1. Asian shares drop on concern over bank earnings data: 27.03.08
Bank stocks like Mitsubishi UFJ and Macquarie Group were among the biggest decliners following the bank downgrades, a profit warning from Deutsche Bank and comments from European central bankers that there was no end in sight to the global credit crunch.
2. Asian stocks drop on fears about U.S. economy data: 10.04.08
Companies like United Parcel Service, considered a bellwether of U.S. economic activity, have cut their earnings forecasts this week, highlighting the threat from a slowing U.S. economy.
3. Dow falls after downbeat reports data: 27.03.08
A pair of pessimistic reports on home sales and business spending reminded investors about the precarious state of the economy.
4. Economic slowdown hits Silicon Valley data: 10.04.08
Job growth has slowed, start-up companies are spending more cautiously, and early-stage investors who nurture the start-ups are growing more frugal.
5. Rising yuan threatens small exporters in China data: 10.04.08
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.
6. Gazprom and Eni prepare to join forces to pipe natural gas from Libya to Europe data: 10.04.08
Some analysts describe Gazprom's moves in North Africa as a "pincer" attack on Europe, which already gets a quarter of its natural gas from Russia.
7. Asian stocks rise on strength of commodities data: 07.04.08
But concerns about the impact of the credit crisis on the financial system lingered, driving banking shares lower.
8. Bear Stearns employees sending out rĂŠsumĂŠs in bad market data: 07.04.08
Bear Stearns employees are flooding Wall Street with their rĂŠsumĂŠs as the firm is acquired by rival JPMorgan Chase, but the job market looks bad, investment bankers and recruiters said.
9. Open skies, cheaper fares â at least for now data: 07.04.08
The first phase of the open-skies agreement has added 20 percent more seats across the Atlantic than were available last April, bringing down prices.
10. 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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