Entries tagged "economy"

Are 'recession's over' famous last words for Ben?

The Fed chairman says the recession is probably over. Those words could come back to haunt him.

Bernanke receives Obama's nod

President Obama ended speculation about the future of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke by nominating him to a second term.

Disco-ing to 'The Greenback Effect'

Warren Buffett's New York Times op-ed 'The Greenback Effect' says the economy could return to the days of disco and we could be singing, 'Sad Songs.'

The Fed keeps an eye on commercial real estate

When Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke meets with his fellow governors Tuesday, the state of the commercial real estate market is sure to be high on their agenda.

Credit Suisse: The recession is over!

Neal Soss, Credit Suisse Group chief economist, declared during a strategy call Friday that the recession has been over since spring.

Morgan Stanley's Steve Roach trashes 'green shoots'

The vice chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia apparently doesn't have much use for Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's contribution to the financial world's lexicon.

Inside The Deal: Paul Hastings' Michael Cohen on antitrust under Obama

What could an Obama administration bring to the merger clearance environment? In this edition of Inside The Deal, Michael Cohen, a partner at Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, explains to The Deal's Suzanne Stevens that there may be more strategic combinations, which could trigger more antitrust reviews. He also explores the implications on the Federal Trade Commission's battle of the integration of Wild Oats Markets Inc. into Whole Foods Market Inc. See the video after the break or download it at iTunes. - Maria Woehr ...

Inside the Deal: Smith School's Anil Gupta on M&A in China and India

In this edition of Inside the Deal, Anil Gupta, professor of strategy at the Smith School of Business and author of the forthcoming book Getting China and India Right, tells Suzanne Stevens that the opportunity to acquire attractive targets in those developing countries - at bargain prices - has never been better.

Video: Lazard's Parr and Sullivan & Cromwell's Cohen on Wall Street's transformation

Gary Parr, deputy chairman of Lazard, and H. Rodgin Cohen, chairman of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, spoke at The Deal's M&A Outlook 2009 conference about the transformation of Wall Street. In this video, Parr and Cohen discuss their outlook of what the banking landscape will look like over the next year and what changes will be made to the regulatory system. See video after the break. - Maria Woehr ...

Cheaper prices when the cost of oil is the stalking horse

The classic misery index, of course, is the unemployment rate plus the inflation rate. But we've thought of another one: the Oil Price Frustration Index. You now see it on the airwaves, with everyone putting the cost of what they are selling in the context of what fuel prices are....

Betting on the farm

The bubble in agricultural land won't last forever, but for now, it's fertile ground.

The current crisis: Portfolio's answer to financial regulation

The crisis must be serious. Like some apparition from The New Republic, the editors at Portfolio Magazine decided to write an editorial on the current crisis. Their subject, financial regulation, is a very un-Portfolio subject -- grim, boring, bureaucratic, important. The gist of it: It all comes down to transparency, which needs to be applied to everyone, private or public. Now it's hard to argue against transparency, but insisting that this and future market crises would not occur if we would only make markets more transparent is beyond naïve. The magazine also suggests that "private" vehicles, like hedge funds...

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