Nov 21st, 2008 · The financial crisis is closing in on Citigroup. The banking colossus has more than 200 million customers around the world. But investors are increasingly worried about Citigroup's financial condition. Its share price tumbled more than 25 percent Thursday. CEO Vikram Pandit is weighing his options, and they include selling off parts of the company or selling the whole company. Citigroup lost half its value this week and is trading at levels not seen since the mid 1990s.
Keywords: world · Investor · financial · company · crisis · 1990 · customer · colossus · Citigroup · CEO Vikram Pandit
Nov 20th, 2008 · As central banks continue to slash interest rates almost to zero, prices can plummet. It creates a liquidity trap, as it did in the 1930s and in Japan during the 1990s. Harvard economist Kenneth Rogoff outlines what deflation could mean for modern America.
Keywords: modern · Harvard · America · 1990 · economist · 1930 · plummet · Deflated · liquidity · Kenneth Rogoff
Nov 20th, 2008 · The National Book Awards were given out Wednesday night in New York. The fiction award went to Peter Matthiessen's "Shadow Country," a revision of a trilogy of novels from the 1990s. The 81-year-old author last won a National Book Award 30 years ago.
Keywords: national · New York · fictional · 1990 · novel · Trilogy · National Book Award · National Book Awards · Matthiessen · Peter Matthiessen · Shadow Country
Nov 18th, 2008 · Darius Rucker is country music's shining new star. The former frontman for the 1990s pop group Hootie & the Blowfish has become the first black artist to have a top 10 country music hit since Charley Pride. He talks with Farai Chideya and performs three of his new songs.
Keywords: country · artists · 1990 · music · songs · frontman · Farai Chideya · Darius · Rucker · Darius Rucker · Hootie the Blowfish · Charley Pride
Nov 11th, 2008 · As leader of the 1990s hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest, Q-Tip rose to fame on the strength of their jazz-influenced production and his smooth, unruffled rapping. After problems plagued his solo career, Q-Tip disappeared from the music scene. He has now resurfaced with an entirely new CD, The Renaissance.
Keywords: products · fame · 1990 · CD · music · Jazz · Hip · renaissance · Unruffled · disappeared · Tribe Called Quest
Nov 10th, 2008 · Alexander Tucker got his start in the early 1990s in a hardcore band called Suction. Later he played synths in a space-rock group in Detroit. These days he lives in the U.K. where he writes and records as a solo artist. Tucker recently released his third album, Portal, through the London-based ATP Recordings. It's a rich mix of styles, featuring the finger-picking folk of Tucker's guitar, along with psychedelic rock, drones, detuned guitars, and sound loops.
Keywords: artists · London · Detroit · 1990 · rich · UK · album · folk · guitar · hardcore · Psychedelic · Alexander
Oct 31st, 2008 · Can a children's author strike gold twice? R.L. Stine's Goosebumps series sold more than 300 million copies in the 1990s. Now, he's hoping to revisit that success with Goosebumps: HorrorLand.
Keywords: children · 1990 · gold · copies · R.L · Stine · Goosebumps · HorrorLand · emGoosebumps
Oct 15th, 2008 · The La's only recorded one album, but the self-titled record from 1990 features gem after gem of infectious guitar-pop, including the hit single, "There She Goes." The main songwriter, Lee Mavers, notoriously fired multiple band members and producers because, according to Mavers, none of them got it.
Keywords: L.A · 1990 · songwriter · album · guitar · Steve · Lillywhite · She Goes · Lee Mavers · Mavers
