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24 Jan 2011 00:27:11 GMTGreek Finance Minister Reiterates No Need to Restructure Country's Debts
Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou reiterated that his nation doesn’t need to restructure about 300 billion euros ($409 billion) of debt.
24 Jan 2011 00:39:29 GMTFinance Bill 'at heart of debate'
THE “DRACONIAN” Finance Bill should not be fast-tracked in advance of the upcoming general election, Socialist Party MEP Joe Higgins said yesterday.
24 Jan 2011 18:41:15 GMTSpanish Banks Capital Need Won't Exceed $27 Billion, Finance Minister Says
Spanish Finance Minister Elena Salgado said the amount needed to recapitalize the country’s banking system won’t exceed 20 billion euros ($27 billion) and “all or part” of that sum will come from financial markets.
24 Jan 2011 18:23:04 GMTAscension Finance Department receives second national award
For the second year in a row, the Ascension Parish Department of Finance has received the government finance industry’s Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting.
24 Jan 2011 14:12:16 GMTPersonal Finance: Lessons from the downturn
People are feeling better about their 401(k), IRA, and college-fund balances after a 95 percent upswing in the stock market healed some of the hurt from 2008 and early 2009.
24 Jan 2011 09:00:29 GMTLenihan and Opposition reach deal on Finance Bill
Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan and Opposition parties this evening announced a deal has been reached on a timetable for passing the Finance Bill.
24 Jan 2011 19:23:49 GMTIrish election likely to be held in late February
Ireland's finance minister said on Monday that he expected parliament to pass the finance bill by Saturday and opposition parties said that meant an election was likely to be brought forward to late February.
24 Jan 2011 09:27:56 GMTFinance committee talks cuts, services
HUDSON -- Just 18 days into 2011, City Treasurer Eileen Halloran and the Common Council finance committee are already thinking ahead to budget talks.
24 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMTWhat Behavioural Finance Can Do For You
If you believe in the efficient market hypothesis then please read no , on the other hand, you think a lot of people get the investing game wrong a lot of the time -- then knowledge of behavioural ...
21 Jan 2011 17:51:56 GMTPressure over Irish finance bill
The Irish government is due to publish its controversial Finance Bill on Friday, amid growing calls for Prime Minister Brian Cowen to step down.

Economic History

22 Jan 2011 21:46:54 GMTRoyal Wedding One of Several Economic Booms for Britain in Two Years
Despite the economic recovery in early 2011, the royal wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton on April 29 will be less lavish than that of Prince Charles and Princess Diana.
24 Jan 2011 18:04:13 GMT3 Ways to Play the Economic Data in 2011
BALTIMORE (Stockpickr) -- Since the financial crisis of 2008, economic data have become a mainstream indicator of the world's market pulse. Suddenly, Main Street investors are paying attention to metrics such as housing starts and jobless claims, and the broad market is reacting directly to new data as soon as it hits the street. For investors, that increased interest in economic data is a trend ...
22 Jan 2011 17:52:52 GMTLebanon political crisis threatens economic gains
The political crisis in Lebanon is threatening to derail economic progress after a year that saw 7 percent economic growth, a record number of tourists and bank deposits among the highest in the Middle East.
23 Jan 2011 13:24:24 GMTAustralian Floods Have ‘Enormous’ Economic Impact, Swan Says
Australia faces an “enormous” economic impact from the worst floods in Queensland state in almost 40 years, with coal exports likely to be one of the “biggest casualties,” Treasurer Wayne Swan said.
24 Jan 2011 02:41:00 GMTEconomic events for the week beginning Jan. 24
The highlights in economic news this week will be a Federal Reserve meeting and the release of fourth-quarter gross domestic product data.
21 Jan 2011 22:47:10 GMTObama names GE head to lead new economic council
President Obama announced the creation of an economic advisory council Friday that will be headed by Jeffrey Immelt, the chief executive and chairman of General Electric.
24 Jan 2011 13:49:45 GMTEconomic cost of natural disasters $109 billion in 2010: .
GENEVA —Natural disasters caused $109 billion in economic damage last year, three times more than in 2009, with Chile and China bearing most of the cost, the United Nations said on Monday.
24 Jan 2011 14:35:35 GMTEconomic Outlook: Reversing course
By ANTHONY HALL United Press International Central banks in Europe and the United States may soon reverse their monetary policies by raising interest rates to slow what is already a slow recovery.
23 Jan 2011 20:15:57 GMTPortugal elects president amid economic worries
Portugal elected its conservative president to a second term Sunday, exit polls indicated, delivering a harsh political setback to the minority Socialist government, which is struggling to contain an acute economic crisis.
23 Jan 2011 14:05:40 GMTEconomic Preview: . economy in slow jog toward recovery
Latest batch of . economic data likely to underscore tortoise-like pace of growth.
 
 

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