US's Operation Twist hammers world markets
A grim outlook for the US economy from the Federal Reserve and signs of a slowing in China and Germany has sent world stocks tumbling.
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US recession fears wrecks world markets
Wall Street braced for losses on Tuesday after world stock markets took a beating over fears that the US economy was heading back into recession.
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JSE stays up on firm resources
The JSE remained in positive territory on Monday, still held up firmly by climbing resource stocks and moving in line with firmer world markets.
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Son of shock and awe
We are in a new era of state capitalism where the regulator is also the investor, writes Kevin Davie.
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Time to fix the nature crunch
The financial crisis affords us an opportunity to rethink our catastrophic ecological trajectory. George Monbiot reports.
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China's key role in restoring global stability
To get a handle on these problems, start on the financial side and two big "facts" about banking and money.
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eBay spends billions while cutting jobs
It is also buying a Danish online classifieds site, dba.dk, and a vehicles website, bilbasen.dk, for $390-million.
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'It will be a painful time'
The global slowdown could affect mining, writes Lynley Donnelly.
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Scale of the disorder emerges
Huge estimated losses released by the IMF strengthen calls for urgent policy changes to restore confidence in the financial sector.
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The markets and us
As the global markets have gone into meltdown, South Africa is relatively isolated -- but only relatively.
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