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February 02, 2011
$2.8 million donated to the American College to establish the State Farm Center for Women and Financial ServicesWorking women and business owners will soon have access to a wealth of new information on handling finances as a result of a recent generous donation from State Farm(R) Insurance.
February 02, 2011
Portugal Borrowing Costs Fall on Treasuries Sale; S&P Cuts Ireland RatingFinancially troubled Portugal raised 1.26 billion euros ($1.74 billion) in a Treasury bill sale Wednesday and its borrowing costs fell as tension over Europe's debt woes continued to ebb, though, Ireland saw its credit rating cut by Standard & Poor's.
February 01, 2011
A Holiday in CambodiaAuthor 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
$2.8 million donated to the American College to establish the State Farm Center for Women and Financial ServicesWorking women and business owners will soon have access to a wealth of new information on handling finances as a result of a recent generous donation from State Farm(R) Insurance.
February 01, 2011
Door No. 3As early as I can remember, I wanted to be a game show host. When I was a kid, there wasn’t a cooler guy on the planet than Bob Barker. Every day…
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.