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A Holiday in Cambodia
By John SullivanAuthor and foreign policy expert Ian Bremmer recounts a meeting with a highly-placed Chinese official in the wake of the recent financial crisis in which the official began, “Now that the free market has failed …”
February 01, 2011
Executives Worldwide See Spending Cuts as Top Fix for Government DebtA survey by RBC Capital Markets said that top business executives worldwide, concerned about the level of debt in their nations’ economies, saw spending cuts, not tax increases, as the chief remedy for governments.
January 31, 2011
State Farm Supports American CollegeState Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company has given the American College $2.8 million to start a Center for Women and Financial Services.
January 27, 2011
American College to Launch Center for Women and Financial ServicesThe American College announced Thursday that it would be launching the Center for Women and Financial Services, thanks to a $2.8 million donation from State Farm Insurance.
January 27, 2011
S&P Cuts Japan’s Rating for First Time Since 2002; Euro RisesStandard & Poor’s cut Japan’s sovereign debt rating by one notch on Thursday, saying that the nation “lacks a coherent strategy” to cope with a debt level that it predicts will only peak in the mid-2020s.
January 26, 2011
Treasury’s Toxic Mortgage Program Making MoneyThe Legacy Securities Public-Private Investment Program undertaken by the government in an effort to stabilize the real estate market appears to be hitting pay dirt—for both investors and taxpayers.
January 23, 2011
Germany Continues to Balk at Increasing Europe Rescue FundGermany’s Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said Sunday that comments by Jose Manuel Barroso, president of the European Union’s commission, that the amount of the European rescue fund should be increased were “not helpful.”
January 21, 2011
NAPFA Launches Networking Group for Young Fee-Only PlannersNAPFA announced the launch of NAPFA Genesis, a networking group dedicated to the development of younger fee-only planners.