The big news this weekend is Hank Paulson put a $700 billion price tag on a bailout package designed to prevent a financial market crisis from becoming an economic calamity.
Paulson’s plan would require Congress to raise the U.S. debt limit to $11.3 trillion. Don’t forget it was just in July when the debt limit was [...]
PARIS (Dow Jones)–Europe’s insurers remain in the hunt for small to midsize
acquisitions, with the action likely to center on promising emerging markets in
the East and South, while larger, balance-sheet-straining deals in mature markets
will likely have to wait as companies tread cautiously in the face of the global
credit crisis.
Insurance heavyweights such as Axa SA (AXA), Assicurazioni [...]
Keeping score
How 10 investing themes for 2008 are performing, and what’s changed
By Jonathan Burton, MarketWatch
Last Update: 6/20/2008 5:17:00 PM
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Oil prices were below $100 a barrel and the Dow
Jones Industrial Average was above 13,000 last November when MarketWatch wrote
about 10 investments to consider for this year.
What a difference seven months, a credit [...]
U.S. stocks set to face a less-friendly Fed
First-quarter GDP, employment report, earnings could test market
By Nick Godt, MarketWatch
Last Update: 12:01 AM ET Apr 26, 2008
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — U.S. stocks will face renewed pressure next week, with
investors facing not only another heavy week of earnings, but also key data that
may confirm the U.S. economy is [...]
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