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Extra musings from your editor. Will Friday bring the positive turnaround for Australian shares?

A plan to double store numbers in five years should boost earnings for The Reject Shop hence why brokers remain attracted to the stock.

Danske Bank offers an economics lesson as to what a financial crisis is while suggesting it is too early to know if we are currently experiencing a full blown crisis or merely a correction.

Following a weaker than expected July month industry consultant MEPS expects steel prices will stabilise over the rest of the year, with scope for small increases early in 2008.

The crisis formerly known as subprime is reaching the status of an emergency. And as we speak, two hurricanes are brewing in the south.

Weekly musings from your editor. This week: it ain’t over till it’s over plus CommSec revises its share market strategy.

Global inflation levels have been held in check during the emerging markets boom as China in particular has exported deflation. Will it be different now?

Cochlear has delivered another quality earnings result, brokers making minor increases to earnings estimates while seeing upside potential from bilateral implants and growth in the Chinese market.

Credit problems at a leveraged prime mortgage lender and lowered expectations from Wal-Mart conspired to send the Dow tumbling 200 points once more.

Ux Consulting has followed TradeTech with its latest update of the weekly spot uranium price indicator. US$105/lb is the latest.