Entries tagged "recession"

The TV recession

Is there hope for an advertising recovery?

Sullivan & Cromwell's Cohen on Glass-Steagall

Sullivan & Cromwell managing partner Rodgin Cohen says that one of the myths of the Great Recession is that the abolition of Glass-Steagall was responsible for the financial crisis.

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.

Krugman, Roubini and the double dip

Paul Krugman and Nouriel Roubini, who are forecasting a double-dip recession, typify media-centric economists with agendas.

Roll Call: Where the recession never hit

Here are some must-reads to kick off your Wednesday.

Roll Call: McDonald's Won the Recession

Here are some must-reads to kick off your Wednesday morning.

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.

Economics and the power of prediction

Robert Skidelsky has a column arguing that economics has gone off the track with its smothering embrace of mathematics and the presumption that it can predict the future.

Money's cure for recession blues: No TV

Money magazine's usual cheery take on investing for a bright future has taken a strange turn to stay relevant with the current recession-wracked Zeitgeist.

Corporate bankruptcies fall in Canada

Despite the global recession, corporate bankruptcies in Canada actually fell in the first quarter compared with the same period a year earlier.

Recessionwire: The Equal Opportunity Recession

Out on The Street's Joe the Trader claims unemployment at The New York State Department of Labor.

Recession nearly over?

Rising M&A, better earnings, history and the debut of the Credit Suisse Fear Barometer all suggest the financial free fall that started in December 2007 may soon end.

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