Geithner Likely to Face Pointed Questions on Financial Bailout ...CQPolitics.com via Yahoo! News: 0 views since Friday, November 21, 2008 at 05:59 PMNew York Federal Reserve President Timothy F. Geithner, widely reported to be President-elect Barack Obama's choice for Treasury Secretary, could face tough questions in confirmation hearings about his role in devising a financial rescue plan that has become increasingly unpopular with lawmakers.
Amcore Financial board suspends dividend ...AP via Yahoo! Finance: 0 views since Friday, November 21, 2008 at 05:42 PMAmcore Financial Inc., the holding company for Amcore Bank N.A., said Friday its board of directors suspended the quarterly dividend.
Labour's biggest financial test yet ...BBC News: 0 views since Friday, November 21, 2008 at 04:41 PMBBC economics editor Hugh Pym looks at what is expected in the pre Budget report, seen as the government's most crucial financial test to date
Financial Institutions cuts quarterly dividend ...AP via Yahoo! Finance: 0 views since Friday, November 21, 2008 at 04:37 PMFinancial Institutions Inc. on Friday said its board reduced its quarterly cash dividend by 33.3 percent to 10 cents per share.
Financial Winners & Losers: Citigroup ...TheStreet.com: 0 views since Friday, November 21, 2008 at 03:52 PMShares of national banks plunged Friday amid concerns that the government's financial rescue plan won't be sufficient to cover future losses.
Financial System Suffers Relapse ...Washington Post: 0 views since Friday, November 21, 2008 at 01:39 PMThe financial system, which had recently shown glimmers of improvement, is unraveling again.
Concerns About Financial Bailout Haunt Auto Industry Loan ...CQPolitics.com via Yahoo! News: 0 views since Friday, November 21, 2008 at 10:05 AMWhen Democratic leaders balked this week at handing over $25 billion in emergency loans to a flailing U.S. auto industry, they signaled some buyer's remorse about the $700 billion financial industry bailout they approved just weeks ago.
Federal pilot program aimed at financial literacy ...AP via Yahoo! Finance: 0 views since Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 02:12 PMThe U.S. Department of the Treasury has launched a program in St. Louis and seven other regions of the country to better connect people who don't bank much with financial services.
MIT Cuts Spending, Bracing for `Protracted' Financial Crisis ...Bloomberg: 0 views since Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 01:46 PMNov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology said it will cut spending as much as 15 percent over the next three years as it plans for ``a protracted period of financial constraint.''
German Financial Heartland Calls New Election to Break Deadlock ...Bloomberg: 0 views since Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 11:05 AMNov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- State lawmakers in Hesse , Germany's financial heartland, voted to dissolve the regional assembly and hold new elections in a bid to break a political deadlock that has frozen decision-making for almost a year.
Brazilian Homeless Occupy Stores in Protest of Financial Crisis ...Bloomberg: 0 views since Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 10:20 AMNov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Hundreds of homeless people across Brazil peacefully occupied supermarkets owned by Carrefour SA and other retailers to protest what they called the government's failure to protect the poor from the global financial crisis.
Asian Stocks Fall for Third Day; Financial Companies Lead Drop ...Bloomberg: 0 views since Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 06:06 AMNov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks fell for a third day, led by financial companies and commodity producers, as Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. planned to raise cash and Oz Minerals Ltd. said earnings may decline.
Russia investigates financial crisis reporting: report ...AFP via Yahoo! News: 0 views since Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 03:16 AMProsecutors are launching inquiries across Russia against media reporting on the financial crisis in a bid to stem growing concern about its impact, the Kommersant newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Top salesmen for financial bailout face grilling ...AP via Yahoo! News: 1 views since Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at 07:20 AMThe two top salesmen for a $700 billion financial bailout are in for a grilling by Capitol Hill lawmakers just one week after the administration officially ditched the original strategy behind the rescue.
Building a Better Global Financial System ...The Globalist: 1 views since Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at 07:19 AMGordon Brown, many in the European Union and the media have been calling for a ?Bretton Woods II? as the next step toward preventing future meltdowns of the international financial system.
France plans new financial crisis world summit ...San Francisco Chronicle: 1 views since Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at 07:15 AMFrance says it will host a January summit of world leaders and experts to seek solutions to the global financial crisis, in a follow-up to last weekend's summit. The office of President Nicolas Sarkozy says former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is helping...