News And Articles About Finance

  • Lisa Simpson |
  • Aug 5,2009

G-8 Hesitant about Taking Jumbo Decisions

Against the background of the continued economic crisis the G-8 countries were hesitant in taking jumbo decisions. The leading industrial democracies of the world held a summit in earthquake torn L’Aquila, Italy. They passed on the responsibility of many of the priorities to a bigger group of nations that will deal with talks on trade [...]

  • Lisa Simpson |
  • Aug 5,2009

Obama Tackling the Financial System with Re-Regulation

It has largely been admitted that the financial crisis was largely brought about because of de-regulation. Now the Obama government is trying to tackle the ailments of the financial system with re-regulation. A new entity will be set up for this purpose but already many have taken up cudgels against it. De-regulation allowed the entering [...]

  • Lisa Simpson |
  • Aug 4,2009

The Development Index Relies More on Money Power than Human Factor

The global recession has brought home the fact that it is the affluent developed world that has brought about the environmental disaster and thus the development index should rely more on the human factor rather than the money power. While the index emphasizes on health, education and a ‘decent’ standard of living it lapses by [...]

  • Lisa Simpson |
  • Aug 4,2009

At This Critical Juncture it Would Help Americans to Opt for Financial Dieting

At this critical juncture it would help many Americans to opt for financial dieting as they have become unfit as far as finances are concerned. Consumers are in debt touching record numbers. The savings numbers are the lowest in the last 25 years. In 2004 the number of personal bankruptcy filings broke records. The statistics [...]

  • Lisa Simpson |
  • Aug 3,2009

The Domination of the Dollar is Questioned by India, Russia and China

India has teamed up with Russia and China in questioning the domination of the American dollar. Suresh Tendulkar Chairperson to the Economic Advisory Council of the Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has been telling the government to hold fewer dollars in its foreign exchange reserve that calculates to $264.6 billion. He was being interviewed [...]

  • Lisa Simpson |
  • Aug 3,2009

Taxes on Rich Americans to Be Increased

White House and the Congress have come up with proposals to impose further taxes on the rich – the highest rate since the last 25 years. The latest proposal came from House Ways and Means Committee chairperson Charles Rangel (Democrat) and some others. The plan is to levy surtax of a maximum of 5.4% on [...]

  • Lisa Simpson |
  • Jul 31,2009

A Streak of Light Entering the Housing Market

For many months the news about the real estate has been gloomy but recently a streak of light is entering the housing market. As per latest statistics, sale of residential units are picking up. In some pockets the sale price of the houses are also moving up. One such area is the region of the [...]

  • Lisa Simpson |
  • Jul 27,2009

Faith and Hope in Stimulus Plan are by Themselves Sufficient to Keep Economy Chugging

Mere faith and hope in stimulus plan are not by themselves sufficient to keep the engine of the economy chugging. The actuaries of USA Bureau of Labour Statistics or BLS suddenly find the camera is focused on them. Hitherto their employment figures released in the first week of every month drew scant interest except for [...]