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Finance History 2010-10-23 (23 October 2010 ) | Print |
22 Oct 2010 12:04:24 GMTFinance Committee adopts new policies
TOWNSEND -- Finance Committee approved new financial management policies designed to provide future guidelines for budgeting and debt management.
22 Oct 2010 07:15:35 GMTG20 finance chiefs confront currency tensions
Global finance figures get another chance this week to defuse international currency tensions as a festering dispute over exchange rates overshadows debate about reforming the world economy.
23 Oct 2010 13:14:58 GMTHighlights: G20 finance chiefs on fx, global imbalances, IMF
The Group of 20 advanced and emerging economies agreed on Saturday to move toward market-determined exchange rates and to pursue the full range of policies needed to reduce excessive external imbalances.
21 Oct 2010 10:20:28 GMTG20 finance chiefs face tough task on currencies
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.
22 Oct 2010 15:38:15 GMTTimothy Geithner's call for currency appreciation rattles G20 finance officials
Japan called US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner 'unrealistic,' while India doubted he would have support among emerging economies at the G20 summit next month.
21 Oct 2010 20:26:42 GMTSummary Box: G20 finance chiefs tackle currencies
CURRENCY AFFAIRS: Global finance leaders get another chance this week to defuse international currency tensions that overshadow debate about reforming the world economy.
22 Oct 2010 01:59:06 GMTStrategic Finance receivers say offers low
The receivers of Strategic Finance Ltd said offers they received for the failed finance company's loan book were well below their lowest loan book consists of 87 loans, and it had a total ...
23 Oct 2010 10:02:01 GMTWorld finance ministers agree IMF shake-up
The Group of 20 nations struck a hard-fought agreement Saturday on reforming the IMF to give a greater say to emerging nations such as China in the world's financial watchdog.
22 Oct 2010 03:53:50 GMTG7 finance chiefs meet ahead of G20
Finance ministers of the G7 industrialised nations have started talks, an official says, ahead of a broader G20 meeting.
23 Oct 2010 11:50:00 GMTRussia Finance Minister seeks more control over state companies
Russia's finance ministry is seeking the right to approve big borrowing and investment plans of state-controlled companies in order to better coordinate issuance and crackdown on any excesses.

Economic History

21 Oct 2010 14:16:32 GMTEconomic Report: Sept. leading economic index up %
. economic growth is ?slow? and doesn?t have momentum, the Conference Board says, as it reports that its leading economic index rose % in September.
23 Oct 2010 06:13:30 GMTEconomic forecasters to speak in Norwich
Two top state economic-development consultants will give a presentation at Norwich City Hall on Tuesday morning on current conditions and forecasts for short-term and long-term growth in the region.
22 Oct 2010 17:09:36 GMTA look at economic developments around the globe
A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Friday: ------ GYEONGJU, South Korea -- The . pressed emerging nations to set targets to reduce their vast trade surpluses with the West, a plan that could see their currencies rise, as a global finance summit fumbled for ways to reduce tensions that threaten to escalate into a trade war.
20 Oct 2010 18:32:16 GMTFed: Economic growth still 'modest'
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.
22 Oct 2010 14:32:32 GMTEconomic growth gauge falls to six-week low: ECRI
A measure of future . economic growth fell to a six-week low in the latest week, while the index's annualized growth rate rose to an 18-week high, a research group said on Friday.
21 Oct 2010 20:28:12 GMTSummary Box: China's economic growth slows
ECONOMIC GROWTH SLOWS: China's economic growth slowed in the latest quarter as Beijing steered its expansion to a more sustainable level.
21 Oct 2010 00:25:01 GMTRussia nears membership in world economic club
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.
21 Oct 2010 13:21:33 GMTEconomic Outlook: A rebalancing act
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.
22 Oct 2010 09:31:00 GMTEconomic Report: Ifo index jump shows Germany powering on
The Munich-based Ifo Institute?s business-climate indicator rises in October to its highest level since May 2007, showing Europe?s largest economy continues to plow ahead.
22 Oct 2010 02:42:52 GMTG20 officials pour cold water on . economic plans
A global agreement to tackle economic imbalances and fend off the prospect of damaging currency devaluations looked set to evade finance officials at the G20 meeting in South Korea.
 
 

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