|
Finance History 2010-12-01 (01 December 2010 ) |
| Print | |
|
| French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde thinks Eric Cantona should concentrate on football and not economic matters, after the former Manchester United star said banks must be punished for their role in the global recession. In an interview with Presse Ocean last month that has since become a YouTube hit, Cantona said millions of people could help to spark a revolution by withdrawing all their ... | |
| HSBC Finance Corp. said two offers to trade new debt for old expired on Tuesday with a total of nearly $ billion of old notes turned in for exchange. | |
| The Finance Committee continued its inquiry into preventative spending by taking evidence from Finance Secretary John Swinney. | |
| European Union finance ministers are expected to sign off on a bailout package of around 85 billion euros for Ireland at a meeting in Brussels on Sunday. Following are comment from ministers as they arrived for the 7 . EST (1200 GMT) gathering: | |
| A suit against an Arizona campaign finance law that the Supreme Court agreed to hear yesterday could be a ?game changer? in the world of campaign finance, according to Bill Maurer, lead counsel for Institute for Justice, a plaintiff in the suit. The suit takes on Arizona?s ?Clean Elections Act,? which requires the government to give more funding to a publicly funded candidate each time a ... | |
| European Union finance ministers are expected to sign off on a bailout package of around 85 billion euros for Ireland at a meeting in Brussels on Sunday. Following are comment from ministers as they arrived for the 7:00 . EST (1200 GMT) gathering: | |
| An old story of a slick businessman fleecing his customers. That familiarity hardly eases the fury and pain of those harmed | |
| China Finance Online Co., Ltd. , the technology-driven, user-focused market leader in China in providing vertically integrated financial services and products including news, data, analytics and brokerage through web portals, software systems, and mobile handsets, today announced its unaudited financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2010. | |
| NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings has assigned a 'BBB-' rating to NiSource Finance Corp.'s (NiSource Finance) proposed offering of $250 million notes due 2040 (notes). NiSource Finance is a wholly-owned special purpose finance subsidiary of NiSource Inc. (NI; rated 'BBB-' with a Stable Outlook by Fitch). The notes are unconditionally guaranteed by NI. Note proceeds, as well as funds drawn ... | |
| European Union finance ministers approved an 85 billion euro bailout for Ireland at a meeting in Brussels on Sunday. Following are comment from ministers and officials at the final news conference: |
Economic History|
| A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Tuesday: | |
| A government-appointed independent economic body gave Britain's Conservative-led coalition a boost Monday, raising its forecast for the .'s domestic economic growth this year and slashing its projection for public job cuts over the next four years. | |
| Australia's economic growth has fallen short of economists' forecasts, with the economy expanding by per cent in the 12 months to September. | |
| Oil prices advanced Wednesday as positive economic reports helped offset concerns about ongoing financial problems in Europe that have weighed on prices recently. | |
| Recovery of the world's economy is starting to lose speed and all signs point toward weaker growth next year, a new United Nations report said Wednesday. | |
| The latest economic indicators from Statistics Canada suggest that while the country's consumer spending and real gross domestic product are increasing, it's overall rate of economic growth is slowing. | |
| New England companies are becoming more optimistic about the economy, reporting improving business conditions and hiring modestly, according to a Federal Reserve survey released today. | |
| The Federal Reserve?s latest report on economic activity finds that the economy is starting to pick itself off the matt. | |
| Fed survey: factories and shoppers fuel stronger economic growth in most parts of country | |
| Australia's economic growth slowed between July and September as the high value of its currency hit export earnings. |
|
