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Moved PermanentlyMoved PermanentlyFortune Investor DataHistorically, if the Fed really tries to avert an extended recession, it almost always succeeds. And Greenspan has not only cut rates more in January than he's ever done in any one month, he's hinted that more cuts are on the way. The fact that he's obviously on top of the situation may be giving businesses and consumers alike a sense of long-term optimism that can be self-fulfilling...
...trapped with too many expensive tech stocks, take responsibility. Come on. Weren't you being greedy? And now you want to blame Wall Street for staking and touting unproven companies? Seems to me investor demand for such stocks preceded the supply. And let's not forget that the former highflyers were initially priced well below the nosebleed levels that rabid investors sent them to. Indeed, bankers came under criticism in the early days of the bubble for not pricing IPOs high enough...
...background to this story is that Media Most previously reached a deal with the government-controlled gas company, Gazprom, to repay a large loan by giving Gazprom a 49 percent stake in Media Most. They were supposed to turn a further 25 percent plus one share to a third investor, which would be sought through Deutsche Bank. The idea was that neither Gazprom, nor the current owners of Media Most, nor this third investor would have a controlling share...
...once information became available that Ted Turner was considering buying into Media Most, Gazprom said that was an abrogation of the deal, and that NTV [Media Most's flagship TV network] had no right to independently seek a foreign investor. They insisted that this could happen only via Deutsche Bank, with the blessing of Gazprom. But Media Most officials say that Gazprom had informed Deutsche Bank that they were backing out of the deal, and that leaves NTV free to dispose of its stock as it chooses. But Andrei Tsimailo, deputy to Media Most chief Vladimir Gusinsky, today told Russian...
...vast array of future movements; today bets can be made on just about any indicator, including indices, share prices, currencies and commodities. Though spread betting occasionally looks the same as dabbling in futures markets, typically the bets are smaller and more specialized, an attraction for the individual investor. An estimated 50,000 Britons regularly use financial spread-betting services, and industry executives expect that number to grow by 60% a year...