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Finance History 2010-11-04 (04 November 2010 ) |
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| Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold, the Democratic half of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law, lost his bid for a fourth term Tuesday. The 2002 law was the high-water mark in the regulation of money in national politics, but a Supreme Court ruling this year whittled away at his best-known legislation. | |
| Liberal Senator Cory Bernardi's tirade against Islamic, or Sharia, finance does no favours for our regional finance hub aspirations. 4 Nov 2010 10:24 AM | |
| THE FINANCE department plans to take a "more active role" in the granting of incentives based on a new bill it wants Congress to consider. | |
| Dubai, UAE, November 2, 2010: Gulf Finance Gulf Finance , a leading UAE based boutique finance company, has announced that it is geared up to target prospective boat buyers with its range of Marine Finance products at The Dubai Pre-Owned Boat Show that runs from November 4 th to 6 th , 2010, at the Dubai Creek Marina. | |
| LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Brazil's Finance Minister Guido Mantega on Thursday reportedly criticized the . Federal Reserve's decision to launch another round of quantitative easing. Mantega told reporters that the plan by the Fed to purchase $600 billion in bonds will create more imbalances globally, and that it won't produce what the . needs, which are jobs, he said. Brazil will log its ... | |
| A round-up of the biggest director deals today so far. | |
| COLUMBIA ? The city of Columbia will soon start the search for a new finance director. Lori Fleming, the current Finance Department director, has accepted a position as financial and budget advisor to the Honduran Finance Ministry, according to a news release from the city. City Manager Bill Watkins made the announcement Wednesday morning. Fleming's resignation from the city is effective Dec. 3 ... | |
| The Ukrainian Finance Ministry has proposed to expand a list of special gambling zones where casinos can open in Ukraine, while earlier the placement of casinos was planned only in four- and five-star hotels and Crimean resorts. | |
| The stock climbed as much as percent to 376 yen on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the biggest gain since Oct. 6, and traded at 373 yen as of 9:58 . local time. | |
| Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. , the movie company that filed for bankruptcy yesterday, said it expects to have $449 million in free cash flow in 2015 and to be able to finance new James Bond movies without help from a partner. |
Economic History|
| A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world | |
| Traders got a plethora of economic data to digest Wednesday, but the focus was firmly on the Fed. Several reports on the jobs market were released this morning, along with the ISM Non-Mfg. Index and motor vehicles sales results. These reports are important, but the FOMC statement was the event everyone was waiting for. The committee, as expected, announced a second round of quantitative easing ... | |
| Republicans now have a platform to voice their positions on economic policy, even if their bills never land on Obama's desk. Here's how they'll likely approach the hotly-debated issues. | |
| The economic recovery has lost momentum since earlier this year, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Wednesday, cutting its forecasts for growth in developed countries next year. | |
| Nations must cut excessive economic imbalances and be more fiscally responsible to reduce global economic uncertainty, a draft communique issued by Asia-Pacific finance ministers released Thursday says. | |
| JAKARTA: The government is optimistic Indonesia's economic growth in the third quarter of 2010 can hit %, up from the previous quarter, thanks to stronger investment and exports. | |
| China?s unprecedented economic growth over the past 40 years hasn?t produced comparable improvements in the health and education of its people, a United Nations report on global development said. | |
| By ANTHONY HALL United Press International Front page headlines spilled over onto business sections Wednesday after a national election that pivoted largely on economic issues. | |
| An economy growing 2 percent a year might be tolerable in normal times. Today, it's a near-disaster. | |
| See the percentage of undergraduates receiving federal Pell grants at various schools. |
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