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Nov 4, 2011

FINANCIAL News, Money, Banks, Economic and Financial Crisis, Nov 04, 2011

Euro zone finds no new money for debt crisis at G20
Reuters
"The crisis in Europe is causing a global systemic crisis including Asia. Rather than creating a new global framework, everyone is expecting the IMF to become more proactive," Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi said. "The focus of debate is how to set ...
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G-20 summit ends without final bailout plan for Europe
MiamiHerald.com
Brazil would like any investment it makes to come through the International Monetary Fund, but it also wants more say on IMF matters. China, wary of anything that would give the United States or Europe a say over how Chinese money is spent, ...
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Ireland Plans 12.4 Billion Euros of Austerity Through 2015
BusinessWeek
There is “no easy path forward,” Finance Minister Michael Noonan said in Dublin today as he published the government's Medium-Term Fiscal Statement. He is planning a 3.8 billion-euro adjustment in 2012 after a 6 billion-euro budget in 2011. ...
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G-20 falters with limp IMF offer for Europe
Beloit Daily News
Until two years ago, the IMF _ dominated by the traditional powers in Europe and the US _ mostly applied the painful adjustment programs that are attached to its financiallifelines to poor and emerging economies in Asia, Latin America and Africa. ...
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G-20 Fails to Agree on IMF Resources as Europe Urged to Act
BusinessWeek
“The job of the IMF is to help countries in distress, not to support currency systems.” The refusal of major economies to stump up money now reflected irritation with Europe's failure to resolve its crisis alone and foiled investor hopes that the ...
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Carney Named to Head Financial Stability Board, G-20 Says
BusinessWeek
The Canadian financial system that Carney helps oversee largely escaped the lastfinancial crisis and has been ranked the world's soundest by the Geneva-based WorldEconomic Forum. The country's three largest banks -- Royal Bank of Canada, ...
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Economic Insights From A Lord Of Finance
Seeking Alpha
DAVID: On the topic of growth and trying to get money in the system, you're afinancial guy, so maybe you can explain the tremendous amount of money sitting on deposit at the Fed earning almost no interest, but enough, apparently, to keep thebanks ...
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Commerzbank turns off money tap after Q3 Greece hit
Reuters
"We have to focus on supporting the German economy as other bankspull out." Commerzbank's retrenchment to its home turf shows that even Europe's largest economy, which has been relatively sheltered from the euro zone crisis, is feeling the heat. ...
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Reuters
Stocks, Euro, Italian Bonds Retreat Amid G-20's IMF Disagreement
BusinessWeek
Financial shares fell 1.9 percent as a group to lead losses among all 10 industries in the index today, with JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp. and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. dropping more than 2 percent. Groupon Inc. shares surged as much as 56 ...
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With Europe in crisis and China sitting on massive reserves, Hu's laughing now
The Australian
Since then China has been pushing for a bigger role in world affairs, particularly in globalfinancial institutions such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Now it has a chance to extract other concessions from a weaker Europe. ...
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Occupy Wall Street From a Human Rights Lens
Huffington Post (blog)
With the financial meltdown, the Federal Reserve took unprecedented steps to support the financial sector. The Federal Reserve (or Fed) is the central bank of the US and therefore plays an important role in regulating and influencing the economy. ...
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Economic travails worst in three decades, laments Bank of America boss
The Australian
Picture: Alan Pryke Source: The Australian BANK of America-Merrill Lynch's Australian chief executive, Craig Drummond, has labelled the financial storm engulfing the world as the worst in his nearly three decades in financial markets. ...
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G20 summit could end with no deal for IMF, says Merkel
The Guardian
German chancellor Angela Merkel speaks to the president of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, at the G20 summit in Cannes. Photograph: Reuters Angela Merkel has warned that the G20 summit could break up without the expected financial boosts to ...
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The Guardian
Bob Diamond avoids the pay question
The Guardian
Bob Diamond: Banks have ignored their social responsibilities since the 2008 financial crisis. At Barclays, I'm determined to change that This article was published on guardian.co.uk at 10.21 GMT on Friday 4 November 2011 . ...
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The Guardian
Draghi Chooses Rates Over Printing Press as Recession Looms
BusinessWeek
Draghi was under pressure to step up the ECB's bond purchases to stop the two-year-old debt crisis spreading to Italy, the region's third-largest economy. Irish FinanceMinister Michael Noonan called on the ECB to use a “wall of money” to halt ...
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No 'Loonies' for European bailout
Castanet.net
The G-20 final communique welcomed Italy's decision to "invite the IMF to carry out a public verification of its policy implementation on a quarterly basis." But the leaders failed to agree on a financial services tax, the so-called Robin Hood tax that ...
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Castanet.net
Africa: The Human Capital Telescope - First Global Economic Crisis
AllAfrica.com
The Chinese do not have similar problems because their money is supported by sweat. The 2008 global economic crisis was triggered by 'sweat-less' money. The Americanbanks gave people cheap housing loans which did not resemble the financial strength of ...
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Euro crisis takes down Wall St star
Ninemsn
It was a hard takedown for the aggressive veteran of US high finance, who took over the company in 2010 with hopes of building it into a Wall Street investment banking power like his former employer Goldman Sachs. Corzine, 64, shot up through Goldman's ...
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Standing up to financial juggernauts
Albany Times Union
State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has gained considerable attention -- and praise from liberal groups -- for his investigations of the actions of major banks in the run-up to the foreclosure crisis and financial collapse of 2008. ...
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Our banks fear euro contagion
Sydney Morning Herald
Photo: Domino Postiglione EUROPE'S financial problems are threatening to undermine this week's cut in official interest rates, withbank executives warning that risks are emerging of collateral damage to the Australian economy. ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
Currency Special The great fall of Great Britain Pound
Moneycontrol.com
UK economy is facing the heat of European debt crisis as they have a significant amount of exposure in the European banks. The BOE (Bankof England) is looking forward to support European economies throughIMF by providing more money; this indicates ...
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Moneycontrol.com
We return now to the continuing crisis ...
Sydney Morning Herald
This latest package also includes euro countries stumping up hundreds of billions to beef up the euro zone's rescue fund - the European Financial Stability Facility - to €1 trillion, up from an original €440 billion. How did the shining jewel of the ...
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Kampeter Says 'Exceptional' German Growth Boosts Tax Revenue
BusinessWeek
Growth in German tax revenue accelerated in September, led by tax collection at the federal level, the Finance Ministry said Oct. 21, cautioning that the outlook for theeconomy has clouded. The European Central Bank unexpectedly cut interest rates ...
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Analysis: United States gets reprieve to deal with deficit
Reuters
Still, ratings agencies are unlikely to further downgrade the United States in the next few months -- unless the economy falls off a cliff, possibly as a result of a globalfinancial disaster. Moody's Investors Service, which has a negative outlook on ...
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Silver's dual role realisation hinges on solving financial crisis
Commodity Online
By Nicholas Brooks and Daniel Wells, ETF Securities Financial market sentiment remains fragile as the global economic recovery struggles to gain a firm foothold. The potential contagion from sovereign debt problems into the Eurozone banking system is ...
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Commodity Online
G20 puts Italy under watch, but no new aid for eurozone
Jakarta Globe
While the G20 summit agreed in principle to increase IMF funding, the leaders failed to come up with any precise figure or timetable, kicking the issue down the road. Financial markets were unimpressed. The risk premium on Italian bonds shot up to a ...
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Jakarta Globe
White House Conducts Press Briefing, Nov. 3
Insurance News Net (press release)
And their capital buffers have doubled relative to where they were in the crisis. And it's precisely to guard against shocks from financial markets that we led this effort to ensure that our banks would be carrying much thicker capital cushions, ...
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G-20 Fails to Agree on IMF Resources as Europe Urged to Act
BusinessWeek
“The job of the IMF is to help countries in distress, not to support currency systems.” The reluctance of major economies to immediately stump up money reflects frustration with Europe's failure to end the turmoil as it flares again. ...
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RBS Warns of Tough Recovery
Wall Street Journal
Chief Financial Officer Bruce Van Saun said the bank is planning for all possible outcomes in the Greek political crisis that could scupper the European Union's current plan to improve the financial health of the 27-country bloc and restore investor ...
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How Populist Outrage Gave Birth to the Federal Reserve: Echoes
Bloomberg
Even with the terrible economic conditions we've seen in the past few years, it's difficult today to comprehend the precarious state of business and personal finance in those days. Not only was there no central bank to restrain economic swings, ...
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Euro Bailout Requires 'Wall of Money,' Weinberg Says: Tom Keene
BusinessWeek
The $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program, which the US employed to recapitalizebanks during the financial crisis, was successful because it was a commitment of cash, according to Weinberg. “TARP wasn'ta series of pledges and guarantees,” said ...
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"Building our common future: Renewed collective action for the benefit of all"
EMportal
We have tasked International organizations (IMF, OECD, ILO, World Bank) to report toFinance Ministers on a global employment outlook and how our economic reform agenda under the G20 Framework will contribute to job creation. 4. ...
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The two faces of Jon Corzine
Reuters
"Corzine is a caricature of a financial meltdown." The president of Tavakoli Structured Finance says Corzine repeated all the mistakes of the financial crisis by using too much leverage, or borrowed money, to invest in risky assets that could result in ...
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Reuters
Russia's EU chaos campaign
Business Spectator
Russian President Dmitri Medvedev is embarking on several trips to Europe over the next month in order to shape Russia's position on the continent, which is undergoing a sharp redefinition during Europe's ongoing financial crisis. ...
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Bailed-out banks paid no income tax in some years, according to study
iWatch News
By John Dunbar Five banks that received federal bailout funds during thefinancial crisis paid no income tax at least one year between 2008 and 2010 according to an iWatch News analysis of a new study of tax dodgers. Wells Fargo & Co., Goldman Sachs ...
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iWatch News
Our Founder, Tom Kremer, Considers the Inexact Art of Economics in the ...
Huffington Post UK (blog)
The credit crunch, such a prominent feature of the crisis, is characterised by fear. A fear that is holding financial markets in its grip, slowing down the movement of moneyand making loans of all sorts so hard to come by. This is a real conundrum. ...
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Remittances Show Peso Rebound May Fuel Debt Rally: Mexico Credit
BusinessWeek
The US economy will grow 1.7 percent this year, compared with 3 percent in 2010, according to the median estimate of 80 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. Mexico's expansion will slow to 4 percent this year from 5.4 percent in 2010, the FinanceMinistry ...
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How to profit from the Fed's inaction
MarketWatch
The central bank is waiting for a sign that the economy is out of danger before raising rates — and it'll be waiting for a long time. The debt crisis in Europe weighs on the market, unemployment remains high, housing remains brutalized and consumers ...
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'Like G-20 Didn't Happen': Greek Crisis Overshadows Summit
PBS NewsHour
Greece has only 350 billion, and after the bank cut 250 billion. So, the IMF, you know, after all, it's being run by a former French finance minister. It wants to play a bigger role in Europe, but the Americans don't really want to go back to Congress ...
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Bad Credit Loans Surge as People Seek Way Out of Financial Mess
PR Web (press release)
Traditional lenders of high risk loans have not eased the rigid requirements imposed since the credit crisis, closing the doors to many individuals in need of an immediate financial bailout from banking institutions. Industry experts currently estimate ...
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PR Web (press release)
Bank exodus from sovereign debt quickens
Reuters India
Regulators have encouraged banks since the 2007/08 financial crisis to increase their holdings of liquid assets such as government bonds and cash, so they could withstand at least a 30-day funding crisis. The European Central Bank is likely to be by ...
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Obama confident Europe will fix financial crisis « News Hub Today
By NewsHubToday
In a historical turnaround, European leaders had hoped to use the summit to get big developing countries like China to help with money to stem the debt crisis that has rocked the eurozone for the past two years and threatens to push the world ... to boost the firepower of their bailout fund to as much as €1 trillion ($1.4 trillion). A stronger bailout fund is crucial because it would protect large economies like Italy and Spain, which are too big to be rescued, from needing financial aid. : News ...
News Hub Today
G20: Eurozone gets no new money | Economy | News | Financial Post
The eurozone won verbal support but no new money at a G20 summit on Friday for its tortured efforts to overcome a sovereign debt crisis, while Italy was effectively placed under IMF supervision.
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Debt crisis: live - Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/8846201/Debt-crisis-live.html? service=artBody ... 17.42 IMF head Christine Lagarde, speaking to BBC economicseditor ... Although the central bank never reveals which countries it is helping to prop up... Pedestrians pass a news stand displaying a photograph of George ...
www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/.../8846201/Debt-crisis-live.html
The eurozone financial crisis explained – USATODAY.com
European banks that lent billions to financially struggling nations could face huge losses, which could in turn cause the crisis to spread to more stable nations ...
www.usatoday.com/money/world/story/2011-10-26/.../1

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