Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
Your search for "Economy Of The United States" produced 24 items.
| 1. Austerity and the modern banker | December 24, 2011 |
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Austerity is a word they do not know.
Santa Claus came early this year for four former executives of Washington Mutual (WaMu), a large US bank that failed in fall 2008.... |
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| 2. Washington and the art of the possible | August 5, 2011 |
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The US debt-ceiling debate may yet worsen, but one should not overlook what politicians can actually accomplish. These days, the United States media are full of ordinary... |
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| 3. Barnier seeks common approach to failing banks | April 1, 2010 |
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Internal market commissioner wants insurance funds to address the problem of banks that are deemed ‘too big to fail'. Michel Barnier, the European commissioner for the... | |
| 4. ExxonMobil | February 1, 2010 |
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Communications Advisor - Brussels-based, ExxonMobil Communications Advisor – Brussels-based, ExxonMobil | |
| 5. Fresh trade winds promise rough passage to new world | October 8, 2009 |
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Bruce Stokes considers how the Great Recession may re-shape US trade policy – and global geopolitics. For half a century, US trade policy was shaped by the bitter lessons... | |
| 6. Germany as a financial shock absorber | May 11, 2009 |
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Implying that Germany is free-riding on other countries' stimulus packages is an inversion of the truth. Since last autumn, Germany has been accused by a number of... | |
| 7. Will we all drown in a sea of US debt? | July 17, 2008 |
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The US housing-loans crisis is going from bad to worse – and could engulf the global economy. Thanks to his review on the economics of climate change, Nicholas Stern, a... |
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| 8. Not all oil-price shocks were born equal | April 3, 2008 |
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Oil prices have been steadily rising from the beginning of this decade, from $27 per barrel in January 2000 to $74 in January 2006, and as subsequent volatility has shown,... | |
| 9. ‘Stabilising' Europe's economy | February 21, 2008 |
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EU policymakers are seeking to protect Europe from the vagaries of the US economy, writes Lorraine Mallinder. Recession has become something of a dirty word in Brussels... | |
| 10. The world puts its stock in the NYSE - the EU doesn't | June 15, 2006 |
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By a series of high-profile public statements, the US has been informed, in no uncertain terms, that plans for the giant New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to bulldoze its way... | |
| 11. McCreevy takes financial services agenda to US | April 14, 2005 |
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Charlie McCreevy will meet financial services regulators in the US next week on his first transatlantic visit as commissioner for the internal market. McCreevy will travel... | |
| 12. New EU members no bar to US deal on auditing, says Schaub | March 17, 2005 |
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THE quality of financial supervision in the EU's influx of ex-Communist-bloc states should not harm a deal on auditing oversight with the US, the Union's top financial... | |
| 13. Global crisis if Bush passes the buck | February 3, 2005 |
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The first steps towards redefining Europe's relations with Washington ahead of President George W. Bush's visit to Brussels on 22 February will come on 4-5 February, when... | |
| 14. Former IMF director with salvo against French deficit | November 10, 2004 |
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Jacques de Larosière, the former managing director of the International Monetary Fund and governor of the Banque de France, has unleashed a withering broadside against... | |
| 15. Bolkestein pushes America on delisting rules | April 15, 2004 |
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FRITS Bolkestein, the internal market commissioner, has promised to press US authorities to get rid of rules which make it almost impossible for companies to withdraw from... | |
| 16. Trading screens rap for US | October 16, 2003 |
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FRITS Bolkestein, the commissioner for the internal market, has delivered a fresh attack on US rules that make it hard for EU-based stock exchanges to win business from... | |
| 17. EU's Schaub stands firm over US audit plans | July 3, 2003 |
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THE European Commission was set to adopt a tough stance this week against US plans to control European auditing firms, as top Commission official Alexander Schaub was... | |
| 18. EU must hold nerve after Ahold scandal, top accountants warn | February 27, 2003 |
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EUROPE'S top accountants have warned the EU to avoid regulatory overkill in response to the scandal surrounding Dutch supermarket giant Ahold. The collapse of Ahold –... | |
| 19. Markets issue warning over Bolkestein's disclosure plans | July 26, 2001 |
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Frits Bolkestein wants all companies listed on European stock markets to sing from the same regulatory hymn sheet - so much so that he is willing to rehearse with industry... | |
| 20. Steep oil prices to hamper euro-zone economic growth | November 16, 2000 |
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EURO-ZONE economic growth will slow from around 3.5% this year to just over 3% in 2001 as higher oil prices hit households' buying power and push up firms' costs, according... | |
