Archive for February, 2012

Suit seeks to stop team reviewing Detroit finances

(AP) LANSING, Mich. — A union activist said Wednesday that hes seeking a court order to stop a state-appointed review team examining the city of Detroits finances from meeting in private. The suit from Robert Davis, a Highland Park school board member and a union staff representative with AFSCME Council 25, claims the review team [...]

bERNANKE: SPENDING IN US PUBLIC FINANCES "UNSUSTAINABLE"

19:17 02 FEB 2012 (AGI) Washington- US public finances are currently on an unsustainable path said Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. Stabilizing finances and reducing deficit should be a top priority Bernanke told Congress on Thursday, underlining that growth rates are frustratingly slow notwithstanding a general improvement in the economy. To achieve economic and financial [...]

Glamorgan announce finances boost

Glamorgan have secured £1.3m in new funds from a group of private investors, as well as agreed the restructuring of several loans, to give a healthier look to their finances ahead of the 2012 season. The county also announced that former ECB chairman and ICC president David Morgan has been nominated as Glamorgans president-elect. Allied [...]

Brits put finances at risk through lax online security

Thursday, 02 February 2012 05:05 Updated research on our online security habits shows that Brits are putting their finances at risk by using the same password for multiple online accounts. The study by esure home insurance found that ten per cent of UK residents have had their accounts hacked into in the past year and [...]

Govt finances may get a boost, but windfall unlikely

The Government may be on a sweet spot on the telecom revenues front, with the Supreme Court directing the telecom regulator to make fresh allocation of 2G spectrum in 22 service areas by auction route. Auction of 2G spectrum is likely to translate into substantially higher revenues for the Government than what it got (licence [...]

Shepherdsville finances still unclear

Shepherdsville finance meeting City council members will discuss an accountant?s findings on the city?s finances during a special council meeting at 6 pm Monday at the Sohm Government Center, 634 Conestoga Parkway.