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The Traders Thread - Tuesday 2nd December (TRAD)     

Greystone - 01 Dec 2008 21:41

Kyoto - 02 Dec 2008 06:46 - 5 of 34

Morning all. Market reports:

Telegraph
The Times
The Times (Need to know)
FT
The Guardian
The Independent
This is Money

The pound suffered its biggest one-day fall since Black Wednesday as stock markets on both sides of the Atlantic plunged on confirmation the US economy is officially in recession and in spite of indications of a further series of global interest rate cuts.
Pound, FTSE and DOW all tumble as fears mount over state of global economy

Ben Bernanke, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, paved the way last night for US interest rates to be cut to an unprecedented low of under 1 per cent this month, and sought to reassure markets that the Fed could deploy other weapons from its arsenal even if it were forced to cut rates to zero.
Bernanke signals that US rates will be cut below 1%

It did not take long for a brief moment of hope on the US economic front to turn to ashes yesterday. The weekend marked the beginning of the Christmas shopping season, with last Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, the busiest shopping day of the year.
Desperate times call for zero rates from Fed

Pressure mounted yesterday on the Bank of England and the European Central Bank to deliver drastic cuts in interest rates this week as a worldwide slump in manufacturing sent shares plunging again on both sides of the Atlantic.
Dip in manufacturing adds to rate-cut case

The housing slump seems set to worsen after official figures revealed yesterday that mortgage lending dived by nearly 70 per cent in October.
Mortgage lending slumps 70 per cent

California could become the first state in the American union to go broke after Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger warned it is heading for a "fiscal disaster" as a result of the global financial crisis.
Arnold Schwarzenegger warns California is almost broke

Japanese car sales have plummeted at a pace not seen since the bleak economic days of the early 1970s. Confirming fears that Japan has crashed into its sharpest downturn since the Second World War, November sales of cars, lorries and buses plunged by 27.3 per cent from the previous year.
Japan driving back to the bleak days of the '70s

The future of New Star Asset Management, the 14bn unit trust group run by the maverick entrepreneur John Duffield, was hanging in the balance last night as it remained locked in talks with its bankers over its 240m debt burden.
Future of fund manager hangs in balance

New Star Asset Managements financial problems were thrust into the spotlight after the City regulator rejected its pleas to suspend trading in its shares.
FSA stands by rejection as New Star plunges

Kyoto - 02 Dec 2008 06:49 - 6 of 34

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Kyoto - 02 Dec 2008 07:02 - 7 of 34

The Tuesday Press Roundup

Kyoto - 02 Dec 2008 07:17 - 8 of 34

PRESS DIGEST - Russia - Dec 2

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PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - Dec 2

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PRESS DIGEST - Ireland - Dec 2

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PRESS DIGEST - Canada - Dec 2

Kyoto - 02 Dec 2008 12:02 - 24 of 34

Indian shares trim fall to 1 pct as US futures rise
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