Word: gloomed
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EUROBLUES So Sue Me The courts have not been kind to Mario Monti and the European Commission, overturning three of his merger-busting decisions last year, including a union of packagers Tetra Laval and Sidel, and a linkup between travel firms Airtours and First Choice. So the gloom in Brussels must have been thick as a lawyer's wallet when it emerged that another thwarted suitor, France's Schneider Electric, is suing the Commission for more than €1 billion over its blocked bid for rival Legrand. Schneider had completed the €5.4 billion deal for Legrand when the Commission...
...Gathering Gloom...
...somber month, and these are scary times. Perhaps it’s easier not to remember Rita Hester today, it’s easier not to dwell on the twenty-five known victims of anti-transgender violence since the last Day of Remembrance. But notwithstanding the November gloom and the warplanes winging their way eastward, today we must remember...
...inevitable - a supremacy battle between Mack and Grübel - seems to have taken a back seat. "For now, I think it works better to have two people," says Kalbermatten. But he asserts that later "the leadership structure may change." In the meantime, Mack is using the current gloom as an opportunity. "If this were a bull market or a stronger market," he says, "I wouldn't be able to make the changes that I'm making." Now that's looking at the bright side...
...INDICATORS Above, Or Out Of, The Fray? Whether they cut, thrust or stood still, central banks brought gloom last week. After the U.S. Federal Reserve slashed rates from 1.75% to a 40-year-low of 1.25%, many saw it as a sign of deep economic trouble, and markets fell. Then the European Central Bank kept its rate at 3.25%, prompting concerns that it wasn't doing enough for the economy - and markets fell more. Right To Work Harder Unionists from South Korea's largest industries launched a strike to keep the government from cutting the workweek from 44 hours...