Who gets paid in a shutdown? Congress!
April 11, 2011
If lawmakers can’t agree on a spending bill before the clock strikes midnight, a couple million federal workers won’t be getting paychecks on time. […]
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AP Interview: Estonia pledges support for Portugal
April 9, 2011
Estonia _ the eurozone’s newest and poorest member _ will not shirk from bailing out much richer Portugal and Ireland, the country’s finance minister said […]
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Stocks fall after another earthquake hits Japan
April 7, 2011
Stocks fell Thursday after another big earthquake hit northern Japan. The 7.4-magnitude earthqauke triggered tsunami warnings along Japan’s devastated northern coast.
The Dow Jones industrial average […]
Seychelles Public Debt to Fall on Economic Reform, Central Bank Head Says - Bloomberg
April 4, 2011
Seychelles, an Indian Ocean archipelago, expects public debt to shrink to 50 percent of gross domestic product by 2017 on further economic reforms, Central Bank […]
Gillard Concern at Aussie Gains Shows ‘Dutch Disease’ Risk - Bloomberg
March 4, 2011
Prime Minister Julia Gillard highlighted risks posed by Australia’s ties to a global commodity boom, with a patchwork economy emerging from export gains accompanied by […]
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Big business: Go slow on consumer bureau
March 2, 2011
As Treasury gets the new consumer financial protection bureau up and running, big business groups released a wish list Tuesday for what they think […]
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Electricity prices to rise again as OPG seeks 6.2 per cent hike
February 22, 2011
Electricity ratepayers in Ontario, already reeling from soaring prices, should brace for yet another increase.
The Ontario Energy Board is expected to rule shortly on a […]
Afghan govt: Bad audit compounded Kabul Bank woes
February 17, 2011
Afghan officials said Thursday that an “erroneous” audit and inadequate help from international banking advisers compounded long-running financial problems at the embattled Kabul Bank.
The comments […]
Point-counterpoint on jobs; love in the workplace
February 11, 2011
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
…”Even a robust recovery might not make a sufficiently significant dent in the rolls of the unemployed to satisfy politicians that spending-and-printing […]
Republicans grill Bernanke over inflation threat
February 9, 2011
Members of Congress sharply questioned Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke Wednesday over whether the Fed’s policies are raising the risk of rising inflation in the […]