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Finance History 2009-12-21 (21 December 2009 ) |
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| Here?s a rundown of the best personal finance stories you might have missed this weekend: In F | |
| General Motors Co has hired Chris Liddell, the chief financial officer of Microsoft Corp , as its new finance chief, filling a key position with the automaker's highest-profile hire since its July bankruptcy. | |
| With Chris Liddell, General Motors CEO Ed Whitacre adds an outsider and shores up a finance operation criticized by Treasury as weak | |
| General Motors appoints Chris Liddell, the chief financial officer of Microsoft, as its new finance chief. | |
| NEW YORK -- Shares of some top finance companies are mixed at noon: Bank of America rose $.27 or percent, to $. Citigroup fell $.03 or .9 percent, to $. JPMorgan Chase rose $ or percent, to $. | |
| NEW YORK -- Shares of some top finance companies are mixed at 10 .: Bank of America rose $.32 or percent, to $. Citigroup fell $.02 or .6 percent, to $. JPMorgan Chase rose $ or percent, to $. | |
| Share prices on Bursa Malaysia closed mostly lower yesterday following a drop in finance-related stocks, said dealers. | |
| MOSCOW - Russia's Finance Ministry has sold 30 metric tons of gold to the country's Central Bank for $1 billion, an official said Monday, saying the cash will be use to help ease the crisis in the country's budget. | |
| South Canterbury Finance has disclosed that chief financial officer Graeme Brown resigned several months ago but agreed to postpone the move until now | |
| General Motors has hired New Zealander Chris Liddell, the chief financial officer of Microsoft Corp, as its new finance chief, filling a key position with the automaker's highest-profile hire since its July bankruptcy. |
Economic History
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| Dec. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Canadian stocks rose for the first time in three days as prospects of economic growth in Europe boosted shares worldwide and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. put Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. | |
| Dec. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Canadian stocks rose for the first time in three days, led by financial shares as forecasts of economic growth in Europe and a widening yield curve in the . revealed investor optimism about a worldwide economic recovery. | |
| Dec. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Stocks rallied and bonds fell, sending the difference between 2- and 10-year Treasury note yields to a record, on signs the economic rebound is gaining steam. Orange juice futures rose to a 23-month high. | |
| Gold Falls On Economic Optimism, Stronger Dollar | |
| Unemployment is high, the economy is down. Yet for all the signs of recession, something is missing: More crime. Experts are scratching their heads over why crime has ebbed during this recession, making it different from other economic downturns of the past half-century. | |
| Dec. 21 (Bloomberg) -- . government bonds fell as stocks rose and Britain’s biggest business lobby raised its forecast for 2010 economic growth, damping demand for the safest assets. | |
| Dec. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Canadian stocks rose for the first time in three days as prospects of economic growth in Europe boosted commodity prices and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. put Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. | |
| Dec. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Stocks rallied and bonds fell, sending the difference between 2- and 10-year Treasury note yields to a record, on signs the economic rebound is gaining steam. Oil rose after attacks on facilities in Nigeria and Iraq. | |
| Dec. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Stocks rose and bonds dropped around the world on evidence that the economic recovery is gathering momentum. Carbon-permit prices fell as leaders agreed not to set binding emissions targets at the Copenhagen climate summit. | |
| Dec. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Treasuries declined for a second day as investors speculated that an accelerating economic recovery will fuel inflation and damp demand for government debt as the . borrows record amounts. |
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