http://www.e-finances.info Financial Services at its Best Sat, 04 Sep 2010 18:03:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en THE American economy is once again tilting toward danger. Despite an aggressive regimen of treatments from the conventional to the exotic -- more than $800 billion in federal spending, and trillions of dollars worth of credit from the Federal Reserve -- fears of a second recession are growing, along with ... http://www.e-finances.info/policy-options-dwindle-as-economic-fears-grow/finance/ CERNOBBIO, Italy — Is the global economy out of the woods? Two years after near-meltdown, with the U.S. looking sluggish, equity markets groggy and Europeans fighting a debt crisis, experts gathered in Italy offered a generally gloomy outlook – especially for the United States and much of the industrialized world.The ... http://www.e-finances.info/experts-see-trouble-ahead-for-developed-world/finance/ In his fourth day on the stand, Frank McCourt portrayed his wife, Jamie, as a woman with a voracious appetite for houses and financial security. http://www.e-finances.info/frank-mccourt-portrays-wife-as-having-an-appetite-for-houses-financial-security/finance/ BP is attempting to leverage its promised $20 billion Gulf Restoration Fund to get the US government to let it keep drilling in the Gulf. This $20 billion is a penalty. BP does not deserve to be compensated for paying its debt to society.Read More... More on Barack Obama ... http://www.e-finances.info/steven-g-brant-did-bp-just-blow-up-the-obama-presidency/finance/ WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is set to appear before a panel investigating the financial crisis to give his take on the meltdown and his views on potential systemwide risks posed by large financial institutions.Bernanke led the economy through the tumultuous months of the most severe recession since ... http://www.e-finances.info/bernanke-fcic-testimony-fed-chairman-appearing-before-financial-crisis-inquiry-commission/finance/ The owner has struggled to obtain additional financing for the team, which was $433 million in debt as of last year. The red ink could hamper the Dodgers' ability to sign players.Since buying the Dodgers for $430 million six years ago, Frank McCourt has so heavily leveraged the team — ... http://www.e-finances.info/frank-mccourt-has-taken-dodgers-deep-in-debt/finance/ GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- The top Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip rejected compromise with Israel in a fiery speech Wednesday, a day after gunmen killed four Israelis in a strong reminder that the Islamic militant group cannot be ignored in any Mideast deal.President Barack Obama denounced the West ... http://www.e-finances.info/obama-mideast-leaders-kick-off-talks-with-calls-for-peace/finance/ Bankrupt 'Houseives' Teresa Giudice is cashing in by sitting for magazine interviews, and for the latest In Touch cover she opens up about the humiliation of declaring bankruptcy and defends her spending sprees. Meanwhile she's asking for a raise on the show.From the In Touch press release:For Teresa Giudice, it ... http://www.e-finances.info/teresa-giudice-how-we-blew-11m/finance/ WASHINGTON — House investigators have recommended that three lawmakers be further investigated to determine whether political contributions were improperly linked to votes on the huge financial overhaul bill.The independent House Office of Congressional Ethics recommended that the member-run House ethics committee pursue potential rules violations by Republicans John Campbell of ... http://www.e-finances.info/3-reps-under-further-investigation-over-alleged-bribery-tied-to-financial-reform-votes/finance/ A record number of Americans is unemployed for a record length of time. This is a national tragedy. It is to the nation's credit that many are receiving unemployment benefits.Read More... More on Third World America http://www.e-finances.info/robert-reich-why-a-civil-society-extends-unemployment-benefits/finance/