MANILA, Philippines?A church-based labor group Wednesday said that the Philippines was starting to suffer job losses as a result of the global economic slowdown.
Statism and laisser faire: The new transatlantic trade (Financial Times)
Few feelings are more superficially comforting than finding proof that the rest of the world is mad while you have been right all along. Such is the sentiment that seems to be suffusing many politicians in mainland Europe after the implosion of Anglo-American capitalism.
Government seeks to foster youthful enterprise (Financial Times)
James Murray-Wells, a 22-year-old internet entrepreneur, is due to share a stage with ministers today at a government- sponsored ?summit? marking the start of its Enterprise Week. He would appear the ideal fresh-faced candidate for politicians to pat on the head at the best publicised of more than 1,000 events loosely connected by the passion of Gordon Brown, the chancellor, for promoting ...
Fund Sets Aside For Unemployed Filipinos From Overseas (Bernama)
MANILA, Oct 23 (Bernama) -- The Philippine government has allocated 250 million pesos (US$5.14 million) for to assist overseas Filipino workers who are likely to be displaced by the global economic crunch, reports said on Thursday.
Merely a hiccup (Asia Times)
Emerging market stocks, bonds and currencies have suffered much more than developed-country markets during 2008, in spite of the original real estate bubble and credit disaster having been contained almost entirely in rich countries.
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