Sterling Exchange Rate Forecast
This report will focus on the outlook for Sterling, and how further interest rate cuts by the Bank of England this week may affect the pound ... rate, with the country's largest mortgage lender, Halifax, reporting a 16.2 percent annual decline ... since the recession of the early 1990s. The credit crunch has led to thousands of job cuts in many [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 08:54:00
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The deregulation and free markets myth
Walter E. Williams destroys the liberal's claim that deregulation and free markets caused the financial meltdown: News media people, ... Times article, "Fannie Mae Eases Credit To Aid Mortgage Lending" (Sept. 30, 1999), reported, "Fannie ... Report (November/December 2008). The Federal Register, which lists new regulations, annually [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 13:28:18
About Technology - Bank turmoil fuels phishing boom
About Technology - ... are completed. In its second annual report, the All Parliamentary Group on ID Fraud said tighter credit ... Trade Commission (FTC) issued a warning saying phishing gangs were using the turmoil to extract [more...]
Date: 2008-10-10 12:43:10
Rating cannot be construed as a substitute for an exhaustive audit or a fraud detection
Sep 26, 2009Accounting, Audit The credit crisis has exposed weaknesses in many financial intermediaries. How can rating agencies ensure their views are more accurate and unbiased? Despite due diligence, there is always scope for improvement. Credit rating agencies (CRA) do not carry out a separate audit but takes cognisance of the information available from annual reports, submissions from management, secondary sources and opinions from lenders/ investors. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-26 05:31:47
The new president's stimulating faith in economic witchcraft
Could somebody tell me who convinced Mr. Spare Change You Can Believe In that running up the credit cards is a brilliant way to resolve our economic ... the astronomical costs of the economic bailout were taken into account, according to an annual report released ... now on digging and filling holes, organic faerie-dust-powered cars and free-range IRS [more...]
Date: 2008-12-18 21:25:33
#371 - The List Of Economic Models
I saw this yesterday and nearly busted a gut. It's quite funny!SOCIALISMYou have 2 cows.You give one to your neighbour.COMMUNISMYou have 2 cows ... letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a debt/equity swap ... company.The annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option on one more.You sell one cow [more...]
Date: 2008-12-08 13:54:00
Get Identity Protection From LifeLock.com
Identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes in the United States. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ... in crime. To prevent identity fraud, experts recommend that you review your credit report regularly ... 9 million Americans (or 4.25% of all adults) are victims of ID theft on an annual basis, resulting [more...]
Date: 2008-09-14 09:52:14
Gap year grannies’ dreams dashed
If you are dreaming of spending your retirement travelling, you may be in for a shock. New research from the fifth annual Scottish Widows UK Pensions Report suggests that funds will often be sorely lacking when it comes to crunch time. Scottish Widows has found the over 50s are one of the groups hardest hit by the credit crunch in terms of saving for retirement , despite pensions savings increasing overall since last year. [more...]
Date: 2009-10-01 15:32:42
Home Mortgage Loan: 5 Elements To Take Into Consideration Before Buying A House
While purchasing a house is an exciting effort in a lifetime, it is certainly not something you want to rush into ... of your credit report several months before you start shopping for a house so you know what to expect ... of your annual salary. But even then, it is best to find a calculator online to help you figure [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 13:01:40
Gary Shilling: "Collapse on Schedule (with video)
Um.......Sadly, I think he may be right. It does bode well for large caps though. A sluggish economy will crush the smaller firms and startups as credit tightens ans results ... with Henry Blodget and Aaron Task from today: Now, here is Schilling report: Semi-Annual U.S. Economic [more...]
Date: 2008-12-20 10:21:00
Saturday quick hits
Murdoch despises O'Reilly I guess we know what he is, and now he is just negotiating the price? ... establish a requirement that the federally funded agency credit God with keeping the state safe, is upset that under Gov. Steve Beshear, the department's 2008 annual report did not do so. "We certainly [more...]
Date: 2008-11-29 20:37:39
Automaker Bridge Loan? You Do the Math
The first part that doesn’t compute is $700 billion in giveaways plus $100 billion in pork in 5 days compared to $25 billion in loans—no, ... annual report put Chrylser group employment at about 86,000.There’s been a lot of speculation ... , which recently won contracts for government credit card services for travel and fuel, has doubled [more...]
Date: 2008-12-16 04:26:23
How to Avoid Becoming a Victim of Identity Theft: Interview with Jeremy Duffy
If the CEO of LifeLock can't prevent his ID from being stolen, who of us can avoid becoming a victim? ... or annual fees. Luckily, most of what companies like LifeLock and Free Credit Report do can be done [more...]
Date: 2008-06-09 00:57:07
Bookmarks for November 28th through November 29th
A few interesting links for November 28th through November 29th: Lawmaker to Homeland Security: ... that under Gov. Steve Beshear, the department's 2008 annual report did not do so." I don't ... Don't forget to credit God for keeping Kentuckians safe - "A lawmaker is upset with his state's [more...]
Date: 2008-11-29 19:00:14
LifeLock Protects Your Credit And Identity
Identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes in the United States. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ... . To prevent identity fraud, experts recommend that you review your credit report regularly. You must ... 9 million Americans (or 4.25% of all adults) are victims of ID theft on an annual basis, resulting [more...]
Date: 2008-11-06 13:10:10
Fed?s Bullard: Regional Feds Active in Discount Window Lending
Emily Barrett reports from San Francisco. There is no single measure to determine the success of the liquidity programs the Federal Reserve is ... the flow of credit in the private sector. Reading the signs of recovery will therefore be difficult, he told reporters at the American Economic Association’s annual meeting. “Probably [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 19:38:00
UK New Car Registrations reflect world Motor Manufacturers difficult trading positions
Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders say December market falls, but not as far as expected: New car registrations fell 21 ... to finance and credit across the economy is essential if long-term damage to valuable industrial ... s ninth annual Sustainability Report from the SMMT web [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 11:23:15
Fenty and Police Chief Meet with GLOV
Mayor Fenty and Police Chief Lanier met with Chris Farrisand Todd Metrokin, Co-Chairs of GLOV (Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence),along with Sgt ... requiring him to submit an annual hate crimes report to thethe City Council Equally important, the Mayor ... acknowledging and condemning theviolence, although we pressed hard for that. To his credit, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 21:20:00
Banks Supposedly Will Cut Consumer Credit Card Lines by $931 Billion if Reforms Mandated
There is a rather amusing story at the Financial Times tonight, "Credit card reforms ‘to cost banks billions’". Let's look at the particulars ... that banks will lose $10 billion in interest annually, reduce credit lines by $931 billion, and put ... not get anyone well known for banking expertise to put its name on a self-serving report [more...]
Date: 2008-12-15 01:59:42
Thursday Is New Jobless Day
479K new lucky duckies! And we're shrinking. Gross domestic product contracted at a 0.3 percent annual pace, less than forecast, a Commerce Department report showed today in Washington ... spending boom ended last quarter as the credit crunch deepened. ... Consumer spending dropped [more...]
Date: 2008-10-30 14:14:00
The CEO's Guide tp Derivatives
I found this while doing some research on this financial crisis ... Credit Swaps, Securitized Instruments of Debt, or other derivatives posed to their companies. Or how illiquid they really were. In doing this research, I came upon Warren Buffet's 2002 Annual Report [more...]
Date: 2008-09-22 17:45:00
Mexico: High percentage of personnel in law enforcement fail background checks
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FORMER BORDER PATROL OFFICERSVisit our website: http://www.nafbpo ... that you credit NAFBPO as being the provider. (Mexico used to have their equivalent of our annual State ... .orgForeign News Report The National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers (NAFBPO) extracts [more...]
Date: 2008-11-28 13:46:02
U.S. Economy Contracts Most Since the 2001 Recession
From Bloomberg: Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) — The economy suffered its biggest decline since 2001 in the third quarter, ... at a 0.3 percent annual pace, less than forecast, a Commerce Department report showed today in Washington ... spending boom ended last quarter as the credit crunch deepened. “The crisis really kicked up in late [more...]
Date: 2008-10-30 14:29:04
Top Stock Picks '09: First Banks (FBS.A)
Filed under: Newsletters, Stocks to Buy, Financial Crisis, Best Stocks for 2009 This post is part of a special annual report -- Top Stock Picks '09 ... A (NYSE: FBS-A). "The major response to the credit and market bubble's popping is of course the Troubled [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 16:00:00
Opening Comments January 15 2009
Prices of Treasury coupon securities maintain a robust tone as economic reports continue to manifest weakness and credit concerns are unabated ... American firm Morgan Stanley. Nissan will cut production of autos in February and March at an annual [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 12:30:55
"The Largest Credit Contraction in History is Here"
"There was a report from Mish’s Global Economic Trend Analysis * who in turn was commenting on a report from Martin Weiss who publishes research at his Money and Markets site. Weiss takes a look at the Flow of Funds report for Q1 published by the Fed. Weiss’s conclusion: The first quarter brought the greatest credit collapse of all time. Open Market Paper: Instead of growing as it had in almost every prior quarter in history, it collapsed at the annual rate of $662.5 billion. [more...]
Date: 2009-07-12 01:58:00
Four. One Million Use Credit Cards for Mortgage or Rent
4.1 Million Use Credit Cards for Mortgage or Rent According to housing and homelessness charity Shelter, about 85% of the UK’s £1 ... Breaking point’ report revealed that ‘4.1 million households (16%) used credit cards to help meet ... , is that they normally come with a lower APR (Annual Percentage Rate) than unsecured debts [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 08:18:32
Worst Year For Jobs Since ‘45
Annual loss biggest since end of World War II. Unemployment rate rises to 7.2% ... U.S. Labor Department jobs report Friday showed the economy lost 524,000 jobs in December and 1.9 million in the year’s final four months, after the credit crisis began in September. The steep annual [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 19:13:31
US Wind Power Growth to Slow in 2009, FPL Hints
It was just last week when I shared the great news of another record year for US wind power in 2008 ... on wind’s growth for 2009. In the company’s third quarter report, FPL announced a 25% cut in 2009 ... have been overheating these past few years on 27+% annual growth. With the current Production Tax Credit (PTC [more...]
Date: 2008-10-28 16:40:22
Neurodegenerative Disease and the Coming Epidemic [Highlight HEALTH]
At Neuroscience 2008, the 38th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience held last month in Washington D.C ... 2 . neuronal-network.jpg Creative Commons License photo credit: neurollero Why are these reports [more...]
Date: 2008-12-11 19:18:03
Four Quick Ways to Build A Strong Credit Rating
#fullpost{display:inline;} ... report from Experian, Equifax and Transunion via annualcreditreport.com. After we use up our annual ... Nov 18, 2008: Much has been written about credit rating and how we can go about improving [more...]
Date: 2008-11-18 05:21:00
MortgageNewsClips: MUST READ: Forced To Lend, MUST READ pt 2, Reverse Slow Down, OTS Review, CSFB Bonuses Lump of Coal, Tax Break Cause Bubble?, John Mauldin, Bailout Chart, Bond Bubble, Obama’ Fed Pick, ZIRP and Ben, Walk Away, Sheila Bair, Extreme Makeover in Reverse
Today’s MUST READ: Forced to lend? ... -logo OTS Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2008 ———— Lump of coal in your stocking? - Credit [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 00:51:15
Credit crunch fuels growth in cybercrime
UK cybercrime has rebounded to levels not seen since 2006 as a result of the recession and consumer complacency, according to Garlik's annual UK Cybercrime report. [more...]
Date: 2009-10-01 19:31:32
It's the Economy, Stupid
The Labor Department today reported that business productivity surged to a revised 4.3 percent annual rate in the second quarter of the year ... measure quality of output.)Higher productivity keeps inflation in check. When companies can produce ... of their lines of credit because the housing bubble has burst. The result? Employers can't sell [more...]
Date: 2008-09-04 12:27:00
BOSSES RUNNING AWAY IN CHINA
Cao Jun of The Times’ Shanghai Bureau contributed to this report ... of his industrial gas business. Tao owed him $850,000, Mao said, about 60% of his annual revenue. “We cannot pay ... and environmental requirements. When the credit crunch took hold — prompting Western businesses to slash [more...]
Date: 2008-12-18 02:55:20
LEED certified buildings on the rise!
Adobe headquarters in San Jose received three platinum LEED ratings Photo credit kqedquest According to the US Green Building Council (USGBC) ... building by the numbers report (.doc warning): By 2009, 82% of corporate America is expected ... $30-$40 billion annually by 2010 With that in mind it was great to see the report that AMD’s Lone [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 18:16:45
LEED certified buildings on the rise!
Adobe headquarters in San Jose received three platinum LEED ratings Photo credit kqedquest According to the US Green Building Council (USGBC) ... building by the numbers report (.doc warning): By 2009, 82% of corporate America is expected ... $30-$40 billion annually by 2010 With that in mind it was great to see the report that AMD’s Lone [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 18:16:45
More Important Than Lipstick, Take 3
by hilzoy From the NYT: "Tracey Minda needed cash to buy clothes and school supplies for her 6-year-old son before the 2006 school year ... , banks and credit cards remain in business. I wonder how? According to this CBS report ... her debt. Ohio lawmakers sought last spring to aid borrowers like Ms. Minda by capping annual [more...]
Date: 2008-09-13 04:07:30
The Economy & Bush
I’m sure someone will find 5 or 6 articles to prove this one wrong ... economies since 2000. The IMF reports that real U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) grew at an average annual ... and I can point to many families of all stripes that can say the same thing. Chalk the credit to whomever [more...]
Date: 2008-09-03 23:23:38
EXCLUSIVE: Ali Abunimah is Likely Source of Secreted Obama/Khalidi/Ayers Tape; LA Times' Wallsten Plagiarized Schlussel Back in April, Said Politico
By Debbie Schlussel **** UPDATE: Can Ali Abunimah be bought off for $175,000? Depends on what he's getting from greater Arabia, Islamia, and Obama ... to report on it for the L.A. Times. I agreed, provided that he credit me and/or mention my name and site ... Michelle seated with PLO advisor Edward Said at another AAAN annual banquet and led Wallsten to [more...]
Date: 2008-10-29 17:03:21
Annual Measles Deaths Drop by 74%
We had a very exciting conference call at national headquarters recently in which we shared this Measles Initiative news with members of the media ... Epidemiological Record and CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. “This achievement is a tribute ... Crescent family who deserve much of the credit for this success. They give their time to [more...]
Date: 2008-12-08 13:43:48
Data “Dysprotection:” breaches reported last week
A recap of breaches newly reported or updated last week on the main news site, PogoWasRight.org. For those looking for annual statistics: as of their last update on August 5, the Identity Theft ... of credit and debit card numbers of customers shopping at major U.S. retailers, including TJX, BJ’ [more...]
Date: 2008-08-11 09:58:29
Corruption by public servants costs Mexico 60 billion annually - 9% of the GDP
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FORMER BORDER PATROL OFFICERS Visit our website: http://www.nafbpo.org Foreign News Report The National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers (NAFBPO ... that you credit NAFBPO as being the provider. El Diario (Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua) 8/13/08 [more...]
Date: 2008-08-14 05:43:46
O’Reilly Producer: ‘We Saved Christmas Last Year’
As part of his annual War on Christmas mania, Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly pounced on the town of Great Barrington, ... the country.” This isn’t the first time The O’Reilly Factor has taken credit for things he had no measurable effect upon. In 2005, O’Reilly claimed that his “reporting and some reporting of others” [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 23:52:21
Calif. real estate licenses drop, 1st time in a decade
Click to enlarge The California Department of Real Estate reports that the number of real estate licenses in the state has ... on an annual basis, but the pace of growth tapered off from 2007 through July, a time when the housing slump spread into a global credit crunch and ultimately into a full-fledged economic meltdown [more...]
Date: 2008-12-12 21:58:12
Audit of California Avocado Commission uncovers at least $1.5 million in questionable spending
During the three-year audit period, 18 employees used commission credit cards to pay for purchases including meals, flowers, luxury spa services and clothes from high-end retailers, the report says. Something has been rotten at the state agency behind a splashy $7-million annual marketing blitz on television [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 08:00:00
2008 End of Year Thingy
Well, it's not the festive season without my annual ponce-fest, in which I look back over the year, ... Who, Spooks Code 9, Crusoe, and Spooks--Had my first actual American TV credit, with Crusoe--Wrote TV episodes ... , early days, might never happen, but still)--Did my first convention, at Gallifrey (report to follow [more...]
Date: 2008-12-20 16:31:00
Butter wouldn't melt.....and the annual review
Well every pup, inspired by all your helpful and pawsitive comments regarding my food foraging, especially Jackson's - I just hope you got some credit for saving on the washing up by going ... he shouldn't leave it out. In fact, I have to report, he has since been putting it in the fridge [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 19:16:00
Sony Ericsson reports results for fourth quarter and full year 2008
.fullpost{display:inline;} Highlights:Global economic slowdown leads to contracting consumer demand Previously announced annual Euro 300 million cost ... to the global economic slowdown that resulted in contracting consumer demand and decreased availability of credit. Gross margin became 15% due to negative impact from exchange rate fluctuations [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 07:56:00
Death Spiral Financing at WaMu, Merrill Lynch, Citigroup
Reuters is reporting WaMu has $3.33 bln loss, may be cut to "junk". Washington Mutual Inc, the largest U.S. savings and loan, posted a $3 ... posted a $2.04 billion loss. Credit cards generated a $175 million loss, while profit in commercial ... Officer Steve Rotella and Chief Financial Officer Tom Casey will not receive annual incentive [more...]
Date: 2008-07-23 05:08:18
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