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Finance History 2010-12-10 (10 December 2010 ) |
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| Broadlands Finance, the auto-financier controlled by Tony Radisich, had its credit rating cut two notches to B by Standard & Poor's | |
| Yahoo Finance announced Tuesday that is has begun pulling data from StockTwits's I, which curates stock-related conversation from Twitter tagged with $[stock symbol ] (. $AMZN) and messages sent through its own microblogging platform. | |
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| The bottom 50 percent of households will get nothing from the income tax cuts and perhaps $100 billion from the one-year extension of unemployment benefits and payroll tax relief. | |
| By Keith Mullin, Editor at Large, International Financing Review; the views expressed are his own. | |
| New Brunswick's finance minister has cleared up some confusion about upcoming cuts to education. | |
| The number of strong-wool farmers signing up to a proposed new co-operative aimed at dominating the wool industry has slowed, with growers unwilling to commit because they are cash-strapped. | |
| James P. McKenna, former candidate for attorney general, has been cited by the state Office of Campaign and Political Finance for a campaign finance violation, but was not fined or penalized because he immediately corrected the error. | |
| General Electric Co raised its dividend for a second time this year, a move the largest . conglomerate said signaled its growing confidence in the rebound of its finance arm. | |
| Following are comments by EU finance ministers and other officials after talks in Brussels on Tuesday. |
Economic History|
| A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Friday: | |
| South Korea's economic growth is set to slow to a more normal level of percent next year, the central bank said Friday in a report that warns of significant uncertainties for the outlook including tensions with North Korea. | |
| East Europe?s export-led economic recovery reached households in the third quarter, boosting growth in the Czech Republic, Estonia and Hungary as domestic spending rose following recessions last year. | |
| Economic data suggest that a 1 percentage point increase in China?s growth rate sustained over five years means an extra percentage point of growth for the rest of the world, two experts at the International Monetary Fund said after studying figures for the past two decades. | |
| What?s the matter with Portland? Economic argument and blame-throwing can be ceaseless, but there?s no denying the dismal numbers. The job creation, investment attraction and general economic vitality of the Portland region has been, by their own analysis, dismal relative to other great cities in the region and comparable cities nationwide. | |
| A speech in Brooklyn intensifies speculation about the New York City mayor?s political ambitions. | |
| President Obama plans to take his economic recovery message to a different forum this week - "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno." | |
| Economic conditions continue to improve at a modest pace in most . regions, thanks to strong performance in the manufacturing industry and an upswing in consumer confidence. | |
| A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Thursday: ------ MOSCOW -- Russia has agreed to scrap duties on oil it supplies to Belarus starting next year, and Minsk will pass on export duties on products made from the Russian oil to Moscow. | |
| Bruce Traughber, longtime city economic development director, is taking a top job with the University of Louisville Foundation's life-sciences business development firm. |
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