Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Friday, 1 January 2010



Year in Review: Stocks, Commodities Rally

U.S. stocks posted the biggest annual gain since 2003 and commodities rallied as the Federal Reserve kept its benchmark interest rate near zero and governments around the world enacted stimulus programs to halt the first global recession since World War II.
Breaking News
•U.S. Stocks Drop as Credit Crisis Causes S&P 500 Index's First Decade Loss

•Goldman Sachs Helps YRC Worldwide Avert Bankruptcy After a Plea by Hoffa

•Fox, Time Warner Cable Continue Fee Negotiations Past Midnight Deadline

•Treasuries Post Worst Performance Among Sovereign Markets as Sales Mount

•China Manufacturing Grows at Fastest Pace in 20 Months, Cementing Recovery

•GMAC Chief Carpenter Says Car Lender Won't Do `Anything Crazy' With ResCap

• Singapore Economy Recovering After First Contraction Since 2001, Lee Says

•Pakistan Suicide Bomb Kills at Least 80 at Volleyball Tourney in Northwest

•Obama Reviewing Initial Intelligence Reports on Christmas Day Air Incident

Exclusive
•China's Property Bubble May Foreshadow a U.S.-Style Slump in Real Estate

•Ethiopian Farms Lure Investors as Workers Paid Less Than World Bank Limit

•Ohio Wooing Tata Consultancy, Wipro as U.S. States Look to India for Jobs

•AT&T Biggest Winner With $15 Billion Savings From Lowest Yields Since 2005

•Fatal Flying on Commuter Airlines No Accident in Aviator Complaints to FAA

•Goldman Sachs Makes `Call of Decade' by Promoting BRICs: Chart of the Day
Top Stories From the Web
»UN to Withdraw Staff From Pakistan as Violence Grows: Times Link

»China’s Guangzhou Moves to Cool Property Market: SCMP Link
CEO
•Good Recoveries from Bad Communications

•How to Crack the Self-Awareness Paradigm

•12 Gifts for Cash-Short, Recession-Weary Workplaces

CEO Spotlight
Edwards Discusses NYC New Year's Ball LED Lighting

Play Watch
CFO Insight
Edrick Says Security `Trumping' Privacy in Travel Safety

Play Watch
Economy
•China Manufacturing Grows at Fastest Pace in 20 Months, Cementing Recovery

•South Korea's Exports Rise at Fastest Pace in 17 Months as Demand Revives
Politics
•Obama Reviewing Initial Intelligence Reports on Christmas Day Air Incident

•Seven CIA Workers Killed in Afghanistan as U.S. Increases Its Spying Role
Science
•NIH Director Says Stimulus Money Adds Jobs and Research After Funding Lag

•Medical-Device Studies Lack Scientific Rigor, California Researchers Find
Opinion
•Microsoft Needs a Swift Kick in the Boot-Up: Rich Jaroslovsky

•Bankers Get $4 Trillion Gift From Barney Frank: David Reilly
Spend
•Microsoft's Windows Needs a Swift Kick in the Boot-Up: Rich Jaroslovsky

•French Celebrate New Year With Deepest Champagne Discounts in Past Decade
Sports
•Oklahoma Beats No. 21 Stanford; Virginia Tech, Air Force Win Bowl Games

•AT&T Ends Sponsorship Agreement With Tiger Woods After Infidelity Scandal
Arts and Culture
•Eminem Fights Springsteen, Winehouse, U2 for Decade's Best CD: Mark Beech

•Chinese-American History Rescued From Chop Suey, Opiated Sex in New Museum
Posted by Roberto Abraham Scaruffi at 19:01