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6 Jan 2011 05:46:18 GMTJunior Finance Minister Menzies Says Canada Should Focus on Paring Deficit
Canada?s new junior finance minister said the next budget should focus on deficit reduction and measures to boost employment .
7 Jan 2011 09:54:52 GMTFinance Committee backs library articles
SHREWSBURY - The Finance Committee voted last night to recommend two town meeting articles connected with the proposed $19 million library renovation-expansion project.
5 Jan 2011 22:02:59 GMTWidow of Edwards' finance chair at grand jury
The widow of the finance chairman of John Edwards' two presidential bids appeared Wednesday before a federal grand jury that has been looking into the former North Carolina senator's campaign spending.
5 Jan 2011 17:44:38 GMTFifth Street Finance closes $ in deals in 1Q
Specialty finance company Fifth Street Finance Corp. on Wednesday said that it closed $ million of investments during its fiscal first quarter, which ended Dec. 31.
6 Jan 2011 17:44:08 GMTFinance types praise Daley
The money crowd just can't stop gushing about William Daley ? but not, they stress, because he's a banker.
7 Jan 2011 17:55:51 GMTWorld Finance 100 Announced
LONDON, January 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ 2009 was the inaugural year of the World Finance 100, which was recognised as a success and utilised by many as the go-to publication for industry leaders. The website dedicated to the list has also ?
6 Jan 2011 20:21:05 GMTPersonal finance expert Suze Orman gets OWN show
Personal finance expert Suze Orman is getting her own prime-time show on Oprah Winfrey's new OWN network.
6 Jan 2011 21:23:13 GMTFinance Expert Suze Orman Lands Prime-Time Show on Oprah Winfrey?s OWN Network
Staff ?Money Class? is scheduled to premiere in the fall on OWN Personal finance expert Suze Orman has landed her own prime-time series on Oprah Winfrey?s recently launched OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network. The news was confirmed in a press release issued by the network Thursday. Chief creative officer for OWN, Lisa Erspamer, praised the network?s new addition by saying, ?Suze ...
5 Jan 2011 22:53:33 GMTYemen Plans First Sukuk Offering to Fund Budget Deficit: Islamic Finance
Yemen, the poorest country in the Middle East, plans to sell $500 million of local currency Islamic bonds for the first time to fund the budget deficit and spur the Shariah-compliant finance industry.
4 Jan 2011 21:34:52 GMTS&P rates Berkshire Hathaway Finance debt 'AA+'
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Tuesday gave an investment grade rating to the debt issued by Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp.

Economic History

7 Jan 2011 13:59:18 GMTObama bolsters economic team
President Obama announced key members of his economic team Friday as the administration tries to nudge the . economy into a higher gear.
7 Jan 2011 18:11:20 GMTWith Appointments, Obama?s Economic Team Shifts to Focus on Recovery
The president completed a midterm makeover by naming Gene B. Sperling as senior economic adviser in the White House.
7 Jan 2011 19:20:58 GMTObama?s new economic team is a little more centrist
By Jim Tankersley and Edmund Andrews National Journal President Obama's new circle of economic advisors is most notable for what it is not. It is not more protectionist, or populist, or Keynesian, than Obama's original economic team. It's not particularly ?
7 Jan 2011 18:04:57 GMTObama reshapes economic team, taps another Clinton vet
President Barack Obama reshaped his economic team on Friday, picking another veteran of the Clinton administration in a staff shake-up aimed at driving the recovery and winning re-election in 2012.
7 Jan 2011 17:51:17 GMTObama appoints new White House economic adviser
President Barack Obama named veteran adviser Gene Sperling as director of the National Economic Council Friday, placing a Washington insider with a bipartisan nature in the White House as the administration contends with a divided Congress.
7 Jan 2011 18:56:08 GMTA Look at Economic Developments Around the Globe
A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world
7 Jan 2011 14:42:04 GMTStudy suggests economic insecurity boosts obesity
The stress of being exposed to economic insecurity may mean people living in countries with so-called "free market" economies are more likely to become obese, British researchers said on Friday.
6 Jan 2011 12:41:59 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.
7 Jan 2011 17:32:36 GMTObama Taps Sperling as Top Economic Adviser
President Obama continues the makeover of his senior staff today with the appointment of top economic advisers who will oversee the administration's approach to job growth and recovery from the recession.
7 Jan 2011 11:10:19 GMTObama to name Sperling new economic adviser
President Barack Obama, retooling his economic team to boost sluggish . growth and tackle emboldened Republicans, will on Friday name Gene Sperling as the new head of his National Economic Council.
 
 

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