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Financial Times (April 13)

2022/ 04/ 14 by jd in Global News

“A charitable take on things would be that Toshiba — a 146-year-old industrial masterpiece that fancies itself as the “Mona Lisa” but more often comes across as “The Scream” — has reached this important landmark via the scenic route.” Since this “included accounting fraud, a brush with bankruptcy, multiple chief executive resignations and a four-year war with investors,” it could also be said that Toshiba “finds it institutionally hard to read signs or admit it is lost.”

 

Bloomberg (April 12)

2022/ 04/ 14 by jd in Global News

“The feel-good days for global markets at the end of March are firmly over.” Suddenly, everyone is afraid of economic slowing. “With monetary support rapidly receding and recession risks rising, investors are hunkering down. Companies resilient to an economic slowdown such as health care are back in favor. Ditto cash and dividend-paying stocks. Meanwhile, demand for hedging is creeping up in the options market.”

 

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