An article in the Wall Street Journal on Friday lays out one reason why many U.S. states are facing deep budget deficit issues. From the article: “What if government workers earned the average of what private workers earn? States and localities would save $339 billion a year from their more than $2.1 trillion budgets. These …
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On March 23, 2010 President Barack Obama signed the historic healthcare reform bill into law. This marked the end of many months of wrangling between the Republicans and Democrats. The $938 Billion bill brings many significant changes to the US healthcare system in decades. The $938B bill would be financed by tax increases and reduction …
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The following ten stocks are the most traded ADRs on the OTCQX market as of market close yesterday: Roche Holding (OTC: RHHBY) Axa (OTC:AXAHY) BG Group plc (OTC:BRGYY) Wal-Mart De Mexico (OTC: WMMVY) Imperial Tobacco Group plc (OTC:ITYBY) Allianz (OTC:AZSEY) BASF AG (OTC:BASFY) Marks & Spencer Group (OTC: MAKSY) Akzo Nobel NV (OTC: AKZOY) Adidas …
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Day Traders 2.0: Wired, Angry and Loving It Canada is attracting foreign cash Plane India …is not so plain – private air travel is soaring Happy birthday, baby bull Will Chile’s right turn mean business? Delhi Lacks All Credibility on Inflation The Canadian Banking Fallacy From A Greek Debt Crisis To A Eurozone Structural One? Who …
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The largest 25 foreign companies by market capitalization(excluding Canadian Stocks) traded in the New York Stock Exchange are listed below: [TABLE=420] A few observations: Seven of the top 10 companies are in mining or energy sector Among the foreign banks, Brazil’s Itau Unibanco(ITUB), Spain’s Banco Santander (STD), UK’s HSBC(HBC) and Australia’s Westpac (WBK) are in …