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Finance History 2011-02-08 (08 February 2011 ) |
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| WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The . Senate Finance Committee approved a bill to renew $11 billion in annual funding for . aviation infrastructure. | |
| The city Finance Department has admitted that its staffers tried to undercut auditors from Comptroller John Liu's office who were examining major foul-ups in a $458 million economic development incentive program, The Post has learned. "This audit did not meet our high standards of cooperation," Deputy Finance Commissioner Elizabeth... | |
| Canadian regulators are proposing new guidelines to govern how investment dealers advertise and communicate with clients on popular social media such as Facebook, Twitter and blogs. | |
| The sale of PGG Wrightson Finance has been under consideration for some time its parent revealed in the target company statement. | |
| The government struggles to finance itself as foreign investors pull out, the pound drops and the stock exchange stays shut. | |
| The Board of Finance will examine Burlington Electric Department's decision last September to hire ousted South Burlington Assistant City Manager Denis Gravelin as controller. | |
| The city council's finance committee will consider a proposal to create a fund for The Center for the Performing Arts. | |
| The share of Americans who own their home dropped again last year, but that decline is not being driven by foreclosures pushing people out of the real-estate market. Instead, more people appear to be rejecting the idea of a home as an investment. | |
| The meaning of ?freedom of the press? is central in the fight over the Supreme Court?s campaign finance ruling. | |
| More Americans are choosing to rent rather than buy their home, possibly because more people are rejecting the idea of a house as an investment. See this story and more in today?s Personal Finance Daily. |
Economic History|
| The nation's economic stress inched up in December because higher foreclosures outweighed lower unemployment, according to The Associated Press' monthly analysis. | |
| Analysis Shows Nearly 40 Percent of US Counties were Stressed in December as Foreclosure Rates Increase in 33 States | |
| A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Monday: ------ LONDON -- Global stocks started the week positively amid signs that the turmoil in Egypt was easing after days of anti-government unrest, but the euro was hit by soft German economic data and some disappointment that last week's summit of EU leaders did not yield anything substantially new on ... | |
| The economic landscape is perpetually evolving. Typically this evolution proceeds in a path-dependent manner, which means the decisions and events of the past limit the potential trajectories of future developments. | |
| Unemployment weighs heavily on Marissa Yarbrough. She wants to help her family financially, but can't. Over the last year, she has applied and reapplied for retail and cafe jobs without luck. "Nobody calls me back," she... | |
| In January, 41% of Americans said the economy is "getting better," matching the highest level of the past three years. Democrats, young people, and upper-income Americans were the most optimistic. Last month's sunnier outlook helped propel Gallup's Economic Confidence Index to a new high. | |
| As emerging markets steam ahead with confidence, Western leaders at Davos focused on economic governance -- and avoiding the near calamity of 2010 | |
| Rising foreclosures and falling housing prices -- tied to the lack of jobs -- could smother the economic recovery | |
| By ANTHONY HALL United Press International President Barack Obama walked into the lion's den Monday, giving a speech at the . Chamber of Commerce to pledge cooperation with a pride of businessmen. | |
| . stock returns are likely to exceed estimates because they?re more dependent on economic growth than investors realize, according to Jonathan Golub, chief . market strategist at UBS AG. |
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