Columbia's Amar Bhide and NYU's Nouriel Roubini (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! News)
A year from now we may look back on this column and thank heaven that not all of its grim predictions came true. But don't bet your kid's lunch money against Nouriel Roubini. A professor of economics at New York University's Stern School of Business and chairman of the consultancy RGE Monitor, Roubini in 2006 predicted the housing bust and an ensuing recession, among other on-the-money calls. ...
New cold war in Europe as Russia turns off gas supplies (Independent)
Fears of a deep chill spread across Europe yesterday after a row between Russia and Ukraine over gas prices cut supplies to the rest of the continent on a day of plummeting temperatures and heavy snowfalls.
Daily Opinion Roundup (Foreign Relations)
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Questions and answers about the Ukraine-Russia gas dispute (KYIV Post)
Jan 6 (Reuters) - A contract dispute between Russia and Ukraine has disrupted gas supplies to countries in the European Union, which gets about a fifth of its needs via pipelines through Ukraine.
Komisarek benefits from parents' sacrifices (Newsday)
As much as Roman Komisarek loves to watch his son play hockey, and he once traveled from Long Island to Russia to see a junior tournament, he just could not make it to Newark last Friday. That night was the deadline for All-Star Game voting, and he just had to be at his computer, clicking the mouse.
About 6,000 retailers to take part in DSF 2009 starting on January 10 (Zawya)
08 January 2009 Despite the global recession, visitor expectations and targeted expenditure at the month-long annual Dubai Shopping Festival 2009 is still pegged at the levels of 2008, when around 3.2 million people visited the emirate and spent about Dh10 billion, according to a top DSF executive.