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Finance History 2010-01-27 (27 January 2010 ) |
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| In the first court hearing since the Supreme Court ruling on campaign finance regulations, a federal appeals court seemed poised Wednesday to strike down additional limits on money in politics. | |
| Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, the top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, said Wednesday that he will oppose confirmation of Ben S. Bernanke to a second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve. | |
| Democrats may try to block foreign corporations from spending money to influence . elections as they draft new campaign finance legislation this year. | |
| NEW YORK -- Shares of some top finance companies are up at noon: Bank of America rose $.25 or percent, to $. Citigroup rose $.08 or percent, to $. JPMorgan Chase rose $.57 or percent, to $. | |
| With corporations and unions free to spend unlimited amounts on campaign ads, court challenges could unravel other campaign-finance restrictions. | |
| With corporations and unions now free to spend unlimited amounts on campaign ads, a series of court challenges coast-to-coast could unravel other campaign-finance restrictions including limits on contributions to political groups. | |
| NEW YORK -- Shares of some top finance companies are up at 10 .: Bank of America rose $.16 or percent, to $. Citigroup rose $.01 or .3 percent, to $. JPMorgan Chase rose $.24 or .6 percent, to $. | |
| Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistan’s budgetary gap may exceed its target in the year ending June 30 because of higher spending including the cost of fighting militants in tribal areas, Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin said. | |
| BERLIN -(Dow Jones)- Hans Bernhard Beus will success Walther Otremba as Germany's deputy finance minister, a finance ministry spokesman said Wednesday. | |
| Leon County's charter-review committee is expected to take up a host of important issues Thursday night, from campaign-finance restrictions to a human-rights policy designed to protect citizens from discrimination. |
Economic History
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| Barack Obama will seek to rekindle the spirit of possibility and change that swept him to power on Wednesday in the first State of the Union speech of a presidency sagging under economic gloom. | |
| Europe's main stock markets slid Wednesday on concerns over economic recovery that also pushed Asian shares deeper into the red, dealers said. | |
| The risks of an uneven global economic recovery — powered by a booming China and held back by unemployment in the . and other wealthy nations — dominated the agenda Wednesday as the World Economic Forum opened in the Swiss Alps. | |
| The World Economic Forum, the annual gathering of government and corporate leaders in the Alpine ski resort in Davos, Switzerland, runs until Sunday, Jan. 31. | |
| Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Copper prices fell the most in four months on concern that China and the ., the world’s biggest metal users, will speed up plans to unwind economic-stimulus measures. | |
| As political and business leaders gather for the World Economic Forum in Davos, they will be breathing a sigh of relief. But be in no doubt; the world has changed | |
| A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Stock market - Economy - Business - Investing - Stocks and Bonds | |
| A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Wednesday: ------ LONDON -- World stock markets fell as another poor set of . housing data kept investors uneasy ahead of the latest statement from the . | |
| Leaders from world politics and business are joining with thinkers, artists and more at the five-day World Economic Forum in the Swiss Alpine resort of Davos. | |
| Barack Obama will Wednesday seek to rekindle the spirit of possibility and change that swept him to power, in the first State of the Union speech of a presidency sagging under economic gloom. |
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