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Government Recovery Money

28th September 2009
During the fall of 2008 the financial stability of the United States faced big setbacks as the banking industry was shocked by rapid developments in the global economic system. Uncertainty around many newly created financial instruments resulted in massiv... Read >
Author: Steven Toms

Money! Is it really the MOST important thing? Or is

22nd September 2009
We have gone though a crazy year which some have felt more than others. The big investors (I refer to all the various specialists, analysts, and speculators who supposedly understand the economy way more than others) have lost all their possessions on ... Read >
Author: Eli Rimer

Negotiating debt is the help you need in bad debt situation.

15th September 2009
Debt Negotiation may be defined as a system, which attempts to bridge the relationship that has broken down between the debtor and creditor. The art of Debt Negotiation is truly to ensure the utmost extent of compliance by the debtor without diminishing t... Read >
Author: Sunil Punjabi

Financial Meltdown caused by a series of events

07th September 2009
The recent Financial Crisis can be traced down to a series of events, also referred to as "The Sub prime crisis" It was characterized by a situation in 2007, wherein the financial sector comprising mainly of investment banks in US, collapsed. The inves... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer

Central banks limiting gold sales

30th August 2009
Gold bulls were given a psychological boost yesterday as European central banks announced a lower ceiling than expected for their bullion sales over the next five years, reducing their annual quota by 20 per cent to 400 tonnes.The lower ceiling is a fresh... Read >
Author: Neil Dennis

Leading Mortgage Blog Blown Mortgage Expresses Hope of Housing Recovery

21st August 2009
Blown Mortgage which offers one of the most trusted free home loan modification and independent mortgage industry commentary online has said that the mortgage industry is on a path to recovery but it is still sometime before it stabilizes entirely. Sinc... Read >
Author: ramnaresh

401k Rollover into Stocks or Land

16th August 2009
Many people are not aware and are not told about the options that they may have with a 401k Rollover. You see Bank of America, Charles Schwab and several other large investment firms starting to really advertise for clients to utilize 401k Rollover, wi... Read >
Author: sundar77

20 is the magic number

10th August 2009
With all the talk lately about the exorbitant salaries of CEOs, there was a good news story that hit the airwaves recently. CEO of Japan Air Lines, Haruka Nishimatsu was reported to receive $90,000 annual salary. Yes, that's right, not $9 million, not e... Read >
Author: Bob Selden

Is It Still Worth Getting Your MBA?

29th June 2009
With the current financial crisis in full swing and many of the traditional high paying Wall Street type jobs in short supply or even non-existent, many prospective MBA students are asking a simple question; Is it still worth getting an MBA? The answer, ... Read >
Author: Robert Levin

Retirement . . . Heaven or Hell?

27th June 2009
Copyright (c) 2009 Hayden Alexander When you retire, are you going to have enough money to meet all of your expenses and keep up with inflation? If you are like the vast majority of us, your answer will be a resounding, "NO"! Statistically, 95% of p... Read >
Author: Haywrite

How to Invest in a Rough Economy: Investment Advice from the Experts

26th June 2009
The stock market crash of 2008 lost many investors a lot of money, and had many other investors bailing out of stocks for the safety of savings and checking accounts, treasury bills and gold. However, it is still possible to invest - and yes, even make mo... Read >
Author: sarahsimmons

Cheap Apartments in Denver

23rd June 2009
Denver is the capital of the state of Colorado and with a population close to 600,000 it is the 27th largest city in the US in terms of population. The city is located close to the famous Rocky Mountains and with an altitude of exactly one mile it is also... Read >
Author: domaingamer

Bankruptcy Means Test

23rd June 2009
Bankruptcy filing has become quite rampant in the last 6 months or so. This has been in tandem with the far reaching changes in the US economic landscape which has seen some cataclysmic events like the fall of Bear Sterns, Lehman Brothers, Freddie Mac and... Read >
Author: domaingamer

Fund management of the future

20th June 2009
The force of the knock across the financial sector over the past 12 months has exposed the weaknesses in the global financial tectonic plates. From New York to London to Hong Kong to Tokyo, the newly formed global network cracked under the strains of the... Read >
Author: tugsearch

Fund management of the future

20th June 2009
The force of the knock across the financial sector over the past 12 months has exposed the weaknesses in the global financial tectonic plates. From New York to London to Hong Kong to Tokyo, the newly formed global network cracked under the strains of the... Read >
Author: tugsearch

How To Trade Forex

19th June 2009
With unemployment reaching levels not seen in over 20 years, it's difficult for anyone to feel safe at work. The failure of so called ‘blue chip” companies such as Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns has given everyone notice of some very grim facts in ... Read >
Author: Vladamir Ivanof

Golf and Investing Lessons: Fundamentals

10th June 2009
Is it luck or skill that gets us to the goals and objectives we set for ourselves--- gimmicks and software programs or practice and understanding? How many golfers are still using the putter they started with decades ago at a nine-hole cow pasture? How ma... Read >
Author: Steve Selengut

Female Bankruptcies Soar

05th June 2009
Whilst attention has focused on high-profile corporate bankruptcies like that of Lehman Brothers, new figures revealed by the Insolvency Service show many individuals are going bankrupt - and more and more are women. In the last 6 years bankruptcies a... Read >
Author: michael challiner

Collecting Fallen Company Stock Certificates

05th June 2009
Stock certificates can be a tangible bit of history for a company or an industry or to commemorate a major event. Take the current economic situation, for example. There are lots of companies that have made the news recently and that will never issue st... Read >
Author: Cole Cawley

Is The Recession Already Over? Or Is History Repeating Itself?

18th May 2009
Last weekend a friend was telling me over dinner that there was no recession. He pointed to the fact that there was construction going on all around his well appointed neighborhood. In fact, he contended, the (non-existent) recession was probably the ... Read >
Author: John Whitefoot

Strange approach of Banks.

13th May 2009
Glaring example of Banks not making sense is them going bankrupt one after another in the United States. This fact is really disturbing. Even world's largest bank Citi is being talked into getting nationalized by the government. How are they making profit... Read >
Author: Vishal Verma

Failure Is Not a Good Option

22nd April 2009
Now that America is deeply into the business of bailing out banks and big companies, it may be pointless to ponder the feasibility of it. But as Associated Press reporters put it in a recent article, "What if the government got out of the bailout busines... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer

Why are banks filing for Bankruptcies? Does it make sense?

21st April 2009
How are Banks making profits and how are they contributing in being a part of world's largest business? In fact one after another banks are getting bankrupt in U.S. moreover world's largest bank Citi is in danger of getting nationalized. These trends are ... Read >
Author: Vishal Verma

FOREX STILL SAFE DESPITE GLOBAL CRUNCH

15th April 2009
Economic Armageddon is here with us and it is affecting businesses and investments. It is the rich also cry period. Loan lenders are calling in their credits; prospective investors are recoiling for fear of losing their money in this global crunch that ha... Read >
Author: ayo

New survey triggers concerns for pension safety-net

15th April 2009
Pension experts have revealed that the scheme set up to protect final salary pensions could be in trouble. As pension shortfalls have recently hit a record high, the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) is in danger of being submerged from a high level of cla... Read >
Author: Samuel Gooch

New survey triggers concerns for pension safety-net

11th April 2009
Pension experts have revealed that the scheme set up to protect final salary pensions could be in trouble. As pension shortfalls have recently hit a record high, the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) is in danger of being submerged from a high level of cla... Read >
Author: Which4u

Commercial Loans and How to Avoid Zombie Banks

12th March 2009
With virtually any conceivable commercial financing situation, it should be beneficial for commercial borrowers to understand what constitutes a "Dead Bank Walking" and what they should do about it if they are in fact working with a "Zombie Bank". Ultimat... Read >
Author: Stephen Bush

Bankruptcy

12th March 2009
Changes in the financial world The “big brains” in charge have no idea what will further happen and what position to take facing the world crises. So you think is right to panic after the two companies on Wall Street have collapsed (in September 2008... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer

Impact of Global Financial Crisis

12th March 2009
The financial debacle that is occurring across the globe has led to the global collapse of stock exchanges, property sales, financial markets and industrial development. Several organizations have lost their money and have closed their business organizati... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer

The Financial World Today

06th March 2009
We have all been hearing and reading a lot of information about the financial world of late. We hear a lot about global recession, the credit crunch, companies filing for bankruptcy, subprime mortgage crisis, and many pieces of other related news. Where i... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer

Bankruptcy

06th March 2009
The current financial crisis in all sectors throughout the world has hit everyone quite fast and hard. The credit crunch has led to an increase in bankruptcy filings by companies as well as individuals and there is no clue about who will fall next. Bankru... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer

Online Business or Brick and Mortar?

02nd March 2009
Remember when people used to get a job with a company while they were in their twenties and then twenty-five or thirty years later, they retired from that same company? They usually departed with a pension and gold watch. That employee was loyal to the ... Read >
Author: C Harris

ImAStockAddict.com scans and analyzes companies to find success stories and make them available to i

25th February 2009
Dear Battered Investor: Ford, AIG, Citibank, Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, Chrysler…the list goes on forever and you’ve heard it all before. Is 2009 the year that the media will convince every investor out there that ‘the end is near’….or... Read >
Author: IamAstockaddict

Looking Online in an Economic Crisis

23rd February 2009
We are living in very unique times. We are moving through uncharted waters. All around us we are hearing of the growing economic crisis. The US has been experiencing an ongoing real estate downturn for many months now. This was fueled by the problem... Read >
Author: C Harris

Corporate Turnaround – Best Strategy to Counter Recession

20th February 2009
Bear Stearns is gone, Lehman Brothers is gone and Merrill Lynch is almost gone. Three out of the five great walls of the Wall Street (USA) have collapsed. Thanks, to JP Morgan Chase and Bank of America; at least two out of these three unfortunate Investme... Read >
Author: corporateturnaroundexpert

How to be your own best leader, today

20th February 2009
Lehman Brothers, AIG, Bank of America buys Merrill Lynch, the housing crisis, mortgage mess, fuel and food costs, on and on... While it looks dire, the times are creating opportunities for more people to become true leaders - not just in business, but ... Read >
Author: Chris Makell

A statistics on US and UK Attorney’s Lay off

18th February 2009
Recession, Recession, Recession……..is perhaps one of the most “googled” words these days, with everyone searching desperately for its meaning. Even those who don’t know exactly what recession means speak about it. It all started with the eco... Read >
Author: kalyan

A freelance writer's diaries: When work is scarce, write more

17th February 2009
The last few months have virtually changed the economic scenario all around the world. It started when Lehman Brothers collapsed and went bankrupt. But the seeds they say were sown much earlier. What seemed like a mortgage scenario in the US then started ... Read >
Author: sanjaynair

A Refreshing Alternative For Financial Planning

17th February 2009
Financial professionals take heed—there is a new paradigm in effect for successful and realistic financial planning. Whether you are a financial planner, financial advisor, or a general financial consultant, the global economic and financial mess has c... Read >
Author: Financial Planning 2.0

Online Gambling During the Global Financial Crisis: A Positive View

13th February 2009
The online gambling business is to be spared during these tough economic times and will continue to grow at double digit year on year percentage rates. This statement comes from a recent study displayed to the public right before the global financial cris... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer

Scottish Pension funds take on the Big Guns

21st January 2009
A pension fund for council workers in the Lothian’s is taking legal action against some of the biggest firms for losses reaching over £16 million. A new council report revealed that Vodafone, Ericsson and BP are among the blue – chip companies tar... Read >
Author: Catherine

Scottish Pension funds take on the Big Guns

21st January 2009
A pension fund for council workers in the Lothian’s is taking legal action against some of the biggest firms for losses reaching over £16 million. A new council report revealed that Vodafone, Ericsson and BP are among the blue – chip companies tar... Read >
Author: Catherine White

Currency Demo Trading - The Essential For Novice Forex Traders

21st January 2009
Being a novice Forex trader requires you to get a currency demo trading account for many important reasons. So you have made your decision to start trading on the Forex market and that is great. There is plenty of things going for it and in these uncertai... Read >
Author: Christopher M Lee

Important Reasons Why You Should Attend A Forex Trading Seminar

21st January 2009
Going for a Forex trading seminar might just get you started on a road to wealth and financial independence. In these slightly darkened economic times, traditional commodities trading like stocks, company bonds, blue chips and futures have lost their curr... Read >
Author: Christopher M Lee

Save Money By Investing in Life Insurance before March 2009

16th January 2009
Let’s take a quick look at the major events that occurred last year and compelled us to re-consider our strategies for our daily life styles. A couple of incidents namely the 26/11 terror attacks and the huge slump in the financial markets has made the ... Read >
Author: Nail Ramp

The End of a Tumultuous Year

12th January 2009
As we start the New Year, it's time to glance in the rear view mirror and rejoice that 2008 is behind us. It was a tumultuous year during which nearly every aspect of the global economy took a beating—from stocks and bonds to every other financial instr... Read >
Author: Jose Roncal

2008: The year of financial disasters

11th January 2009
The year 2008 will go down as the year of ups and downs in history. This was the year when economic turmoil and business news remained in the thick of things all year round. This was also the year when jargons like subprime, mortgage, bailout, equity and ... Read >
Author: Divya

Cheyne Capital announces new hires

09th January 2009
LONDON, July 7th, 2008. Cheyne Capital, the leading alternative asset management company, announces the appointment of Ravi Stickney as Portfolio Manager for the Cheyne Asset-Backed Fund and the Cheyne Structured Solutions Fund. Prior to joining Cheyne... Read >
Author: tugsearch

Cheyne Capital announces new hires

09th January 2009
LONDON, July 7th, 2008. Cheyne Capital, the leading alternative asset management company, announces the appointment of Ravi Stickney as Portfolio Manager for the Cheyne Asset-Backed Fund and the Cheyne Structured Solutions Fund. Prior to joining Cheyne... Read >
Author: tugsearch

Investment Banking and the Future of Wall Street

09th January 2009
The current economic meltdown has changed the face of Wall Street, possibly forever. For decades the energy in the market had been fueled by high-rolling investment bankers, but look what's happened in the last eight months. Lehman Brothers went bankrupt.... Read >
Author: Jose Roncal

How Derivatives Sank Our Banks

09th January 2009
Most people do not know what CDS's, Credit Default Swaps, are or have even heard of them, but they have the potential to sink every bank in the country! No joke. Banks have trillions on the line with these CDS's and they are losing big. Credit Default Swa... Read >
Author: svfox

LIQUID ASSETS

09th January 2009
We think of liquid assets as something we can quickly and easily convert into cash, like stocks and bonds. With what's been happening to investor portfolios lately, including IRA and 401k retirement funds, here’s something to think about: · If you h... Read >
Author: DougMitchell

5 Marketplace Implementation Lessons from a Corporate Strategy Execution Consultant

07th January 2009
The best-laid strategic plans often go awry once exposed to the light of day and the rudeness and ruthlessness of reality. Former President Lyndon Johnson understood that. He often told a story of a man who had applied for a job as a flagman at a rail... Read >
Author: Scott Glatstein

Financial Crisis – Smart Money Guide

05th January 2009
Where Should You Put Your Money? The credit crunch is on everyone’s lips, and for many families and businesses, times are getting hard. There has been a great degree of uncertainty throughout 2008, but when the Lehman Brothers investment bank collap... Read >
Author: Stefan

A Summary of the Icelandic Banking Debacle

05th January 2009
Since the collapse of the American investment banks Lehman Brothers at the start of September, the world economic crisis has leapt to the forefront of most people’s minds. Perhaps what was most worrying in the weeks following this event was the collapse... Read >
Author: Stefan

The Day The Telephones Stopped Ringing...

29th December 2008
Over recent years London and Monaco have both held the title of the most expensive property in the world, with Monaco recently outstripping London's most exclusive areas to top the list of the world's most expensive real estate. And as well as having t... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer

Mortgage-Backed In-Securities

28th December 2008
With 2008 having been an election year, it has been convenient to levy all blame for our country’s current economic condition on our nation’s presidential administration for the last eight years. However, a significant portion of the fiscal woes now p... Read >
Author: Brian S. Icenhower

How to Avoid Getting Trapped and Losing Money

18th December 2008
The scandal around the so called investment guru Madoff is the second big case in this year as masses of people have lost their fortune. The first case was the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers. Many people are lured to invest their money in financial market ... Read >
Author: Lil Waldner

How to Find Financing for Apartment Buildings, Mobile Home Parks and Commercial Real Estate Projects

16th December 2008
Investors tell us continually that finding financing for Commercial projects such as Apartment Buildings, Mobile Home Parks in today’s market is challenging. “Finding the money to buy , build or refinance property” is an investor’s #1 challenge. T... Read >
Author: Arthur Hooper

How to Preserve Pension Funds from Serious Losses

15th December 2008
The pension funds have badly suffered because of the actual financial crisis. US pension funds and retirement schemes have lost around 5000 billion Dollars. Other big institutional investors also have been forced to admit gigantic losses. The famous Harva... Read >
Author: Lil Waldner

How to Avoid Dangerous Losses for Pension Funds

15th December 2008
The pension funds have badly suffered because of the actual financial crisis. US pension funds have lost around 2000 billion Dollars. Other big institutional investors also have been forced to admit gigantic losses. The famous Harvard Endowment Funds has ... Read >
Author: Lil Waldner

Effecting Positive Changes on American Economy through Social Collaborations

02nd December 2008
American economy is experiencing yet another boom and bust cycle. History is repeating as America faces situations similar to the Great Depression of the 1920’s. Economic breakdowns like stock market crash, unemployment, real-estate crash and high-renta... Read >
Author: liza252

Beat The Inflation Heat!

30th November 2008
The world is facing the economic slump down. The illustrious Lehman Brothers is into a dire state of misery and as a result America is facing financial threat. This has in turn given rise to inflation and the entire word is left scratching their head that... Read >
Author: saurabh kanwar

Beat The Inflation Heat!

30th November 2008
The world is facing the economic slump down. The illustrious Lehman Brothers is into a dire state of misery and as a result America is facing financial threat. This has in turn given rise to inflation and the entire word is left scratching their head that... Read >
Author: saurabh kanwar

Demand for commercial property falling fastest in retail say RICS

27th November 2008
Demand for commercial property is falling at the fastest pace in a decade, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)as across the UK, 52% more chartered surveyors reported a fall than a rise in demand compared to 50% in Quarter 2 20... Read >
Author: tugsearch

What is Happening in the Buy to Let Market?

24th November 2008
I find it difficult to fully understand the complexities of the buy to let market at the best of times, but now I find myself renting in a small desirable town that is short on housing and sees a bigger influx of renters (by way of students) year on year.... Read >
Author: MarkeD

Why leadership that counts is needed now, more than ever…

22nd November 2008
Lehman Brothers, AIG, Bank of America buys Merrill Lynch, the housing crisis, mortgage mess, fuel and food costs, on and on… While it looks dire, the times are creating opportunities for more people to become true leaders – not just in business, bu... Read >
Author: Chris Makell

GETTING IN AND RETAINING ON AN Initial Public Offering

12th November 2008
If it’s not impossible, it’s very difficult to get a piece of an IPO. It is done by a process known as Underwriting. When a company wants to go public, first thing it has to do is hire an Investment Bank to act as an underwriter. These underwrit... Read >
Author: Pooja Gupta

Personal Finance Software to Help You Survive Financial Crisis

12th November 2008
Do you know how to avoid getting caught in the financial crisis? This question addresses one of the biggest fears most everyone has today. If giants like Merrill Lynch and Lehman Brothers get shaken to their foundations, how can an average person resist g... Read >
Author: Alex Shirokov

Financial Panic and Your Business

11th November 2008
Well, we all saw the latest example of Capitalism at its worst this past week with the demise of Lehman Brothers, the bail out of Fannie and Freddie, and the $85 Billion Government line of credit for AIG. Stock prices went through violent convulsions wit... Read >
Author: Chris Carter

Banking Crisis The War Against Main Street America

11th November 2008
Republicans like to paint themselves as champions of the free market, but only as long as it makes them money. At the risk of speaking ill of the dead, what good was Lehman Brothers, anyway? And what about Merrill Lynch? If they were so bullish on Americ... Read >
Author: dar150

How Does the Financial World Look After the Big Crisis?

10th November 2008
The recent months and weeks have been crazy at the financial markets. The crisis has started at the sub prime market in the United States and it has affected the global financial markets. It has almost caused a collapse of the financial markets. Only vigo... Read >
Author: Lil Waldner

A Deep Recession In A Global Economy

31st October 2008
Fear and emotion are the rule every day in the global financial markets. We have seen shock and awe financial bailout plans, the overnight consolidation of many troubled financial services giants, and a liquidity crisis that impacts markets across the glo... Read >
Author: James William Smith

Going for A Buy to Let Mortgage Makes Sense Even Today

27th October 2008
The day Lehman Brothers went under, it formally sounded the start of difficult times for the mortgage business. Though the fault lines were apparent since the sub-prime crisis had rocked the financial markets last year, this event seems to have lent a ter... Read >
Author: Richard Heaney

European Financial Crisis

21st October 2008
When the United States of America was found to be suffering from deep economic problems, many analysts commended European companies and their relative strengths in view of emerging global crisis. European companies function in an Anglo-Saxon free market m... Read >
Author: Jennie

Why IBM Profits Rose 20 Percent While World Markets Fell 20 Percent

21st October 2008
Amid the panic of investors, brokers, and analysts, world equity markets plunged 20 percent in one week. IBM presented signs of survival as the company prepares to release a full earning report on October 16 that will show a 20 percent jump in profit. The... Read >
Author: John Mehrmann

The Financial Crisis Deepens as Unemployment Rises

17th October 2008
The current number of people unemployed in the U.K. stands at 1.79 million, increasing from 1.72 million in July 2008. The Unemployment rate stands now at 5.75%, the highest level of unemployment since in 1991 amidst the U.K.’s last economic recession d... Read >
Author: RicReev

Finally a much relief for the entrepreneurs after a long wait

17th October 2008
The present day business scenarios have left everyone surprised with the Indian economy not coping with any kind of struggle even after the regression phases witnessed in top world economies such as the US and UK. If we have a close look at the financi... Read >
Author: jolly

Managing Your Career in a Difficult Economy

13th October 2008
The sobering developments at Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, Washington Mutual, Wachovia, AIG, and UBS have served as a catalyst for many to examine their current work situations and future career management strategies. Here's some food for thought as we ... Read >
Author: Barbara Safani

Are we on the Verge of A Great Depression?

10th October 2008
Some are saying the recent mortgage security crisis and resulting bank failures may be ushering in a new Great Depression for the 21st century. How did we get here? This is what happened: Banks would grant home loans, then turn around and sell those... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer

Does Your Deposit Have Insurance Protection?

08th October 2008
In light of the current economic crisis in the US and particularly the downfall of renowned financial institution, Lehman Brothers, it is understandable that depositors are somewhat concerned about the safety of their money. There is a common misconcep... Read >
Author: Michael Quinn

Personal Development and Spiritual Growth The Easy Way

06th October 2008
I am feeling my feet firmly on the ground. Feeling stable and secure is something that is being ripped out of - from under the carpets, so to say for a lot of people nowadays. In this financial crisis, Lehman Brothers going bankrupt, AIG Insurance being ... Read >
Author: Blanca

Retirement at Risk

01st October 2008
Every passing day brings us one step closer to retirement. When economic conditions or personal finances are unclear, the road to retirement seems much longer, and the road on retirement seems to be a rocky and perilous one. Don't panic, it's time to plan... Read >
Author: John Mehrmann

Retirement at Risk

01st October 2008
Every passing day brings us one step closer to retirement. When economic conditions or personal finances are unclear, the road to retirement seems much longer, and the road on retirement seems to be a rocky and perilous one. Don't panic, it's time to plan... Read >
Author: John Mehrmann

Federal Financial Takeover Creates Safety Net

29th September 2008
The federal takeover of the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, affectionately referred to as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, marks a major change on the local financial front. The financial crisis that preced... Read >
Author: Kevin Koitz

The Cost of Investing - Are 'Hidden' Charges Eating Your Returns?

24th September 2008
We live in interesting times. The investment bank Lehman Brothers has filed for bankruptcy protection, Merrill Lynch is being taken over by Bank of America and it's predicted thousands of bank employees will be picking up their P45s by the end of the m... Read >
Author: Ray Prince

Planning to Sell Business? 10 tips you cannot ignore!

23rd September 2008
Recent economic meltdown might compel many small business owners to put their businesses for sale. With many layoffs due to the fall of three of the five major US investment banks, Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch, and other the two remaini... Read >
Author: Mark Waltzer

How to sustain current economic slump?

23rd September 2008
In the current scenario of economic crisis, small business owners are worried on what lies next after the dirt that’s raised by Fannie and Freddie, Lehman Brothers, ML and AIG. The latest to this list could probably be Washington Mutual. As a small ... Read >
Author: Mark Waltzer

Warren Buffett's Wisdom In The Market Crash of 2008

23rd September 2008
Copyright (c) 2008 Barry Lycka The third week of September, 2008 saw one of the biggest crises ever to exist on Wall Street. It's not every week that starts with a major investment bank, Lehman Brothers, filing for bankruptcy and ends with a massive ra... Read >

After the bailout - what next?

22nd September 2008
What we witnessed this past week is what the TREND letter has been predicting would happen over 2 years ago – so we cannot be surprised. But whether or not we were surprised, it is still quite numbing when you see such a disaster occur. Last week, we sa... Read >
Author: Martin

Have We Created a New Economic Model?

22nd September 2008
The absence of government oversight for the past 7 years plus the dangers of reckless deregulation of the financial companies struck hard at the American financial system this date, threatening it in the most grave manner since the Great Depression. In... Read >
Author: golfergary

Federal Financial Takeover Creates Safety Net

22nd September 2008
The federal takeover of the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, affectionately referred to as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, marks a major change on the local financial front. The financial crisis that preced... Read >
Author: Anne Eliason

Mumbai Real Estate Developers Struggle to Survive

14th August 2008
Mumbai property price are seeing a price correction in the recent months. Both, the residential rental and capital market in Mumbai have witnessed a price amendment. There has been a 70 per cent dip in Greater Mumbai, whereas South Mumbai and suburbs are ... Read >
Author: George Gonigal

Analyst slashes AbitibiBowater target on the price

12th August 2008
Analyst slashes AbitibiBowater target on the price Shares fell 79 cents, or 8.9 percent, to $8.14 in afternoon trading (http://www.office-products-suppliers.com/). In the last 52 weeks, the stock has traded between $4.70 and $37.45, and is off by nea... Read >
Author: sws

Five Recession-Proof Careers for a Tight Economy

21st July 2008
The news keeps coming in, and it's not encouraging. Declining home prices and the resulting slowdown in the American economy have put manufacturers, investment bankers, and retail employees out of work. With less to spend on luxuries--and less credit from... Read >
Author: Kelli

Importance of Negotiation Tactics Rise as Uncertainty Increases

30th June 2008
With the volume of deals decreasing at a significant pace, a new set of questions are being asked about the Manhattan real estate market. Most of them have to do with the general point of curiosity that has got everyone's mind in a fix: Will the slowdo... Read >
Author: Elika Associates

Sub-Prime Mortgage Lenders Account For Over Half Of UK Repossessions

25th May 2008
Over half of the UK’s repossession orders are being brought by sub-prime lenders, according to a BBC report. These lenders cater for borrowers with poor credit histories and account for only 6% of the total mortgage market. Radio Five Live’s Wake Up T... Read >
Author: Mark Skinner

Barriers to Broadband Britain

29th April 2008
Following the announcement of a new Government review of the UK’s broadband needs, Geo has said it believes the key inhibitor to broadband development remains the ‘middle mile’ - the network that runs from the local exchanges to the core. It has cal... Read >
Author: Barracuda Digital

Raytec Metals Options More Iron Ore in Ontario

28th January 2008
By Doug Hadfield It may not be the sexiest of metals to investors, but iron is also arguably one of the most important. That was the message of Brian Thurston, President of Raytec Metals Corp. (TSX.V: RAY) in a recent interview with Resourcex.com. The... Read >
Author: ResourceX Investor

Mortgage approvals down fuelling housing gloom

14th November 2007
Fears over the state of the UK housing market are on the rise, prompted by the announcement from the British Bankers’ Association that mortgage approvals for September fell 14% compared to August.Total mortgage approvals for the month of September 2007 ... Read >
Author: pmcindoe

Industrial Giants Now Worried About Global Warming

20th February 2007
The debate on global warming, what is left of it, is often categorized as the far left versus business. Such a characterization is incorrect as shown by the US Climate Action Partnership. The debate on global warming is more or less over. The finer po... Read >
Author: Rick Chapo

Stock Research Wall Street makes FORTUNE sweeping YOUR CASH

06th February 2007
Years ago, I was a limited partner at Bear Stearns and Company in New York City. Once a year, we would have a partner�s meeting, and I would attend as a matter of course. Now keep in mind that we were a trading firm, also a brokerage firm. Back then we ... Read >
Author: Richard Stoyeck

Race for the Cure: Money Driven

18th January 2007
According to an article on Bloomberg.com, the largest drug maker in Europe GlaxoSmithKline has entered into an arms race against Merck and Co. The winner hopes to receive the biggest share of the relatively lucrative cervical cancer market. GlaxoSmith... Read >
Author: Joshua Daly

Bharat Book Bureau releases report on Banking and Financial Services Offshoring July 2006

21st August 2006
Mumbai, India - July 24 Bharat Book Bureau has added "Banking and Financial Services Offshoring: From Transaction Processing to Analytics"(http://www.bharatbook.com/detail.asp?id=20141) to its huge collection of business market research reports. With... Read >
Author: Nitesh Pednekar

The seeming lockstep price of Crude Oil and the Morgan Stanley Capital International EAFE based TSP

25th April 2006
A friend of mine at work got into the I fund (based on the Morgan Stanley Capital International EAFE) at the right time and rode it to some great profits. He said that as oil prices rose so did the I fund. Being a curious fellow I decided to take a look... Read >
Author: Patrick Altoft

Seasonal Trading Strategy for Stock Funds and US Federal Employee TSP 401k Retirement Accounts

25th April 2006
"Sell in May and Stay Away" Words to live and invest by? I don't know who coined the phrase but I did a bit of research and yes this strategy would have worked out for you is you had implemented it over the life of the TSP retirement account. Of course... Read >
Author: Patrick Altoft

Using Urban Legends to Beat the Market

03rd January 2006
Forget fundamental research, put aside those technical charts and, by all means, turn off those cable business programs. If you really want to know what's going to happen in the stock market, all you need to follow are a number of urban legends. Starti... Read >
Author: Glenn Dahlke