LAGOS, Nigeria - Nigerian regulators have removed the leader of the West African nation's stock exchange over allegations of price fixing and manipulation in a market once sought after by foreign investors. The intention and thinking here is that they believe this might restore a little confidence in their markets in the eyes of the foreign money holders.
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Nigerian stock market head fired along with another
August 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Single Micron Trade Triggers Circuit Breaker Halt as Shares Decline by 12%
August 5, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Micron Technology Inc. stock trading was halted for five minutes following a 12 percent decline that triggered a circuit breaker implemented after the U.S. equity market crash in May.
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Gold Sell-Off To Come With a Stock Market Correction
August 5, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Gold bugs will howl. But it is obvious enough that any major stock market correction – which must be looming on the horizon given this incredibly overbought rally now trading on very thin volumes – will bring gold prices tumbling down as in late 2008.
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6 Ways the Recession Will Change Retirement
September 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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6 Ways the Recession Will Change Retirement
U.S. News & World Report
The twin miseries of a stock market crash and a deep housing bust have eliminated $14 trillion of Americans' net worth since 2007—about $121000 per ...
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Was This Bear Market Really So Different?
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Was This Bear Market Really So Different?
CBS News
From a big-picture perspective, the stock market to this point actually has behaved pretty much as it usually does in recessions: falling in anticipation of ...
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War Made Easy Movie – Why a Global Economic Deluge Looms
September 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
A review on "War Made Easy"… War Made Easy Reaches into the Orwellian memory hole to expose a 50-year pattern of government deception and media spin that has dragged the United States into one war after another from Vietnam to Iraq. Narrated by actor and activist Sean Penn, the film exhumes remarkable archival footage of official distortion and exaggeration from LBJ to George W. Bush, revealing in stunning detail how the American news media...
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Stocks seesaw after sprint
September 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Wall Street seesawed Tuesday as a better-than-expected housing market report vied with a surprise drop in consumer confidence, leaving investors wary of pushing stocks much in either direction.
Is another Wall Street Crash Coming?
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The 7 new rules of financial security
September 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
7 Rules to financial security from CNN Money
In a world turned upside down, you must re-examine some basic assumptions. A good place to start: understanding the true nature of risk. John Maynard Keynes, the Depression-era economist who’s having quite the comeback, once quipped when he was accused of inconsistency: “When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?” Money has long advocated the benefits of consistency in your investing and financial planning. People who swing between bold risk taking and neurotic conservatism almo
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Economic slack: Unsold homes and bulging piggy banks
September 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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Economic slack: Unsold homes and bulging piggy banks
Globe and Mail
Given last fall's stock market crash, it's hard to blame them. Nearly one in 10 downtown and suburban office spaces in Canada stands empty. ...
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Is this economic downturn just what the doctor ordered?
September 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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Is this economic downturn just what the doctor ordered?
Los Angeles Times
The Great Depression that began with the stock market crash of 1929 was the economic low point of the 20 th century. The economy shrank at annual rates ...
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