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...Wachovia into shotgun marriages began to endanger Goldman and (to a lesser extent) JPMorgan. "No one should be confused about the extent to which the public sector has provided a foundation for financial recovery," White House economic czar Larry Summers said after Goldman and JPMorgan reported their stellar second-quarter earnings...
...since the 1960s - concentrating heavily on building industries that could export to the wealthy West - has been exposed as dangerously flawed. Amid the global recession, electronics exports plunged 28% in the first half of 2009 compared to a year earlier, contributing to a 10.2% contraction of Taiwan's first-quarter GDP, the worst quarterly performance in the island's history. The government forecasts the economy will shrink by 4.25% in 2009. Even before the downturn, Taiwan's tech-dependent, export-dependent model was struggling. Between 2000 and 2007, Taiwan's GDP grew on average 4.1% a year, down sharply from...
...days from March 28 through June 26--ending its financial quarters on the last day of the month, as most other companies do, would be too pedestrian--Goldman Sachs made more than $3.4 billion. That staggering profit--$1.6 million per hour, $117,000 per employee--is the most the firm has ever earned in a quarter. After Goldman reported the news on July 14, everyone from Wall Street to Wasilla struggled with a basic question: Should we be happy about this...
...friendly options. Attendance and revenues actually rose in 2008, despite the onset of the recession and high gas prices last summer. But the company's crippling $2.4 billion debt load led to a $135 million loss last year. Six Flags was $141 million in the red for the first quarter of '09, and this spring the swine-flu outbreak forced Six Flags to close its Mexico park for eight days. In June, Six Flags finally filed for Chapter...
...July 29, the day of their debut on the Shanghai stock exchange. In Singapore, property prices are rising despite the city-state's sharp recession. The resale index for Housing and Development Board apartments, a key indicator of local property-market conditions, rose an annualized 5% in the second quarter to an all-time high. In Hong Kong, a city famous for its property booms and busts, prices have rebounded from last year's slump and are on course to retake highs reached in mid-2008, according to analysts for HSBC...