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Finance History 2010-01-14 (14 January 2010 ) |
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| Barclays Capital named Jean-Francois Astier as head of leveraged finance, Americas, according to an internal memo from Joe McGrath, head of global leveraged finance. | |
| The daily rundown of MarketWatch's coverage of various matters of personal finance. | |
| NEW YORK -- Shares of some top finance companies are up at noon: Bank of America rose $.08 or .5 percent, to $. Citigroup rose $.01 or .3 percent, to $. JPMorgan Chase rose $.17 or .4 percent, to $. | |
| Fifth Street Finance Corp. said late Wednesday it raised its quarterly dividend by 11 percent to 30 cents. The second-quarter dividend is payable on March 30 to shareholders of record as of March 3. | |
| News conferences were scheduled and telephone briefings were penciled in, but Washington advocacy groups were disappointed yet again Wednesday: The Supreme Court did not issue its long-awaited decision on campaign finance laws. | |
| Jan. 14 (Bloomberg) -- SA Taxi Finance , which provides funding to South Africa’s minibus taxi industry, said it plans to begin selling bonds by the middle of next year to boost capital available for loans. | |
| NEW YORK -- Shares of some top finance companies are up at 10 .: Bank of America rose $.08 or .5 percent, to $. Citigroup rose $.03 or .9 percent, to $. JPMorgan Chase rose $.10 or .2 percent, to $. | |
| Jan. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Bank Leumi Le-Israel Ltd. slid to the lowest in more than a month in Tel Aviv trading as Clal Finance Brokerage Ltd. downgraded the country’s five biggest lenders, citing increased competition and other challenges. | |
| ("STREET MOVES: Barclays Appoints Head of Global Leveraged Finance" at 12:28 EST misstated the title in the headline. The correct version follows:) NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Barclays Capital has appointed Jean-Francois Astier head of leveraged finance, Americas, according to a person familiar with the situation. | |
| Jan. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou said he will cut spending and freeze hiring in the public sector as he makes a “determined effort” to improve the country’s finances as the government submits a new stability and growth plan to the European Union to cut the deficit. |
Economic History
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| Interest rates fell in the bond market Thursday as disappointing economic news and strong demand at a government debt auction lifted Treasury prices. | |
| A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Thursday: | |
| Stock futures were narrowly mixed Thursday as investors avoid making big bets before new economic reports on jobless claims, retail sales and business inventories. | |
| A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Thursday: ------ FRANKFURT -- European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet indicated interest rates in the 16-country euro area would not be rising soon amid an uneven economic recovery, and dismissed speculation that Greece might leave the euro zone over its budget crisis. | |
| Jan. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Oil traded little changed near $80 in New York on speculation improving . corporate earnings and global confidence will signal a strengthening economic recovery. | |
| Jan. 14 (Bloomberg) -- German government bonds fell after a . Federal Reserve survey showed a broadening of the economic recovery, weakening demand for the perceived safety of fixed income before a meeting of European Central Bank policy makers. | |
| NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Paul Volcker, the chairman of President Barack Obama's Economic Recovery Advisory Board, made a forceful case Thursday against moves to reduce the Federal Reserve's powers. | |
| Highlights from the Federal Reserve's survey of economic conditions nationwide. The survey, released Wednesday and known as the Beige Book, is based on information collected from the Fed's 12 regional bank districts. | |
| Northern Colorado can look forward to few bright spots in the economic recovery this year, but economists say at least 2010 won't be as bad as last. Economists at the Northern Colorado Business Report's annual Economic Forecast on Thursday told more than 400 business people and executives from throughout the region at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Loveland that 2009 was the year to bottom out, but ... | |
| The dollar traded lower against the euro and the pound Wednesday on news the economic recovery is spreading to more parts of the country but has yet to spur hiring, while Germany's economy had its worst performance since World War II. |
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