DALLAS, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Richard A. Viguerie, Chairman of ConservativeHQ.com, delivered the keynote address at the January 29 meeting of the Leadership Tea Party, a conservative grassroots training event, at the Dallas-Fort Worth Airp…
Chancellor holds clear-the-air talks with eight UK and foreign-owned banks at World Economic Forum in DavosAlistair Darling told the City’s top bankers today to stop feeling sorry for themselves and instead work with the government to create a stronger financial system.The chancellor held clear-the-air talks with eight UK and foreign-owned banks at the meeting of [...]
NEW YORK, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — BBV Vietnam S.E.A. Acquisition Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: BBVUF) (OTC Bulletin Board: BBVVF) (OTC Bulletin Board: BBVWF) (the “Company”) announced the approval by its board of directors of a resolution extend…
Davos: Our plan is to embed the insights gleaned from behavioural economics throughout governmentWhat have we learned from the financial crisis? That’s the question on everyone’s lips here at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, where we are taking part in a panel discussion with some of the world’s leading behavioural thinkers, including Professor [...]
Giving speeches on the same night, MPC member Andrew Sentance hails ‘tailwind’ of world recovery, while senior insider Andrew Haldane warns of ‘debt overhang’ in downbeat addressThe growing divergence of views at the Bank of England about when the fragile UK economy can safely be taken off life support was laid bare tonight in sharply [...]
A Davos meeting was told executive pay had reached unsustainable levels compared with workers’ payA union leader representing 20 million workers worldwide tonight called for executive salaries to be capped at 20 times the pay of the average worker as he branded the system for rewarding business leaders “corrupt” and a “racket”.Speaking at the World [...]
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I., Jan. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — At its regular quarterly meeting on January 26, 2010, the Board of Directors of Capital Properties, Inc. (Pink Sheets: CPTP) declared a dividend of $.03 per share on the Company’s outstanding Cla…
Tony Blair’s appearance at the Iraq inquiry on Friday has proved a gift to journalism: “Questions Blair must answer” has become the standard outlet for outrage over the botched invastion. Even the BBC is trying to anticipate what ques…
Rising inflation has made an rate rise even more likely at next week’s central bank meeting. Expectations are about 0.25 percentage point, which would take the cash rate to 4 [...]
The White House press secretary writes: >THE WHITE HOUSE >Office of the Press Secretary >FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE >January 25, 2010 >President Obama and Vice President Biden Preview Initiatives for Middle Class Families >Discussion Previ…