Economic Trends
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Securities class action trends
By staff Writer37%: Percent increase in securities class action filings from 2007 to 2008. 43%: Percentage of filings since Dec. 14, 2008 that are related to the credit crisis. 50%: Percentage of class action filings related to the credit crisis in
November 24, 2008
AIG Aid Player To Lead TreasuryPresident-elect Barack Obama today said he would name Timothy Geithner--an official central to government efforts to shore up American International Group Inc.--to be his Treasury ...
November 01, 2008
Research RevolutionFor years, Dennis Gallant was a well-known director at Cerulli Associates, leading the firm's consulting and new business development efforts. He was also responsible for...
October 21, 2008
A generational crashJoe White of the Wall Street Journal thinks boomers have dug themselves into a financial hole. And this is not the time to be digging...
October 16, 2008
Insurer Responds To Rating AgencyProtective Life Corp. says it believes it is doing a good job of addressing the current economic challenges.Protective, Birmingham, Ala., issued a statement about its ...
October 09, 2008
Last gasp or a chance for change?Ben Bernanke told members of the National Association for Business Economics "the combination of the incoming data and recent financial developments suggests that the outlook...
October 08, 2008
Labor market expected to get worseMore losses are expected to come in the labor market as The Conference Board Employment Trends Index (ETI)(TM) continued its decline in September. The index fell...
October 01, 2008
Greenspan's LegacyA newspaper story once alleged that some traders at a Wall Street brokerage house had a shrine dedicated to Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan, in...