Markets Shrug at Shutdown Even as Debt Battle Looms Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON—Despite a week of budget wrangling that showed scant sign of abating, Wall Street investors shrugged off the federal government shutdown, presuming that lawmakers will find a solution before the U.S. loses its borrowing ability. The Dow ... See all stories on this topic » | |
German economist: Fear to dog investors for years Businessweek NEW YORK (AP) — Investors around the world have retreated from risk before. But this time is different. So says Arne Holzhausen, a senior economist at Allianz, an insurer based in Munich. He says what's keeping people from returning to taking chances with ... See all stories on this topic » | |
AP IMPACT: Families hoard cash 5 yrs after crisis Businessweek NEW YORK (AP) — Five years after U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers collapsed, triggering a global financial crisis and shattering confidence worldwide, families in major countries around the world are still hunkered down, too spooked and distrustful to ... See all stories on this topic » | |
Profile: Maria Schoenberg of Germany dumps stocks Businessweek FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — To understand why people are so cautious with their money five years after the financial crisis, The Associated Press interviewed consumers around the world. Here is what one person said: Name: Maria Schoenberg. See all stories on this topic » | |
More work needed to resolve repo fire sale risk, says NY Fed's Dudley Reuters By Karen Brettell. NEW YORK | Fri Oct 4, 2013 12:36pm EDT. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Participants in the $5 trillion repurchase agreement market need to work harder to develop solutions that reduce the risks the market poses to financial stability, or regulators ... See all stories on this topic » | |
Shutdown sidelines US Merchant Marine Academy cadets CNN (CNN) -- Concerned parents of students at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, New York say their children were told to go on fall break several weeks early and no one knows when they'll be going back to school, thanks to the federal shutdown ... See all stories on this topic » | |
Pipeline Is Safe, PG&E Tells San Carlos Customers MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Pacific Gas and Electric Company's (PG&E) today said customers in San Carlos, Calif., can be assured that a natural gas transmission pipeline in their community is being operated in a completely ... See all stories on this topic » | |
As developed countries improve, the BRICs stumble Houston Chronicle NEW YORK (AP) — The developing countries of Brazil, Russia, India and China recovered quickly from the financial crisis five years ago. Their spending helped keep a global recession from becoming a global depression. Now they're stumbling. Indians are ... See all stories on this topic » | |
BlackBerry faces class action suit in US The Globe and Mail BlackBerry Ltd. and some key executives are facing allegations they misled investors on the state of the company's future, and how its BlackBerry 10 would fare against competitors. A class action lawsuit filed by one BlackBerry shareholder claims leaders of ... See all stories on this topic » | |
Tax refunds on hold, but not filing deadlines Greenville News The government shutdown has shuttered offices at myriad agencies, including the Internal Revenue Service, where doors are locked, helplines go unanswered and refunds won't be issued. For taxpayers who requested extensions on their 2012 individual tax ... See all stories on this topic » | |
U.S. Shutdown May Be Driving Traffic To 'Sugar Daddy' Sites KUOW News and Information A sugar daddy dating website says nearly 14,000 women have joined since Sept. 29, as the federal government prepared to shut down. sugar daddy (noun): a well-to-do usually older man who supports or spends lavishly on a mistress, girlfriend, or boyfriend. See all stories on this topic » | |
Cooper Tire asks court to compel Apollo to close $2.5 billion deal Reuters Sat Oct 5, 2013 1:39am EDT. (Reuters) - Cooper Tire & Rubber Co (CTB.N) on Friday said it has filed a complaint in a U.S. court to push India's Apollo Tyres (APLO.NS) to close its $2.5 billion acquisition of the American company in a timely manner. Apollo ... See all stories on this topic » | |
Feds to take down ObamaCare website for repairs Fox News Oct. 4, 2013: This photo provided by HHS shows the main landing web page for HealthCare.gov. Bedeviled by technology glitches that frustrated millions of consumers, the Obama administration is taking down its health overhaul website for repairs this ... See all stories on this topic » | |
Boehner hits White House over ObamaCare website repairs Fox News Sept. 30, 2013: House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio walks to a House Republican Conference meeting to discuss the ongoing budget fight.AP. ADVERTISEMENT. House Speaker John Boehner criticized the Obama administration's plan to disable a key ... See all stories on this topic » | |
Wal-Mart Looks for China Acquisitions -- Update Wall Street Journal BEIJING--Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) is eyeing acquisitions in China, a top regional executive said, a market where rivals are building up and where the U.S. retailer has struggled to copy the success it has enjoyed in the U.S.. The retailer, which has 398 ... See all stories on this topic » | |
New tactics keep college kids hooked on plastic CNBC.com William Campbell first learned of his university's new system for sending out financial aid refunds during the summer of 2011. Campbell recalled that he received a "fancy little letter" from Western Washington University's financial aid office and a company ... See all stories on this topic » | |
World Bank: India Received $71 Billion In Remittances in 2013, Syria's Has ... International Business Times World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim speaks about poverty at World Bank Headquarters in Washington, April 19, 2013. REUTERS. The World Bank reported this week that the developing world will receive remittances worth $414 billion in 2013. Nearly ... See all stories on this topic » | |
ECLECTIC RANT: Expect More Failed Israeli-Palestine Peace Negotiations Berkeley Daily Planet The Israeli and Palestinian negotiating teams met again on October 3, 2013 for the eighth time since direct peace talks were resumed in late July. No one but the eternally optimistic expects any meaningful result from these negotiations. The history of these ... See all stories on this topic » | |
Icahn withdraws demand for Dell share appraisal UPI.com ROUND ROCK, Texas, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Activist investor Carl Icahn said he has withdrawn a demand for a share value appraisal that could have stalled the sale of U.S. computer giant Dell. "I withdrew my demand for appraisal of my Dell shares. Based on our ... See all stories on this topic » | |
Global Markets: Stocks fall for week as shutdown continues; dollar near lows GMA News NEW YORK - Major stock markets rose on Friday but posted a second week of losses while the dollar hovered near an eight-month low on fears the budget standoff in Washington will drag on until politicians reach a deal to raise the U.S. debt ceiling. See all stories on this topic » | |
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