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06/23/2026
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The impact of rumors on share prices of financial stocks during the crises of 2008 and volatility in 2011-2013
10/10/2008
The impact of rumors on the share price of Morgan Stanley and other stocks.
Grouped Articles
QE2-Inspired Stock Rally May Soon Disappear
Wall Street Journal 08/08/2011
U.S. Bank Stocks Regain Their Allure
Wall Street Journal 01/06/2014
Morgan Stanley Memo by John Mack
Wall Street Journal 10/14/2008
New York Times 10/10/2008
Anatomy of the Morgan Stanley Panic
Wall Street Journal 11/24/2008
Morgan Tries To Quell Rumors About Its Stock
New York Times 10/05/2011
Morgan Stanley and the mortgage crisis of 2008
10/10/2008
Grouped Articles
Morgan Stanley Memo by John Mack
Wall Street Journal 10/14/2008
New York Times 10/10/2008
Anatomy of the Morgan Stanley Panic
Wall Street Journal 11/24/2008
Financial Crisis Suit Suggests Bad Behaviour at Morgan Stanley
New York Times 01/23/2013
Financial crisis in Eastern Europe in 2009 that rivals the American crisis.
10/10/2008
The financial crisis for Eastern Europe affects financial institutions in Western Europe that made loans and other financing in Eastern Europe, by some estimates of about one third of the GDP of these countries in Eastern Europe.
Grouped Articles
Hungarian Bond Market Freezes Up
Wall Street Journal 10/10/2008
Credit Crisis Slows Economy in Once-Hot Poland
New York Times 10/27/2008
As Ukraine Staggers, Its Leaders Quarrel
New York Times 11/04/2008
Sovereign Debt Risk Looms Large This Year
Wall Street Journal 01/30/2009
Eastern Europe Reels as Exports Fall
Wall Street Journal 02/13/2009
E.U. Leaders Turn to I.M.F. Amid Financial Crisis
New York Times 02/23/2009
CEO John Mack's memo to employees of Morgan Stanley in 2008
10/10/2008
Grouped Articles
Morgan Stanley Memo by John Mack
Wall Street Journal 10/14/2008
New York Times 10/10/2008
The British rescue Plan of Gordon Brown with direct injection of capital into banks for equity stakes.
10/09/2008
Gordon Brown's plan is a direct way to recapitalize British banks.
Grouped Articles
Stumbling Toward the Next Crash
New York Times 12/18/2013
As G-20 Host, Brown Gets ‘Excellent’ Marks
New York Times 04/03/2009
On a Scale of 1-10, G-20 Scores a 7
New York Times 04/03/2009
Wall Street Journal 10/09/2008
Britain Takes a Different Route to Rescue Its Banks
New York Times 10/09/2008
There's No Easy Way Out of the Bubble
Wall Street Journal 10/09/2008
The European Union and the economic crisis of 2008-2009.
10/06/2008
How the economic crisis of 2008-2009 affects the European Union.
Grouped Articles
Europe Races to Shore Up Banks as Crisis Spreads
Wall Street Journal 10/06/2008
European Nations Move on Plans to Shore Up Banks
New York Times 10/14/2008
Zaragoza, Beneficiary of Spain’s Heady Years, Feels the Undertow
New York Times 11/04/2008
Unknown 11/18/2008
Auto Makers in Europe Seek Aid as Sales Slump
Wall Street Journal 11/18/2008
EU to Coordinate $164 Billion Stimulus
Wall Street Journal 11/20/2008
Gazprom and South Korea
09/30/2008
Grouped Articles
South Korea, Russia Reach Natural-Gas Deal
Wall Street Journal 09/30/2008
Homeowners facing foreclosure and lack of any meaningful help.
09/29/2008
Lack of any meaningful help to homeowners facing foreclosure upto the Lehman Fannie crisis, and the failure to provide any significant help to homeowners in the $700 billion Sept 2008 bailout plan targeted mostly at freeing up the credit markets.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 12/31/2013
Fannieâs and Freddieâs Foreclosure Oversight Questioned
New York Times 10/19/2010
New York Times 10/02/2008
Rescue Includes Steps to Help Borrowers Keep Homes
Wall Street Journal 09/29/2008
Card Firms' Loss Tally: Billions of Dollars in Fees
Wall Street Journal 05/22/2009
Consumers Need a Credit Watchdog
BusinessWeek 07/15/2009
Germany's Stimulus Plan
09/11/2008
The reluctance of the German government and Chancellor Merkel to introduce a big stimulus plan for the economy.
Grouped Articles
Germany's Surplus Isn't the Problem
Wall Street Journal 11/11/2013
Germany Propels Growth in Euro Zone
Wall Street Journal 08/14/2010
Europe Slashes Growth Forecasts for 2008
New York Times 09/11/2008
German Government Plans Fiscal Stimulus
Wall Street Journal 10/31/2008
EU to Coordinate $164 Billion Stimulus
Wall Street Journal 11/20/2008
Survey Logs Pain to Come in Germany
Wall Street Journal 11/25/2008
How Germany is coping with the economic crisis of 2008-2009.
09/09/2008
The manner in which Germany is responding to the crisis.
Grouped Articles
Germany Propels Growth in Euro Zone
Wall Street Journal 08/14/2010
Wall Street Journal 09/09/2008
Europe Races to Shore Up Banks as Crisis Spreads
Wall Street Journal 10/06/2008
German Exporters Feel the Financial Squeeze
Wall Street Journal 10/21/2008
German Banks Now Face Big Losses From Their Misadventures in Iceland
Wall Street Journal 10/24/2008
Despite Crisis, Germany Sees Russia as Land of Opportunity
New York Times 10/25/2008
Veteran reporter Dexter Filkins of the NYT talks with McChrystal and looks at the war upfront.
09/07/2008
Dexter Wilkins author of "The Forever War," reports what he has found. One of the things he says is that McChrystal has not thought through the implications for his more boots on the ground policy, when the Karzai government is increasingly seen as an illegitimate and unpopular government. McChrystal's background as a Special Forces commander has not prepared him for grasping its implications. The other is the allergy of the Afghan people to foreign boots, and the vast mountainous terrain, total breakdown or lack of infrastructure, and a people tired of the war. The Pashtuns in Pakistan can be added to this picture. The economic development programs in rural areas are faltering. This may make the Iraqi solution of Petraeus unworkable in Afghanistan, something else may be needed.
Grouped Articles
Weakening, possible firing of McChrystal compounds sense of peril in Afghanistan
Washington Post 06/23/2010
Questions for General McChrystal
New York Times 06/01/2009
New York Times 10/18/2009
In Kabul, Little Hope That a Runoff Will Be Fair
New York Times 10/14/2009
Biden No Longer a Lone Voice on Afghanistan
New York Times 10/14/2009
New York Times 10/14/2009
Persuasion in politics or management by appealing to gut feel.
09/04/2008
Friedman and Kotter share their thinking.
Grouped Articles
Brad Garlinghouse of YouSendIt, on Clear Leadership
New York Times 05/23/2013
John Kotter on How to Transform Companies
BusinessWeek 09/04/2008
New York Times 09/10/2008
Japan Stimulus Spending 2008-2010
09/02/2008
The efforts by the administration of prime minister Taro Aso to promote stimulus spending.
Grouped Articles
Japan Sets $100 Billion Stimulus Plan
Wall Street Journal 04/06/2009
Japan’s Prime Minister Resigns
New York Times 09/02/2008
Japan Offers Stimulus Package to Spur Its Economy
New York Times 10/31/2008
Japan Unveils $51.5 Billion Stimulus
Wall Street Journal 10/31/2008
Japan Enters Recession as Firms Cut Spending
Wall Street Journal 11/17/2008
Japan to Take Stakes in Ailing Companies
New York Times 01/28/2009
Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley joint venture
10/10/2008
Grouped Articles
Morgan Stanley Memo by John Mack
Wall Street Journal 10/14/08
New York Times 10/10/08
Japan Joint Venture Cleans House After Loss
Wall Street Journal 04/29/11
Morgan Stanley Comes Up Golden
Wall Street Journal 07/22/11
Morgan Stanley's Top Shareholder Affirms Commitment
Wall Street Journal 10/04/11
Japan's Biggest Bank Names New President
Wall Street Journal 01/30/12
Financial crisis in the Baltic countries and the impact on Sweden.
10/10/2008
Swedish banks have made loans in the Baltic countries amounting to about 20% of Sweden's GDP. It cosuld cost Sweden about 2 to 6% of GDP to recapitalize and rescue its banks.
Grouped Articles
Estonia’s Let-It-Be Economy Is Rattled by Worldwide Distress
New York Times 10/10/08
Economist 12/18/08
Euro Tumbles on Concern Over Exposure to Eastern Europe
Wall Street Journal 02/17/09
Latvia's Government Is the Latest in Europe to Fail
Wall Street Journal 02/21/09
Economist 02/19/09
As It Falters, Eastern Europe Raises Risks
New York Times 02/24/09
Morgan Stanley Japan
10/10/2008
Grouped Articles
Morgan Stanley Memo by John Mack
Wall Street Journal 10/14/08
New York Times 10/10/08
Bad Rates Bet Was Source Loss for Morgan Stanley's Japan Venture
Wall Street Journal 04/16/11
Morgan Stanley Retools as Profit Drops
Wall Street Journal 04/22/11
Morgan Stanley Struggles to Get Into Gear
Wall Street Journal 04/22/11
Mitsubishi Deal Aids Morgan Stanley's Recovery
New York Times 04/22/11
John Mack, CEO of Morgan Stanley at the time of the 2008 financial crisis
10/09/2008
Grouped Articles
Anatomy of the Morgan Stanley Panic
Wall Street Journal 11/24/08
At Moment of Truth, U.S. Forced Big Bankers to Blink
Wall Street Journal 10/15/08
New York Times 10/10/08
A Defiant Mack at Morgan Stanley Throws Punches
Wall Street Journal 10/09/08
Morgan Stanley Memo by John Mack
Wall Street Journal 10/14/08
Black Rock's Peter Fisher has some useful thoughts on the crisis.
10/08/2008
Peter Fisher spent 15 years at the New York Fed and was UnderSecretary of the Treasury for domestic finance. He says the several years of free money around the middle of the decade distorted things and led to overleveraging. Overly leveraged financial institutions that are doing poorly and have weak management should be closed he says. Banks and Treasury should not wait around for consolidation in these situations.
Grouped Articles
BlackRock's Peter Fisher on When the Pain Will End
BusinessWeek 10/08/08
BusinessWeek 12/09/10
Long-term understanding of the U.S. economic crisis - The Washington Post
Washington Post 03/19/12
The FASB's mark-to-market accounting rule and pricing of assets in an illiquid market.
10/02/2008
How the mark-to-market accounting rule could be exacerbating the current financial crisis. The need to price assets so that they reflect a realistic drop in value without pricing them at distress levels in a illiquid market.
Grouped Articles
Momentum Gathers to Ease Mark-to-Market Accounting Rule
Wall Street Journal 10/02/08
FASB Rules Come Under Fire by Banks
Wall Street Journal 10/14/08
Mark-to-Market Likely to Remain
Wall Street Journal 12/08/08
Wall Street Journal 12/22/08
Regulators Draw Fire in Congress
Wall Street Journal 03/13/09
Recapitalization of Banks in the U.K. and the U.S.
09/29/2008
With Gordon Brown's initiative in the UK and Secretary Paulson shifting TARP1 focus to injecting capital into struggling banks, the focus shifted to this in the last quarter of 2008.
Grouped Articles
Cost of Bailouts Continues to Decline
Wall Street Journal 05/10/13
Barclays Plans to Issue New Shares
Wall Street Journal 07/29/13
Barclays Emerges From the Doghouse
Wall Street Journal 07/29/13
Barclays Aims to Fill Expensive Hole
Wall Street Journal 07/30/13
Plan to Help Banks Clear Their Books Is Halted
New York Times 06/04/09
European Regulators Move Swiftly to Rescue Two Lenders
New York Times 09/29/08
The Bank of America-Merrill Lynch Deal, a disaster in the making.
09/15/2008
The disaster that the acquisition of Merrill is turning out to be for Kenneth Lewis and Bank of America.
Grouped Articles
Pain of Thain Falls Mainly on Merrill
Wall Street Journal 06/06/13
Bank of America to Pay $6.3 Billion To Settle Mortgage Securities Suit
New York Times 03/26/14
BofA Deal With U.S. Is Hung Up Over Penalties Tied to Countrywide, Merrill
Wall Street Journal 07/29/14
Bank of America Mortgages Show Conflict and Trickery in Mortgages
New York Times 08/21/14
Death and Near-Death Experiences on Wall St.
New York Times 09/21/08
Thain's Swiftness Praised; Fuld's Hesitation Faulted
Wall Street Journal 09/16/08
How Ms. Merkel is defining German goals and programs during the global economic and financial crisis of 2008-2009.
09/09/2008
Merkel has quietly established her own approach and style of governing, less on rhetoric, and more on substance and social market principles that are popular in Germany. Her popularity goes far beyond that of the CDU, and she has defined new positions for the CDU, from aiding workers, promoting daycare, fighting for environmental goals, and bringing a new perspective on immigration. The result is a distinctly German approach to the crisis based on German conditions and preferences.
Grouped Articles
German Election Overturns Political Order
Wall Street Journal 09/23/13
Wall Street Journal 09/09/08
Europe Races to Shore Up Banks as Crisis Spreads
Wall Street Journal 10/06/08
German Exporters Feel the Financial Squeeze
Wall Street Journal 10/21/08
German Banks Now Face Big Losses From Their Misadventures in Iceland
Wall Street Journal 10/24/08
Despite Crisis, Germany Sees Russia as Land of Opportunity
New York Times 10/25/08
Takeover of Fannie and Freddie by the government
09/08/2008
The weeks before the takeover and the work of Secretary Paulson and Ben Bernanke.
Grouped Articles
Fannie, Freddie Payments Nearly Match Aid
Wall Street Journal 11/08/13
White House Rejects Fannie-Freddie Recapitalization Plans
Wall Street Journal 11/23/13
Plan for Mortgage Giants Takes Shape
Wall Street Journal 03/12/14
Putting the Hit on Fannie, Freddie
Wall Street Journal 03/12/14
Senators Draft Housing Finance Overhaul
New York Times 03/11/14
Few Stand to Gain on This Bailout, and Many Lose
New York Times 09/08/08
Filkins describes a crumbling feudal order of maliks left by the British which makes Afghanistan an even more dangerous place for an American project.
09/07/2008
Dexter Filkins points to another factor in Afghanistan. Not only is there a double game- see the link to Playing the Game- where the army, the ISI and many ordinary Muslims in Pakistan are sympathetic to fellow Muslims fighting the Americans, but there is a social change in process. This may be even more dangerous, as the British left a feudal order intact in Pakistan with a wealthy landholding class, In the Pathan or Pashtun countryside it was run through tribal elders called Maliks, in the Punjab the wealthy feudal landholding ran things pretty much the same way as the British did for the last 50 years. Dexter Filkins points to the crumbling of this structure in the Pathan (Pashtun) countryside.
Grouped Articles
New York Times 09/07/08
Afghanistan Army Tries to Attract Southern Pashtuns
New York Times 09/06/11
New York Times 10/07/11
A New Pakistan Policy: Containment
New York Times 10/14/11
Book review: ‘The Unquiet American: Richard Holbrooke in the World’ - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/13/11
The Afghan Surge Is Over - By Rajiv Chandrasekaran | Foreign Policy
Unknown 09/26/12
China's budding aviation industry
09/03/2008
The regional jet ARJ21 and other aircraft that are being made in China wih help from western suppliers.
Grouped Articles
Chinese Jetmaker Gets Western Help
Wall Street Journal 09/03/08
China Wins Jet Orders In Bid to Battle Big Rivals
Wall Street Journal 11/15/10
China Takes Aim at Boeing and Airbus
BusinessWeek 11/24/10
China Clones, Sells Russian Fighter Jets
Wall Street Journal 12/05/10
China’s Aviation Push Has Aircraft Manufacturers Ready For Takeoff
WSJ 08/25/17
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