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Die Suche nach »financial assets« hat 80 Resultate geliefert. Angezeigt werden die Resultate von 21 bis 30.



45 percent of world's wealth destroyed
Blackstone CEO "Between 40 and 45 percent of the world's wealth has been destroyed in little less than a year and a half," Schwarzman told an audience at the Japan Society. "This is absolutely unprecedented... ...
Plunging assets cost $50,000bn
Falls in the value of financial assets worldwide might have reached more than $50,000bn, equivalent to a year's global economic output, the Asian Development Bank will warn on Monday. http://www.ft.com /cms/s/0/3f9a2bd8-0c0e-11d e-b87d-0000779fd2ac.html What... ...
Let those banks fail!
Independent Institute by Alvaro Vargas Llosa 03/04/09 In January alone, the annual rate of saving in the U.S. was the highest since monthly records began in 1959. That should be a reason to rejoice.... ...
No Tough Love for Wall Street
Robert Scheer, Truthdig: "What an insipid anticlimax! Rising to 'a challenge more complex than our financial system has ever faced,' Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner promised on Tuesday to give trillions... ...
Bush overpaid banks in bailout, watchdog says
UK: Bail-out bankers rush through bonuses to thwart Government crackdown Politicians today condemned a rush by thousands of bankers to pick up bonuses of millions of pounds before a government crackdown. http://tinyurl .com/cecwht Bush... ...
Bailout firms have program recipients among their clients
USA Today 01/27/09 All six of the law and accounting firms hired by the Treasury Department to help manage the $700 billion financial bailout have clients who received the federal money, contracting... ...
Bank Bailout Could Cost $4 Trillion
money.cnn.com — The cost of the bank bailout is likely to be much higher than $700 billion. While the Obama administration hasn't asked Congress for more money yet, some experts warn that government spending... ...
What Obama Left Out of the Economic Recovery Plan
Higher Wages and Debt Relief By Mike Whitney Barak Obama and Co. are planning to launch their own version of economic "shock and awe" in the opening weeks of the new administration. Aside from the... ...
Wall Street Robber Barons Ride Again
Robert Scheer, Truthdig: "Why rush to throw another $350 billion of taxpayer money at the Wall Street bandits and their political cronies who created the biggest financial mess since the Great Depression?... ...
Stimulus Time: The Fierce Urgency of Now
Mark Weisbrot, The Center for Economic and Policy Research: "Nobody needs to be told that our economy is going down the tubes at a rate unseen for decades. Every week brings new numbers that are setting... ...