THE Australian share market shifted downward this afternoon, driven by heavy losses in the financial sector and only slight gains among miners. At 12noon (AEST), the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 25.2 points, or 0.47 per cent, at 5304, while ...

Two, finance is the cornerstone of every other business and investment vehicle. They don’t just make money, they are money. In the second half of 2008, we’ll really start to see who the comeback kids in the financial sector are. ...

"They promised me the Earth, all the money I could spend and professional back-up," said Mr Paddick....Tory plan for free money adviser will be financed by levy on financial sector...

The Plunge Protection Team: An Elite Group Protects the Financial Sector Posted by kandylini on April 26, 2008 Commentary by kevin Phillips, ... up huge multi-billion-dollar structured investment vehicles, or SIVs, to do on an off-the-books basis

Non-financial investment rises 6%

Every time the delusionals -- er, the bulls -- start believing that the worst is over for the financial sector, along comes more trouble. That's the problem, of course, when you have the combination of a long-running orgy of greed and a house of cards built on piles of sand using sham alchemy dreame ...

Yesterday, Jim Rogers, chairman of Rogers Holdings, ... policy, the financial sector, and his investment strategy. Here are some notable excerpts ... . But no, I’m not covering my financials. I’m still short Fannie Mae and Citibank and all the investment

International Herald Tribune - LONDON : Stalked by a credit crisis and economic decline, investors enter this week with eyes firmly on the Federal Reserve and braced for more trouble in the financial sector after Bear Stearns was bailed out. More than a few U.S. investment banks ...

A sell-off on North American stock markets accelerated Friday as investors dumped equities amid continuing worries about the financial sector and the...