View from the Markets: Bob Parker

“Outright recession” may be avoided, if oil prices ease, says vice chairman of Credit Suisse Asset Management.
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“Outright recession” may be avoided, if oil prices ease, says vice chairman of Credit Suisse Asset Management.
Lachlan Murdoch was always going to struggle in his attempt to breathe new life into his takeover of Consolidated Media Holdings, which finally died over a failure to agree terms with deal partner James Packer
After 20 years when most of the world embraced open investment policies, producing investment flows that grew at twice the pace of global trade, some governments are putting up new barriers to foreign acquisitions

For US airlines, which consume 19bn gallons of jet fuel a year, high oil prices and the threat of a downturn are softening opposition to consolidation

Pure investment banks have been hit hardest by the credit crunch and will be further diminished by the US regulatory response. But broader-based institutions may suffer most