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17 Dec 2009 09:46:08 GMTFinance Job-Seekers Said to Be Open to Pay Cuts (New York Times)
A majority of job-seekers in the finance sector would consider taking a pay cut since their job searches are taking longer than initially expected, according to a survey by an online career management company.
17 Dec 2009 21:00:13 GMTMidday Glance: Finance companies ( via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK -- Shares of some top finance companies are down at noon: Bank of America fell $.13 or .9 percent, to $. Citigroup fell $.23 or percent, to $. JPMorgan Chase fell $ or percent, to $.
17 Dec 2009 15:28:49 GMTEarly Glance: Finance companies ( via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK -- Shares of some top finance companies are down at 10 .: Bank of America fell $.09 or .6 percent, to $. Citigroup fell $.28 or percent, to $. JPMorgan Chase fell $.86 or percent, to $.
17 Dec 2009 20:17:23 GMTFinance ministers gather for pension summit (CBC North)
The country's finance ministers were gathering in Whitehorse Thursday ahead of discussions planned for Friday on how to get Canadians to save more for their retirements.
17 Dec 2009 13:30:00 GMTSaskatchewan finance minister says province has 'luxury' to watch pension talks (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
REGINA - Saskatchewan Finance Minister Rod Gantefoer says Canada's finance ministers will talk about ways to ensure people have enough money when they retire.
17 Dec 2009 19:01:06 GMTMP dishes dirt on finance company (New Zealand's National Business Review)
John Boscawen’s timing could not have been worse. When the ACT MP dished the dirt he’d found in Strategic Finance’s latest annual accounts, the Parliamentary Press Gallery’s annual Christmas Party had been going for almost an hour. He began his adjournment debate speech by saying it would be devoted to a “very serious matter” — his discovery in Strategic’s most recent accounts of a previously ...
17 Dec 2009 14:57:26 GMTPGG Wrightson Finance secures new bank arrangement (TVNZ)
PGG Wrightson Finance has formed a banking syndicate with existing bankers Bank of New Zealand and Commonwealth Bank of Australia, which other banks can join
17 Dec 2009 20:32:56 GMTAgilent Technologies Inc. (A) EVP, Finance & Admin., CFO Adrian T Dillon sells 149,206 Shares (Guru Focus)
By insider. EVP, Finance & Admin., CFO of Agilent Technologies Inc. ( A ) Adrian T Dillon sells 149,206 shares of A on 12/15/2009 at an average price of $ a share. Read more » »
17 Dec 2009 15:43:24 GMTEarly Glance: Finance companies (INO News)
(:NEW YORK) Shares of some top finance companies are down at 10 .: Bank of America fell $.09 or .6 percent, to $. Citigroup fell $.28 or percent, to $.
17 Dec 2009 18:51:52 GMTFinance Board Looks to Future at Year's End (Litchfield County Times)
The Board of Finance spent its last meeting of 2009 cleaning up loose ends and preparing for the future.

Economic History


17 Dec 2009 21:40:13 GMTData points to economic recovery continuing ( via Yahoo! News)
Factory activity in the . mid-Atlantic region hit a 4-1/2-year high in December and a gauge of future economic conditions rose last month, adding to evidence of a pick-up in the pace of the economy's recovery.
17 Dec 2009 20:40:39 GMTEconomic reports point to gradual recovery with slow job growth (USA Today)
A report on unemployment claims and a forecast of economic activity pointed Thursday to an economy mending slowly, with muc job growth.
17 Dec 2009 20:00:08 GMTEconomic reports point to gradual recovery ( via Yahoo! News)
A report on unemployment claims and a forecast of . economic activity pointed Thursday to an economy mending slowly, without the job growth needed to fuel a vigorous recovery.
17 Dec 2009 19:25:11 GMTUS leading economic indicators up eighth straight month ( via Yahoo! News)
The forward-looking US index of leading economic indicators rose in November, according to a Conference Board survey Thursday, suggesting recovery from recession is gaining momentum.
17 Dec 2009 18:06:07 GMTA look at economic developments around the globe ( via Yahoo! News)
A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Thursday:
17 Dec 2009 15:03:51 GMTLeading economic index rises 8th month in row ( via Yahoo! News)
The Conference Board's gauge of future economic conditions rose in November, for its 8th straight monthly increase, boosted by improving financial conditions, employment and housing, the private research group said on Thursday.
17 Dec 2009 13:56:58 GMTAhead of the Bell: Leading economic indicators (Washington Post)
NEW YORK -- Analysts expect that a private forecast of . economic activity rose for the eighth straight month in November, signaling that the economic recovery will extend into next year.
17 Dec 2009 18:06:07 GMTA look at economic developments around the globe ( via Yahoo! Finance)
A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Thursday: ------ COPENHAGEN -- . Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to put new life into flagging . climate talks, announcing the . would join others in raising $100 billion a year by 2020 to help poorer nations cope with global warming.
17 Dec 2009 15:52:25 GMTLeading Economic Index in . Rose % in November (Update1) (Bloomberg)
Dec. 17 (Bloomberg) -- The index of . leading indicators rose for an eighth consecutive month in November, a sign economic growth will extend into the first half of 2010.
17 Dec 2009 16:05:19 GMTLeading Economic Index Rises Eighth Month in Row (Fox News)
The Conference Board reported its leading Economic Index increased %.
 
 

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