooklyn FOXBusiness
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China Daily
Trouble at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Stirs Concern Abroad
New York Times - 1 hour ago
By HEATHER TIMMONS For more than a decade, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the housing giants that make the American mortgage market run, have attracted overseas investors with a simple pitch: the securities they issue are just as good as the United States
Video: Henry Paulson On The Economy CBS
Paulson Predicts US To Rescue Fannie, Freddie New York Sun
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Peninsula On-line
'Now or never' for world trade talks, World Bank chief says
International Herald Tribune - 42 minutes ago
GENEVA: Developing countries and food exporters from rich and poor nations on Sunday urged the United States and the European Union to open up their farm markets and eliminate what they contended were trade-distorting subsidies.
US and EU face calls for farm reform at WTO Reuters
International trade in globalizing world and Turkey (1) Zaman Online
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Overseas investors take hard look at US mortgage giants
International Herald Tribune - 47 minutes ago
By Heather Timmons and Julia Werdigier NEW DELHI: For more than a decade, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the housing giants that make the American mortgage market run, have attracted overseas investors with a simple pitch: The securities they issue are
Video: Henry Paulson On The Economy CBS
Paulson `Very Optimistic' on Freddie, Fannie Rescue Bloomberg
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China Daily
Never Have So Many Short Sellers Made So Much Money With Stocks
Bloomberg - 3 hours ago
By Alexis Xydias July 21 (Bloomberg) — Investors worldwide are betting more than $1 trillion on a collapse in stock prices. Managers from William Ackman to Jim Rogers made a total of at least $1.4 billion in July with wagers against US mortgage
Regulators thwart 'bear raids' on stocks USA Today
Mother of All Short Squeezes? Seeking Alpha
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Peninsula On-line
International trade in globalizing world and Turkey (1)
Zaman Online - 53 minutes ago
kIn the midst of the current global financial crisis and Turkish political instability that occupies the headlines daily, it might be salutary to step back to consider some of the long-term trends that shape the world and Turkish economies.
Top RP execs to miss crucial WTO meet ABS CBN News
Tensions rise ahead of WTO meeting to nail Doha deal AFP
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