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Bankruptcies increased 32 percent in ’09
January 6th, 2010 | 
Author: Consumers and businesses filed for bankruptcy at a pace that made 2009 the seventh-worst year on record, with more than 1.4 million petitions submitted, an Associated Press tally showed Monday.
Bankruptcy – Associated Press – Law – United States – Services
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Tags: Associated, associated press, bankruptcy, consumers, law, Monday, pace, petitions, press, record, tally, United States, united states services, year | 
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Fed to Reiterate Low Interest Rates Warranted for an ‘Extended Period’
The Federal Reserve’s open market committee (FOMC) is expected to follow the recent decisions by the ECB, BoJ and BoE and keep interest rates pegged at a record low of 0-0.25% on Wednesday. However, in the accompanying press statement, financial markets will also be looking for confirmation that the FOMC…
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Tags: BoE, BoJ, committee, confirmation, decisions, ECB, Federal, federal reserve, financial markets, FOMC, interest, interest rates, low, market, open market committee, press, record, Reserve, statement, Wednesday |
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That new HSBC loan: too clever by half?
That new HSBC loan: too clever by half?
Why not give customers the money outright?
By SIOW LI SEN
LAST Friday, when given the HSBC press release on its new Sibor plus equity-linked mortgage, I spent at least 15 minutes trying to figure out how it worked. The result was that I was so consumed with the promise of thousands of dollars that I paid no attention to the home loan itself.
Eventuall… more
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Tags: 15 minutes, attention, Eventuall, Friday, half, home, home loan, HSBC, LAST, last friday, LI SEN, loan, money, mortgage, press, press release, promise, release, result, Sibor, SIOW, thousands of dollars |
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EMU Economic Indicators Preview
The ECB Council is holding its regular monthly meeting on Thursday. The interest rate decision will be announced at 13:45hrs, the press conference is scheduled for 14:30hrs. Over the last few weeks, policymakers have repeatedly stated that it is too early to withdraw stimulus and declare the crisis over. Against…
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Tags: conference, Council, crisis, decision, ECB, ecb council, interest, interest rate decision, meeting, press, rate, stimulus, Thursday |
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No change to STI’s 30 constituent stocks
THE 30 constituent stocks of the widely watched Straits Times Index (STI) will remain unchanged after a half-yearly review.
The STI is one of the indexes in the FTSE ST Index series owned by Singapore Press Holdings, the Singapore Exchange and Britain’s FTSE Group. The regular reviews aim to ensure the STI and the other indexes accurately reflect the market.
In the previous review, in March, prope… more
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Tags: Britain, constituent, constituent stocks, exchange, FTSE, ftse group, group, Holdings, Index, index series, indexes, March, market, press, prope, review, series, Singapore, singapore exchange, singapore press holdings, STI, Straits, straits times index, straits times index sti, Times |
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EMU Economic Indicators Preview
The ECB Council is holding its regular monthly meeting on Thursday. The interest rate decision will be announced at 13:45hrs, the press conference is scheduled for 14:30hrs. Over the last few weeks, several ECB representatives have warned against excessive optimism. In addition, the ECB report on EU Banking Sector Stability…
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Tags: addition, banking, banking sector, conference, Council, decision, ECB, ecb council, interest, interest rate decision, meeting, optimism, press, rate, report, sector, stability, Thursday |
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