clear the fundamentals are stable so we don't have to fear that it's going to keep going down vita montanaro gate two weeks final tally hunkers hang seng lost more than nine percent somewhat less than japan's nikkei and the dax in frankfurt u.s. stocks gained on friday but the wild week of losses seem to prove the cliche that stocks take the stairs up and the elevator down. after a marathon session germany's conservatives and social democrats struck a deal on forming a coalition government the grand coalition would keep america as chancellor the social democrats are to receive several top cabinet posts and the interior ministry will go to americans but very allies the c.s.u. they praise the agreement. on sept twenty one reads these one hundred seventy seven pages and i hope they will be widely read will see that what we are proposing is good for the people of our country in the fall. but the optimism that the three leaders tried to convey is not entirely shared by the german business community industry associations complained the hoped for corporate tax cuts were not written into the deal. a