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26 Feb 2010 17:16:17 GMTMidday Glance: Finance companies ( via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK -- Shares of some top finance companies are up at noon: Bank of America rose $.08 or .5 percent, to $. Citigroup rose $.01 or .3 percent, to $. JPMorgan Chase rose $ or percent, to $.
26 Feb 2010 15:32:03 GMTEarly Glance: Finance companies ( via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK -- Shares of some top finance companies are mixed at 10 .: Bank of America fell $.02 or .1 percent, to $. Citigroup rose $.04 or percent, to $. JPMorgan Chase rose $.45 or percent, to $.
26 Feb 2010 12:52:17 GMTIndian Finance Shares Gain on Banking Licenses Plan (Update2) (Bloomberg)
Feb. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Indian finance companies including Bajaj Auto Finance Ltd. and Reliance Capital Ltd. rose in Mumbai trading after Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said the central bank may give more banking licenses to private sector companies.
26 Feb 2010 09:48:38 GMTFinance leaders' future optimism (BBC News)
There are signs Jersey's business market is on the up, the body that represents the island's finance industry says.
26 Feb 2010 20:07:41 GMTFormer finance broker jailed (NZPA via Yahoo!Xtra News)
Former Tauranga finance broker Andrew Graham Tilson, 38, was jailed yesterday for 18 months after earlier pleading guilty to four counts of forgery, two counts of uttering and a charge of using an altered document.
26 Feb 2010 21:17:18 GMTFinance official named Bank of Canada deputy
A senior official at the Department of Finance and Canada's deputy at the G7 is moving on to a senior role at the Bank of Canada.
26 Feb 2010 19:53:42 GMTBusiness : Saudi Mortgage Finance Law to be Enacted Soon (Khaleej Times)
JEDDAH - Although the mortgage industry in Saudi Arabia is nascent and a mortgage law has yet to be enacted, the Kingdom has historically maintained successful financial industry regulation and economic policies, according to a report by Capitas Group International, or CGI, a specialist in Shariah-compliant mortgage finance.
26 Feb 2010 17:44:02 GMTStandard Chartered to buy GE's Hong Kong consumer finance business (Business Times (Malaysia))
HONG KONG: Standard Chartered Bank plc said it had agreed to buy General Electric Corp's Hong Kong consumer finance business, a transaction that will add a roughly US$1 billion (US$1 = ) mortgage portfolio to the bank's Hong Kong consumer banking business.
26 Feb 2010 20:00:35 GMTNo impact on inflation in medium term: Finance Secretary (The Hindu)
NEW DELHI: Finance Secretary Ashok Chawla on Friday defended the budgetary proposals and did not think the duty on petro-products would add to the inflationary pressures in a big way.
26 Feb 2010 17:00:00 GMTStandard Chartered to buy GE's Hong Kong consumer finance business (Business Times (Malaysia))
HONG KONG: Standard Chartered Bank plc said it had agreed to buy General Electric Corp's Hong Kong consumer finance business, a transaction that will add a roughly US$1 billion (US$1 = ) mortgage portfolio to the bank's Hong Kong consumer banking business. The companies aim to complete the deal in the first half of 2010, said Standard Chartered spokeswoman Gabriel Kwan yesterday. At the ...

Economic History


26 Feb 2010 21:38:10 GMTStocks edge higher after mixed economic news ( via Yahoo! News)
The stock market eked out a gain Friday as investors took downbeat economic news in stride.
26 Feb 2010 21:59:02 GMTDollar softens amid mixed economic reports ( via Yahoo! News)
The dollar softened against major currencies Friday amid mixed economic reports, while concerns over European debt eased somewhat and inflation in the euro zone slowed.
26 Feb 2010 21:13:41 GMTStock market: Stocks edge higher after mixed economic news (USA Today)
The stock market managed a modest gain Friday as investors seemed to shake off the latest round of downbeat economic news.
26 Feb 2010 20:00:39 GMTRates fall after mixed economic news ( via Yahoo! News)
Interest rates fell in the bond market Friday after another surprisingly weak economic reading.
26 Feb 2010 19:58:11 GMTWall Street edges up in low volume on mixed economic data ( via Yahoo! News)
Stocks looked set to make their best monthly advance since November on Friday in a seesaw session as a drop in the . dollar offset economic reports that came in mostly weaker than expected.
26 Feb 2010 18:02:27 GMTWall Street flat in choppy trade on mixed economic data ( via Yahoo! News)
Stocks seesawed on Friday as a fall in the . dollar offset economic reports that came in mostly weaker than expected.
26 Feb 2010 17:07:29 GMTWorld markets get lift from solid economic data ( via Yahoo! News)
World markets rose Friday after mostly solid economic data helped shore up investor optimism, at the end of a week when concerns about Greece's debt crisis and the . recovery from recession have weighed on sentiment.
26 Feb 2010 14:48:28 GMTTreasurys gain on economic news (CNN Money)
Treasury prices rose Friday as economic reports and ongoing concerns about Greece's fiscal problems boosted demand for the safety of . debt.
26 Feb 2010 21:42:37 GMTStocks edge higher after mixed economic news ( via Yahoo! Finance)
The stock market eked out a gain Friday as investors took downbeat economic news in stride. The modest gains still left stocks with a loss for the week but the Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poor's 500 index logged their best month since November.
26 Feb 2010 21:39:06 GMTTreasuries Advance on Economic Reports, Greece Ratings Concern (Bloomberg)
Feb. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Treasuries gained, with longer-term securities leading the advance, as weaker-than-expected economic data and the threat of ratings cuts for Greece fueled demand for the safety of . government debt.
 
 

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