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24 Dec 2009 19:30:40 GMTPersonal Finance Daily: Happy holidays from the MarketWatch PF team (Market Watch)
The MarketWatch Personal Finance team wishes you and yours the happiest of holiday seasons and a wonderful New Year.
24 Dec 2009 15:38:48 GMTEarly Glance: Finance companies ( via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK -- Shares of some top finance companies are up at 10 .: Bank of America rose $.03 or .2 percent, to $. Citigroup rose $.03 or .9 percent, to $. JPMorgan Chase rose $.14 or .3 percent, to $.
24 Dec 2009 12:21:27 GMTAfriland to Finance Modernization of Cameroonian Refinery (Bloomberg)
Dec. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Afriland First Bank will provide finance of 45 billion CFA francs ($ million) for the first phase of the modernization of Cameroon’s only oil refinery, Alamine Ousmane, the lender’s general manager, said.
24 Dec 2009 20:54:25 GMTGE Cap sells transport finance biz to Shriram (Express India)
In a bid to restructure its existing business in the country, GE Capital India has sold a part of its transportation finance portfolio to Shriram Transport Finance Company. GE Capital will retain the balance portfolio with no change to the existing people and infrastructure supporting the business.
24 Dec 2009 19:52:31 GMTBusiness : Ajman Bank Appoints Head of Finance Division (Khaleej Times)
DUBAI — Ajman Bank, the emirate’s first Islamic commercial bank, has officially announced the appointment of their new Head of Finance Division, Seifeldin Abdelkareem.
24 Dec 2009 13:10:48 GMTRussia's Ilyushin Finance wants up to $250 mln in IPO ( via Yahoo! Asia News)
MOSCOW, Dec 24 - Russian aircraft leasing company Ilyushin Finance plans to raise up to $250 million in an initial public offering (IPO), Russia's state news quoted the firm's chief as saying.
24 Dec 2009 21:26:12 GMTKoss Terminates . of Finance and Warns That Financial Statements Are Unreliable Since at Least 2006 (Marketwire)
MILWAUKEE, WI--(Marketwire - December 24, 2009) - Koss Corporation ( NASDAQ : KOSS ), the . based high-fidelity stereophone leader, announced that following the discovery of unauthorized financial transactions, Sujata Sachdeva, the Company's Vice President of Finance and Secretary, has been terminated. Ms. Sachdeva served as the Company's Principal Accounting Officer. Also, two members of the ...
24 Dec 2009 15:58:10 GMTEarly Glance: Finance companies (INO News)
(:NEW YORK) Shares of some top finance companies are up at 10 .: Bank of America rose $.03 or .2 percent, to $. Citigroup rose $.03 or .9 percent, to $.
23 Dec 2009 13:04:59 GMTReport: Campaign finance laws full of loopholes ( via Yahoo! News)
Politicians across the country keep finding ways to skirt campaign-finance laws, using ballot-measure committees and other avenues to raise millions of dollars in unregulated contributions, according to a report issued Tuesday by a California-based think tank.
24 Dec 2009 19:02:59 GMTWall Street, the Depression and the Lords of Finance (New York Times)
These six books — about financial history and how economics went astray — are informative and enjoyable.

Economic History


24 Dec 2009 17:05:44 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: ------ BEIJING -- Asian markets moved higher amid expectations China will maintain loose monetary policy.
24 Dec 2009 15:41:52 GMTNatural Gas Rises on Signs of Economic Recovery, Cold Weather (Bloomberg)
Dec. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Natural gas futures rose in New York on signs that the economy is recovering from the worst economic slump since the Great Depression and on forecasts of cold weather.
24 Dec 2009 15:12:20 GMTNatural Gas Rises on Signs of Economic Recovery, Cold Weather (Bloomberg)
Dec. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Natural gas futures rose in New York on forecasts of cold weather and signs that the economy is recovering from the worst economic slump since the Great Depression.
24 Dec 2009 21:09:18 GMTInterest rates creep higher as new reports point to signs of continued economic recovery (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
NEW YORK - Bond yields crept higher Thursday after upbeat readings on jobless claims and factory orders sent positive signals about the economy. The encouraging economic reports caused investors to demand higher yields on bonds.
24 Dec 2009 17:28:00 GMTA look at economic developments around the globe (San Diego Union-Tribune)
A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Thursday:
23 Dec 2009 20:14:50 GMTEconomic News: Better Than 5th Century Britain (Time Magazine)
While the economic downturn has been really bad, it hasn't been nearly as bad as the economic downturn that followed the departure of the Romans from Britain in AD 410
24 Dec 2009 18:28:47 GMTNew economic model must address wealth distribution (Business Times (Malaysia))
MALAYSIA needs to address the issue of wealth distribution under its new economic model, said former international trade and industry minister Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz.
24 Dec 2009 18:42:36 GMTEncouraging economic data helped the benchmark barometers muscle higher (Schaeffers Research)
Stocks finished today's condensed session on a high note, as visions of upbeat economic data danced in investors' heads...( Read More )
24 Dec 2009 16:45:47 GMTGov’t drafts ‘green’ economic growth program (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
THE GOVERNMENT IS PREPARING a new Medium-Term Philippine Development Plan (MTPDP) that will call for “green growth” strategies amid concerns on climate change, according to the Presidential spokesperson on economic affairs.
24 Dec 2009 15:54:12 GMTNew economic model must address wealth distribution (Business Times (Malaysia))
MALAYSIA needs to address the issue of wealth distribution under its new economic model, said former international trade and industry minister Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz. "A lot of emphasis needs to be given to the important aspect of equality. "The new Malaysian economy must address the issue of distribution of wealth as the pursuit of high income alone will not be acceptable in the future," she said ...
 
 

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