News tagged with 'economic'. Found 69 tagged news.

CNBC: China Eyes Consumer Boost, May Aim 8% 2009 Growth

Beijing :: China | about 4 hours ago

China Eyes Consumer Boost, May Aim 8% 2009 Growth Reuters 01 Dec 2008 10:03 PM ET China should take further steps to fight a sharp economic slowdown, including cutting interest rates and taxes as well as increasing investments aimed at spurring domestic...

Tags: economy, financial crisis, economic, crisis, financial, China, economic crisis

Putting a value on a CEO

New York City :: NY :: USA | about 14 hours ago

Wall Street often portrays itself as a pay-for-performance meritocracy. The rules are supposed to be simple: Make money, and you get rich...What, then, should Citigroup pay Vikram Pandit, its embattled chief executive? On his watch, Citigroup, hobbled...

Tags: economic crisis, government, depression, financial, economic, crisis, wall street, wall, street, bubble

CNN: It's official: Recession since Dec. '07

Lyman :: WY :: USA | about 14 hours ago

The National Bureau of Economic Research said Monday that the U.S. has been in a recession since December 2007, making official what most Americans have already believed about the state of the economy ...It typically takes a long time after the start...

Tags: economic, economy, U.S, obama

China-US ties 'must develop'

Beijing :: China | about 17 hours ago

Stephen Johnson, head of the United States' Environmental Protection Agency, visited Tonji University in Shanghai on Monday, just days ahead of the 5th Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) between China and the US. At a press conference he declined to comment...

Tags: economic, president, crisis, financial, president hu, obama, barack, george, China, elect

Swedish layoffs reach historic highs

Paris :: France | about 21 hours ago

According to new statistics from the Swedish Public Employment Service ( Arbetsförmedlingen ), 19,907 people were told in November they would be losing their jobs...At the end of last week, 163,739 people were registered with the agency as unemployed,...

Tags: crisis, financial, economic, car sales, Sweden

Economic Times, India: China not facing major crisis, slowdown moderate: Expert

Shanghai :: China | 1 day ago

China can weather the financial storm because the economy has no major bubbles while a year of policy adjustments have tamed the property market, a top central bank adviser said in comments published on Monday. The economic slowdown is a "benign correction",...

Tags: slowdown, economy, economic, financial, national, crisis, rates, news, China, central bank

Oman will help achieve development, stability at global level, says Macki

Doha :: Qatar | 1 day ago

The Sultanate reaffirms its support to help achieve development and stability at the global level,” Ahmed bin Abdulnabi Macki, minister of national economy and deputy chairman of the Financial Affairs and Energy Resources Council, said here yesterday,...

Tags: development, conference, financial, economic crisis, economic, crisis, economy, president, doha, china

Buffett tops 50 American philanthropists list

Gwalior :: India | 1 day ago

Posted by city786

New York, Nov 30  Massive erosion of wealth in the economic meltdown has not stopped rich people in the US from making big donations, with legendary investor Warren Buffett topping the list of top 50 American philanthropists, according to a leading...

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Economy likely to define Obama presidency

Washington :: DC :: USA | 1 day ago

Obama has spent much of the last three weeks assembling a team of economic heavyweights, from former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker to former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers to New York Federal Reserve Bank President Tim Geithner. To lead his...

Tags: president, economic, obama, geithner, council, economy, summers, economic team, financial, national

Pelosi hopes for stimulus bill by Inauguration Day

Washington :: DC :: USA | 1 day ago

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is promising Congress will try to have a huge economic recovery bill ready for President-elect Barack Obama as soon as he takes office. The California Democrat said Monday that lawmakers will press ahead in hopes the huge bill...

Tags: obama, democrat, white house, president, democrats, barack, economic, elect, white, economy