Global stocks try third week of gains

Global stock markets were on their way to a third week of gains on Friday, with emerging markets favored, while the threat of Japanese intervention kept the yen close to its lows for the month....

Spending cuts before 2011 could hurt recovery: IMF, ILO

The IMF and the UN labor agency are urging advanced economies not to cut government spending before 2011..

Mistake to Give up on Europe

Amid worries about the tumbling euro, here are seven reasons not to dump foreign-stock funds...

Is Now the Time to Buy Gold?

Seekingalpha.com: Gold almost took off past the $1,000 dollar range and is now currently at $879. This last week's soft CPI & PPI reports shows that we are currently in a deflationary period and that inflation will not be a concern in the near term.

The 10 people who have profited most from the financial crisis

Timesbusiness.typepad.com: We’ve rounded up ten credit crunch Houdinis who’ve escaped the financial crisis and are laughing all the way to the ailing bank.

Ten people who predicted the financial meltdown

Timesbusiness.typepad.com: The financial events of recent weeks have filled many of us with shock and panic. Surely no one could have predicted that we would be in this mess? Well, actually, they did. Here are ten people who saw the financial meltdown coming...

BIG MAN ON CAMPUS. Business big shot: Sir Martin Sorrell

Business.timesonline.co.uk: Sir Martin Sorrell is expected to warn the world today that the economy is back in the “bath” – a vicious recession that is hitting revenues of WPP, the world’s second-largest advertising group.

And Nothing But The Truth: Bank Profits Mask Economic Peril Still Lurking

WashingtonPost.com: The earnings bloom, however, is probably a false spring, according to bank executives and financial analysts. Banks rise and fall with the economy.

As prosperity recedes, more people and companies are defaulting on loans. The nation and its banks still face grave challenges, they said.