Feb. 16 (Bloomberg) — Barclays Plc President Robert Diamond talks about the bank’s full-year earnings and his decision along with Chief Executive Officer John Varley to decline to take a bonus for a second year. The U.K.s second-largest bank said profit more than doubled to 9.39 billion pounds ($14.8 billion) lifted by investment banking and [...]
Financial Markets (ECON 252) First, Professor Shiller discusses today’s changing financial system and recent market stabilization reform introduced by U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. The financial system is inherently unstable and would benefit from more surveillance, particularly for consumer protection issues, given the recent subprime mortgage crisis. Although this particular reform might not be successful, [...]
Harry & Paul – Series 2, Episode 3. 20/09/2008. iPlayer mp4 converted to m4v via QuickTime, thence uploaded to YouTube. Duration : 0:7:9
Feb. 11 (Bloomberg) — Michael Gomez, co-head of emerging markets at Pacific Investment Management Co., talks with Bloomberg’s Margaret Brennan about his investment strategy for emerging-market debt. Gomez also discusses the outlook for resolving Greece’s budget deficit crisis. (Source: Bloomberg) Duration : 0:5:21
Bremner, Bird & Fortune – Silly Money – 1 of 4. 03/11/2008. 4oD wmv converted to m4v via QuickTime, thence uploaded to YouTube. Duration : 0:4:52