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| Shirakawa BOJ Expansion Gets No Respect as Stocks Cheer Exit Bloomberg Governor Masaaki Shirakawa expanded the Bank of Japan's assets by 50 percent, introduced an inflation target and safeguarded his nation's banking system from shocks. Yet when he announced he was leaving three weeks early, stocks soared to a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Dollar climbs to three-and-a-half-year high vs yen before US jobs Reuters By Masayuki Kitano and Ian Chua. SINGAPORE/SYDNEY | Fri Mar 8, 2013 1:14am EST. SINGAPORE/SYDNEY (Reuters) - The dollar surged to a 3-1/2-year high against the yen on Friday, with the near-term focus on whether U.S. jobs data will fuel hopes for ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| US net worth back to pre-recession level USA TODAY WASHINGTON (AP) — It took 5½ years. Surging stock prices and steady home-price increases have finally allowed Americans to regain the $16 trillion in wealth they lost to the Great Recession. The gains are helping support the economy and could lead to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| LA harbor commissioners OK rail yard near port Los Angeles Times Over the objections of environmentalists, community groups and neighboring Long Beach officials, Los Angeles harbor commissioners on Thursday approved a $500-million rail yard that could dramatically boost business but also drive more noise and dirty ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Commerce Minister Chen Adds Voice to China Concerns on Yen Bloomberg China's Commerce Minister Chen Deming added his voice to policy makers' concerns that depreciation of major currencies including the yen will hurt emerging economies. "Relatively large depreciation of those major currencies including the Japanese yen, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Citigroup Seeks $1.2B of Buybacks After 2012 Rejection Businessweek Citigroup Inc. (C), the third-biggest U.S. bank, asked the Federal Reserve for permission to buy back $1.2 billion of shares without seeking a dividend (C) increase a year after its previous request was rejected. The planned repurchases would "offset estimated ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Icahn Unbound Takes Activism to New Peak in Deal Fights Bloomberg Carl Icahn never shied away from picking a fight with a company he deemed undervalued or poorly run. In the past two months, he's taken to meddling in investments put together by others. At Dell Inc. (DELL), Icahn is opposing founder Michael Dell and Silver ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| China Export Surge Helps New Leaders Sustain Rebound: Economy Bloomberg China's exports exceeded forecasts in February, an indication that improving global demand may help to sustain the rebound in the world's second-biggest economy. Overseas shipments increased 21.8 percent from a year earlier, the customs administration ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Boeing Had Considered Battery Fire Nearly Impossible, Report Says Wall Street Journal Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood wants answers from Boeing regarding its plan to fix defective batteries in its 787 Dreamliner. Andy Pasztor explains that could further delay the company's timetable for getting the planes back in the air. Photo: Getty ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| H&R Block loss widens, sees cost cuts boosting 2013 earnings Reuters Thu Mar 7, 2013 5:37pm EST. (Reuters) - H&R Block Inc (HRB.N) reported a bigger-than-expected quarterly loss due to a delayed start to the U.S. tax season, but the tax preparer said it expects cost cuts to drive its profit in fiscal 2013. The Internal Revenue ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Data signals end to Japan's recession CNN Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is aggressively pushing the Bank of Japan to ease monetary policy in a bid to boost growth. HONG KONG (CNNMoney). Recession? What recession? Japan's economy performed better in the fourth quarter than previously thought, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Strong job gains, but state unemployment rate holds at 6.7 percent Boston Globe Massachusetts employers added more than 16,000 jobs in January, the strongest pace of hiring in years and a bright note in an otherwise tepid recovery. The state's unemployment rate held steady at 6.7 percent for the fourth straight month, and remains well ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Sluggish Tsunami Recovery Pits Rules Against Reason Wall Street Journal Teiichi Sato in in limbo. After his shop in Rikuzentakata, Japan was destroyed two years ago by a tsunami, he opened a temporary one. But red tape has kept him from permanently rebuilding. WSJ's Daisuke Wakabayashi reports. RIKUZENTAKATA ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Nikkei Up on Weaker Yen Wall Street Journal Japanese stocks climbed for the seventh successive session on Friday as the yen fell against the U.S. dollar, while Hong Kong and Australian markets rose after trade figures kicked off China's monthly economic data release. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Soybeans Advance as U.S. Export Sales Jump, Draining Inventories Bloomberg Soybeans climbed after export sales from the U.S. jumped to the highest level since January before a government report that may show global supplies will decline. The contract for delivery in May rose as much as 0.4 percent to $14.7875 a bushel on the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Van Eck Proposes ETF That Pays Investors In Gold or Silver Barron's (blog) Looking for something new in the ETF universe? According to reports today from IndexUniverse, firms have filed regulatory paperwork proposing a number of new funds, including two that pay investors with bars of gold or silver bullion. Talk about the Midas ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Merck Appoints New Research Head Motley Fool Merck (NYSE: MRK ) has named a new head of research. Roger Perlmutter steps into the roles of executive vice president and president of Merck Research Laboratories. He replace of the retiring Peter Kim, effective April 15. Perlmutter worked at Amgen for ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Lawmakers rip into regulators over money-laundering prosecution Washington Post Senate Democrats lit into Treasury and Federal Reserve officials Thursday over the handling of anti-money-laundering cases, questioning whether regulators are treating big banks accused of violating U.S. laws with kid gloves. The heated debate unfolded ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| OC Transportation Expenses, Grant Requests Outlined The Dispatch OCEAN CITY – Although the state is struggling with transportation funding, sparking plans of a gas tax increase, the town is following the advice that it doesn't hurt to ask and approved the application to apply for grants following a public hearing this week. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| PNC executive floats idea of charging for mobile deposits Chicago Tribune Banks are on the hunt for new fees. The Chicago area's sixth-biggest bank, PNC, is flirting with the idea of charging a fee for the now-free service of depositing checks by mobile phone. U.S. Bank, the area's 11th-biggest bank, already charges 50 cents for ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station under higher scrutiny because of security ... Ellwood City Ledger SHIPPINGPORT -- The Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station is under increased security due to a security breach, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials said Thursday. NRC officials declined to offer details about the security incident. "We do not ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Guest post: Turkish businesswomen need more access to finance... By beyondbrics beyondbrics, from the Financial Times, brings news and comment from more than 40 emerging economies, headed by China, India, Brazil, Russia, Mexico, Indonesia and South Africa. We cover politics and economics, finance and business ... beyondbrics | ||
| Time Warner to Spin Off Shriveling Publishing Unit ... - Yahoo! Finance From the blog Breakout: Not even Kate Upton could convince Time Warner Inc. (TWX) to keep its magazine segment. The company announced Wednesday that it will be spinning off its Time Inc. division, creating a new public freestanding ... Yahoo! Finance: Breakout | ||
| Japan nominates vice finance minister to lead ADB - seattlepi.com The Finance Ministry proposed that Nakao succeed current ADB president Haruhiko Kuroda, who has been nominated to become Japan's next central bank governor and resigned as ADB president effective March 18. In a statement, Nakao ... Business Heds Index | ||
| How two finance wonks made budget secrecy an issue - Capital ... By Nick Taylor-Vaisey Tease the day: Scott Clark and Peter DeVries have taken some hits along the way. Macleans.ca | ||
| "Don't finance forced evictions" | Amnesty's global human rights blog By Kristin Hulaas Sunde The World Bank should also make a clear commitment to "not finance or otherwise provide assistance to any project or programme that causes or contributes to forced evictions". People from the recently evicted community in Badia, Lagos, are ... Amnesty's global human rights blog | ||
| Conservatives quash motion to open up Finance's long-term ... By Jennifer Ditchburn The Conservatives voted down an opposition motion Thursday to turn over key financial documents in the run-up to the federal budget, part of a hot debate over how much information Parliament is allowed to see before it votes on budgetary ... iPolitics | ||
| ADCB repays Dhs4bn to UAE Ministry of Finance | Abu Dhabi ... Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC (ADCB) announced that it has repaid Dhs4bn of a Dhs6.6bn subordinated loan to the UAE Ministry of Finance, having received all necessary approvals from the UAE Central Bank and the UAE Ministry of ... AMEinfo.com Latest News | ||
| Assembly to close down illegal micro-finance companies ... By Ghanamma Business News of Thursday, 7 March 2013 Source: GNA Nkoranza South Municipal Assembly has begun the process of identifying duly registered micro-finance companies within its jurisdiction with the aim of closing down illegal ones. Ghanamma.com | ||
| Seasoned AP market in Finance« Economics Job Market Rumors By Economist Seasoned AP market in Finance. 1 year - 823 posts - Latest; 15 Goods | 28 No Goods | RSS · « Previous1…4142. Economist 8160. And YH to Rice confirmed? Confirmed CK rejected - no offers. 1 hour ago # QUOTE 0 GOOD 0 NO GOOD ... Economics Job Market Rumors Forum:... | ||
| Czech finance sector hit by cyber attacks - ComputerworldUK.com By cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Matthew Finnegan) The Czech financial sector was targeted in cyber attacks on Wednesday, with the national bank and stock exchange websites disrupted by dedicated denial of service (DDOS) attacks. Computerworld UK's News |
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| Viewpoint: Solar Energy Finance 2013 — Beyond Traditional Tax ... What will solar energy finance in the U.S. look like in 2013? www.renewableenergyworld.com/.../viewpoint-solar-energy-fi... | ||
| SHEF — State Higher Education Finance FY12 | SHEEO State Higher Education Finance FY 2012, the tenth report in the annual series, continues to provide in-depth analysis of the trends in higher education finance... www.sheeo.org/.../shef-—-state-higher-education-finance-fy1... | ||
| UN envoy welcomes new funding to finance global United Nations envoy Ray Chambers today highlighted the critical impact that new funding announced by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and ... www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=44316&Cr... | ||
| Cyprus' finance minister rejects financial transaction tax as part of ... Cyprus' finance minister is ruling out a tax on financial transactions as part of a rescue package for the country, one of the 17 European Union nations that uses ... www.foxnews.com/.../cyprus-finance-minister-rejects-financial... | ||
| Lionsgate U.K. to Finance Alan Rickman's 'A Little Chaos,' Starring ... Rickman also stars in the costume comedy alongside Matthias Schoenaerts. www.hollywoodreporter.com/.../lionsgate-uk-finance-alan-ric... | ||
| Getting ahead in charity finance: Live discussion | Voluntary Sector ... Join us from 1-3pm on Friday 15 March to discuss professional development for charity finance staff. www.guardian.co.uk/...sector.../getting-ahead-charity-finance | ||
| Carnival of Retirement – the 59th Edition - Midlife Finance Roger Wohlner @ The Chicago Financial Planner writes The Ameriprise 401(k) Lawsuit – What Does it Mean to You? – A lawsuit brought by a group of current ... midlifefinance.com/.../carnival-of-retirement-the-59th-edition/ | ||
| Investors sought to plug bank finance hole Pension funds could profit from strict new capital requirements on banks and help plug a €350bn hole in bank financing. www.efinancialnews.com/.../investors-sought-to-plug-bank-fin... | ||
| Pittsburgh Police Bureau's finance chief claims Harper told her to ... The attorney for the Pittsburgh Police Bureau's finance manager said Thursday his client was instructed by former chief Nate Harper to open a credit union ... www.post-gazette.com/.../police-bureaus-finance-chief-claims-... | ||
| Market Chatter-Corporate finance press digest | Reuters March 8 (Reuters) - The following corporate finance-relatedstories were reported by media on Friday:* Barclays Plc Chief Executive Antony Jenkins hastold ... www.reuters.com/.../market-chatter-idUSL1N0C01LS2013030... |
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