Out From India’s Alleys, Gold Loans Gain Respect - Dispatch
But lately, gold has become something else: collateral, and the basis of one of the country’s fastest-growing businesses, gold loans. While pawning the family jewels would be a sign of distress in the West, trading gold for cash increasingly is
FACTBOX-Global bank equity issues - Forbes
Sept 29 (Reuters) - BNP Paribas, France’s biggest bank by market value, joined a rush of banks battling to pay back state support on Tuesday and tapped investors for 4.3 billion euros ($6.3 billion). This was the latest mammoth share issue by banks
ABOUT FIRST READ - MSNBC Firstread
*** All about Afghanistan : The next two days are all about Afghanistan for President Obama. Today, he huddles with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen at 11:30 am ET (pool spray at the bottom), and then Obama meets separately with Gates and
Comrade Capitalists - Outlook India
As the sixtieth anniversary of the People’s Republic of China approaches, one is prone to reflect generally on its dramatic recent history, including the historic irony of the development of today’s arguably most vigorous capitalism in an
U.S. consumer woes overshadow housing cheer - El Economista
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. house prices rose for a third month in July, but consumer confidence fell unexpectedly in September as the worst job market in 26 years fueled worries about personal finances, private reports showed on Tuesday. The data
WRAPUP 2-U.S. consumer woes overshadow housing cheer - Forbes
NEW YORK, Sept 29 (Reuters) - U.S. house prices rose for a third month in July, but consumer confidence fell unexpectedly in September as the worst job market in 26 years fueled worries about personal finances, private reports showed on Tuesday. The
Ask the Financial Experts - KSDK
KSDK — In a KSDK.com exclusive feature, a panel of local financial experts is answering your questions related to the economic situation. From USA Today: “84% of Americans said in a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll this month that they believe the nation is in
US HOT STOCKS: Gannett, Walgreen, MBIA, Moody’s, McGraw-Hill - Wall Street Journal
U.S. stocks traded lower Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 36 points to 9753, the S&P 500 falling about 3 points to 1060 and the Nasdaq Composite sliding 12 points to 2119. Among the companies whose shares are actively trading in
Why HSBC Is Returning to Hong Kong - Time
But now HSBC has realized home is where the heart — and the money — is. On Sept. 25, HSBC announced that its chief executive, Michael Geoghegan, will relocate his office back to Hong Kong in February, 2010. The decision is yet another sign of the
Out From India’s Alleys, Gold Loans Gain Respect - Dispatch
But lately, gold has become something else: collateral, and the basis of one of the country’s fastest-growing businesses, gold loans. While pawning the family jewels would be a sign of distress in the West, trading gold for cash increasingly is
FACTBOX-Global bank equity issues - Forbes
Sept 29 (Reuters) - BNP Paribas, France’s biggest bank by market value, joined a rush of banks battling to pay back state support on Tuesday and tapped investors for 4.3 billion euros ($6.3 billion). This was the latest mammoth share issue by banks
ABOUT FIRST READ - MSNBC Firstread
*** All about Afghanistan : The next two days are all about Afghanistan for President Obama. Today, he huddles with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen at 11:30 am ET (pool spray at the bottom), and then Obama meets separately with Gates and
Comrade Capitalists - Outlook India
As the sixtieth anniversary of the People’s Republic of China approaches, one is prone to reflect generally on its dramatic recent history, including the historic irony of the development of today’s arguably most vigorous capitalism in an
U.S. consumer woes overshadow housing cheer - El Economista
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. house prices rose for a third month in July, but consumer confidence fell unexpectedly in September as the worst job market in 26 years fueled worries about personal finances, private reports showed on Tuesday. The data
WRAPUP 2-U.S. consumer woes overshadow housing cheer - Forbes
NEW YORK, Sept 29 (Reuters) - U.S. house prices rose for a third month in July, but consumer confidence fell unexpectedly in September as the worst job market in 26 years fueled worries about personal finances, private reports showed on Tuesday. The
Ask the Financial Experts - KSDK
KSDK — In a KSDK.com exclusive feature, a panel of local financial experts is answering your questions related to the economic situation. From USA Today: “84% of Americans said in a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll this month that they believe the nation is in
US HOT STOCKS: Gannett, Walgreen, MBIA, Moody’s, McGraw-Hill - Wall Street Journal
U.S. stocks traded lower Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 36 points to 9753, the S&P 500 falling about 3 points to 1060 and the Nasdaq Composite sliding 12 points to 2119. Among the companies whose shares are actively trading in
Why HSBC Is Returning to Hong Kong - Time
But now HSBC has realized home is where the heart — and the money — is. On Sept. 25, HSBC announced that its chief executive, Michael Geoghegan, will relocate his office back to Hong Kong in February, 2010. The decision is yet another sign of the