1. Americans tend to become more insular and protective in times of economic upheaval. 2. Australian stocks fell, led by Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd., amid lingering concern the economic upheaval in Asia will hurt profits for most Australian companies. 3. But the economic upheaval has slowed their numbers. 4. Emerging market funds that buy debt have suffered far more in the Russian economic upheaval than funds that buy equities. 5. For the last two decades the end of each six-year presidential term has brought devaluations and economic upheaval. 6. Gold, universally priced in U.S. dollars, is a traditional hedge against inflation and economic upheaval. 7. Gold is universally priced in U.S. dollars, and is a traditional hedge against inflation and economic upheaval. 8. He is deeply unpopular, blamed by ordinary Russians for the most painful economic upheavals since communism collapsed. 9. He pointed to areas that investors have traditionally considered safe from economic upheaval, like certain food and entertainment businesses. 10. It is also a metaphor for tectonic shifts in cultures, societies transforming overnight, propelled by the twin imperatives of technology and economic upheaval. |