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...Lehman's largesse. Indeed, as the financial crisis takes down some of the richest houses on Wall Street, the effects will ripple out to the charities that rely on them and serve the poorest in America's big cities and the rest of the world. The stock-market crash has already damaged the endowments of big foundations, universities and hospitals, while charitable giving from ordinary citizens seems to have decreased out of financial fear...
...Asia and emerging-market strategist for JPMorgan in Hong Kong, says that central bankers may follow Britain's lead by pumping liquidity into their banking sectors and underwriting loans between banks. "The situation is so serious that they will have to deal with it," Mowat says. "The collapse and crash this week means they must...
...value. I invest, but now I don't know how to invest because everything is going down, so I keep watching and worrying about it." Other Asians are taking a philosophical view of the worsening crisis. Dorothy Wong, 49, a psychiatric counselor in Hong Kong, says that a global crash could change laissez-faire attitudes about money. "I think the world needed this, actually," says Wong. "My kids and my friends' kids are spoiled. We made lots and lots of money, and we gave them the impression that it's easy and assured. So this is all a good lesson...
...Jakarta in 1999, when the cartel - which produces more than a third of the world's oil - opted to raise its production levels. Within weeks Asian stock markets tumbled, driving world oil prices down to $11 a barrel. Oil officials in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere have cited that price crash as the reason they've rebuffed pleas from President Bush to pump more oil. Says Benali: "Countries have learned the lessons of the past...
...extent of the current crisis, called yesterday for "at least 150 basis points (1.5 percentage points) on average globally." Roubini also backed the idea of deposit guarantees, guaranteeing interbank lending and other measures. "At this point, anything short of these radical and coordinated actions may lead to a market crash, a global systemic financial meltdown, and to a global depression...