News And Articles About Finance

  • Lisa Simpson |
  • Aug 27,2009

Economy Is Responsible for the Closure of Bank of America Branches

Banking analyst Richard Bove says economy is responsible for the closure of 600 branches of Bank of America. The banks are not viable anymore and hence they will be closed. Bove says that Bank of America will close the branches as they are running at a loss. According to a report, the bank may shut [...]

  • Lisa Simpson |
  • Aug 26,2009

The Economy of USA Is Waiting Ansiously for Consumers to Start Spending

The economy is showing signs of a turnaround and waiting anxiously for the consumers to start spending. The job market however remains weak and the debt index high. The good news is that stocks have rapidly revived jumping by 47% from the lowest mark in the first week of March this year, according to Standard [...]

  • Lisa Simpson |
  • Aug 25,2009

Florida Power & Light Wants Increase in Rate

It is confusing that at a critical time like this when consumers can hardly pay their current bills FPL is trying to hike rates calculating to $1.3 billion. FPL argues that it has to keep the power grid ship shape and rake in profits for the company. Its opponents are saying that this monopoly business [...]

  • Lisa Simpson |
  • Aug 24,2009

Generating Wind Power Raises Hope as Well as Ire

Generating wind power is raising hope as well as ire. Kansas lying in the centre of the windy prairies has enough alternative power to feed entire USA. But the wind lovers are up against preservationists who are concerned about blockage of serene view and the coal lobby that feels threatened. Kansas has a weak transmission [...]

  • Lisa Simpson |
  • Aug 24,2009

Mastery Over the Oceans Is the Answer Tomorrow for Today’s Fuel Shortage

Scientists have been focusing with real earnest at generating electricity from the Gulf Stream current. The government is lending a generous support in this research. All that is required is to get the business community to get interested and invest. Turbines placed under water powered by the current are expected to generate sufficient to meet [...]

  • Lisa Simpson |
  • Aug 21,2009

The Focus Is on the Oceans as New Source of Energy

Three fourths of our planet consists of water and it is this that is going to come to our rescue. Research is being carried on to tap the power of the ocean currents and waves. But it is feared that this will have ‘cuisinart’ effect on fish. Only 15 miles distant from the coast of [...]

  • Lisa Simpson |
  • Aug 20,2009

Senior White Males Are More Vulnerable to Recession

Studies are showing that senior White makes are more vulnerable to recession. One of the victims is 56 year old Dean Canaris, by profession an engineer. He worked for the supplier of Honda but lost his job last April. Within half an hour he walked out of the office door with no severance package. Another [...]

  • Lisa Simpson |
  • Aug 19,2009

The Real Misery Index Has Been Coined in a New Way

The Real Misery Index seeks to give an overall view of what is happening to millions of Americans as a consequence of the ongoing hardships. The economy is in a tailspin and America is perhaps witnessing what can be called the deepest recession in recent times. Unemployment is at its zenith and there is general [...]