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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 .
8 Jan 2011 13:20:40 GMTPersonal Finance Daily: The week?s 10 best Personal Finance stories
In case you missed them, here are the top 10 Personal Finance stories from MarketWatch for the week of Jan. 3-7.
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.
7 Jan 2011 22:19:02 GMTState attorney's office seizes records from Riviera finance department in ongoing probe
State attorney's office seizes records from Riviera finance department in ongoing probe
8 Jan 2011 01:51:50 GMTAuthorities seize records from Riviera Beach finance department in ongoing probe
The Palm Beach County State Attorney's Office removed records from Riviera Beach's finance department on Wednesday after presenting a search warrant.
9 Jan 2011 09:07:33 GMTPersonal Finance: Defusing the fear of muni bonds
Investors are panicky about losing their money in municipal bonds and have been calling their financial advisers for assurances since a recent 60 Minutes episode predicted massive bond defaults by local governments over the next 12 months.
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 ...
7 Jan 2011 22:49:27 GMT5 Ways to Finance Retirement Until Age 100
Here is how to protect yourself from outliving your savings.
8 Jan 2011 09:28:39 GMTHuether appoints finance director
Sioux Falls Mayor Mike Huether announced Friday that Tracy Turbak is his appointment as the next director of finance for the city. Turbak has been finance officer for the city of Watertown since 2003. He will replace Eugene Rowenhorst, who retired in October. Rowenhorst was with the city about six years. Huether called Turbak a "seasoned veteran" and said he will "come out of the blocks ...
7 Jan 2011 21:27:04 GMTFinance & Commerce?s Week in Review (Dec. 31-Jan. 7)
Here?s a recap of the week?s top stories published by Finance and Commerce during the past week.

Economic History

9 Jan 2011 14:21:27 GMTEconomic Preview: Retail data could show the virtuous cycle at work
Economic data next week may show that a virtuous circle is starting to turn in the economy - with higher spending leading businesses to hire and leading to higher incomes and more spending.
7 Jan 2011 23:11:46 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 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 20:59:21 GMTObama completes his new economic team with additional appointments
President Obama completed the rebuilding of his economic team Friday, formally naming Gene Sperling as the replacement for Larry Summers and announcing three other appointments. "Now, part of our mission -- part of this team?s mission -- in the months...
8 Jan 2011 03:56:00 GMTObama names Sperling to head National Economic Council
With the economy shifting from crisis to recovery, President Obama completed an overhaul of his economic team Friday that relies heavily on veterans of the Clinton administration to wage the coming battle with Republicans over spending, taxes and government's role in society.
9 Jan 2011 20:53:30 GMTAt economic forum, China's rise is inevitable
To hear a number of prominent economists tell it, it doesn't look good for the . economy, not this year, not in 10 years.
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 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.
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.
8 Jan 2011 10:06:49 GMTObama revamps his economic team, signals bipartisanship to GOP
With his presidency tied to the fate of the economy, Barack Obama is revamping his economic policy team and signaling cooperation to ascendant Republicans and the business community at a pivotal moment in the nation's recovery and Washington politics.
 
 

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