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21 May 2011 11:26:12 GMTGerman finance minister backs Lagarde for IMF job
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble backs his French counterpart Christine Lagarde as the EU candidate to head the International Monetary Fund, a German weekly reported Saturday.
20 May 2011 10:10:49 GMTKenya?s Housing Finance Sees Industry Investment Slowing in 2012, MD Says
Housing Finance Ltd. , Kenya?s only publicly traded mortgage company, said investment in housing may slow in 2012 ahead of an election that may aggravate political tensions that exploded into violence three years ago.
21 May 2011 22:46:14 GMTFinance Minister intent on keeping interest rates low
The Finance Minister says keeping interest rates lower for longer is critical.
22 May 2011 12:23:23 GMTFinance Ministy to set up criminal investigation unit by May
The Finance Ministry is likely to set up Directorate of Criminal Investigation, to probe cases of black money, money laundering and terror funding.
20 May 2011 05:58:07 GMTSingapore Finance Head Gets Backing for IMF Job
Shanmugaratnam ?is certainly well qualified? and the IMF should consider all candidates for the role of managing director, including those from Asia or Latin America , Philippine Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima said in a Bloomberg Television interview today.
19 May 2011 21:08:36 GMTGoogle Wants to Become Your Personal Finance Advisor
In its attempt to break into the personal finance market, Google has launched a new tool for finding and comparing financial products. At its core, Google Advisor is a personal finance comparison tool.
20 May 2011 06:06:40 GMTSingapore Finance Head Gets Thai, Philippine Backing for IMF Job
Southeast Asian nations backed Singapore Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam as a possible choice to succeed Dominique Strauss-Kahn as head of the International Monetary Fund.
20 May 2011 13:43:47 GMTNew Mountain Finance Corporation Prices Initial Public Offering
New Mountain Finance Corporation (the "Company") (NYSE: NMFC) announced today that it has priced its initial offering of 7,272,727 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $ per share for total gross ...
22 May 2011 08:04:18 GMTPersonal Finance: Elmo puts kids on the right street financially
Do you want your child to end up being good with money? Some parents assume that unless they are savvy about business and the stock market, they won't be able to position their children on the right course. But it turns out that the basics that build success with money are much simpler than that.
20 May 2011 16:00:48 GMTMaine finance agency offers help to grocers
The Finance Authority of Maine's board has approved a loan insurance program to help more than 200 independent Maine grocers who were caught by surprise by the recent closure of their vendor, Associated Grocers of Maine.

Economic History

22 May 2011 04:03:41 GMTEconomic census 2011 takes off in July
PUTRAJAYA:The Department of Statistics will be conducting the Economic Census (BE2011) for the third time, beginning July. In an interview with Bernama, chief statistician, Datuk Wan Ramlah Wan Abdul Raof, said it would involve some 943,000 local and foreign firms and businesses.
20 May 2011 19:52:39 GMTA look at economic developments around the globe
A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Friday: ------ PARIS -- France's frank, hard-working and chic finance minister, Christine Lagarde, emerged as Europe's likely choice to lead the International Monetary Fund.
21 May 2011 19:14:21 GMTEmanuel's economic team wants reinvention
Idea floated of 'managed competition,' which would pit city union workers against private companies to bid on contracts to provide services such as garbage pickup Mayor Rahm Emanuel's top economic advisers promise nothing less than reinvention of city government as they develop strategies for slashing a looming massive deficit.
21 May 2011 14:22:08 GMTEconomic Data in Focus in Coming Week
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- With earnings season wrapping up, investor focus will likely switch back to the macro picture in the coming week, as worries about an economic slowdown mount. Stocks struggled this past week as several economic reports came in weaker than expected, raising concerns about the recovery. Regional manufacturing activity in the New York and Philadelphia region fell sharply ...
22 May 2011 16:27:55 GMTEconomic forces behind rising cost of beer
Hops and grain shortages, bad weather, rising transportation costs and simple company greed combine to drive up the price of the sudsy beverage.
20 May 2011 14:43:25 GMTIgnore the Economic Data and Focus on the Successful LinkedIn IPO
So, while we could certainly continue arguing about the data, we could also simply watch the linkage
22 May 2011 14:52:00 GMTEconomic growth on track; more steps to check inflation: PM
New Delhi, May 22 (PTI) Bullish on an economic growth rate of per cent in the past seven years of its rule, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government Sunday said high prices still remain a major concern and hinted at more steps to contain inflation, especially for the poor and vulnerable its annual report card for the year 2010-11, the government said it would seek ...
22 May 2011 13:17:27 GMTEconomic Preview: Consumer spending expected to slow down
Despite persistent unease over their personal finances, consumers remain the backbone of the economy, and data to be released this week will show the state of their spending.
19 May 2011 02:04:09 GMTObama to announce major plan for economic development of Middle East Thursday
President Barack Obama is set to announce a government-directed plan for economic development in the Middle East that emphasizes the role of Western multinational organizations, but that also sidelines the role of companies, ignores the new democracy in Iraq and downplays regional cultural, tribal and religious practices.
21 May 2011 22:44:43 GMTCost of food, gas slowing . economic growth
America's recovery from a deep recession is being hurt by high consumer prices, worrying economists ? Video
 
 

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