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When will good news start to appear? We will start to see some good news on the macro level by the end of the year. The stock market will anticipate that well in advance, and by mid-summer the market will be doing better. It's kind of a confusing period where the fundamentals, such as employment, are getting worse. And yet we're still far away from the positive effects of the American Recovery & Reinvestment program [i.e., the government stimulus], so the market is apprehensive about discounting those expected positive developments too early. But I do think...
...weighing on the market are housing and bad bank assets. Will investors need to see resolution on those fronts before bidding stocks higher? You'll need to see three things for the stock market to improve: 1) toxic assets taken off the bank balance sheets so banks can start lending, 2) some stabilization of house prices so that people don't feel they'll be better off waiting a month before they buy. 3) unemployment stops rising so that people start feeling more secure about their jobs. I think you'll see those three things begin to take place before...
...fifth season as music director, the BSO performed the last of its three-program survey of Mozart symphonies with his final, best known works.The opening piece—Mozart’s Symphony No. 39—suffered from slight problems with the orchestra’s ensemble. Shaky starts, mismatched lines, and rough endings of phrases were minor, but noticeable in the first two movements of the E-flat major symphony. Despite the few early stumbles in the performance, the BSO did not fail to deliver on charm and grace, particularly in the third movement. Levine drew out long...
...hospitality at the White House and only the fifth British Prime Minister ever to address Congress, he might have reconsidered the fourth paragraph of that speech. Like a nervous entertainer at a particularly rowdy children's party, Brown pulled his rabbit out of the hat almost at the start of his act. Her Majesty - Britain's Queen - had bestowed an honorary knighthood on "Sir Edward Kennedy," he announced...
...Prime Minister Abhisit has urged other nations to start extradition processes against you because of a conflict-of-interest conviction you received last year. How do you feel about this? Abhisit knows that [the conviction against me] happened because the military junta appointed [to the court] those who are clearly against me. [Abhisit] is a democratic man; he should not comment in this manner. The way he acts is purely political...