Economia
Empobrecimento
Familias americanas perdem trilhões em riqueza:
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The net worth of American households fell by the largest amount in more than a half-century of record keeping during the fourth quarter of last year, reflecting the blow families are taking from a plunging stock market and dwindling home prices.
The Federal Reserve said Thursday that household net worth dropped by a record 9 percent in 2008's October-December period compared to the third quarter. That was the biggest decline on records that go back to 1951.
The drop represented a loss of $5.1 trillion in family net worth, leaving the total at $51.48 trillion at the end of the year. Net worth represents total assets such as homes and checking accounts minus liabilities like mortgages and credit card debt..."
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Household-net-worth-plunges-apf-14623113.html
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China Perto De $ 2 Trilhões Em Reservas
BEIJING (AP) -- China's central bank said Saturday that its foreign exchange reserves rose 16 percent year-on-year to $1.9537 trillion by the end of March.
China's reserves, already the world's largest, increased by $7.7 billion in the first...
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Sobre Bilhões E Trilhões
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (MarketWatch) -- There's a $700 trillion elephant in the room and it's time we found out how much it really weighs on the economy.
Derivative contracts total about three-quarters of a quadrillion dollars in "notional" amounts,...
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A Queda Do Citigroup
-- March 5 (Bloomberg) -- Citigroup Inc. dropped below $1 in New York trading for the first time, the latest sign that stock investors are losing confidence in a company that was once the world’s biggest bank by market value.
The stock fell to 99 cents...
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Csn
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Cia. Siderurgica Nacional, Brazil's third-biggest steelmaker, may post its first loss in six years after bets on its own stock soured last quarter.
CSN, as the steelmaker is known, may say this week it had a third-quarter...
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Study Says White Families' Wealth Advantage Has Grown
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/18/national/18wealth.html?th
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