Asian Markets rise in first session of 2009

Hong Kong, Korea, India posted good results while Australian indices broke their four days winning streakStock markets in Asian closed their first ... Exchange. It was at $41.84 a barrel at 8:40 a.m. London time. The February contract raised $5.57 to $44.60 ... ICE Futures Europe exchange. It was at $42.96 a barrel at 8:40 a.m. London time. The contract [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 12:58:00

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No, I’m not dead

I just received the following email from a friend who follows my exploits through this blog: Hi Joe, I saw that you hadn’t updated your blog in a while and was a bit worried about you guys. I hope you and Miyoung are doing well. I’m sure you’re just super busy. Take care, Sorry to worry you, friend [more...]

Date: 2008-10-22 22:22:46

Dawn Patrol

Welcome to the Dawn Patrol, our daily roundup of information on the War on Terror and other topics - from the MilBlogs and other sources around the world. If you're a blogger, you can join the conversation. If you link to any of these stories, add a link to the Dawn Patrol too and your trackback will be added to the list [more...]

Date: 2008-06-20 13:54:36

Tesco shares jump on trading update (AP)

Tesco shares jump on trading update (AP) By admin | LONDON – Shares in Tesco PLC jumped 13 percent on Tuesday after Britain’s largest retailer ... of the Korean won against the pound. The company said it remains ... at constant exchange rates in the 13 weeks to Nov. 22, including a 29.4 percent rise in Asia, which [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 10:19:47

VoxEU recommendations to G20 summit published: Read it Swan!

2008-11-11 — Dave Bath Following on from VoxEU’s great book for the recent G7/8 summit (which I reviewed here, is available for browsing as HTML and PDF) comes their dummies guide analysis of issues facing the G20 summit on 2008-11-15: "What G20 leaders must do to stabilise our economy and fix the financial system" [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 10:43:33

THE RICHEST MAN IN PAKISTAN: Billionaire Mian Mohammad Mansha defies terrorism to expand bank empire Bloomberg Specials Written by Yoolim Lee & Naween A. Mangi / Bloomberg NewsTuesday, 09 December 2008 18:58 MIAN MOHAMMAD MANSHA, head of the Mansha family and chairman of the Nishat Group, poses for a portrait at his residence in Lahore, Pakistan, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 20:24:49

Yuan devaluation is unlikely

If you’re having problems downloading attachments, please sign in again and select “Remember me on this computer” ... cheap currencies (as in nominal exchange rate vs. purchasing power parity exchange rate) to develop [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 08:52:30

Tourist arrivals to Sabah may decline in Q1

KOTA KINABALU: With the exception of the Chinese New Year holidays, ... Dollar against our currency,” he said.He added that with the current exchange rate ... Times yesterday the Korean market was already showing a slowdown in arrival statistics due [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 10:29:00

Gates of Vienna News Feed 9/2/2008

USA250 Arrested as Republican Convention Protest Descends Into Violence Europe and the EUAttacked Dutch: Alemanno, No Pardon for CulpritsDeath Threats for UK Top Muslim CopIrish Parliament Could Pass Parts of the Lisbon Treaty Without a ReferendumNo New Mosques, [more...]

Date: 2008-09-03 00:55:00

Korea's Pension Fund to Cut Stock Investment in 2009

South Korea's National Pension Service, the nation's biggest investor with 225 trillion won ($176 billion) ... the equivalent of $7 billion in assets. ``South Korean markets will see continued volatility ... -mortgage market exceeded $1 trillion this month. The pension fund's purchase of South Korean stocks [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 07:04:56

Bernanke’s Great Lie - The “Gold Standard” and the Great Depression (PART 2/2)

The claim that the “gold standard” caused or worsened the Great Depression debunked. by Jake, the Champion of the Constitution Originally published December 25, 2008 at http://www.nolanchart.com/article5706.html The purpose of the following is to argue that the “gold standard,” as understood by most of the public, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 16:17:12

Economic Research Institute Heads: “Korean Economy to Grow 2.2 Percent in 2009”

Domestic economic research institute heads forecasted the Korean economy to grow 2 ... also anticipated the won-dollar exchange rate, projected to be the largest variable for management ... .2 percent in 2009 choosing the biggest obstacle to be faced by the Korean economy as “household [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 06:36:00

Asian Currencies Fall, Led by Won, as Economic Concerns Mount

Asian currencies weakened, led by South Korea’s won, ... home sales in the U.S. reached a 17-year low. The won, which gained in each of the last two weeks ... that there isn’t much to support the rally in 2009.” South Korea’s won slumped 2.3 percent to 1,338 [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 10:31:25

Asia Economic Crisis: Spotlight on Japan, China, Korea, Vietnam

Decoupling, an idea that never made any sense, is talking another beating ... to spur the economy after cutting interest rates close to zero last week, and Prime Minister Taro Aso [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 08:10:00

Naver merged me2day, the Korean version of twitter

Yesterday Naver(naver.com) announced that they merged me2day(me2day.net) ... (around 1.6 million US dollar considering current exchange rate) for 100% of me2day’s share. The micro ... . Naver is Korean number 1 internet portal web site, whose market share is around 60%. me2day [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 07:11:00

Summary Of 2008 Currency Movements

This is a summary of the changes in exchange rates of various currencies versus the U.S. dollar ... the year. Beneath the relatively small euro/dollar exchange rate movement (4.7%) for the year ... , whereupon the exchange rate was relatively stable until July 15, when it closed marginally above [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 19:05:00

Asia Economic Crisis: Spotlight on Japan, China, Korea, Vietnam

Decoupling, an idea that never made any sense, is talking another beating ... Ministry said today in Tokyo, more than the 6.8 percent estimated by economists. The jobless rate [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 08:22:39

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays to All!

U.S. Falls Deeper into RecessionBy Alister Bull ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) ... said.Across the United States almost 2 million workers have lost jobs this year, driving the unemployment rate [more...]

Date: 2008-12-25 12:03:00

Koreas - Japan, Korea Yet to Set Swap Amount, Shinohara Says (Update1) (Bloomberg)

Japan, Korea Yet to Set Swap Amount, Shinohara Says (Update1) (Bloomberg) Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) ... exchange they make available to each other, Japan s top currency official said. South Korean won ... ) (RTTNews) - The South Korean won staged a sharp rise against the dollar in early Asian trading [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 04:22:45

DrumBeat: October 24, 2008

Heating Oil Distributors Fear Tough Winter Amid Credit Freeze NEW YORK (Dow Jones) ... been our view that the value of commodities, including oil, should be determined in open, competitive [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 12:30:39

Asian markets follow wall street

Hang Seng, Kospi Plunge by about 7% while Nikkei manage 6 ... South Korean won fell sharply against the greenback. The won ended at 1,330.8 a dollar, down from Wednesday's close 1,266.0 a dollar. The won has dipped [more...]

Date: 2008-11-06 17:56:00

Strong Dollar is in our Nation’s Interest

"There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.. ... US interest rates, however - which deduct Consumer Price inflation from the Fed's own target rate - were [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 03:26:08

Fed cuts rates, Asian markets’ limited gains

HONG KONG (AFP) ... the yen and helped send several Asian currencies, including the Korean won and the Indonesian rupiah ... was up 0.93 percent around midday. The Fed on Tuesday reduced the target fed-funds rate [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 09:53:14

U.S. pulls the plug on the world

Crisis Chronicle Send to friend | Print version October 27, 2008, 19:59 U.S. pulls the plug on the world The U ... was a whirlwind of liquidation. Korean won, Turkish lira, Brazilian real, British pounds and commodities [more...]

Date: 2008-10-29 23:05:32

Jobs ESL TEFL TESOL,jop,Work,Hire,online,[TEFL.com] ELT JobLink Weekly Digest - 15 December - Part 2

Join 4Shared Now! .adHeadline {font: bold 10pt Arial; text-decoration: underline; color: #0000FF;} .adText {font: normal 10pt Arial; text-decoration: none; color: #000000;} Your Ad Here ELT JobLink Weekly Digest - 15 December - Part 2Best WishesPOLAND1 Teachers required for a special EU project [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 22:00:00

Jobs ESL TEFL TESOL,jop,Work,Hire,online,[TEFL.com] ELT JobLink DAILY - 1 January

Join 4Shared Now! .adHeadline {font: bold 10pt Arial; text-decoration: underline; color: #0000FF;} .adText {font: normal 10pt Arial; text-decoration: none; color: #000000;} Your Ad HereBest Wishes ELT JobLink DAILY - 1 JanuaryBRUNEITeach English in Brunei - Increased tax-free sa... [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 00:40:00

UPDATE 1-Indonesia cbank revises reserve requirement ruling

Indonesia’s central bank will allow commercial banks to use central bank debt (SBIs) ... for foreign exchange deposits to 1 percent of total deposits from 3 percent. The easing [more...]

Date: 2008-10-22 07:05:55

Jobs ESL TEFL TESOL,jop,Work,Hire,online,[TEFL.com] ELT JobLink Weekly Digest - 22 December - Part 2

Join 4Shared Now! .adHeadline {font: bold 10pt Arial; text-decoration: underline; color: #0000FF;} .adText {font: normal 10pt Arial; text-decoration: none; color: #000000;} Your Ad Here ELT JobLink Weekly Digest - 22 December - Part 2Best WishesPOLANDTeaching positions in South Poland [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 23:16:00

DrumBeat: September 30, 2008

Oil Drops Most in 17 Years in Quarter on Economy Woes (Bloomberg) ... at 2:51 p.m. in New York Mercantile Exchange trading. It was the first decline in seven quarters [more...]

Date: 2008-09-30 14:03:02

North Korea Today No. 257

RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NORTH KOREAN SOCIETYhttp://www.goodfriends.or.kr/eng Weekely Newsletter No.257 December 2008 Hot Topics Residents File Grievances against Severe Tortures Occurring at Beopdong [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 19:58:00

"Currency crisis is gathering storm"

Ed Harrison sent us a link to his latest post, and it's a doozy ... , the Polish Zloty, the South Korean Won, the Hungarian Forint, and the Mexican Peso amongst others [more...]

Date: 2008-10-26 08:05:39

Averatec Buddy HS-103 Netbook for Korea

Averatec  releases in Korea its Buddy HS-103 netbook PC. Averatec HS-103 features an Intel ATOM N270 1 ... . Note: Korean Won’s exchange rate has fallen to 4-year low. Akihabaranews Related PostsAveratec [more...]

Date: 2008-09-02 02:18:47

RMB:USD Exchange Rate: 6.85 is the new 8.27 and the birth of a new reserve currency

Planting the seeds of a new Asian reserve currency Via Bill’s Shared Items, ... about the declining RMB-USD exchange rate and ways to hedge this risk.  But while I was myoptically focused [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 15:53:46

SL: Bloodlines - The Thirst to be or not be a Vampire!

SL: Bloodlines - The Thirst to be or not be a Vampire! ... called “Lindens” (created by the creators, Linden Labs, naturally..) at a real word exchange rate [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 22:44:11

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