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...Goldman's strategists raised their expectation for 2009 earnings 30%, and they hiked the 2010 outlook 19%. With that boost, the 2010 earnings for S&P 500 companies should be 45% higher than 2009's, Goldman says. Those hefty upward revisions, which sent investors on a buying spree, didn't come because consumers are suddenly spending more or because housing is bouncing back - neither of which Goldman asserts. The lion's share of Goldman's new optimism derives from the fact that banks look more profitable now than they did several months ago. (Read "How to Know When the Economy...
...protection laws that forbid swiftlet farms in urban areas. Sarawak's once profitable industry is grounded for now. But with unflagging demand from China, and increasing numbers of birdhouses popping up in Vietnam, Cambodia and the Philippines, the regionwide trade in birds' nests is heading in only one direction: upward...
...Economic Advisers says the stimulus bill is creating opportunities for workers in health care, education and energy. The report reiterates that the economists believe the stimulus plan will create 3.5 million jobs by the end of 2010. "The various forms of fiscal stimulus are expected to provide powerful upward pressure on aggregate demand and to aid recovery," Romer's group says. (See 10 perfect jobs for the recession - and after...
...younger group had at the outset. (Notably, the younger group had even greater improvements by the end of the training period.) "The program is always pushing them to do better," says Westerberg, who notes that an advantage of video-game training is that the programs' difficulty level continually adjusts upward to match players' evolving abilities. "They have feedback and can see their scores...
...While speculators affect the market in both directions, commercial participants tend to put upward pressure on prices. If airlines fully hedged themselves in the futures market, the price of oil would jump enormously. The futures market cannot support hedging for energy, let alone for other things; for example, investors might buy oil to hedge against losses in other investments, like stocks. With speculators out of the market, an airline's hedge would have an even bigger impact, further raising the global price...