PolQuest.com Canada, Ontario, Toronto, Mississauga, USA, Poland and International Events, Online Auction, Sotore and Business Directory.: The week's top news and analysis, Dec. 24-28 The week's top news and analysis, Dec. 24-28 ================================================================================ marketwatch.com on 28 December, 2007 07:26:00 Virtually any investor looking for an excuse to turn negative on the markets would have found it during this intraholiday week: Geopolitical instability? Check. Rocketing fuel costs? Check. Bad news on the housing market? Check. All that, of course, was piled atop a mound of worries about inflation, recession, stagflation, consumers' mood, corporate earnings, banking write-downs and (distressingly) more.