Posts Tagged ‘report’


Debt crisis makes Mafia Italy’s biggest bank

Diane Alter – AHN News Reporter Rome, Italy (AHN) – Italy’s banking system has a new “boss.” Thanks to the country’s ballooning debt crisis, the Mafia is Italy’s biggest “bank,” according to a study by Confesercenti. The country’s four mafia groups have expanded from their storied strongholds in the sun-baked “Mezzogiomo” south of Rome, and [...]

House to vote on tougher sanctions against Iran for nuclear program

Tom Ramstack – AHN News Legal Correspondent Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – The House of Representatives plans to vote on two bills as soon as Tuesday to increase economic sanctions against Iran for what U.S. lawmakers say is Iran’s program to develop nuclear weapons. The bills would freeze U.S. assets of countries or companies [...]

Debt woes come back to haunt Dubai

The Media Line Staff Dubai, United Arab Emirates David Rosenberg (The Medi – More than two years after one of its showcase companies announced a “standstill” on its loan repayments, signaling the end of a real estate-fueled boom, a mountain of debt continues to cast a long shadow over Dubai’s economy. Moody’s Investors Service brought [...]

Dow holds strong gains Wednesday after Fed move

Diane Alter – AHN News Reporter New York, NY, United States (AHN) – U.S. stocks were enjoying an early “Santa Claus rally” Wednesday sparked by a move from the Fed and global central banks to add liquidity to markets. With an hour left in the trading day, the Dow Jones Industrial Average soared 385 points, [...]

Mideast faces shortfall of affordable homes

The Media Line Staff Cairo, Egypt David Rosenberg – The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) faces a shortfall of some 3.6 million units of affordable housing over the next five years unless the region’s governments and property developers make a combined effort to solve the problem, warns a report by the global real estate [...]

Applying for a Loan?–Start by Ordering Your Credit Report

If you are considering applying for a loan, ordering a copy of your credit report may well be the best place to start. Why? Because it’s also the first thing a potential creditor will be looking at, and even if you pay your bills on time, you will want to ensure that all the information [...]

Bad Credit Loan – Loans To Repair Defective Credit Status With Loans

If you are consulting lenders for loans, first question would arise regarding your credit status, but not in case of a bad credit loan. Lenders providing such loans offer loans what borrowers help mending deformed credit score.

UK growth tipped to slow in 2011

The UK economy will will grow by less than expected next year, a report by the British Chambers of Commerce predicts. View full post on All Stories

New Report Pressures Congress To Extend Unemployment Benefits

Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – The White House on Thursday, armed with a new report, put additional pressure on Congress to extend unemployment benefits, cautioning that nearly 7 million Americans could lose coverage by the end of next year. The White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) in [...]

U.N. foresees tepid world economy

UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 1 (UPI) — The global economy won’t be taking off any time soon, a gloomy United Nations report issued Wednesday projected. View full post on All Stories

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