http://www.global-financial-crisis.com It's all about money Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:05:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEDRDTx0G18 http://www.global-financial-crisis.com/index.php/2009/01/09/dubai-the-worldwide-economic-crisis-has-even-struck-the-once-booming-oil-city/ httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3WdNoIRUkc http://www.global-financial-crisis.com/index.php/2009/01/09/obama-addresses-financial-crisis-says-immediate-action-is-required/ If you're looking for some theme music for the upcoming wave of earnings reports, a funeral dirge is probably most appropriate. Aluminum giant Alcoa (AA, Fortune 500) unofficially kicks off the deluge of corporate reports when it releases its results on Monday. We already know that the numbers will be awful: ... http://www.global-financial-crisis.com/index.php/2009/01/09/warning-warning-weak-profits-ahead/ An annual 3% raise used to be considered stingy. Now, some employees will be happy if their salary doesn't go down in the coming year. It's not just Citigroup executives that are seeing their compensation cut. More companies are considering salary reductions as a way of cutting costs amid an ongoing ... http://www.global-financial-crisis.com/index.php/2009/01/09/same-job-less-pay/ httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EMI1p6d8Ak http://www.global-financial-crisis.com/index.php/2008/10/13/the-financial-crisis-in-a-historical-perspective/ NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Stock markets around the world on Monday jumped higher after governments took a series of aggressive steps to address the global financial crisis. Stocks in Europe were trading up and key markets in Asia closed higher. "It looks like we're going to have a nice relief rally today," ... http://www.global-financial-crisis.com/index.php/2008/10/13/stocks-higher-around-the-world/ httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mPIRru18ig http://www.global-financial-crisis.com/index.php/2008/10/10/wall-street-crisis-is-your-money-safe/ httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3gam-H3YWI http://www.global-financial-crisis.com/index.php/2008/10/10/china-urges-cooperation-to-handle-us-financial-crisis/ As the economic downturn continues to hit consumers' wallets, market analysis firm J.D. Power is predicting even bigger drops in U.S. and global auto sales than it had previously thought. The company forecast that automakers will sell 10.8 million vehicles to retail customers, as distinct from fleet customers, in all of ... http://www.global-financial-crisis.com/index.php/2008/10/10/global-auto-sales-predicted-to-go-down/ Thai stocks posted a modest rebound yesterday, gaining 1.55% as most Asian equity markets closed higher after central banks across the world slashed interest rates and pumped tens of billions of dollars into the money markets to break the current crisis. The Stock Exchange of Thailand index closed just off ... http://www.global-financial-crisis.com/index.php/2008/10/10/set-rebounds-on-global-rate-cuts/