Posts Tagged ‘financial crisis’
C.Rose: A conversation with Neel Kashkari
A conversation with Neel Kashkari, Former Assistant Treasury Secretary / Charlie Rose / in Current Affairs / on Thursday, May 7, 2009
WSJ blog: Meet Neel Kashkari: The Man With the $700 Billion Wallet
C.Rose: An hour with Timothy Geithner
An hour with Timothy Geithner, U.S. Treasury Secretary / Charlie Rose / in Current Affairs / on Wednesday, May 6, 2009
C.Rose: A conversation with Tung Chee-hwa
A conversation with Tung Chee-hwa, Former Chief Executive of Hong Kong
Charlie Rose / in Business / on Thursday, April 30, 2009
C.Rose: Conversations about the economy
A conversation about the economy with Bill Ackman, major investor and hedge fund manager of Pershing Square Capital Management LP, Kate Kelly of The Wall Street Journal, Andrew Ross Sorkin of The New York Times and Joseph Stiglitz, economist and a member of Columbia University faculty
in Current Affairs / on Friday, April 24, 2009
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A conversation with Lionel Barber, editor of the “Financial Times”
in Current Affairs, Business / on Friday, April 24, 2009
New book: POSNER A Failure of Capitalism, Harvard U Press 2009
A Failure of Capitalism: The Crisis of ‘08 and the Descent into Depression / by Richard A. Posner
Harvard edition World 368 pages
Trade May 2009 $23.95 £17.95 E21.60 ISBN 13: 978-0-674-03514-0 ISBN 10: 0-674-03514-3
swissinfo: Credit Suisse puts global competition in shade
swissinfo April 23, 2009 – 5:58 PM Credit Suisse puts global competition in shade
Swiss bank Credit Suisse has outperformed international competitors with a better-than-expected SFr2 billion ($1.7 billion) profit in the first three months of the year.
The bank continues to attract new money from wealthy clients, but the key to success has been an impressive investment banking performance – the very activity that brought the industry to its knees. …»
swissinfo 23. April 2009 – 18:55 CS: Mehr Kundengeld trotz weniger Bankgeheimnis
Im internationalen Vergleich steht die Credit Suisse nach dem guten 1. Quartal den anderen Grossbanken in nichts nach. Trotz aufgeweichtem Bankgeheimnis fliessen ihr Neugelder zu, und gute Boni gehören offenbar auch wieder dazu.
Was die internationalen Grossbanken im vergangenen Jahr in die Knie zwang, hat im 1. Quartal 2009 der Credit Suisse wieder schöne Gewinne beschert: Das… »
McKinsey: Video & book excerpt: Shiller on ‘Animal Spirits’
How ‘animal spirits’ destabilize economies
mckinseyquarterly.com / April 2009
Source: Strategy Practice
In this excerpt from the new book Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism, authors George Akerlof and Robert Shiller explain the role of the irrational in the economy—and argue that capitalism isn’t self-regulating.
In an accompanying video interview, conducted by Rik Kirkland, McKinsey’s director of publishing, Shiller describes some of the history behind the concept of animal spirits and discusses their role in the current crisis. …>>
Wenger: The impotent state – Der ohnmächtige Staat
David R. Wenger
Gareth Norbury (Translation)
ANCILLA IURIS (anci.ch) 2009: 1 – Synopsis
Publication of 16.04.2009
The impotent state – Der ohnmächtige Staat
Between self-assertion strategies and illusions of control. Remarks concerning the financial crisis – Zwischen Selbstbehauptungsstrategien und Steuerungsillusionen. Bemerkungen anlässlich der Finanzkrise
Wegelin & Co. Investment Commentary – Issue 262
Wegelin & Co. Investment Commentary / Issue 262 - March 16, 2009 (skaitantiems vokiškai patarčiau skaityt/klausyt šia kalba, nes, spėju, K.Hummleris ja juos rašo irginale).
The interview with Anna Schwartz
Wegelin & Co. sako, kad verta atidžiai iš naujo pasiskaityt 2008 m. spalio 20 d. WSJ interviu su A.Schwartz.
WSJ
OPINION: THE WEEKEND INTERVIEW
OCTOBER 18, 2008
Anna Schwartz
Bernanke Is Fighting the Last War
‘Everything works much better when wrong decisions are punished and good decisions make you rich.’
By BRIAN M. CARNEY, New York
