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Finance History 2010-01-23 (23 January 2010 ) |
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| Fresh off a fighting stance at an Ohio event, President Obama aimed a haymaker at the Supreme Court in his Saturday morning address, saying a 5-4 ruling striking down the 2002 McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform law undermines the Republic by giving “voice to the powerful interests that already drown out the voices of everyday Americans.” | |
| In case you missed them, here are the top 10 Personal Finance stories from MarketWatch for the week of Jan. 18-22: | |
| The number of states requiring public high schools to offer a personal finance course rose from nine to 15 between 2007 and 2009, according to the Council for Economic Education. Thirteen states require a personal finance course for graduation, up from seven in 2007. Many schools elsewhere offer or require such courses. The . Treasury Department also recently announced a national award ... | |
| The Supreme Court's campaign finance ruling was based on the US Constitution. This makes it particularly hard for Congress to do anything but modify campaign finance law – public disclosure provisions, for example. | |
| (Washington, DC) -- President Obama is continuing his attack against the Supreme Court decision overturning the bipartisan campaign finance law. | |
| WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Thursday announced a plan to limit the size and scope of US banks and finance firms in a bid to roll back corporate excess and limit dangerous risk-taking. | |
| LONDON - Britain's banks have said they are studying proposals by US President Barack Obama to limit the size and scope of American banks and finance firms to work out whether they want to head the same way. | |
| Fifth Street Finance Corp. on Friday priced a public stock offering of 7 million shares at $ each. | |
| Fifth Street Finance Corp. on Friday issued a first-quarter profit estimate that could fall short of Wall Street expectations. | |
| The White House and Democratic lawmakers are moving swiftly to come up with new restraints on corporate political spending, including advertising limits on any company receiving bailout money, to blunt the impact of a Supreme Court ruling President Barack Obama calls "devastating." |
Economic History
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| One year in, President Barack Obama faces a perilous economic choice. He can't pull back the stimulus too quickly, despite the public's concerns about rising deficits, because that could kill a fragile recovery. If he steps too hard on the accelerator to create more jobs, responding to another voter imperative, he risks feeding inflation and restarting the dangerous cycle. | |
| One year in, President Barack Obama faces a perilous economic choice. He can't pull back the stimulus too quickly, despite the public's concerns about rising deficits, because that could kill a fragile recovery. If he steps too hard on the gas to create more jobs, responding to another voter imperative, he risks feeding inflation and restarting the dangerous cycle. | |
| One year in, President Barack Obama faces a perilous economic choice. He can't pull back the stimulus too quickly, despite the public's concerns about rising deficits, because that could kill a fragile recovery. | |
| Obama under pressure to produce jobs, faces daunting economic and political challenges in 2010 Barack Obama - United States - Politics - Economic - Presidential | |
| One year in, President Barack Obama faces a perilous economic choice. He can't pull back the stimulus too quickly, despite the public's concerns about rising deficits, because that could kill a fragile recovery. If he steps too hard on the gas to create more jobs, responding to another voter imperative, he risks feeding inflation and restarting the dangerous cycle. The GOP Senate upset in ... | |
| WASHINGTON - One year in, President Barack Obama faces a perilous economic choice. | |
| Obama scrambles to revive economic optimism, protect Bernanke's job leading Fed BenBernanke - Barack Obama - United States - Federal Reserve System - Politics | |
| The World Bank forecasted in its latest report that Iran's economic growth will reach percent in 2010. The report stated that Iran's growth in 2008 and 2009 reached percent and 1 percent respectively. | |
| I sent out an e-mail to a few numbers-watchers I know, asking what was their "least favorite economic indicator?"Read more: /2010/01/22/the-most-overrated-economic-indicators/#ixzz0dMh3E4XT | |
| Talks between India and Japan on signing a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement are at an advanced stage, commerce & industries minister Anand Sharma said on Saturday. |
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