DAKAR, Senegal (IRIN) – Institutional donor aid in 2010 was at its highest-ever level – US$16.7 billion – but so were aid costs, says aid watchdog Development Initiatives in its annual Global Humanitarian Assistance (GHA) report, released today. The report, which looks at aid year-on-year over the past decade, also shows that disaster preparedness is [...]
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June 27th, 2011 admin Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Wolfsburg, Germany (AHN) – Volkswagen on Monday postponed its appointment of executives to truckmaker MAN’s supervisory board following advise from the European Union. The Wolfsburg-based company said it is in “constructive discussions” with the EU Commission after the panel said the appointments should be made after anti-trust clearance of [...]
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March 25th, 2011 admin The five biggest US mortgage servicers were told this week at a private meeting with regulators to consider paying delinquent borrowers up to $21,000 each as part of a broader settlement of the foreclosure crisis View full post on All Stories
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March 6th, 2011 admin Aggressive mortgage lending to high-risk borrowers by a British subsidiary of defunct US investment bank Lehman Brothers at the height of the property boom has been fully revealed for the first time in files obtained by Financial Mail. View full post on All Stories
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December 29th, 2010 admin More US companies had their credit ratings boosted by Standard & Poor’s this year than saw them cut for the first time since 1997 as borrowers increased profits and stockpiled cash. View full post on All Stories
Fed emergency borrowers ranged from GE to McDs
December 3rd, 2010 admin The Federal Reserve’s emergency lending during the financial crisis spanned the global economy, from the largest US financial firms to community banks, hedge funds and a fast-food company. View full post on All Stories
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September 30th, 2010 admin SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) – For the first time since 1987, earnings-per-share yields for stocks in the S&P 500 are as high as yields on junk-bond debt tracked by Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s high-yield bond index, breaking with the norm, said David Bianco, head of U.S. equity strategy at Bank of America. “The S&P offering [...]
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September 26th, 2010 admin The US government is in danger of missing its deadline of divesting all of its Citigroup shares by the year-end after a fall in stock market trading volumes prompted authorities to slow down sales in July and August View full post on United States Stories
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September 23rd, 2010 admin US defense secretary Robert Gates on Thursday said he expected no major changes to war strategy in Afghanistan when the government carries out a review in December. View full post on United States Stories
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