UK housing: my future scenario, it will get better eventually « Peter J. Coo...

" As a property journalist of two decades standing – with some successful property calls under my belt – it therefore seems only fair to flesh out what was a very broad-brush prediction: namely that the selling prices of houses will fall by 60 per cent in this downturn...

American bourses bouncing back

After a couple of month's bearish trend, American stock market is slowly recovering and even junks bonds are rallying. " Main Street may be struggling, but Wall Street is on a bit of a roll.Despite a drumbeat of bad economic news, the stock market is up — almost 11 percent...

Global Economy Crisis Brings World Finance Leaders Together

"Simon Johnson, IMF director of research, said the subprime mortgage housing crisis in the United States has brought economic growth in the world's largest economy nearly to a standstill. The U.S. economic turmoil, he added, has prompted the IMF to lower its projection for...

'The house price crash starts in 2008'

by Fred Harrison, author of Ricordo's Law, Evening Standard UK– 31 December 2007– Ten years ago, in my book The Chaos Makers, I forecast what would happen to the economy in 2008: a house-price crash ahead of a wider recession. My prediction looks like being confirmed:...

Japanese Nucleur Plant Sits On Fault Line

" * sWorldAsia * My Profile * Offers * Sitemap From The Times July 19, 2007 Nuclear crisis in Japan as scientists reveal quake threat to power plants Black smoke rises from a burning electrical transformer near a nuclear reactor at the Kashiwazaki Kariwa...

Watch this space

In the last 3 weeks I have been amazed at the number of people who have discovered facebook. I have also heard countless people say they are making the switch from myspace to facebook. My prediction is that these lines will be very different in a month: note: red line =...

What are Dementia & Alzheimer's

"Alzheimer's and dementia are complex conditions which brings considerable stress to sufferers and their families. For many people on the slippery slope to Alzheimer's, the first signs are depression, irritability, confusion and forgetfulness and 80% of dementia sufferers go...