Posts Tagged ‘Global’


Global warnings raise stakes in US debt standoff

US President Barack Obama on Thursday warned Republican lawmakers against playing games as contentious debt talks dragged on into a fifth straight day. Duration: 01:54 Video Rating: 3 / 5

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Austerity Games and the Global Impacts of Wall Street (Video 3 of 3)

“Austerity Games and the Global Impacts of Wall Street” at Occupy Boston’s Free School University on October 7, 2011 (Video 3 of 3) Mark Blyth and Kevin P. Gallagher discuss how Wall Street interests have hijacked the debates of crisis and debt in the US and across the globe and in so doing have duped [...]

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Austerity Games and the Global Impacts of Wall Street (Video 1 of 3)

“Austerity Games and the Global Impacts of Wall Street” at Occupy Boston’s Free School University on October 7, 2011 (Video 1 of 3) Mark Blyth and Kevin P. Gallagher discuss how Wall Street interests have hijacked the debates of crisis and debt in the US and across the globe and in so doing have duped [...]

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90 seconds at 9 am: MF Global bankruptcy (news with Bernard Hickey)

US futures broker MF Global Files for bankruptcy European debt hit US.7 bln of debt US bln of assets Unsecured creditors JP Morgan, Deutsche Goldman’s Jon Corzine Geared up to bet European debt US.3 bln US, European stocks Fall 1-3% Doubts about Europe Italian bond yields European inflation Still at 3% May delay ECB cut [...]

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Supercommittee Failure to Rein In US Debt Threatens Global Recovery

Supercommittee Failure to Rein In US Debt Threatens Global Recovery November 18, 2011 Supercommittee Failure to Rein In US Debt Threatens Global Recovery Mil Arcega | Washington A so-called US Congressional "supercommittee" has less than one week before a deficit-cutting deadline on November 23. … Read more on Voice of America US stocks waver on [...]

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