en-us Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:13:00 -0800 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:09:23 -0800 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:48:46 -0800 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:00:32 -0800 GOOG NWS TOC GOOG,NWS,TOC Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:06:00 -0800 Reuters) - The Bank of Japan offered banks more short-term funds after an emergency meeting on Tuesday, winning an immediate reprieve from government pressure to help avert recession before upper house polls next year."We can say this is quantitative easing in the broad sense...]]> Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:45:22 -0800 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:33:41 -0800 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:49:56 -0800 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:27:05 -0800 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:58:00 -0800 Reuters UK) - Richard Lambert, the head of Britain's premier employers' organisation CBI, said the group urgently wants the government to bring the deficit down.Speaking to The Guardian he said that neither Chancellor Alistair Darling nor his Tory shadow, George Osborne, will be able to ignore the state's finances."We...]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:00:17 -0800 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:17:21 -0800 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 DELL DELL Reuters UK) - The government promised on Wednesday to halve its huge budget deficit and curb bankers' pay in the hope of reviving its popularity before a national election next year.The Conservatives are on course to win an election due by June, ending Labour's...]]> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:45:18 -0800 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:42:00 -0800 Reuters UK) - Ireland's parliament on Thursday approved a 54-billion euro (48.6 billion pound) "bad bank" plan to remove banks' problem loans arising from a property market bust and help move Ireland out of recession.Dublin has pumped 11 billion euros of capital into its...]]> Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:30:43 -0800 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:22:43 -0800 GMGMQ GMGMQ Reuters UK) - The number of homes repossessed by lenders in Britain rose slightly to 11,700 in the three months to September from 11,400 in the three months to June, the Council of Mortgage Lenders said on Thursday.Compared with the same period a year ago, repossessions were up 5...]]> Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:01:02 -0800 Reuters UK) - Governments may take up to seven years to sell stakes in banks bailed out during the financial crisis, due to complexity of rescue deals and an unattractive disposal environment, PricewaterhouseCoopers said on Thursday.Any hopes of a swift government exit are misplaced, accountant PwC said, citing the...]]> Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:46:06 -0800 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:49:17 -0800