SEC chief economist leaving - The Associated Press

SEC chief economist leaving
The Associated Press
Investors and lawmakers have clamored for the agency to put such brakes on trading moves they say worsened the market's downturn in the fall of 2008. ...

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The school employee pension mess: What went wrong? - Lancaster Newspapers


Lancaster Newspapers
The school employee pension mess: What went wrong?
Lancaster Newspapers
The employer rate peaked at 20.04 percent in 1985-86, then dropped during the stock market boom of the late 1990s. By 2000-01, it had plummeted to 1.94 ...

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Financial jobs abound in Hong Kong amid upturn - MarketWatch

Financial jobs abound in Hong Kong amid upturn
MarketWatch
Hong Kong, where the stock market is increasing dominated by mainland China companies, is fronting the rebound in terms of financial services in the ...

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Chuck Jaffe - MarketWatch

Chuck Jaffe
MarketWatch
BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- You may not be celebrating the one-year anniversary of the stock market bottom this Tuesday, ...

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Reaching Out to Investors (Really) In the Wake of Measure 66 Steve Novick - BlueOregon (blog)

Reaching Out to Investors (Really) In the Wake of Measure 66 Steve Novick
BlueOregon (blog)
Mostly that would just mean that people who make money gambling in the stock market, creating no Oregon jobs at all, would get to pay a lower tax rate than ...

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National Leaders Ignored Greece's Soaring Debt for Years - Wall Street Journal

National Leaders Ignored Greece's Soaring Debt for Years
Wall Street Journal
In the face of an economic downturn, others joined the Greeks. France and Germany breached the deficit limit in 2002, 2003 and 2004, setting the example ...

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Mellow's state pension could be triple his salary - Towanda Daily Review

Mellow's state pension could be triple his salary
Towanda Daily Review
... due to the impact of baby boomers retiring, pension increases enacted in 2001 and large investment losses in the 2008 stock market downturn. ...

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Kay Ivey, Republican candidate for governor, says spending cuts necessary to ... - al.com (blog)


al.com (blog)
Kay Ivey, Republican candidate for governor, says spending cuts necessary to ...
al.com (blog)
Kay Ivey didn't cause the largest drop in the stock market since 1929. Kay Ivey didn't cause college tuition to shoot up more than 20% in two years. ...

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Times are changin - Outlook bleak for state budget - Howell County News

Times are changin - Outlook bleak for state budget
Howell County News
“Don't confuse the stock market with the economy. The stock market has bounced back some; the Missouri economy has not,” says Moody. ...

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Nigeria: DMO Happy With Thirst by Companies to Issue Bonds - Nwankwo - AllAfrica.com

Nigeria: DMO Happy With Thirst by Companies to Issue Bonds - Nwankwo
AllAfrica.com
The downturn in the stock market has opened a new vista for Nigerians who are eager to diversifying their portfolios from the volatile equities market to ...

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