One report estimated that up to 20 percent of low-end exporters could go belly-up this year as the harsher operating environment dissolves profits and demand slows in major markets like the United States.
2. Motorola divides into two separate companies data: 27.03.08
Motorola's chief executive said he hoped that by spinning off the unprofitable mobile phone unit, the company would have better luck attracting a new chief executive to revive it.
3. Can the Group of 7 fix the system itself? data: 10.04.08
When the Group of 7 reveals its response to the global financial markets crisis on Friday, one question they will find hard to answer is: Can you fix the system itself? History suggests not.
4. Oasis Hong Kong Airlines goes bankrupt data: 10.04.08
The long-haul budget carrier, which tried to offer premium service and spacious seats at low prices, suddenly went into liquidation Wednesday, canceling all flights.
5. Americans begin to face the pain of an overvalued house data: 27.03.08
Homeowners sometimes lose sight of the fact that their home is only a house to most buyers, especially when prices are falling.
6. Microsoft said to be talking with News Corp. about joint Yahoo bid data: 10.04.08
The combination, which would join Yahoo, Microsoft's MSN and News Corp.'s MySpace, would create a behemoth that would upend the Internet landscape.
7. For many Americans, the boom that wasn't data: 10.04.08
Since World War II, the buying power of most American families grew while the economy did. But in 2007, the median family seems to have made less.
8. Boeing delays 787 deliveries again data: 10.04.08
The new delivery date of autumn 2009 puts the plane, known as the Dreamliner, more than a year behind its original schedule.
9. What is next for the U.S. economy? data: 10.04.08
While the rest of 2008 looks tough and the fire sale of Bear Stearns to JPMorgan Chase has added to pessimism, the darkest clouds may be lifting on the horizon.
10. Fed loses its unified voice data: 10.04.08
As the U.S. Federal Reserve Board deals with the biggest American financial crisis in a generation, its policies are coming under criticism from within.
11. JPMorgan dominates management after Bear Stearns merger data: 07.04.08
Of 26 executives named to executive positions at JPMorgan Chase, which is taking over Bear Stearns, only five are from Bear, according to an internal memo.
12. Record oil price drags down U.S. stocks data: 10.04.08
Oil prices surged to a fresh record high, piercing $112 a barrel at one point, on Wednesday as a new spate of recession fears and a bleak corporate profit outlook pulled down U.S. stocks.
13. Credit crisis forces a German lender to close data: 10.04.08
Weserbank's chief executive blamed market turmoil for the demise of the bank, the first European banking fatality of the global financial crunch.
14. World food prices soar as Asia consumes more data: 07.04.08
Price rises are leading to protests and some governments are responding with controls on prices and exports.
15. Pssst - Want an unlocked phone? data: 27.03.08
Wireless carriers often offer customers cheap or free phones in exchange for multi-year contracts, but then the phones are technologically "locked" - the subscriber cannot cancel the contract and sign up for service with another company.
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