"As a result, money that went into Japanese government bonds is now returning to stocks, especially financials."
By Tom Miles Reuters Sunday, April 27, 2008; 10:44 PM HONG KONG - Asian stock markets rose on Monday as investors' confidence in the battered financial sector seeped back and the dollar held on to recent gains, ... via Washington Post
"At the moment we have no specific investment plans but given current market dynamics, we believe it is possible that increased infrastructure investment opportunities may be available"
OFF: Vector chairman Michael Stiassny and CEO Simon McKenzie at today's press conference on the sale of the company's Wellington electricity network. via The Nelson Mail
U.S. stock futures pointed higher Friday as commodities prices continued to ease. via Investment Executive
President Rene Preval on Sunday chose an international banking official to be the troubled country's next prime minister, a Haitian lawmaker said.
Preval has designated Ericq Pierre, a senior official with the Inter-American Development Bank, to succeed ousted Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis, said Stephen Benoit, a member of Preval's Lespwa party in the lower house of Parliament.
Haiti's Radio Metropole also reported that Preval had chosen Pierre.
'It's very good that the president picked a new prime minister,' Benoit said. 'I don't have a problem with his choice.' Read more
Q How can you figure out if a company pays a dividend? - B.A., TAMPA, FLA. A You can call the company and ask, or look it up online or in newspaper stock listings. via Worcester Telegram & Gazette
California Public Employees' Retirement System Chief Executive Officer Fred Buenrostro may leave amid tensions with the board, becoming the third top executive to depart this year, according to two people ... via Bloomberg
"If we restrict trade, we're simply going to add food scarcity to the already large problems of food shortages that exist in different countries"
The future arrived more quickly than anyone expected. Starting in the 1960s, environmentalists warned that the world was about to run out of food as populations grew and agricultural land was exhausted. via Rferl.org News
"A lot of the coarseness is driven by the 24-hour news cycle and the fact that there's a lot of money to be made in controversy. You don't get speaking engagements for being nice. Nobody pays you $500,000 to be gentle."
Scorching rhetoric and negative campaigning aren't confined to the long presidential contest. They're spilling over into other segments of public life.
Retired corporate chieftains are grousing about their successors. Ex-Federal Reserve chairmen are second-guessing steps taken by the current Fed chief. And President Bush is being nipped at by two former presidents.
It's an upending of tradition. Former presidents didn't publicly challenge the policies of sitting ones. Former Fed chairmen were seldom seen or heard. And retired CEOs were usually just that, retired, and spotted on the golf course, not on CNBC. Read more
"We continue to believe the bear market is in the process of bottoming out and morphing to a bull. The fear level has come down, but emotions are still shaky and confidence is thin - that is only normal."
NEW YORK: Economic worries are growing but the stock market is holding firm. The US is likely barreling toward a recession that could be worse than any in the past few decades, with a housing market in a ... via Daily Times
"I'm not ducking. We've had 21 (debates), and so what we've said is, with two weeks, two big states, we want to make sure we're talking to as many folks possible on the ground taking questions from voters"
Barack Obama sits down with FOX News Sunday's Chris Wallace in Indiana. Barack Obama, in his first appearance on "FOX News Sunday," says there will be no more debates before the two May 6 primaries despite ... via Fox News
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