AP – Take a hard look now. A new agency that consumers were promised would make bankers, credit card companies and mortgage lenders treat them fairly will never look as strong again. Go here to see the original: Analysis: Obama’s consumer agency no sure deal (AP)
Also tagged analysis, consumer-agency, credit-card, hard-look, look-as-strong, new-agency, strong-again-, were-promisedAP – Americans Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson won the Nobel economics prize on Monday for their analyses of economic governance — the rules by which people exercise authority in companies and economic systems. Link: Americans Ostrom, Williamson win Nobel economics (AP)
Also tagged analyses, economic-governance-, exercise-authority, for-their, monday, nobel, oliver, oliver-williamson, ostrom, prize-on-monday, the-rules, which-people, williamsonReuters – The head of the International Finance Corp said on Saturday that the group plans to work with private equity funds, debt servicing companies and major banks to soak up toxic assets held by banks in emerging markets. Link: IFC to work with private sector to buy toxic assets …
Also tagged assets, buy-toxic, debt-servicing, finance-corp, group, group-plans, ifc, international, major-banks-, private-equity, said-on-saturday, saturday-, toxic-assets, work-withReuters – The head of the International Finance Corp said on Saturday that the group plans to work with private equity funds, debt servicing companies and major banks to soak up toxic assets held by banks in emerging markets. Link: IFC to work with private sector to buy toxic assets …
Also tagged assets, debt-servicing, finance-corp, group, group-plans, ifc, international, major-banks-, private-sector, said-on-saturday, saturday-, toxic-assets, work-withStrong earnings from consumer goods companies and a rise in European economic confidence suggested that household spending may slowly be picking up. Go here to see the original: European Shares Rise With Consumer Confidence
Also tagged consumer-, consumer-confidence, earnings-from, economic-confidence, european, european-shares, may-slowly, original, picking-up-, see-theBusinessWeek – Banks in the euro area have relaxed restrictions on borrowers from companies and households, while demand for home loans has surged for the first time since early 2006, a fresh survey by the European Central Bank has found. Read the original: European Banks Get More Confident …
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