Global Stocks, U.S. Futures Fall; HSBC, Mizuho Financial Drop (Bloomberg.com)
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Global Stocks, U.S. Futures Fall; HSBC, Mizuho Financial Drop (Bloomberg.com)
Oct. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Stocks in Europe and Asia declined, led by banks, after Bank of Japan Governor Toshihiko Fukui said mounting U.S. credit losses have increased ``uncertainty'' in financial markets. U.S. index futures dropped.
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Asian Stocks Drop, Led by Mizuho Financial, on Fukui Comments (Bloomberg.com)
Oct. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks fell after Bank of Japan Governor Toshihiko Fukui said mounting U.S. credit losses have increased ``uncertainty'' in financial markets.
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Asian Stocks Drop, Led by Mizuho Financial, on Fukui Comments (Bloomberg.com)
Oct. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks fell after Bank of Japan Governor Toshihiko Fukui said mounting U.S. credit losses have increased ``uncertainly'' in financial markets.
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Buffett Avoids Bear Stearns, Countrywide Financial (Update3) (Bloomberg.com)
Oct. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Billionaire Warren Buffett said his Berkshire Hathaway Inc. won't buy a stake in Bear Stearns Cos. and that he ``never came close'' to acquiring shares of mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp., which fell 61 percent this year.
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Buffett Avoids Bear Stearns, Countrywide Financial (Update2) (Bloomberg.com)
Oct. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Billionaire Warren Buffett said his Berkshire Hathaway Inc. won't buy a stake in Bear Stearns Cos. and that mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp. still isn't cheap after falling 61 percent this year.
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Rupert Murdoch sketches financial media assault (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Rupert Murdoch sketched out his plans for the Fox Business Network on Friday, saying he will spend years nurturing the new channel to win over more than half of the business news audience.
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Business TV for the people - with some pants thrown in (Independent)
For most people, business channels are a prosaic diversion on the way to Sky Sports or the latest soap opera. Bloomberg, CNBC and the like may have garnered decent enough followings in the financial community, but Joe Public isn't paying attention.
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Citing a Drain on Profits, Bloomberg Wants to Close OTB (New York Times)
The time may have come to close the city’s Off-Track Betting operation, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said, as a way of getting the city out of a long-troubled business.
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Asian Stocks Have Biggest Drop in Two Months, Led by Financials (Bloomberg.com)
Oct. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks had their biggest weekly drop in two months, led by financial companies, on concern losses from the worst U.S. housing slump since 1991 will spread.
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Hale "Bonddad" Stewart: Fox Business News Debuts and the Markets Tank (HuffingtonPost)
This week saw Fox news make a foray into the business news world with the "Fox Business Channel". From my read they are attempting to "demystify" the market. Time will tell whether they are successful or not. However, I personally...
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Global Stocks, U.S. Futures Fall; HSBC, Mizuho Financial Drop (Bloomberg.com)
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