Economy

Euro And Pound’s Reaction To ECB And BoE Rate Cuts

Update - ECB cuts by 75bp to 2.50%, their largest ever, but not much action in the Euro since this was the right move for the central bank given the recession in the Eurozone. Also, both the ECB and BoE’s moves pale in...

UPDATE: Treasury Considering Plan to Ease Mortgage Rates (at CNBC)

The Treasury Department is considering a new initiative to reverse the financial crisis. This plan, which is in the development stages, would tackle the depressed housing market head on by easing mortgage rates on new home...

Stocks slip on job cuts, auto woes

Wall Street retreats on weak economic readings after a two-session advance. Stocks inched lower Thursday morning on a rash of job cuts at major corporations, weak November retail sales and the start of the automaker bailout...

Oil down to $46 after nearly four-year low

LONDON (Reuters) - Oil fell below $46 a barrel to its lowest in nearly four years on Thursday, extending four consecutive days of declines in response to the bleak outlook for the world economy and oil demand. Oil prices have...

France to spend €26 billion to lift growth

France will spend €26 billion over the next two years in an effort to soften the blow of an economic slowdown and limit the effects of increasing unemployment, President Nicolas Sarkozy said Thursday. The plan, valued at about...

Layoffs mount as crisis drags on

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Credit Suisse and Nomura Holdings announced big job cuts on Thursday, further evidence the global financial crisis is unrelenting for an industry battered by heavy losses and weak markets.

Toll quarterly loss narrows, but outlook cloudy

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Toll Brothers Inc , the largest U.S. luxury home builder, said its quarterly loss narrowed slightly as it wrote down less inventory, but dire market conditions kept it from giving any kind of forecast.

AT&T, DuPont will cut thousands of jobs

AT&T and DuPont joined the layoff parade Thursday, as the number of people drawing unemployment benefits hit a 26-year high. Those announcements came as the Labor Department said the number of new claims for unemployment...

Argentine president unveils economic aide package

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - President Cristina Fernandez has announced a plan to inject 13.2 billion pesos ($3.9 billion) into the local economy in an attempt to turn the tide against the international financial crisis....

IDC Predicts Slower IT Spending Will Accelerate Adoption of Disruptive Technologies and Business...

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. --(Business Wire)-- "A slow global economy will act like a pressure cooker on the IT market, speeding the development and adoption of new technologies and business models," said Frank Gens, senior vice...