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Finance History 2011-03-17 (17 March 2011 ) |
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| Twenty years ago, if you asked the average person about finance, he or she would have spouted off about stocks and bonds. Today, the list would go on and on into other asset classes such as private equity, venture capital, hedge funds, real estate, and fixed income, just to name a few. | |
| Open Finance SA, the consumer financial advisory company controlled by Polish billionaire Leszek Czarnecki , will start selling million zloty ($167 million) of shares tomorrow in an initial public offering, the country?s biggest in five months. | |
| Three executives accused of bilking Ohio investors out of $200 million Area investors glad to hear of indictments | |
| Most Americans don?t want to be forced to tap their home equity during retirement, writes Amy Hoak, but given the state of retirement savings these days, they may not have a choice. | |
| Fair Finance Co. Chief Executive Officer Timothy S. Durham and two other men were indicted on fraud charges by a . grand jury. | |
| STAMFORD -- Board of Finance members on Wednesday night questioned possible savings in the school board's budget they said could be achieved by reevaluating the cost of employee benefits and grant-funded positions. | |
| NEW DELHI: The Union Finance Ministry, which had raised some queries on the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation's (EPFO) ability to pay per cent interest to about 5 crore PF subscribers, on Thursday finally approved the rate. | |
| The terms of three of the six Federal Election Commission members have expired, but they continue to serve for lack of replacements. Reform advocacy groups push President Obama to appoint replacements to shake up the deadlocked panel. Frustrated with the deadlocked Federal Election Commission, campaign finance reform advocates urged President Obama to nominate new members without delay. | |
| Research shows that roughly a third of couples admit to lying to their spouse or partner about money at some point. Many married couples might suggest that figure is low. | |
| Blankfein and President Dmitry Medvedev discussed investment opportunities in Russia and Medvedev?s plans for the capital at a March 15 meeting outside Moscow that Pankin attended. |
Economic History|
| Factories are producing more cars, computers and household appliances, and applications for unemployment benefits over the past four weeks are at the lowest point since summer 2008. | |
| A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Thursday: | |
| Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced ?several hundred million? dollars in economic aid to help Tunisia create the economic growth needed to stabilize as it makes the transition to democracy. | |
| . factories are producing more cars, computers and household appliances, and applications for unemployment benefits over the last four weeks are at the lowest point since summer 2008. | |
| The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development cut its forecast for . economic growth in 2011 and said the Bank of England should refrain from increasing interest rates until the second half of the year. | |
| Japan's devastating earthquake and deepening nuclear crisis could result in losses of up to $200 billion for the world's third largest economy but the global impact remains hard to gauge five days after a massive tsunami battered the northeast coast. | |
| Economic Development Expert Feldman to Speak at Graduate Symposium | |
| In light of the recent economic downturn, the Town of Frisco evaluated several incentive programs to assist local business owners and developers. | |
| The report on the Economic Freedom of the States of India is the latest in a series of annual surveys on the economic freedom of Indian states, which started in 2004. The latest report takes 2009 as the period under review. | |
| The Fed maintained its ultra-loose monetary policy on Tuesday, saying the economy was gaining traction while flagging potential inflation risks from costlier energy and food. |
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