Archive for 'Economy'
Columbia prof says Prop 8 adds to gay health woes (AP)
Posted on 15. Jan, 2010 by Yahoo! News: Economy News.
AP - A Columbia University social scientist says California's voter-enacted ban on same-sex marriages contributed to the social stigma that makes gay men and lesbians more susceptible to depression, suicide and substance abuse.
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Recession over, but not to some Florida lawmakers (AP)
Posted on 15. Jan, 2010 by Yahoo! News: Economy News.
AP - Three renowned economists agree Florida's boom days are over and that the state's recovery from the recession is likely to take awhile.
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U.S. war on militancy hits Pakistan economy: Zardari (Reuters)
Posted on 15. Jan, 2010 by Yahoo! News: Economy News.
Reuters - The U.S. regional campaign against militancy and the violence it has provoked in Pakistan have almost crippled its economy, President Asif Ali Zardari told an American envoy Friday.
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AIG Payments E-Mails: Scandal Has Geithner in Hot Seat (Time.com)
Posted on 15. Jan, 2010 by Yahoo! News: Economy News.
Time.com - Unearthed e-mails suggest that in 2008 lawyers at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, then led by Tim Geithner, may have discouraged AIG from disclosing payments made with rescue money. But you might want to cut Geithner some slack
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China says ways to resolve Google issue, U.S. cautious (Reuters)
Posted on 15. Jan, 2010 by Yahoo! News: Economy News.
Reuters - China sought on Friday to play down a threat by Google Inc to quit the country on hacking and censorship concerns, saying any decision by the Internet search giant would not affect U.S. trade ties.
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Volcker Calls for Support in Fighting Bank Lobby on Reforms (Bloomberg)
Posted on 15. Jan, 2010 by Yahoo! News: Economy News.
Bloomberg - Jan. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Paul Volcker, the former Federal Reserve chairman advising the Obama administration, said bank lobbyists are promoting â??reform lightâ? and blocking regulatory changes that would stave off future crises.
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China: Google case will not affect trade with US (AFP)
Posted on 14. Jan, 2010 by Yahoo! News: Economy News.
AFP - China said Friday that Google's threat to pull out of the country over cyberattacks and official censorship would not affect Beijing's overall trade and economic ties with the United States.
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Obama aide: Free information flow key for China (Reuters)
Posted on 14. Jan, 2010 by Yahoo! News: Economy News.
Reuters - A top White House aide said on Thursday it was too soon to tell how Google's threat to leave China would affect U.S. ties with Beijing, but he said a free information flow was crucial to the Chinese economy.
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Geithner to Testify Jan. 27 About AIG E-Mail Exchange (Bloomberg)
Posted on 14. Jan, 2010 by Yahoo! News: Economy News.
Bloomberg - Jan. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner agreed to testify Jan. 27 before a House panel investigating why the Federal Reserve Bank of New York asked insurer American International Group Inc. to limit disclosures of the governmentâ??s financial rescue to investors.
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Economy – Thursday (Investor’s Business Daily)
Posted on 14. Jan, 2010 by Yahoo! News: Economy News.
Investor's Business Daily - The Federal Reserve must keep its regulatory powers because overseeing banks helps it set monetary policy and allows the central bank to navigate the exit from the unprecedented support to combat the crisis, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke wrote in a letter to the Senate Banking Committee. Congress is mulling a broad overhaul of fin'l regulation, which includes stripping the Fed's oversight powers, arguing that it should focus on its task of setting borrowing costs to ensure stable growth and prices.
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