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2 May 2011 16:47:33 GMTVan Eck Plans Specialty Finance ETF
Michael Johnston submits: Historically, Van Eck has been known in the ETF space for its hard assets expertise and suite of targeted emerging markets funds. But recently the New York-based firm has also taken steps to develop other corners of its ETP lineup, including the introduction of the first investment grade floating rate debt fund (NYSEArca: FLTR - News ). In a recent SEC filing the ...
2 May 2011 16:00:00 GMTHome Finance of America to Offer No Fee Mortgage Loans
Home Finance of America increases its variety of mortgage products to give qualified borrowers the option of a no fee mortgage.
2 May 2011 17:52:59 GMTPersonal Finance Daily: How to stress-test your portfolio
What you don?t know really can hurt you ? or at least it can hurt your portfolio, Jonathan Burton writes today in his Life Savings column. He outlines four of the biggest risks to your portfolio and what you can do about them, ranging from inflation and interest rates to black-swan events and even the risk of playing it too safe.
2 May 2011 07:52:31 GMTMawarid Finance Launches IFS
Dubai, May 2 nd 2011: Mawarid Finance Mawarid Finance launched IFS the new company within the group to be the one-stop-shop service provider for all Islamic Banking and Takaful outsourced services.
2 May 2011 08:04:00 GMTSundaram BNP Paribas Home Finance Q4 net jumps by pc
Chennai, May 2 (PTI): Sundaram BNP Paribas Home Finance, subsidiary of Sundaram Finance Ltd, today reported a fourth quarter net profit of Rs crore for the period ending March 31, 2011, up by per cent over Rs crore achieved in the same quarter of previous year. Sundaram BNP Paribas Home Finance is a per cent and per cent joint venture between Sundaram Finance Ltd and ...
29 Apr 2011 12:18:06 GMTDG-News: 3A Finance PLC (deutsch)
3A FINANCE GROUP IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCES THAT IT HAS RENTED NEW OFFICES IN SWITZERLAND DG-News: 3A Finance PLC / Key word(s): Miscellaneous 3A FINANCE GROUP IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCES THAT IT HAS RENTED NEW OFFICES IN SWITZERLAND / ?
2 May 2011 13:14:07 GMTA Look at Market Vectors' Latest: First BDC, Finance Company ETFs
Nicholas Marshi submits: Shortly after we provided a first look (back on April 20th, 2011) at the new Wells Fargo BDC Index comes two items of actionable news. First, we hear that UBS launches an ETN (the less loved cousin of an ETF) based on the aforementioned Wells Fargo Index. The ticker of the new BDC ETN is [[BDCS ] ], and traded an encouraging 9,080 shares on its second day of trading ...
2 May 2011 16:08:46 GMTCity's finance commissioner questioned about critical audit
Buffalo's finance chief told lawmakers today that she's confident the city will not have to repay "a single dime" to the federal government in an ongoing dispute over how anti-poverty funds are spent.
28 Apr 2011 18:16:57 GMTOxford Finance Closes $150 Million Senior Credit Facility Led by Wells Fargo Capital Finance
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Oxford Finance LLC ("Oxford"), a specialty finance firm that provides senior debt to life science and healthcare services companies, today announced that it closed a $150 million senior credit facility with Wells Fargo Capital Finance, part of Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC). The new facility, in combination with the recent capitalization from ...
2 May 2011 02:01:00 GMTFormer finance chief tackles efficiency in county government
County CEO brings in trusted finance chief to save money, boost efficiency in government.

Economic History

2 May 2011 14:12:50 GMTEconomic Forum updates forecast
What: Nevada Economic Forum When: 9:30 . today Where: Room 4100 of the Legislative Building, 401 S. Carson St., Carson City. On the Web: The meeting can be viewed via the Nevada Legislature website, . Click the "Live Meetings Listen or View" tab.
2 May 2011 15:02:17 GMTEconomic Report: . manufacturing sector cools off slightly
. manufacturing activity grew at a slightly slower pace in April, the second straight month of cooling, according to a closely followed index released Monday.
1 May 2011 12:47:28 GMTEconomic Preview: Jobs report to shed light on . economy
The prevailing view among economists that . growth will accelerate over the next few months will get tested this week with the crucial April jobs report.
1 May 2011 14:23:10 GMTCuba touts economic reforms at May Day parade
Hundreds of thousands of Cubans paraded through Havana's Revolution Square on Sunday in a May Day celebration that touted recently approved economic reforms in one of the world's last communist countries.
2 May 2011 09:02:20 GMTEconomic Forum Weighs State Revenue Projections
CARSON CITY - After 85 days of political posturing, the real battle to control state spending will begin today . That's when Nevada's Economic Forum will update tax revenue projections that politicians must use to build the 2011-13 state budget. The panel
29 Apr 2011 03:46:15 GMTAsian markets sink on modest US economic growth
Modest economic growth in the . and mixed corporate earnings dampened stock market sentiment in Asia on Friday.
2 May 2011 16:54:20 GMTEconomic Forum Meets to Make Revenue Forecast
CARSON CITY, Nev. ? Nevada lawmakers will have a clearer picture of the state's budget outlook when the Economic Forum meets to make final revenue projections for the next two years.
1 May 2011 02:42:45 GMTLooking Ahead to Economic Reports This Week
Economic reports, corporate earnings and hearings this week in Washington.
30 Apr 2011 08:05:33 GMTUS economic growth slows sharply
US economic growth slowed to a per cent pace in the first quarter of 2011 as government spending cuts and rising food and fuel costs dented activity.
30 Apr 2011 04:42:46 GMTBOJ Shirakawa warns Japan economic outlook "very severe"
Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa said on Saturday that the country's economic outlook was very severe and that the central bank would take appropriate action to support the economy.
 
 

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