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• John Lewis starts Christmas season with bumper takings

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 983
  • Department stores tills ring up 17% rise on 2008s figures • Online set to swell winter sales shopping from 25 December Retailers can look forward to a much better Christmas than last year when credit-crunched shoppers had to be lured into shops with huge discounts , according to new data and sales forecasts ...
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• Have The Major Stock Markets Reached The Bottom?

  
  TGP Credit Cards — Authority: 139
  The main stock markets from around the world have had quite a good start to the year. I have to say that this, in my opinion, is quite a surprise as the overall economy is still in dire straits - it was only a couple of months ago that General Motors went into administration for example. I have [...]
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• No V Recovery Says Nouriel Roubini

  
  Commodity Trading & Trend Following — Authority: 127
  Nouriel Roubini was this week at a conference discussing the lessons of the recent crisis. The conference was hosted by the professional risk managers international association. It is a very interesting video for those that follow Nouriel Roubini. He takes the position that the green shoots are not going to flourish ...
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• Sainsburys enjoys 19% rise in profits

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 983
  Boss Justin King gives warning on economic recovery A steady economic recovery throughout next year is not guaranteed, supermarket chain J Sainsbury warned as it reported a 19% increase in profits for the first six months of the year. Justin King, chief executive of Britains third largest grocer, said rising ...
  4 days ago

• Frontrunning: November 11

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 769
  Goerge Soros: A new world architecture ( Project Syndicate ) Under attack, Fed chief studies politics ( NYT ) The real threat to Fed independence ( WSJ ) Bank of England to keep the heroin IV drip: King says BOE has "open mind" on more bond purchases ( Bloomberg ) Yet somehow, global confidence dips as policy ...
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• Arent You Glad that Unemployment is "Slowing Down" ?

  
  Airelon's Investing and Trading Blog — Authority: 122
  "Dont piss on my leg, and tell me its raining" - Favorite Axiom of my Father For those that follow my Tweets , you know that Im in a mood to rant about the unemployment numbers. Around 10:00 am, my Tweet was as follows: " Real Unemployment, Bloomberg finally admitting is closer to 17.5%. "Unemployment might be ...
  1 week ago

• G20 must not withdraw economic stimulus too soon, Alistair Darling warns

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 983
  G20 nations should not plan their exit strategies from the life support measures they implemented in the midst of financial crisis until they can ensure recovery is sustainable, the chancellor said tonight. "There can be no room for complacency among G20 countries this weekend," Alistair Darling told an audience in ...
  1 week ago

• IMS deal shows life, if not strength, in leveraged buyouts

  
  DealZone — Authority: 524
  (Recasts lead) If a deal can’t get done with the backing of Canada’s pension fund and capitalism’s mightiest bank, then the leveraged buyout market would truly be dead. So it is with limited fanfare that DealZone welcomes the buyout of IMS Health by Canada’s public pension plan and Goldman Sachs as a sign ...
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• Zombie economy promises frights

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 983
  Neither alive nor dead, the UK economy is in limbo land, staggering along courtesy of taxpayer billions, low interest rates and a short-term VAT cut Welcome to the zombie economy. Banks stagger along courtesy of large slugs of taxpayer money. The housing market is puffed up by the lowest bank rate in history. The ...
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• Manufacturing output jumps by 1.7% in September

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 983
  • Best month-on-month result since 2002 outstrips forecasts • Factories boost production after August shutdowns British factory output surprisingly rose at its fastest rate in seven years in September, boosting hopes of economic recovery. Manufacturing production rose by 1.7%, following a 2% drop in August, the ...
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• October CMBS Performance Worsens, Loan Backing Union Square W Hotel To Default Imminently

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 769
  It really is time for the our central planning banking system, aka the Fed, to start thinking about enforcing CRE bailout strategies. Aaron Bryson over at Lehman, pardon, Barclays, has released his monthly CMBS remittance report, and things are getting worse ever faster. In disclosure that is sure to keep the market ...
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• Service industry shows biggest expansion since August 2007

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 983
  But critics argue that the Cips report has not been running long enough to accurately show economic turning points Britains dominant services sector enjoyed its strongest performance in more than two years last month, a key survey showed today. The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supplys monthly snapshot of ...
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• Warren Buffett gambles on trains by buying BNSF for $34bn

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 983
  • Buffett calls investment all-in wager on economic future of US • BNSF helped by carbon pricing, fuel cost and traffic congestion The worlds second-richest man, Warren Buffett, is spending $34bn (£20.8bn) on a vast American railway in a punt on economic recovery and on the long-term growth of freight transport ...
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• Airelons Investing and Trading Thoughts: November 2009 (VIDEO)

  
  Airelon's Investing and Trading Blog — Authority: 122
  Challenge Project Accounts: Investing Account Balance: $659.73 Stock / Futures Trading Balance: $1,571.21 Savings Balance: $150.03 Total Challenge Project Funds: $2,380.97 Here it is. My "outlook" vlog entry for the month. Near the beginning of every month, I have an "outlook" entry in which I discuss ...
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• Ford boosted by return to profit

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 983
  • Carmaker made $357m pre-tax profit in north America • Ford profits in Europe rise to $193m from $69m Ford said today that it had returned to profit in north America for the first time in over four years, a milestone for the carmaker, which has lost billions of dollars in one of the toughest periods in its ...
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• Manufacturing sector shows signs of emerging from recession

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 983
  The Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supplys Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) rose to 53.7 in October, up from a revised 49.9 in September A surge in new orders has fuelled hopes that Britans manufacturing sector may finally be emerging from recession, after it grew at its fastest pace in two years last month. ...
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• EBRD warning for eastern Europe

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 983
  European Bank for Reconstruction and Development says the transition has sparked a range of problems during the global downturn but argues the benefits outweigh the costs Eastern European countries must continue to integrate their financial systems into the world economy even though that transition has sparked a ...
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• Job worries hamper consumer recovery

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 983
  Consumer confidence index hits highest level for 18 months Consumer confidence has picked up to its highest level for 18 months, according to a survey published today. However, people remain anxious about losing their jobs and are still much gloomier than before the credit crunch began. Sentiment about personal ...
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• Ron Paul: Be Prepared for the Worst

  
  Pak Alert Press — Authority: 554
  Ron PaulForbesOctober 31, 2009The large-scale government intervention in the economy is going to end badly.Any number of pundits claim that we have now passed the worst of the recession. Green shoots of recovery are supposedly popping up all around the country, and the economy is expected to resume growing soon at an ...
  2 weeks ago

• Businesses urge Bank to extend QE

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 983
  Members of the monetary policy committee, who start their monthly two-day meeting on Wednesday, must decide whether to press on with the radical £175bn experiment Businesses are urging the Bank of England to extend its controversial policy of quantitative easing this week or risk prolonging the recession. Members ...
  2 weeks ago

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