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U.S. companies celebrating holiday on the cheap
New York City :: NY :: USA | about 12 hours ago
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The United States may be emerging from recession but some firms are canceling holiday parties for a second year in a row and others are bragging about having fun on the cheap. With one in 10 U.S. workers unemployed and the prospect of a double-dip recession...
Tags: christmas parties, U.S. Treasury, holiday parties, chief executive, New York City, Goldman Sachs, Rockefeller Center, YES Network, Primary dealers, Merrill Lynch, Business Finance, Christmas, Christmas music, John Thain
Red-hot gold a puzzle for investors
London :: United Kingdom | about 18 hours ago
Credibility Gold's near vertical rise to new records is starting to puzzle many investors who are trying to square arguments fuelling its rise with seemingly conflicting moves in risky assets like equities or inflation-protected securities. This is not the stuff...
Tags: Investec Asset Management, U.S. Treasury, country inflation, United Kingdom, London, Financial crises, United States dollar, Business Finance, Macroeconomics, Inflation, Inflation targeting, Asset price inflation, Monetary policy, Euro
U.S. service sector contracted in Nov: ISM survey (Reuters)
Sunnyvale :: CA :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility The U.S. services sector unexpectedly contracted in November, with an index measuring activity falling to its lowest reading since July, according to an industry report released on Thursday. The Institute for Supply Management said its services index...
Tags: U.S. Treasury, services sector, Reuters, Sunnyvale, Index, Business Finance
Stimulus package setting stage for a mild recovery in Canada, says economist
Toronto :: Canada | 1 day ago
Credibility The Canadian fiscal stimulus package has successfully bolstered consumer confidence and driven a sharp resurgence in the housing market, said Christy Chen, economist from BMO Capital Market during a special interview with Xinhua News Agency on Wednesday....
Tags: Christy Chen, tax credit, U.S. Treasury, stimulus package, Canada, mild recovery, real gdp, stimulus measures, Xinhua News Agency, housing market, Toronto, Business Finance, Late-2000s recession, China economic stimulus program, Gross domestic product, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, China, Troubled Asset Relief Program, Economic history of the People's Republic of China
Is It Time For Financial Institutions to Give Back?
Brussels :: Belgium | 2 days ago
Credibility The principal obstacle to this happening is, at the moment, the Barack Obama administration’s Treasury Department, which thus far in the financial crisis has been mistaken for the executive committee of Goldman Sachs in disguise. It has opposed every...
Tags: transaction tax, U.S. Treasury, Democratic Congressman John Larson, financial institutions, financial community, Timothy Geithner, international financial, Belgium, Brussels, Value added tax, Tax reform, Finance, Tax haven, Business Finance, Tax, Group of Thirty, Council on Foreign Relations
Foreign buyers continue to pick up U.S. debt
Berlin :: Germany | 3 days ago
Credibility Let’s have some fun and go all counterintuitive.•Is America’s national debt unsustainable?Driving this question is the fear that the Chinese and other foreign investors will slow their buying of U.S. Treasury bonds.According to Jack Hough in Smart Money,...
Tags: U.S. Treasury, United States, foreign investor, Federal Reserve, treasury bonds, Germany, Berlin
U.S. banks have recognized most credit losses: Goldman (Reuters)
Bangalore :: India | 4 days ago
Credibility U.S. banks have already recognized two-thirds of an estimated $2.1 trillion to $2.6 trillion in credit losses, but prime mortgage and commercial real estate would contribute more to the remaining losses, Goldman Sachs said. The brokerage raised its prime...
Tags: Goldman Sachs, U.S. Treasury, India, Bangalore, Rockefeller Center, Investment banks, Bank of America, YES Network, Primary dealers, Business Finance, JPMorgan Chase
Is Government Debt the Next Crisis to Strike?
Dubai :: United Arab Emirates | 4 days ago
Credibility While American investors were busy enjoying their Thanksgiving dinners, global markets were shaken by word that Dubai asked for a payment holiday on the $59 billion it owes via its investment vehicle, Dubai World . The move, which comes as oversized bets...
Tags: U.S. Federal Reserve, Dubai World, U.S. Treasury, United Arab Emirates, Europe, jobless claims, Asia, St. Louis Fed, lasts week, Chicago Fed, Dubai, Gold as an investment, United States Treasury security, Recessions, Stock market crashes, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Business Finance, Inflation, economics, Government debt
Treasury, Fed delay Internet gambling ban 6 months
New York :: NY :: USA | 6 days ago
Credibility Treasury and Federal Reserve on Friday delayed the implementation date for a new Internet gambling payment ban for six months, a move that gives lawmakers time to overturn it or end confusion over illegal practices. In a joint statement, the Treasury...
Tags: internet gambling, U.S. Treasury, Federal Reserve, Barney Frank, financial institutions, House Financial Services Committee, New York, Online gambling, Gambling, Gambling regulation, Gaming law, Business Finance, Internet Gambling Regulation Consumer Protection and Enforcement Act, SAFE Port Act
Fact Checking Secretary Salazar’s Press Conference
Arcadia :: CA :: USA | 7 days ago
Credibility The Institute for Energy Research released the following fact check of the Secretary’s comments: Sec. For the leasing program to be brought into balance, the Obama Administration should be leasing more land, not less. Under the first year of the Obama...
Tags: leasing sales, Institute for Energy Research, Obama Administration, leasing program, Ken Salazar, U.S. Treasury, million acres, gas leasing, fact checking, press conference, Arcadia, Environment, Petroleum in the United States, Leasing, Barack Obama, Business Finance, Offshore oil and gas in California, Energy in the United States, United States Department of the Interior
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