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Finance History 2010-10-20 (20 October 2010 ) |
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| Australia plans to change laws to ensure Islamic finance products are taxed fairly as the government seeks to attract investors from the Middle East and Asia, paving the way for sukuk sales. | |
| PGG Wrightson Finance - one of just seven entities still covered by the Government's extended retail deposit guarantee scheme - has secured a three-year $100 million revolving-credit bank facility. read more | |
| Hedge-fund and private-equity regulations were approved by European Union finance ministers after they ended a dispute over requirements for fund managers from outside the EU. | |
| Unionists are now angry with Finance Ministry for ?breaking? agreement, not granting due bonuses for previous months. Chamber of Deputies? vote marks end of deadlock following the opposition?s refusal to take part in any debates of the House led by Roberta Anastase. | |
| Mexico?s finance committee in the lower house of congress will approve a 2011 budget that calls for a wider deficit and higher oil price than President Felipe Calderon originally proposed, lawmaker Roberto Gil Zuarth said. | |
| South Canterbury Finance's receiver hopes to appoint an adviser to assist with the sale of the failed finance company's Helicopters NZ and Scales Corporation businesses this week and expects a "very competitive" sales process will... | |
| Charlotte - Scale Finance LLC announces the hiring of two new professionals ? Alex Crenshaw in Charlotte and Kim Chambers in Raleigh. ?We?re grinding - now serving over 75 active clients,? said David Gilroy, Managing Director & Co-Founder. | |
| Gulf Finance House EC said it will seek shareholders? approval for an asset-swap transaction between the Bahrain-based investment bank and its Chairman Esam Janahi at a meeting on Oct. 31. | |
| An apparent compromise reached Monday would give countries that spend beyond their means a last chance to adjust their budgets before sanctions are imposed. | |
| Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda said Tuesday that policies implemented by some countries to intentionally weaken their currencies will be high on the agenda when financial chiefs from the Group of 20 nations meet this weekend in South Korea. Noda repeatedly said Japan believes China should introduce a more flexible currency policy and allow the yuan to appreciate at a faster pace against the ... |
Economic History|
| Economic growth continued at a sluggish pace over the past few weeks, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday, supporting views that the Fed might take action to spur the economy at its next policy meeting. In its latest snapshot of regional economic conditions, the Fed reported some bright spots in manufacturing, travel, tourism and auto sales, but still saw weakness in the housing market. | |
| The Federal Reserve?s monthly survey finds a continued modest expansion of the economy, as housing and construction remain weak. | |
| Japan downgraded its monthly economic assessment on Tuesday for the first time in 20 months, citing the rapid rise of the yen and a slowdown of exports and production. | |
| Blame who you want for our economic woes -- the President(s), Congress, Wall Street, Main Street, the mechanic down the street who overcharged you for new brakes -- but the end result is a workforce left battered and bruised, with a mistrust of business in general. The missteps of high-profile execs during tragedies like the BP oil spill serve only to reinforce our existing cynicism toward ... | |
| Economic news will remain a focus this week, although the bulk of traders attentions will be on earnings announcements. The fact that the Fed is expected to enter into a second round of quantitative easing will keep traders aware of economic data, although it is unlikely that any data announced between now and the FOMC meeting the first week of November will change the Feds decision to ease. Fed ... | |
| The Economic and Organised Crime Office is seeking to collate information from members of the public and other organised groups in carrying out its new mandate. | |
| A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Wednesday: ------ BEIJING -- China's Commerce Ministry said it will limit exports of rare earths -- exotic metals used in high-tech products -- to protect its environment but denied a report shipments will be cut by up to 30 percent next year. | |
| Westpac-MI index shows activity still above long-term trend. 20 Oct 2010 12:11 PM | |
| The ZEW economic expectations gauge, a measure of German investor sentiment, falls toward a two-year low in October, while the assessment of current conditions sees further improvement. | |
| Economic development in Upper Arlington is holding steady. |
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