Capital Region Heart Association names new leader
Albany Business Journal - A senior director with the Capital Region Heart Association recently took the helm as the organization’s new executive director. Ashley Edwards, 40, will oversee the nonprofit’s four major fundraising activities, including the Heart Ball, Go Red for
Germany politics: Not so fine in Liechtenstein
Economist Intelligence Unit - The German finance minister, Peer Steinbrück, has accused the tax dodgers of defrauding the say of millions of euros in lost revenue. The most high-profile casualty so far is Klaus Zumwinkel, a well-known figure among Germany ’s corporate elite, who
After bankruptcy, Tamarack asks ID bond bank to delay sewer loan
Idaho8.com - The resort this week asked the Idaho Municipal Bond Bank to temporarily shelve a loan it had requested to help finance new water and sewer lines meant to serve still-undeveloped lots.
UBS backs Marcel Ospel for a new term as chairman
Times On the web - Marcel Ospel, criticised for overseeing UBS’s first ever annual loss of SwFr4.4 billion (£2.06 billion), has been nominated by the bank for re-election as its chairman at its annual meeting on April 23. But under proposed new rules each director
Malware gets up close and personal
ITnews - Toshiba gets personal with laptops Yahoo finance gets personal McAfee warns ‘malware is growing up’ Chinese hackers wake up to malware riches Windows Live Messenger ads serve up malware Malware writers are increasingly tailoring attacks to specific
Appliance Recycling Centers of America Increases Credit Line to
Yahoo Finance - The new line of credit will be used primarily to finance inventories of ARCA’s growing ApplianceSmart retail operation and to support the recycling operation.
Elections chief to McCain: Not so fast
Chicago Sun-Times - WASHINGTON — The government’s top campaign finance regulator says John McCain can’t drop out of the primary election’s public financing system until he answers questions about a loan he obtained to kickstart his once faltering presidential
NewBridge Bancorp Announces First Quarter Dividend
Raleigh News & Observer - NewBridge Bank offers financial planning and investment alternatives such as mutual funds and annuities through Raymond James Financial Services, Inc., a registered broker dealer, and small consumer loans and dealer financing through Peoples Finance
Troubled bond insurer braces for change
CNN Money - Reports indicate that Ambac ( ABK ) and MBIA ( MBI ) are considering joining their smaller rival FGIC in splitting their low-risk muni-bond operations from their riskier structured finance businesses - which insure mortgage-related securities whose value
UPDATE 2-Nasdaq plans blank-check company listing standards
Reuters - It’s a market share issue,” said Jay Ritter, a finance professor at the University of Florida in Gainesville. “SPACs have made blank-check offerings respectable, with safeguards that weren’t present before.
Credit crisis hits Main Street
CNN Money - The question is if bond insurance isn’t there, can [governments] access the market at an affordable price,” stated Bart Hildreth, interim dean of the Barton School of Business at Wichita State University and editor-in-chief of the Municipal Finance
Sallie Mae Appoints Michael E. Sheehan General Counsel
Earthtimes - He has led the company ’ s legal work on corporate finance transactions and more than 15 mergers and acquisitions, and he has served for 10 years as the company ’ s lead securities lawyer on SEC filings and disclosures.
Feingold, Kagen, signal support for Obama
Chippewa Herald - Feingold and McCain have had a long friendship as a result of their work together on campaign finance reform. However, Feingold also praised Clinton for “hanging in there” after losing her front-runner status.
CHRONOLOGY-Bush administration housing, finance measures
Forbes - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration has announced a number of steps aimed at limiting an expected wave of U.S. home foreclosures and easing strains in credit markets linked to a sharp downturn in the U.S. housing sector. Following is a
The Next Financial Oasis?
CFO.com - The Next Financial Oasis? Islamic finance could be a promising well of capital, but many questions remain unanswered. Don Durfee CFO Asia February 21, 2008
McCain denies romantic relationship with lobbyist
Guardian Unlimited - For years he campaigned for campaign finance reform to dilute the influence of rich donors in US politics. Now the Vietnam war hero, who is well-liked by the media, has to deal with reports that are prone to provide ammunition for the Democratic
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