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Articles by Greg MacSweeney
posted in January 2009
1/30/2009
The mood continues to be very muted her at the WEF here in Switzerland, with faces just as long as the coats that block out the bitter cold. While the parameters for the discussion were set yesterday, there is still no one who has set out an agenda or call to action that everyone can rally around to try and find a way out of the current economic quagmire. There are some themes starting to emerge, but everyone is still focused on the problems rather than the solutions.
1/29/2009
Wednesday morning, the message at the in Davos was a sobering one right out of the gate: Get on with it; let the TARP be the TARP, etc. Yes, we need to come up with a way to value toxic assets. If recapitalization or foreclosure mitigation is necessary, then design a mechanism to deal with it and pass it into law. We were told we are headed for 2.5% growth average over the next three years thanks to a global recession this year and anemic growth next. Other more dire predictions from
1/29/2009
This is my third time in Davos for the World Economic Forum and my overwhelming impression is that the atmosphere is 'muted'. If you walk through the Congress Hall or global village, it's as if someone has thrown cold water over the delegates, plunging the temperature to match the weather outside. There is just not the same energy and ebullience that usually defines Davos.
1/29/2009
I remember January 1997. I was 25 living in an apartment in Russia opposite the Kremlin. Guns were routinely checked at the door in my local restaurant. This was before the stock market crash of 1998, before Putin, before $150 oil prices. I would stay up nights, moonlighting on my first software company and the Internet infrastructure and email client I used in Moscow was already better than what my employer provided. And I was itching to get out there and catch this wave!
1/27/2009
It will take a while for the economy to recover from a decade of slow GDP growth, job losses and virtually no increase in household incomes.
1/27/2009
Two employees of a large investment bank leveraged their quantitative modeling and due diligence skills to develop a plan to visit every subway stop in less than 24 hours.
1/26/2009
As technology executives' mandate shifts from supporting business growth to managing technology efficiently, CIOs increasingly are pursuing IT flexibility through tools such as cloud computing, virtualization, software as a service and outsourcing.
1/26/2009
Kraus to AllianceBernstein; Craig joins Agora-X board; Monteiro, Schwingen promoted at Wolters Kluwer; Fleming appointed at YLS; Squires, Hanchuk to chair practice.
1/26/2009
Sany, who replaces Scott Abbey, will oversee entire IT operation of Zurich-based bank.
1/22/2009
Despite billions of dollars of government bailout funds, many banks are still reporting huge losses. As CBS News' Anthony Mason reports, newly-elected President Obama and his cabinet face huge fiscal challenges.
1/6/2009
If you missed the riveting, 3.5 hour House of Representatives Financial Services Committee hearing on the alleged Bernie Madoff affair, you missed one of CSPAN's finest moments. View the full hearing, or a shorter version from CBS News, in the video players on the next page.
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1/5/2009
Here is a fun audiocast from American Public Media about the alphabet soup in financial services. CDO, CDS, FDIC, LIBOR, TARP, ARM and the list goes on.
1/5/2009
It's been a horrible year for stocks overall, the worst since 1931. Wood Asset Management's Robert Stovall predicts more trouble ahead in 2009. Sam Stovall, Robert's son of Standard & Poor's, and his father review the past year with MarketWatch's Steve Gelsi.
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