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...Sadly, there appears to be no magic stock or sector that's going to ride to the rescue. Unlike the crisis of 1997-99, which was limited to this region, the U.S. downturn leaves all economies stuck in neutral. On the principle of first in, first out, you could invest in the U.S. where the economy will likely rebound before anyplace else. Which American stocks make sense? The safest bets are companies whose products are always in demand, downturn or no downturn?pharmaceutical manufacturers, for instance, or big food companies...
...forged an alliance with EDF, financier Romain Zaleski and several banks. The consortium, called Italenergia, now controls 52% of the voting shares of Montedison. Initially, the new Berlusconi government, which owes Fiat patriarch Gianni Agnelli some thanks for his quiet but crucial support, indicated it was "neutral" on the deal. Last week, however, Italian lawmakers put forward a bill to reduce Italenergia's control to 44%. Italenergia quickly decided to water down EDF's voting rights in the alliance, apparently neutralizing concerns about French control. "The direct confrontation between Fiat and Mediobanca is something we have never seen before...
...Most of what comes out of analysts' mouths - especially the digestible version that most of us deal with - is drivel anyway. Like the ratings system - "Sell" ratings make up less than 2% of all ratings, with ratings like "hold," "neutral," or "market perform" standing in for the s-word. And the dot-com bust routinely saw stocks fall as much as 90% from their high before analysts removed their "buy" ratings...
...much of global commerce, they often get to draft the legal language that governs cross-border deals. That has made New York State law, in particular, a global gold standard, often invoked in a transaction even when neither party is based in the U.S. "It's become a neutral, third-party law," says Jeff Lewis, a partner at the New York City firm Cleary, Gottlieb. "In Asia and Latin America, when a state enterprise auctions off assets, the legal documents are often written to be governed by New York law. It's done to attract American investment...
...call in a neutral third party to make sure we understand all the facts before we made any big planning decisions,” says HLS professor Einer R. Elhauge...