Finance News Archive

21-Sep-2005

• 'Finance Minister, BoC impressed by strong economy (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Canada's Finance ministry and the Bank of Canada are impressed by how well the economy is holding up under the pressure of the soaring Canadian dollar, a senior Finance ministry official said on Tuesday.
• 'Finance Leaders to Discuss Katrina Impact (WJLA-TV Washington D.C.)
Washington (AP) - The economic toll of Hurricane Katrina ? including higher oil prices ? will be a prominent topic when Finance officials from the world's rich countries meet this week.One of the messages the United States plans to convey is that the "U.S. economy is well positioned to deal with the shock of Hurricane Katrina," said Tim Adams, the Treasury Department's undersecretary for
• 'Crescent Bank and Trust Joins the Finance Express Auto Finance Program (The Auto Channel)
RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif., Sept. 21 -- Finance Express, which operates the first online auto finance platform specifically designed for the independent dealer, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Crescent Bank and Trust to join its online auto finance program.
• 'Finance Leaders to Discuss Katrina Impact (AP via Yahoo! News)
The economic toll of Hurricane Katrina ? including higher oil prices ? will be a prominent topic when finance officials from the world's rich countries meet this week.
• 'Russian finance minister to attend IMF, World Bank annual meetings (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
MOSCOW, September 21 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin will attend the annual meetings of the boards of governors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank and a session of the G8 finance ministers scheduled for September 23-26 in Washington.
• 'Sharon embroiled in new campaign finance scandal (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was under fire over allegations that he violated campaign finance laws as he fought to remain Likud party leader and fend off challenger Benjamin Netanyahu.
• 'Franchise Finance serves up $19M in Rock Bottom financing (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Rock Bottom Restaurant and Brewery will add 17 locations this year and 21 more in 2006, after receiving $19 million in refinancing from GE Commercial Finance, Franchise Finance.
• 'Antioch picks new finance director (The Beacon News)
ANTIOCH ? A new finance director was unofficially hired Monday night by the Village Board at an annual salary of $81,900.
• 'USS To Use Inalytics' Behavioural Finance Tool (Global Money Management)
Inalytics , the behavioural Finance specialist, is to supply its behavioural Finance service to the Universities Superannuation Scheme , the GBP22 billion final salary pension scheme for university staff.