_Economy and Finance

May 29, 2012, 6:17 PM Manhattan Office Giant on Block By Eliot Brown Values of Manhattan office buildings are about to be tested by the investment group that bought Worldwide Plaza for a discount price at the market’s nadir. http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2012/05/29/manhattan-office-giant-on-block/

http://www.cnbc.com/ JPMorgan Fallout 'Could Get a Lot Worse': Whitney Published: Wednesday, 16 May 2012 | 4:00 PM ET CNBC.com Senior Writer The JPMorgan Chase trading controversy comes at an inopportune time both for the bank and the industry as a whole, which needs to rethink the way it does business, analyst Meredith Whitney told CNBC.

CNNMoney Gas prices: Down and headed lower By Chris Isidore @CNNMoney May 10, 2012: 2:56 PM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Just in time for the start of the summer driving season, U.S. drivers are enjoying some relief at the pump, much sooner than past years.

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/ GS Global to invest US$460 mln in Nemaha oil fields SEOUL, May 6 (Yonhap) -- GS Global said Sunday it has signed a contract to invest up to US$460 million in the development of oil wells in the U.S. state of Oklahoma for the coming nine years.

Bloomberg Singapore Jobs, S. Korea Output Reflect EU Trade Impact: Economy By Shamim Adam and Eunkyung Seo - Apr 30, 2012 1:53 PM GMT+0900 Singapore’s unemployment rate unexpectedly rose and growth in South Korean industrial output slowed in March, underscoring the continued impact of Europe’s crisis on Asian economies reliant on trade.

Starwood Capital hires Peter Denton in £1bn European lending drive Posted on April 26, 2012 11:45 am by James Wallace Starwood Capital, the global private equity real estate firm, has hired BNP Paribas’ Peter Denton to spearhead a £1bn European debt fund, with flexibility to invest across the capital stack. http://costarfinance.com/2012/04/26/starwood-capital-hires-peter-denton-in-1bn-european-lending-drive/

Bloomberg Bernanke Takes On Krugman’s Criticism Ignoring Own Advice By Jeff Kearns and Craig Torres Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke took on Nobel prize-winning economist Paul Krugman yesterday and called his advice to reduce unemployment by boosting inflation “reckless.”