Word: slowdowns
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While many professors had been aware of the move for at least several weeks, the broader picture surrounding the slowdown remains unclear, shrouded by what some professors have called a communication gap between University Hall and department chairs...
...least a 10% dip in share prices before dollar-cost-averaging into the traditional energy sector. And be warned that prices could fall a lot farther than 10% if the world economy weakens. Which wouldn't be a bad thing, for consumers or investors. The next global slowdown will be the time to back up the truck and load up on a diversified mix of energy stocks or energy-oriented stock mutual funds for the long term...
...risk is mounting of a sharp global slowdown?and possibly a recession?sparked by rising oil prices. U.S. consumer spending is likely to slow markedly if oil prices just stay at about $60 a barrel. This is true for several reasons. First, U.S. households have precious little flexibility in their budgets. They have drawn their personal average savings rate down to zero?far below the 9.5% average during the two oil shocks of the 1970s and the 7% rate during the shock just prior to the Gulf War in 1991. Today, the only backstop for most consumers is the transitory...
...Diego County in California is one hotspot feeling a real estate slowdown, but the trend has also been noticed in other major cities including Las Vegas, Denver, Boston and Washington. Once Southern California's hottest real estate market, San Diego is viewed as a bellwether or sorts, signaling trends soon apparent in other areas. Home prices in San Diego more than doubled over the past five years, soaring nearly 30% in one 12-month period. But lately prices have been rising much more slowly - only 6.3% on a year-over-year basis as of June...
Melbourne-based Telstra's new CEO, Sol Trujillo, 53, will need to steer the telecom giant through some daunting challenges, namely Parliament, privatization and protocol. An IP-based network might help Telstra remain competitive and fully integrated. But a stagnant share price and warnings of an industry slowdown might push the former head of US West to cut costs (and jobs) as the government sells its remaining 51.8% stake, worth $25 billion. More foreign investment could raise Telstra's share price. That, and other regulations, should be decided by Parliament in August...