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Finance History 2011-06-04 (04 June 2011 ) |
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| An Egyptian court convicted former finance minister Youssef Boutros-Ghali in absentia on Saturday and sentenced him to 30 years in prison for profiteering and abusing state and private assets, a court source said. | |
| Ex-Soviet finance ministers on Saturday agreed on a $3 billion (two-billion euro) loan for crisis-hit Belarus, a spokesman for the Russian prime minister said. | |
| Protesters took over the Finance Ministry building in Athens Friday morning, hanging a giant banner from the roof calling for a general strike, just as Greece wraps up tough negotiations with international officials on new austerity measures. | |
| Oxford Finance LLC , a specialty finance firm that provides senior debt to life science and healthcare services companies, today announced that it provided a $ million credit facility to affiliates of Landmark Health Solutions LLC . | |
| Former Egyptian finance minister Yussef Boutros Ghali was on Saturday sentenced to 30 years in prison in absentia on corruption charges, an correspondent said. | |
| Trade union protesters on Friday occupied the Greek finance ministry, calling for a general strike as the prime minister flew to Luxembourg for key talks on finalising a new EU-IMF loan deal. | |
| The 17-nation euro zone should consider establishing a central finance ministry as it tightens coordination of national economic policies to fight crises, the head of the bloc's central bank said on Thursday. | |
| Trade union protesters on Friday occupied the Greek finance ministry, calling for a general strike as Athens finalised a crucial new loan deal with the EU and the IMF. | |
| The former chief executive officer of Xinhua Finance Ltd. (9399) , accused of taking part in a $50 million insider-trading scheme, said she is not guilty of defrauding investors and lying to regulators. | |
| In case you missed them, here are the top 10 Personal Finance stories from MarketWatch for the week of May 31-June 3. |
Economic History|
| Gloomy data fanned fears the once robust economic recovery may be losing steam, igniting the first five-week losing streak for the blue chips in almost seven years.? | |
| Fundamentals decide the outcome of presidential campaigns, and this week?s economic and political news were reminders of that, leaving President Obama to wonder just how difficult his reelection bid may turn out to be. The first indicator was a grim report on housing prices , showing that long after the recession officially ended, and 3 1 / 2 years after the economy collapsed, home values in ... | |
| Any notion that President Obama?s reelection campaign was gaining momentum was shaken this week by a string of worrisome economic reports showing weakness in the job market and new lows for housing prices. The bad news for Obama stood in contrast to a run of positive developments that had given many Democrats reason for confidence. The economy had been adding jobs at a steady clip . A president ... | |
| Despite some recent signs of economic recovery, 63% of Americans continue to feel ?not good? or ?bad? about the state of the . economy, representing a significant increase from May 2010 when only 49% of Americans felt this gloomy. | |
| A bill to overhaul Nevada's economic development efforts received mixed reviews Friday in testimony before a Senate committee. | |
| China's central bank and statistics bureau removed officials from their posts on suspicion of leaking valuable economic data to brokerages and reporters ahead of official announcements, a state-run newspaper said Friday. | |
| There's genuine economic concern at the White House about the economy, and it's not just because of the round of bad data circulating this week. | |
| Canada and Russia have agreed to strengthen their economic ties and increase cooperation in both aerospace and scientific research in the Artic, the home of vast hydrocarbon reserves. | |
| Michigan economic development officials are planning a Far East trade mission that may include Gov. Rick Snyder, an official said Thursday. | |
| WASHINGTON ? President Barack Obama says recent economic ?headwinds? at home resulted from high gasoline prices, the Japanese earthquake and Europe?s financial crisis. As inspiration for a broader recovery, he?s citing the American auto industry?s resurgence. ?We?re a people who don?t give up, who do big things, who shape our own destiny,? the president said in his weekly radio and Internet ... |
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