"Frightening" Global Downturn

Grim news is pouring out of nearly every corner of the world including China, Japan, the Philippines, the U.S., New Zealand, and the UK ... " towards the end of 2008.The BCC report, based on a survey of almost 6,000 firms which employ ... in the last three months of 2008."It is clear that the UK economy is facing a very serious recession [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 05:25:00

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Pre-budget report at a glance

Fiscal stimulus • Overall fiscal stimulus package worth £20bn by April 2010Tax revenue • Tax revenue from financial sector down 35% this yearSpending ... % on those earning more than £150,000 – the top 1% of earners – from 2011Bank lending • Seven UK banks ... for lending to small businesses through a temporary small-business financing scheme • Another £1bn [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 16:00:51

An Irish "Digital Legal Services Centre"?

The Irish Institute of European Affairs has a strong track record of hosting and promoting debate on issues around technology and law. Recent speakers have included Jonathan Zittrain, Bruce Schneier, Viviane Reding, Peter Fleischer, and Larry Sanger. Now the IIEA has launched a report - The Next Leap: Competitive Ireland [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 09:57:26

Blackwell Online Report Strong Sales for Business Books

(Consumer News and Information) Blackwell Online the leading UK based book retailer has seen strong sales of its business books despite the credit ... the UK enters into a period of increased business and financial instability one question emerges how well equipped are today039s business leaders and employees to manage in a recession when...... [more...]

Date: 2008-12-21 08:32:36

2007 Vs 2009

“The 14 Biggest Differences Between Investing NOW & Investing Pre Dec 2007” ... in this 14) Pre 2007: Mortgage rates would change slowly, incrementally & infrequently. Credit ratings ... lenders are not passing on rates & finding excuses not to lend. Credit MUST be solid And [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 14:06:40

Media & Politics

Media & Politics 13-Jan-09 Permanent link to MTA daily media news Our Little Shop of Horrors (by Pat Racimora at No Quarter) ... Credit (The Trail, Washington Post) President-elect Barack Obama will address Senate Democrats ... as negotiations unfold, Obama is expected to drop his least popular proposal, a $3,000 tax credit for companies [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 06:35:02

Crunks 2008: The Year in Media Errors and Corrections

Editor’s Note: This site doesn’t accept advertising ... about a British family. In the United States, the Bulletin, a weekly in Montgomery County, Texas ... To Plagiarists Sports writer Rick Reilly deserves credit for having produced work of such brilliance that two [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 12:01:30

Credit Crisis - Signs of Progress

Are the various central bank liquidity facilities and capital injections having the desired effect of unclogging credit markets and restoring ... of credit markets is under way. Updating the report at this time is also to gauge the credit ... in the economy. This is because T-bills are considered risk-free while LIBOR reflects the credit risk [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 12:00:33

DrumBeat: December 14, 2008

Global oil supply will peak in 2020, says energy agency Global oil production will peak much earlier than expected amid a collapse in petroleum investment due to the credit crunch, one of the world's foremost experts has revealed. Fatih Birol, chief economist to the International Energy Agency, told the Guardian that conventional crude [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 14:06:53

Scrambling for guidance

If the destination is heaven, why do we scramble to be first in line for hell?It’s quite a hell out there. Even as the government, regulators and the new board scramble to douse the wildfire at Satyam, its Bangalore-based rival Infosys has come out with its Q3 results [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 04:00:00

Latest News in Goverment Grants and Debt Relief - Jan 06, 2009

Obama supports $300-billion tax-cut plan - Globe and Mail 6 Jan 2009 at 4:29am Fake Name from Canada writes: ... As the global financial crisis deepens, Report on Business writers examine and explain the turmoil in credit and stock markets. Here, we answer your questions daily, with the most recent at the top [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 12:26:07

Financial crisis: Bank of America given $138bn rescue package

Phillip Inman and Julia Kollewe, The Guardian January 16, 2009 The BoA rescue matches that given to Citigroup, another stricken US banking giant, which is today expected to report its deepest quarterly deficit yet Bank of America was today ... in return for the aid, which is designed to absorb the losses on mortgage-related assets inherited [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 20:26:23

Hyperconnectivity and Convergence are coming: Our schools need to embrace digital media NOW

Telecommunications convergence is a topic with which I’ve grown increasingly familiar over the past few years, ... License photo credit: renfield In this landscape, marketers will continue to fight ... License photo credit: Kramchang The December 14, 2008, PEW Internet and American Life Project [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 06:01:26

British pound pares Asian gains against majors, slides to 9-day low versus franc

The British pound pared its Asian session gains against the other major currencies during early European deals on Wednesday ... . Today, UK’s Business Secretary Lord Mandelson announced a package of measures designed to address the cash flow, credit and investment needs of small and medium businesses. The government [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 14:35:43

DrumBeat: January 13, 2009

DrumBeat: January 13, 2009 Analysis: Global power demand to languish in 2009 The outlook for energy commodities this year remains grim, says a new report from Merril Lynch. Neither cold winter temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere ... , U.S. auditors say in a new report similar to many others examining the country’s reconstruction [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 00:06:24

DrumBeat: December 16, 2008

Robert Bryce: OPEC Was Right About Oil Prices. Now What? Back in June, I wrote a piece for The American in which I argued that oil prices were being driven higher by the immutable law of supply and demand. Today, with prices plunging to near $40 instead of the $145 level seen in mid-July, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 13:30:26

Kremlin: Belarus, Russia reach gas supply deal - Summary

Kremlin: Belarus, Russia reach gas supply deal - Summary Moscow - Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko in Moscow on Monday struck a deal for ... for a 3.5-billion-dollar credit to the flailing Soviet-style eco... » Russia: Dispute ... in Ukraine dispute » Malaysian wildlife officers seize 600 protected monitor lizards [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 15:54:07

Quango Irish Bank.

So, starting close to home, finally, it’s Anglo Irish Zero ... more of the taxpayer’s cash, which means no new business; just switch off the ignition and run down the “bank” day by day. Anglo’s business model was never a “model” just a house of cards, and persevering [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 02:21:50

January 10 2009: Hornswoggled Absquatulation

Russell Lee Tobaccy Candy 1940 Pool hall, Shasta County, California Ilargi: The revolving doors between Washington and Wall Street are swinging like never before. Lawrence Summers and Robert Rubin are the finance powerhouses in the upcoming Obama administration. They were in the exact same place 10 years ago [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 16:28:00

DrumBeat: January 1, 2009

Blackout fear for EU as gas row escalates Jose Manuel Barroso, the European Commission president, called on Moscow and Kiev to solve the dispute as soon as possible. While Gazprom, the Russian ... , there are fears that Germany, Italy and other customers could eventually be hit if the dispute escalates [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 13:44:53

Cameron advocates taxpayer-underwriting of commercial lending to business

Last week in my analysis of the positioning of the parties in the economic crisis I suggested that the Tories were strongest on most issues but that ... is not unique. Talk to virtually any business owner right now and they all say the same: We can’t get credit [more...]

Date: 2008-11-28 11:13:16

DrumBeat: December 1, 2008

A Shore Thing? Why Offshore Wind Power Will Likely Struggle Offshore wind power is the Holy Grail of renewable energy: It’s clean, abundant, and out of sight. Now that energy security is meshing with environmental concerns inside the White House, is offshore wind power ready to come of age? [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 13:48:47

Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/25/2008

Events seem to be shaping up for a major confrontation between Israel and its various Muslim enemies. Hizbullah now has three times as many missiles in Lebanon as it did at the start of the war in 2006. Hamas is challenging Abu Mazen and continues to launch rocket attacks from Gaza [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 04:50:00

Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/15/2009

Forget global warming. Hello, global cooling! If the experts are right, we’re in for a new Ice Age.But it’s still the fault of George W. Bush, of course.Thanks to C. Cantoni, Fausta, Insubria, JD, KGS, Tuan Jim, VH, and all the other tipsters who sent these in. Headlines and articles are below the fold [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 04:37:00

Posts about Mortgage Market Report as of January 16, 2009

Drug and Alcohol Rehab - ahabloging.com 01/16/2009 Drug and Alcohol Rehab Drug abuse and alcohol abuse becomes more increasing from year to year, ... plums and and gingerbread. An article in the Boston Business Journal points out that The Federal Reserve’s latest beige book report (an analysis The Smell Of Panic In The Air For The Economy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 12:18:17

11th January 2009 - Who's made a mark this week?

The result of the End of Year Portrait Challengecopyright Different Strokes from Different Folks and the artistsThese paintings were was done from by a photograph provided via the Karin Jurick's group blog Different Strokes From Different Folks, where artists are encouraged to paint or draw their own interpretations of the photographs supplied [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 13:30:00

Frequently Asked Questions about The Fashion Police

The Basics Who are The Fashion Police? The Fashion Police are an imaginary police force who spend their days hunting down fashion crimes and arresting fashion criminals. Because The Fashion Police like to give credit where credit's due, they also like to draw attention to those items of clothing they think are worthy of praise [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 20:24:50

ScamBuster 288

BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION Metro Plaza, Plot 991/992 Zakari Maimalari Street Cadastral Zone AO, Central Business District, Abuja. Phone : +234 8038242759. ATTENTION; The BRITISH High Commission in Nigeria,Benin Republic,Ghana and Bokinafaso received a report of scam against you and other British/US citizens and Malaysia,Etc. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 08:44:47

Time to reform the Consumer Credit Act?

Iain Dale has posted about a report that has been released by Grant Shapps called "Payday for Loan Sharks" ... the Consumer Credit Act laws has grown at a massive pace. The only way to resolve these sort of issues really is to implement some sort wholesale reform of the Consumer Credit Act. That might mean [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 09:48:38

Moovin On Up Reveal How SEO is the best way to beat the recession

Moovin On Up, one of the UK’s leading search engine optimisation and website design companies, have announced that during the current credit crisis their clients have seen a significant rise ... to an obvious reduction in sales, which makes the struggle against the credit crunch ever [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 15:18:16

Battle of the Titans

For those of you that prepare yourselves, the OPPORTUNITIES will be abundant and limitless; for those that don't it could be a very difficult period ... as they BELIEVE they have the ability to print money and create credit out of thin air endlessly. In reality [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 00:00:37

Pre Budget Report: Live Blog

Fasten your seatbelts. You can comment in real time - comments are unmoderated.4.38 ... more for NHS wage bill. £2 bn for British business. Precision guided missle at the heart of economic ... . Pensioners: pension credit goes up to £130 for couple - above indexation. Biggest increase since 2003 [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 15:21:00

THURSDAY JANUARY 15, 2009

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Date: 2009-01-15 15:46:00

The 5 Million Frequent Flyer Mile Challenge

... weeks thanks to mileage bonuses from new credit cards. If you’re up for it, you can do this too – ... that are worth at least $12,000 to me. I’ve closely monitored my credit score along the way, and the effect [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 01:38:16

Retail Fraud Rates Plummeted the Night McColo Went Offline

Retail Fraud Rates Plummeted the Night McColo Went Offline One month after the shutdown of hosting provider McColo Corp ... Internet providers. But according to one noted fraud expert, spam wasn't the only thing that may have been routed through the Silicon Valley based host: New evidence found that retail fraud dropped [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 23:31:42

The Two Faces Of Buy To Let Mortgage Borrowers

By Parmdeep Vadesha Buy to let in the current market conditions is deemed as unprofitable by some ... news, the buy to let business in the UK has its own share of troubles. Due to the credit crunch ... setting. This is because of the abundance of cheap properties brought about by the credit crunch [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 22:03:24

Video-O-Rama: Figuring out the lie of the financial land

Video-o-rama: Figuring out the lie of the financial land In addition to more “Outlook for 2009″ videos (dealt with in last week’s Video-o-rama), the past week saw material covering a hodgepodge of topics. Although the topics were varied, good viewing material was produced, with the likes of Marc Faber, Peter Schiff, Martin Feldstein, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 06:26:08

Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/23/2008

Of interest tonight: the Spanish government is moving strongly to make sure that Russia doesn’t by a large chunk of the Repsol oil company. Prince Alwaleed intends to buy a 5% share of Citigroup. Kuwait lost $1.4 billion dollars in its investments in derivatives [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 04:05:00

Annual Report - Punj Lloyd - 2008-2009

PUNJ LLOYD LIMITEDANNUAL REPORT 2008-2009DIRECTOR'S REPORTYour Directors present the Twenty First Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2009.FINANCIAL RESULTS: IN RS. CROREParticulars 2008-09 2007-08Total Revenue 6,955.62 4,541.76Profit Befofe Interest, Depreciation & Tax 808.54 567.62(PBIDT) Less: Interest 194.28 [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 14:55:00

Research Oracle roundup for 16 January 2009

Earning Release Although LG Display Co., Ltd.’s (NYSE:LPL) ... and rating in our 4Q 08 and FY 2008 update report. As we continue to expect a negative currency impact ... update report. News Aegon N.V.’s (Aegon N.V) common stock has declined significantly since [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 17:29:36

Cameron offers savings tax cut plus clamp on public spending

David Cameron took the side of savers hit by tumbling interest rates yesterday and promised to abolish tax on the savings income of all basic-rate ... constraints on departments such as the Home Office, Ministry of Justice, business department [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 00:06:23

Going freelance: Four ways to get your family to support your freelancing career

Choosing to switch from full-time to freelancing can be a tough decision and the change will go a lot smoother if you have the ... who take part in the online survey will be asked questions about their work, and how their job affects [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 08:28:35

Weekly Economic Potpourri November 29, 2008

Every week there are a numerous headlines that are worthy of mentioning but I simply run out of time ... to Canadian shoppers, in an attempt to bring them across the border for Black Friday. In Detroit, mall [more...]

Date: 2008-11-29 18:46:00

E-text: A threat to concentration?

not neglect recreational reading as a literacy-promoter. Related: New NEA report in PDF, New York Times article, Washington Post item, Google round-up, and David Nygren’s essay on how e-writers could reach larger audiences—plus E-text: A threat [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 19:48:15

THE FINTAG NEWSLETTER @ 06 January 2009

FINTAG COMMENT Predictions. I started a website last year that exposed people who said one thing and did another ... and this is what I will concentrate on. As for the date - well there will be a mini rally sometime this year but the bears [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 06:46:30

Posts about Mortgage Market Report as of January 14, 2009

Flagstar Bank 12 to 14 month Promo CD Rate - monitorbankrates ... Online Banking Getting a Copy of Your Credit Report Islamabad An overview of housing in Pakistan ... your personal credit report to ensure that your credit score has improved. Lenders … . Read this article [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 12:23:49

DrumBeat: January 6, 2009

The Costly Compromises of Oil From Sand OTTAWA — A major source of oil for the United States must now confront another problem: its carbon footprint. Canada, in large part because of the production capacity of its oil sands, is now the largest oil supplier to the United States [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 13:47:30

STOP THE ARROGANT GREED AND INCOMPETENCE OF THE BANKS

The Bank of England (pictured above) ... as it steps up its aggressive campaign to breathe life into the stalled UK economy. After cuts ... economic recovery by lending to business and individuals, they should be nationalised [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 00:06:21

Posts about Home Sales as of January 14, 2009

It’s Time For Girl Scout Cookies! - lakelandlocal.com 01/14/2009 photo credit: jrayfarm1980 This is a good time of year for cookie lovers … . The pushers ... out on his own some time, … for the Nintendo DS and took advantage of the Toys R Us sales [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 14:24:35

What is Enterprise 2.0? - Part 1 - WTF to FTW

Last week some dialogue started between the Enterprise Irregulars on Enterprise 2.0.  Susan Scrupski set a challenge for 2009 to get one of our number, Vinnie Mirchandani,  on to Twitter.  Vinnie is an Enterprise traditionalist who is sceptical about some of the claims of Enterprise 2 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 02:35:15

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