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29 Dec 2010 19:21:20 GMTFinance Committee to hear requests Monday
County administration officials want to add nearly $26 million in projects to the county's capital budget, through amendments being brought before the County Council's Finance Committee Monday morning.
28 Dec 2010 21:05:30 GMTPersonal Finance Daily: Tax law means 2% pay hike in 2011
The new Tax Relief Act that lawmakers passed in December includes a break on Social Security payroll taxes that essentially means a 2% raise for many workers.
27 Dec 2010 15:52:15 GMTStronger global Islamic finance hub status
THE year 2010 saw the expansion of Islamic finance in Malaysia as the Islamic banking, takaful and Islamic capital market grew, in line with the economic recovery. During the year, the country strengthened its position as a global hub for Islamic finance, supported by the Malaysia International Islamic Financial Centre (MIFC) initiative. The highlight of the achievements in the local Islamic ...
28 Dec 2010 19:16:01 GMTTax credits to finance new arena at Mo. State Fair
Missouri is offering $343,000 in tax credits in hopes of enticing private donors to help finance a new livestock arena at the Missouri State Fair that the government can't afford to build on its own.
29 Dec 2010 07:19:03 GMTThe Finance Sector gets an Overhaul in 2011... - community blog from Brett King
The Finance Sector gets an Overhaul in 2011... In 2010 we had a bunch of innovative ideas become mainstream and start to impact the banking arena (for a full coverage see my post in Huffington .) However, 2011 promises to be more disruptive because as the economy finally starts to warm up, we'll be seeing a lot of new private equity investment into start-ups in the finance arena.
26 Dec 2010 12:17:30 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
28 Dec 2010 09:35:12 GMTThai Economic Growth Will Slow Next Year on Exports, Finance Ministry Says
Thailand?s economic growth will slow in 2011 as exports falter, the finance ministry said after a report today showed manufacturing expanded the least in a year.
28 Dec 2010 07:25:54 GMTFinance Ministry upgrades 2010 growth to %
The Ministry of Finance upgrades this year's economic growth forecast to per cent from the previous estimate of per cent, said the Fiscal Policy Office director-general Naris Chaiyasoot.
29 Dec 2010 01:33:42 GMTNew finance director faces many challenges
Glenn County's new finance director took the oath of office Monday and is on the job this week. Stanley T. Rozmaryn (pronounced rose-marian) was sworn in by Judge Donald Byrd in a brief ceremony. He takes the reins from Don Santoro who retired Dec....
27 Dec 2010 01:06:43 GMTFINANCE
Tom Henderson - The emergence of the once-tiny First Michigan Bank of Troy as a major player on the local banking scene has to be considered the big finance story of 2010.

Economic History

28 Dec 2010 16:38:30 GMTNew economic adviser, new direction?
President Obama's choice for top economic adviser will be a decision that could signal a new direction for the administration as it struggles to jumpstart the economy.
29 Dec 2010 18:40:05 GMTPopulation Changes Spurring Economic Shift to Asia
A global economic power shift is being accelerated by population growth in Asia?s emerging markets, while the . will be buoyed by a relatively youthful populace, according to analyses of international figures.
28 Dec 2010 18:39:59 GMTA look at economic developments around the globe
A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Tuesday:
29 Dec 2010 12:49:37 GMTEconomic Nationalism Is a Philosophy of War
It is certainly true that our age is full of conflicts which generate war. However, these conflicts do not spring from the operation of the unhampered market society. It is not capitalism that produces them but anticapitalistic policies.
29 Dec 2010 02:14:06 GMTEconomic downturn disrupted migration patterns, census data show
The long-standing population shift to Sunbelt states slowed while states with more jobs and affordable homes saw gains. The question is whether those changes will stick or old trends will return. One of the hallmarks of the American economy has been the mobility of its people ? the speed at which they pulled up stakes to seek better opportunities elsewhere.
29 Dec 2010 19:41:15 GMTBeleaguered Europe Seems to Stand Pat on Economic Strategy
. policy makers are offering more of the same, even though the last set of goals, aimed at making Europe the world?s most dynamic region by 2010, hasn?t hit the mark.
28 Dec 2010 17:27:24 GMTEconomic growth forecast raised to %
Better-than-expected economic conditions last month have prompted the Finance Ministry to upgrade its forecast of economic growth this year to per cent.
28 Dec 2010 19:34:35 GMTEconomic Outlook: The Christmas payoff
By ANTHONY HALL United Press International It is a critical economic barometer, the end point of retail, and this year it has economists tapping on the glass.
27 Dec 2010 14:48:39 GMTEconomic policies should be based on moral principles.
Here are readers? views...... Economic policies should be fair, transparent and in keeping with the interests of the society at large. Economic policies should be framed in keeping with the nation's interest in mind.
29 Dec 2010 02:00:19 GMTEconomic adviser pick could indicate new tack for Obama
HONOLULU | Among the first announcements President Obama will make upon returning from his Hawaiian vacation is his choice for top economic adviser, a decision that could signal a new direction for the administration as it struggles to jump-start the economy and wrestle down unemployment. It's far more than a ...
 
 

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