Posts Tagged ‘act’
Tougher laws in effect
February 17th, 2010 | 
Author: LAWS to give the authorities more bite when it comes to loan sharks and their accomplices came into effect yesterday, ahead of the opening of Singapore’s first casino, in a move lauded by MPs and counsellors as timely.
The changes to the Moneylenders Act also come in the wake of a rising tide of illegal moneylending activities in recent years.
Latest figures released by the police showed that ther… more
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Tags: accomplices, act, authorities, bite, casino, counsellors, effect, LAWS, loan sharks, Moneylenders, move, MPs, opening, police, rising tide, Singapore, ther, tide, wake, yesterday | 
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Citing ‘obscene’ bonuses, Obama to tax banks
President Barack Obama on Thursday described bank bonuses as “obscene” and called for a new tax on Wall Street’s largest firms.
Barack Obama – Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 – President of the United States – United States – Business
Answer Desk: TARP bailout won’t die
The $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program was never used for the purpose for which it was originally intended. Yet it has been extended for another year. Answer Desk.
Troubled Asset Relief Program – Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 – Federal Reserve System – Citigroup – Business
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Tags: act, Answer, answer desk, asset, business, citigroup, Desk, Economic, economic stabilization act, emergency, Federal, federal reserve, federal reserve system, Program, purpose, Relief, Reserve, stabilization, system, Troubled, year |
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Festive mood propels STI to 17-month high
TRADERS were all but wearing Santa Claus suits yesterday as they embraced the Christmas mood and sent the market to a 17-month high.
Funds, too, got in the act by window- dressing blue chips to make the last full trading day before the holiday a festive one. The result was a 17.74-point rise in the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) to 2,841.56.
But it would not be Christmas without the presence … more
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Tags: act, blue chips, Christmas, christmas mood, Claus, day, holiday, Index, market, month, mood, point, presence, result, rise, Santa, santa claus suits, STI, Straits, straits times index, Times, TRADERS, trading, window, yesterday |
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Of bats and billions: Following stimulus funds
As reports and data generated by the federal Recovery Act pile up, tracking stimulus outlays and results is fast becoming a hot cyber parlor game. Msnbc.com’s Mike Stuckey reports.
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 – Business – Recovery Act – Investing – Sports
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Tags: act, American, business, business recovery, com, cyber, game, Mike Stuckey, Msnbc, outlays, parlor, parlor game, pile, pile up, recovery, recovery act, Reinvestment, reinvestment act, sports, stimulus |
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Too much disclosure can sometimes be bad
MOST people place their faith in the disclosure-based model which says that the more information financial advisers and companies are made to tell the public, the better. This is the rationale behind Regulation Full Disclosure (RFD) in the US and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and is the preferred regulatory approach that has evolved over the past decade in tandem with deregulated markets.
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Tags: act, approach, decade, disclosure, faith, financial advisers, Full, full disclosure, Howeve, information, model, Oxley, Public, rationale, regulation, regulatory approach, RFD, Sarbanes, sarbanes oxley act, sarbanes oxley act of 2002, tandem, US |
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