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Finance History 2010-01-30 (30 January 2010 ) |
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| In case you missed them, here are the top 10 Personal Finance stories from MarketWatch for the week of Jan. 25-29: | |
| The Finance Ministry launched a special project team Friday in an attempt to overhaul the way its officials work. The initiative is aimed at cutting their long hours of overtime and improve the current personnel system. Finance Minister Naoto Kan joked this will enable officials to go out on a date on weekdays. | |
| The rating impact of recent Lehman Brothers court rulings in the English Court of Appeal and the . Bankruptcy Court on existing structured finance ratings could be "wide-ranging" globally, Fitch Ratings said on Friday. | |
| WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court's decision on campaign finance has jumbled a seemingly simple rule of American politics — foreigners should play no role in . elections. | |
| THE RECOVERY of millions of dollars owing to investors in two failed Nelson finance businesses is turning from an ugly mess into a legal quagmire amid deepening suspicion over several transactions leading up to their collapse. | |
| The recovery of millions of dollars owing to investors in two failed Nelson finance businesses is turning from an ugly mess into a legal quagmire amid deepening suspicion over several transactions leading up to their collapse. | |
| LONDON, Jan 30 — Football finance expert Keith Harris said today he had been approached by wealthy and disgruntled Manchester United fans to try to broker a takeover of the club. He said Manchester United’s Supporters Trust had held meetings with influential supporters who were interested in investigating a change of ownership and ending the huge debt strategy employed by the current American ... | |
| WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court's decision on campaign finance has jumbled a seemingly simple rule of American politics — foreigners should play no role in . elections. President Barack Obam... | |
| NEW YORK -- Shares of some top finance companies were mixed at the close of trading: Bank of America fell $.19 or percent, to $. Citigroup rose $.08 or percent, to $. JPMorgan Chase fell $.54 or percent, to $. | |
| The sober, sprawling State of the Union address that President Obama delivered last week was marked by one extraordinary moment. It came when the president looked down at six robed members of the Supreme Court, seated directly in front of him, and criticized their recent 5 to 4 decision that he s... |
Economic History
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| Davos: Waiting to Exhale at the World Economic Forum | |
| A heavy hitting panel on the outlook for the global economy -- President Obama's chief economic advi | |
| 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. | |
| The . economy spiked in the final months of 2009, growing at its fastest rate in six years according to the Commerce Department. But millions of Americans are still out of work, a problem President Barack Obama hopes to address with a new, $33-billion job creation package. Guest host Audie Cornish talks with New York Times economics columnist David Leonhardt about the latest economic numbers. | |
| Around 100 protesters have gathered in Davos in the Swiss Alps to demonstrate against the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. | |
| President Barack Obama has staunchly defended his economic policies in a visit with House Republicans, although he acknowledged the administration initially underestimated how high national joblessness would go. | |
| A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Friday: | |
| WASHINGTON - Trimming budget deficits is as important as creating jobs to sustain the economic recovery, President Barack Obama said Saturday. | |
| Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has brought the dominant world order under question, saying it has reached an impasse in economic terms. | |
| Leading shares ended higher in London on Friday as sentiment was lifted by data showing stronger-than-expected US economic growth chalked up in the final quarter of last year. |
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