Doom and gloom


US Fed and IMF add to doom and gloom

More gloomy talk overnight from the US Federal Reserve and the IMF, which sees total losses from the credit crunch ballooning past $A1 trillion, reports Glenn Dyer.

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Mayne: Ready and available to front a Qantas class action

Another day, another surprise profit upgrade from Qantas which will now surely trigger a class action from shareholders who followed the board’s advice and quit their shares earlier in the year during the $11 billion Airlines Partners Australia bid, writes Stephen Mayne.