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21 Dec 2010 19:11:56 GMTFinance company sector returns to profit
The finance company sector has recovered remarkably this year after a swag of receiverships and credit problems, KPMG said in a report on non-bank financial institutions.
21 Dec 2010 09:11:53 GMTFinance company sector's 'legacy of problem loans'
The finance company sector has a "legacy of problem loans" that are proving difficult to dispose of or recover despite improvements in profitability, margins and volume growth this observations are made in
21 Dec 2010 02:07:51 GMTFinance ministers agree to two-track approach to pension reform
Canada's finance ministers agreed Monday to keep alive the possibility of expanding the Canada Pension Plan ? with a careful examination of the financial consequences ? while also moving ahead with a private-sector framework for retirement savings.
21 Dec 2010 00:38:08 GMTFinance ministers agree on broad outlines of pension reform
Canada's finance ministers agreed Monday to a "framework" to create private pension plans, but are still considering reforms to the Canada Pension Plan as they try to solve the country's retirement woes.
20 Dec 2010 19:38:34 GMTPension reform compromise possible: Finance ministers
Finance ministers suggest there may be room for compromise in the debate over expanding CPP versus a private retirement plan Ottawa announced last week.
20 Dec 2010 22:38:14 GMTFinance ministers agree on PRPP framework
Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and his provincial counterparts have reached an agreement on a framework for a Pooled Registered Pension Plan.
21 Dec 2010 00:21:49 GMTFinance ministers agree to private pensions 'framework'
Canada?s finance ministers have agreed to a 'framework' to create private pension plans, but are still considering reforms to the Canada Pension Plan as they try to solve the country?s retirement woes
20 Dec 2010 01:52:50 GMTFinance minister rejects calls to enhance CPP
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is at odds with six provinces going into Monday?s finance ministers? meeting, after rejecting their call Sunday for Ottawa to reignite plans to enhance the Canada Pension Plan.
21 Dec 2010 02:59:12 GMTFinance ministers put off action to improve CPP
Federal and provincial finance ministers meeting in Alberta on Monday put off a decision on whether to improve the CPP.
21 Dec 2010 18:02:55 GMTWeathering the Storm: the Top & Bottom 5 Cities for Finance Jobs
Finance jobs have been slow to return to New York. The state's unemployment report reminded us of that yet again last week.

Economic History

21 Dec 2010 18:02:39 GMTA look at economic developments around the globe
A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Tuesday:
21 Dec 2010 17:20:08 GMTEconomic gauge posts fifth straight rise
A gauge of future economic activity rose in November, at the fastest pace since March, suggesting the economy will strengthen early next year.
21 Dec 2010 20:10:35 GMTEconomic lure wins approval
Economic development planners left a Boone County Commission meeting Tuesday with a new tool for recruiting data centers to Columbia?s Ewing Industrial Park.
20 Dec 2010 20:47:05 GMTA look at economic developments around the globe
(12-21) 10:02 PST , -- A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Tuesday: ___ MADRID _ Ratings agency Moody's warned it could downgrade Portugal's public debt because of...
21 Dec 2010 00:58:17 GMT2010 Census and politics: Are economic forces redrawing congressional map?
New population data from the Census Bureau this week will reshuffle political clout among the states, and the power shift may be amplified by economic forces as well as demographic ones. Simply put, some states have been gaining people because they offer cheaper housing or more abundant jobs.
20 Dec 2010 05:05:43 GMTEconomic policy report recommends changes for Ashland
Selectmen heard an economic policy report last week urging the town to move the police and fire departments and make zoning rules less convoluted.
21 Dec 2010 14:19:35 GMTEconomic Outlook: Accounting goes to court
By ANTHONY HALL United Press International New York State is moments away from pouncing on Lehman Brothers' accounting firm Ernest & Young, putting bookkeepers at center stage of the bank's collapse.
21 Dec 2010 10:20:26 GMTOil Advances Amid Optimism . Economic Growth Will Accelerate Next Year
Oil rose to a two-week high on speculation that economic growth in the . will accelerate next year, bolstering demand in the world?s biggest crude- consuming country.
20 Dec 2010 14:41:28 GMTEconomic woes getting severe
With the ceaseless incompetence on the part of the political leadership to forge consensus to bring a full-fledged budget, the already fragile economic performance has hit a new low.
20 Dec 2010 20:44:17 GMTGovernment sector to drag down economic recovery, forecast says
Another day, another economic forecast. This one, from Sung Won Sohn at Cal State Channel Islands, predicts a . unemployment rate of %, a California unemployment rate of % and national GDP growth of % next year. It also suggests...
 
 

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