Canadians Upbeat Heading into 2009

Ottawa - A new poll suggests that most Canadians remain optimistic as they look ahead to 2009. " The Canadian Press Harris-Decima survey found that 58 per cent of respondents were upbeat about the coming year, and...

Soros and hedge funds pessimistic but not on the Gulf States « Peter J. Coop...

More surprising perhaps is that the Middle East emerges as the most favored destination for investment, ahead of Asia ex-Japan. Arabian money is probably therefore likely to stay in Arabia, if the consensus of global hedge fund investors is that the region is the top place to...

Mainstream media starting to understand depth of US financial crisis

The ominous predictions of Nouriel Roubini are now being picked up by the mainstream media.  This from Roubini's blog: "Nouriel Roubini | Mar 11, 2008 In his Wednesday Financial Times' column Martin...

Cheery Optimistic Men Less Likely to Die from Heart Disease

A merry old soul has only about half the risk of dying of heart disease as a chronic grinch contemporary, Dutch researchers reported

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