The Media Line Staff Jerusalem, Israel (The Media Line) – Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who laid the groundwork a decade ago for Israel’s booming economy with a strategy of smaller government, may be reversing course as he faces an onslaught of consumers angry that the growth he spurred hasn’t trickled down to them. Over [...]
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Getting Government Backed Loans For Business Expansion
April 22nd, 2011
admin Canadian commercial lenders, banks, and financing companies are very wary of extending loans to small businesses. That is because a large percentage of small business can not repay commercial loans due to several factors. Commercial financing companies are afraid that they will never regain their losses if ever a small business folds up. The downside [...]
Bank Chief Rejects Idea of Reducing Home Loans
March 9th, 2011
admin Bank of America executives said on Tuesday that a government idea to write off tens of billions worth of mortgage debt was unworkable and warned that it would be unfair to untroubled borrowers. View full post on All Stories
Ailing Aid: Afghanistan
February 26th, 2011
admin Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} Editor’s note: This is Part II of a two-part series focusing on aid provision in conflict zones. The first installment can be [...]
Fed to cut role in home loans
February 12th, 2011
admin Washington – The Obama administration laid out three broad options Friday for reducing the government’s role in the mortgage market. All three would almost certainly lead to higher interest rates and costs for borrowers. View full post on All Stories
Coalition axes help for debtors
February 6th, 2011
admin As debt soars, schemes to provide vulnerable with loans and savings help are axed The coalition was accused of leaving vulnerable people at the mercy of loan sharks after deciding that it would not provide fresh funding for a series of schemes aimed at helping households stay out of debt. Ministers have said there will [...]
Australian borrowers thump government’s bank reforms
December 23rd, 2010
admin Eight out of 10 Australian borrowers believe the government’s planned bank reforms do not go far enough to help and that more could be done to crackdown on interest rate rises. View full post on All Stories
Gillard faces test on bank, telco laws
November 15th, 2010
admin Australia’s minority Labor government faced its biggest test since winning power when parliament’s final session of the year began and rivals began to test its strength with bank and telecommunications laws. ||| Canberra – Australia’s minority Labor government faced its biggest test since winning power when parliament’s final session of the year began on Monday [...]
Australian banks face a new funding shortfall
October 13th, 2010
admin A major global investment house says Australian banks could face a funding shortfall in a few years when their government guaranteed debt comes up for renewal. Fidelity International says that could mean higher interest rates for borrowers and lower credit growth for banks. View full post on All Stories

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