Category ‘News’

Businesses Spending More – But Not Hiring More

Posted by Thomas Hertog on December 6, 2011 9:22 am No Comments

While consumer spending continues to be less robust than economists have predicted all year, business spending has been increasing steadily in the last half of...

Standard & Poor’s Warns EU Nations of Potential Credit Downgrade

Posted by David Huber on December 6, 2011 9:11 am No Comments

Standard & Poor’s ratings agency on Monday warned several EU nations, including Germany and France, that it is placing them on review for a potential...

Remote Deposits, Flavor of the Season

Posted by Benjamin Roussey on December 5, 2011 2:35 pm No Comments

Banks consistently have to innovate in terms of services to keep their customers happy. First it was 24-hour in-branch banking, and then came Internet &...

Dow Pares Early Gains as Euro Talks Continue

Posted by David Huber on December 5, 2011 12:41 pm No Comments

The Dow Jones Industrial jumped 150 points in early morning trading on Monday, but quickly pared back its gains as European talks continue on how...

Report: Facebook Eyes $100 Billion Valuation in ’12 IPO

Posted by Benjamin Roussey on December 5, 2011 9:43 am No Comments

Well, if you thought the number of people acting like hooligans on Black Friday was large, wait until you get a load of this. The...

Dow Jones Posts 7 Percent Weekly Gain

Posted by David Huber on December 4, 2011 10:35 am No Comments

The Dow Jones Industrial Average index posted a 7 percent gain last week, jumping 788 points from 11,231 at market opening on Monday to 12,019...

Geithner to Request Central Bank Action During European Meeting

Posted by David Huber on December 3, 2011 11:56 pm 1 Comment

United States Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will be traveling to Europe from December 6-8 in an effort to convince European leaders and central banks to...

What’s So ‘Super’ About the Super Select Committee-Part II

Posted by Thomas Hertog on December 2, 2011 11:56 am No Comments

On October 22nd we wrote about the then-Super Select Committee and how its composition of six democrats and six republicans was Congress’s answer to the...

Debt Crisis Continues in Europe

Posted by David Huber on December 2, 2011 9:16 am No Comments

The European debt crisis that began in Greece shows no signs of slowing down, as Italy, Spain, Portugal, France and other EU nations have been...

Dow Jones Surges as Central Banks Act

Posted by David Huber on December 1, 2011 11:38 pm No Comments

The Dow Jones Industrial index had its largest one day jump in two years on Wednesday as news from the Eurozone spread that central banks...

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