Bank jitters set off a milder economic tremor in 2006, after Fitch Ratings changed its outlook for Iceland's sovereign debt to negative from stable.
The move marked the first time ever that the Reserve Bank of Australia has raised the cost of borrowing three months in a row, and indicated that the central bank's decision makers were undeterred by the global jitters set off by Dubai World's decision last week to defer repayment of some debt.
It is the first time the Reserve Bank of Australia has raised the cost of borrowing three months in a row andit indicated that the central bank's decision makers were undeterred by the global jitters set off by Dubai World's decision last week to defer repayment of some debt.
Catalonia's president, Artur Mas, has set off jitters by saying that either the government borrows money on the regions' behalf, or bills will go unpaid.
Analysts said the investor jitters were set off by an article in The New York Post that said Xerox had hired Blackstone as a bankruptcy adviser.
One of her chief rivals, Jude Célestin, whom President René Préval supports to succeed him, planned a rally a few miles away around the same time on Friday, setting off jitters.
HANOI, Vietnam Chinana's military expansion and assertive trade policies have set off jitters across Asia, prompting many of its neighbors to rekindle old alliances and cultivate new ones to better defend their interests against the rising superpower.
After weeks of nearly unrelenting selling, investors scoured Wall Street for bargains and managed to shrug off jitters caused early in the session after United States officials said they had thwarted a terrorist attack.
Coach, the leading American handbag company, reported last month that its profit growth may slow this holiday season, setting off jitters among investors who view the brand as the entry-level threshold for luxury goods and an indicator for the broader health of the market.
Investors shook off jitters over the subprime mortgage sector and a yawning U.S. trade gap to push the Dow up a whooping 280-plus points to a record close.
