Archive for listopad, 2010

Turmoil in Europe’s bond markets

wtorek, listopad 30th, 2010

Amid the latest signs of strife in the eurozone, European bond markets are in some tumultuous times.

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Chinese students flock to U.S. business schools

wtorek, listopad 30th, 2010

Despite historical reservations toward Western business culture, there has been a surge in applications to U.S. business schools from China. And the invasion has just begun.

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Ireland: From rags to riches to rags

poniedziałek, listopad 29th, 2010

How the tiny island country managed to stage a meteoric economic rise only to fall in a similarly spectacular fashion.

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Why China is an energy consumption hog

poniedziałek, listopad 29th, 2010

Over the next 15 years China is expected to build the equivalent of 10 New York Citys.

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Spain and Portugal take center stage

sobota, listopad 27th, 2010

Worries about the health of some European economies, specifically Spain and Portugal, are rearing their ugly head.

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Europe’s new contagion worries

sobota, listopad 27th, 2010

The European contagion is back, as virulent as ever, posing a new risk to the health of the global financial system and economic recovery.

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Overseas shoppers join New York shopping frenzy

piątek, listopad 26th, 2010

International visitors to New York took advantage of both an American phenomenon and the weaker U.S. dollar to bag some holiday season bargains.

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Gold and oil part ways

środa, listopad 24th, 2010

Gold and oil prices have been joined at the hip in recent months, but that all changed in the days leading up to Thanksgiving.

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The U.S. is not falling behind

środa, listopad 24th, 2010

Commentary on the state of the U.S. economy has once again turned — sadly — to America’s supposed failings relative to the rest of the world. In a much-cited follow-up to its 2005 report Rising Above the Gathering Storm, for example, an eminent committee of the National Academies reached the unanimous conclusion that when it comes to the principal ingredients of innovation and competitiveness, “our nation’s outlook has worsened.”

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The trouble with ‘global imbalances’

wtorek, listopad 23rd, 2010

The high standard of living most Americans enjoy could be at risk. And the looming danger is caused by two little words — “global imbalances.”

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