Diane Alter – AHN News Reporter New York, NY, United States (AHN) – Gold futures fell Wednesday in the aftermath of the Fed’s policy decision on Tuesday. In early afternoon trading, gold futures for April delivery sank $49.50, or 2.9 percent, to $1,645 a troy ounce. The yellow metal is on track for its third [...]
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Rejecting IMF loan, Egypt risks undermining economy
The Media Line Staff Cairo, Egypt (TML) – Egypt’s decision to reject loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank may save the government unwelcome political controversy at home, but it risks undermining the country’s already severely strained economy, economists warned. The terms of the IMF financing as well as the government’s plan [...]
Personal Bankruptcy – Why You Should Not File
Are you experiencing a lot more debt and overdue credit card bills than you can possibly handle? Within the economic environment nowadays, you are absolutely not on your own in that boat and you may perhaps be imagining that filing personal bankruptcy might be the only manner to be able to see the light of [...]
Astoria celebrates 200 years
ASTORIA — Oregonians celebrated a huge milestone Saturday, as Astoria commemorated its 200th anniversary. Astoria is the oldest settlement west of the Rockies. It took one ship to set the Northwest’s future in motion, a fur trading post in what would become Astoria. “It changed the course of history; that decision to put the fur [...]
Rangers’ Alexi Ogando continues to impress in first year as starter
John Tranchina – AHN Sports Correspondent Arlington, TX, United States (AHN Sports) – Alexi Ogando continues to impress. The second-year pitcher tossed another gem Friday night, improving to 4-0 on the season, as the Texas Rangers defeated the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 4-1 at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. Ogando, in his first season as [...]
Vote leaves council to pick up pieces
MERRIMACK – Voters, angered over a controversial waste proposal, threw Merrimack’s spending plans out with the trash this week, leaving town officials to clean up the mess. Concerned over the Town Council’s decision to include “Pay As You Throw” in the budget, residents voted down the $29.3 million spending plan in Tuesday’s annual elections, along [...]
Fed loses Bloomberg lawsuit, required to name banks with emergency loans
Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday in favor of Bloomberg in a lawsuit that sought the publication of details of loans made by the Federal Reserve to American banks during the 2008 financial crisis. Bloomberg, the parent company of Bloomberg News, sought details of [...]
Bank of England keeps 0.5 percent interest rate
Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News London, England, United Kingdom (AHN) – The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee opted Thursday to keep the country’s key lending rate at the record-low 0.5 percent. It has retained the benchmark interest rate at that level for 25 straight months. The MPC decision was made despite inflation rate hitting [...]
What Charlie Sheen and the state’s finances have in common | Don Shelby
I have never been more honored. That is to say, I’ve never been more honored to be a simile. Yesterday, Minnesota Rep. Pat Garofalo (R-Farmington) was quoted in the Star Tribune in response to a question having to do with the state’s revenue stream. Rep. Garofalo said: “If you want a revenue stream to look [...]
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