18/10 Stocks, Euro Fall as Germany Damps Optimism


By Rob Verdonck and Rita Nazareth - Oct 18, 2011 12:05 AM GMT+0900

BP Plc appreciated 5.5 percent after saying Anadarko Petroleum Corp. will pay $4 billion to settle all claims over the world’s largest accidental oil spill. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg
Oct. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Simon Derrick, chief currency strategist at Bank of New York Mellon Corp., talks about the outlook for the pound and euro. Derrick also discusses the prospect for a solution to the European sovereign debt crisis with Linzie Janis and David Tweed on Bloomberg Television's "First Look." (Source: Bloomberg)
Oct. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Carl Weinberg, founder and chief economist at High Frequency Economics, talks about German spokesman Steffen Seibert's remarks that the European debt crisis won't be fixed at an Oct. 23 summit and is likely to extend "well into next year." Weinberg speaks with Betty Liu on Bloomberg Television's "In the Loop." (Source: Bloomberg)
Oct. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Andrew Freris, senior investment strategist for Asia at BNP Paribas Wealth Management, talks about global financial markets, economies, and Europe's sovereign debt crisis. Freris speaks in Hong Kong with Susan Li, Rishaad Salamat, Angie Lau, and John Dawson on Bloomberg Television's "Asia Edge." (Source: Bloomberg)
Oct. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Arnout Van Rijn, the chief investment officer for Robeco Groep NV's Hong Kong division, talks about Asian stock markets. Van Rijn also discusses Europe's sovereign debt crisis and China's economy. He speaks with Susan Li on Bloomberg Television's "First Up." (Excerpt. Source: Bloomberg)
Oct. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Mike Werner, a bank analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. in Hong Kong, talks about the Chinese banking industry. China’s state-run Central Huijin Investment started buying shares in the nation’s four biggest banks on Oct. 10 and plans to continue with "related market operations," according to a statement on its website. Werner speaks in Hong Kong with Rishaad Salamat on Bloomberg Television's "On the Move Asia." (Source: Bloomberg)
Global stocks and the euro fell, retreating after their best weekly gains in more than two years, as Germany damped expectations for a fast resolution to Europe’s debt crisis and a report showed New York-area manufacturing shrank more than forecast.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index dropped 1.2 percent to 1,210.41 at 11:04 a.m. in New York as Wells Fargo & Co. tumbled after reporting a drop in revenue. The MSCI All-Country World Index slipped 0.7 percent following last week’s 5.4 percent rally. The euro, which strengthened 3.8 percent versus the dollar last week, weakened 0.8 percent against the U.S. currency today. Oil lost 0.5 percent at $86.33 a barrel in New York, reversing an earlier 1.6 percent advance.

17/10 10 nước tham nhũng nhất châu Âu

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17/10/2011 09:03 (GMT+7)
pictureĐáng chú ý, quốc gia nặng nợ Hy Lạp đứng ở vị trí thứ 8, đồng hạng với Serbia.

Theo kết quả khảo sát thường niên năm 2010 về tình trạng tham nhũng ở 178 quốc gia của Tổ chức Minh bạch thế giới, trên thực tế, không có quốc gia nào thuộc châu Âu bị xếp vào hàng "tham nhũng ngất ngưởng", nhưng điều đó không có nghĩa rằng châu lục này là an toàn.


Khái niệm tham nhũng ở đây được hiểu là hành vi lạm dụng quyền lực để trục lợi cho cá nhân. Mỗi quốc gia được xếp theo thang điểm 10, số điểm càng cao thì mức độ tham nhũng càng thấp và ngược lại. Theo Minh bạch Quốc tế, số điểm dưới 5 là rất đáng lo ngại.

17/10 TPPと日韓EPA、攻めの政権への試金石に


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2011/10/17 7:00
 リスク・オフからリスク・オンへ。欧州金融安定基金(EFSF)の拡充策がユーロ参加国の議会承認を得たのを機に、金融・株式市場の雰囲気はいくぶん和らいできた。
 欧州に集中していた関心も、少し別の分野に広がりそうだ。政治の世界では、日本の環太平洋経済連携協定(TPP)への参加が、大きなテーマとして浮上している。
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 折しも13日の米韓首脳会談とタイミングを合わせて、米議会が韓国との自由貿易協定(FTA)の実施法案を可決した。米韓FTAは来年1月にも発効の見通し。米国とFTAを結ぶ韓国に後れをとらないためには、日本もTPPへの参加を表明せざるを得ない。