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Some sectors are getting hit harder than others. At the beginning of October, analysts were expecting the materials sector, which includes big mining and steel companies, to be up 29% for the fourth quarter. But that collective estimate is now -12%, a nosedive resulting at least in part from tanking commodity values. "Analysts feel that earnings weakness is spreading beyond the financials and consumer discretionary sectors, which includes industries like retailing and travel, into other sectors like energy and industrials," says John Butters, director of U.S. earnings research for Thomson Reuters. Among the few companies that may buck the negative...
...palatable than it otherwise would be. His description of Anton, the sainted pig, is endearing, and his passage on “luxury ribs” is tantalizing enough to make any carnivore salivate. But these savory moments only serve to make the looming waves of revulsion hit even harder. The ultimate justification of the reader’s journey is the (false) assumption that Barlow will succeed. But he gets too lost in the woods and the “maybes” of Galicia to remember the objectives of his quest: “Over the course...
...there is more to our standing in the world than sheer military and economic might. For years our national self-image has been thriving on the dividends of our psychological investment in Wall Street, but we must diversify our portfolio. Especially now, when Americans have to work harder than ever to be proud of our country, we need...
...already seen some of this throwing-the-kitchen-sink-at-the-problem approach over the past year. Expect much more in the coming months. Bernanke is committed to avoiding serious deflation, because he's convinced that serious deflation makes an economic downturn much worse by making it much harder for debtors to pay back loans. That's probably the right stance right now. When banks and consumers are both trying to cut back on their debts on a mass scale, deflation really is the big threat...
...This is arguably the most important game of the season for Harvard. Yes, for Harvard.Only one team will emerge from this contest undefeated in Ivy League play. If you’re a Crimson fan, hope that it’s Penn. The Quakers have a much harder schedule than the Bears after this week, facing Princeton and Cornell on the road, along with Harvard, while Brown’s final slate consists of the disappointing Yale and Ancient Eight bottom-dwellers Dartmouth and Columbia.If the Crimson sweeps through the rest of the season—a very realistic possibility?...