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Finance History 2010-10-21 (21 October 2010 ) |
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| Global finance mandarins get another chance this week to defuse international currency tensions as a festering dispute over exchange rates overshadows debate about reforming the world economy. | |
| The successes of McCain-Feingold are unraveling, and prospects look dimmer by the day | |
| The irony is hard to miss: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), a co-architect of one of the most sweeping campaign finance laws in . history, was accused by Democrats on Wednesday of violating that very statute. | |
| Global finance mandarins get another chance this week to defuse international currency tensions. | |
| 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. | |
| As economic growth slows and the cost of servicing its debt rises, Ireland faces tax hikes and public spending cuts harsher than anyone anticipated | |
| In an economy where there aren't enough jobs and families are struggling to pay their bills, can churches help people pray away their debt? | |
| 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 | |
| On Wednesday night, the Georgetown Finance and Advisory Board unanimously voted to recommend to the Board of Selectmen that the warrant article regarding the feasibility study for Penn Brook School be put on the warrant for fall Town Meeting, and therefore, that the meeting be held. | |
| 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. |
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. | |
| MOSCOW - After a century in the economic cold, Russia is close to coming inside, with encouragement and promises of help from an array of Americans, including President Obama, Arnold Schwarzenegger and intrigued venture capitalists. | |
| . economic growth is ?slow? and doesn?t have momentum, the Conference Board says, as it reports that its leading economic index rose % in September. | |
| An index of ten leading indicators on the economy's health rose by a modest pace in September, confirming yet again that the . recovery is still sluggish. | |
| The governor's economic development office has begun a new television and Internet advertising campaign aimed at attracting businesses to Montana. | |
| By ANTHONY HALL United Press International Anyone who read . economic reports in August needed to keep a bottle of aspirin nearby or suffer the consequences. It was getting at least that grim. | |
| The Philadelphia Fed?s business outlook survey reports that its index of current activity, the broadest measure of manufacturing conditions in the district, increased to in October from negative in September. | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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. | |
| China?s economic growth cools in the third quarter, while September consumer prices rise at their strongest pace in nearly two years, but analysts say there are few signs of a ?double-dip? slowdown. |
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