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...stocks will die." Indeed, one of the most impressive?or scariest?aspects of the current global bull run is that it has come in the teeth of central-bank tightening, most importantly by the U.S. Federal Reserve, which could slow growth in the world's key economic locomotive. The Fed has increased a key short-term interest rate?the so-called Fed funds rate?15 times dating back to June 2004, and is widely expected to raise it once or twice more over the next few months. A brief recession and the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in 2001 spurred...
...Central banks everywhere have been following the Fed's lead?even the Bank of Japan, which kept rates near zero for years to try to kick start businesses and consumer spending, has finally conceded that it's time to hike rates?which is why many analysts believe the stock-market party may end sooner rather than later. Higher rates flow through the global economy in a myriad of ways by curtailing borrowing and curbing business activity. Higher borrowing costs hurt corporate earnings, which is ultimately reflected by lower stock prices. Andy Xie, chief Asia economist at Morgan Stanley, says...
...disappointing. It was real disappointing.” But Walsh added, “There’s no blame. Just a heckuva ballgame. You know, you gotta get on the board. And we didn’t.” In game one, Haviland fed the Quakers a steady diet of curveballs, confounding the opposition with a spot-on delivery and superb control. He produced a nearly identical line—seven-inning complete game, seven strikeouts, only one run allowed—to the one he served Princeton in a 4-1 victory on April 1. This time...
...wake of the murder of three Canadian-Venezuelan brothers and the fatal shooting of a news photographer, protesters, many of them middle-class families fed up with widespread crime, have been marching since early Wednesday. The brothers, all teenagers ranging in age from 12 to 17, and their chauffeur were found dead late Tuesday, after they were kidnapped at a phony checkpoint on Feb. 23. by men dressed in police uniforms. The victims were found only one week after a prominent Italian-born business owner was murdered after being abducted by people also dressed as police. The Mayor of Caracas...
...just one step closer to the revolution—an event that, in his mind, entails a drastic but completely nonviolent shift towards a more tolerant and compassionate public policy. I tend to disagree. I’ve never had that much confidence that people will eventually get fed up enough to actually change the status quo.But the recent fight over stricter restrictions on immigration has given me some cause for hope. While the revolution—or anything like it—has not come, the people do seem to be outraged. Immigrant students and their allies are marching...