Concern over earnings hits consumer spirit
Published on Mar 26 2012 // Financial News
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Questions on the 2012 JOBS bill to ease capital raising
Published on Mar 17 2012 // Financial News
Last week, The House of Representatives approved the JOBS Act to allow smaller companies to raise capital more easily and offer public stock offerings by relaxing filing requirements. But U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissioner Luis Aguilar echoed concerns of some Senate Democrats and SEC Chairman...
US President’s approval rating up to 50 percent: Poll
Published on Mar 14 2012 // Financial News
Help of $ 25 billion for U.S. homeowners
Published on Feb 10 2012 // Financial News
Five U.S banks agreed to a $ 25 billion government settlement. This deal between the government and the banks accused of abusive mortgage practice may help a million borrowers. The result is a record state-federal settlement that will deliver wide, but not deep, relief to U.S. homeowners. This deal...
3.4 million jobs were available in December
Published on Feb 08 2012 // Financial News
Whiplash Claims causing Economic Disarray?
Published on Feb 02 2012 // Financial News
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has criticised the role of solicitors in fraudulent whiplash claims at the annual Motor Accident Solicitors Society (MAAS) conference. According to James Dalton, the assistant director of motor and liability at ABI, a fraudulent whiplash injury claim is sometimes...
Oil Prices Drop
Published on Dec 15 2011 // Market News
On Wednesday Reuters reported that oil fell more than 4 percent. This indicates the biggest drop in over two months. In London, ICE Brent crude for January delivery settled at $105.02 a barrel. This price is $4.48 (or 4.09 percent ) less than it was in the beginning of October. NYMEX January crude...
European Summit: High Hopes and Possible Downgrades
Published on Dec 08 2011 // Market News
European nations are supposed to vote this Friday on an agreement that was worked out between Germany and France. The agreement hopefully will tighten fiscal controls for Euro zone countries. Hopes that the Euro zone will figure out long-lasting solutions to its sovereign crisis prevailed on Wednesday,...
Unemployment Rate Goes Down. Stocks End Flat.
Published on Dec 05 2011 // Market News
The U.S. jobless rate dropped to a 2.5 year low at 8.6 percent. This drop in unemployment supported the view that the U.S. economy most likely will avoid another recession. Some analysts said that the drop in the unemployment rate might be evidence that the recovery is, finally, gaining momentum. The...
American Airlines Files For Bankruptcy
Published on Dec 01 2011 // Financial News
One of the biggest U.S. carriers, American Airlines, and its parent AMR Corp, filed for bankruptcy protection (Chapter 11) on Tuesday. The airline claimed that this declaration was necessary in order to cut labor costs in the face of high fuel prices and dampened travel demand. AMR what seems to be for...
Decline of Groupon Shares: Predictable or Unforeseen?
Published on Nov 24 2011 // Market News
Groupon made its initial public offering earlier this month quite successfully: investors could not get enough if its stock. Groupon shares were so popular that its stock surged as much as 50 percent in its very first day of trade. This Wednesday, however, Groupon’s stock slipped. Now its price is...
Will U.S. Debt Committee Reach a Deal?
Published on Nov 21 2011 // Financial News
On Sunday, the U.S. Debt Committee members blamed each other for the gridlock that undermined the committee’s attempts to cut the deficit by at least $1.2 trillion over the next ten years. The committee that was created last summer during the battle over the debt ceiling consists of six Republicans...
Factors That Might Influence the U.S. Markets This Week
Published on Nov 14 2011 // Financial News, Market News
The U.S. markets might be influenced (again) by European turmoil. Borrowing rates are going up, the solvency of European banks are going down as the sovereign crisis deepens in Europe. On Saturday, the big news was the resignation of Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian Prime Minister. Following his resignation,...
The Housing Market Scare
Published on Nov 10 2011 // Financial News, Mortgage
Home prices are still falling. A new report on home prices, that just came out this week, indicates that the more those prices fall, the more American home owners fall into negative equity. It means that those home owners are unable to sell their property for enough to pay their real estate agent and...
The High Price of Credit Card Penalties
Published on Oct 06 2011 // Banking, Credit Cards, Financial News, How To Guide, Savings
Is Now the Time to Apply? Credit Card Offers At Every Corner
Published on Oct 05 2011 // Banking, Credit Cards, Financial News, Investing
If your mailbox is stuffed full of credit card offers, you may be contemplating opening one of them up. After sifting through all the junk credit offers, you might actually find a diamond in the rough. Because of the economy, credit card issuers are going to town when it comes to credit card marketing...
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