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- Debate: Can Obama Lead Us Out of Recession?
- Can one man bring the US back from the brink? Yes, he can, says Investors Chronicle online editor Jonathan Eley. Why? He has power on Capitol Hill, with Democratic control in both houses. His stimulus plan has won approval from the likes of Paul...
- Blog posts 2009-01-20
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- Avoiding Bankruptcy - How To Avoid A Financial Problem
- Bankruptcy may seem like a quick and relatively easy fix to a big problem, but it isn't. First, it can haunt your financial life for a decade or more, keeping you from owning a home, buying a new car, or even living the life you really want. Maybe you're debt...
- White papers 2007-11-07
- Most Child-Support Payers Stiff Their Kids, Problem Intensifying
- It's tough to manage your household budget when you're depending on an unreliable source of income, but that's a predicament faced by most single parents receiving child-support payments from an ex-partner. Nearly a quarter of parents owing child support are complete deadbeats and fail to make any...
- Blog posts 2009-11-09
- Shifting financial risk to taxpayers isn't wise
- THE mortgage foreclosure debacle is expanding as members of Congress face re-election. That is why they feel the need to do something to painlessly solve the financial problem or at least appear to do so to voters. But taxpayers should be wary of any legislation that is...
- Research articles 2008-04-07
- Transferring financial risk isn't wise
- THE mortgage foreclosure debacle is expanding as members of Congress face re-election. That is why they feel the need to do something to solve the financial problem painlessly or at least appear to do so to voters. But taxpayers should be wary of any legislation that is...
- Research articles 2008-04-07
- Transferring financial risk just isn't wise
- THE MORTGAGE foreclosure debacle is expanding as members of Congress face re-election. That is why they feel the need to do something to painlessly solve the financial problem or at least appear to do so to voters. But taxpayers should be wary of any legislation that is...
- Research articles 2008-04-07
- Astoria Financial Corporation Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator The floor is now open for questions. [Operator Instructions]. Thank you. Our first question is coming from Mark Fitzgibbon of Sandler O'Neill Mark T. Fitzgibbon - Sandler O'Neill & Partners, L.P Good afternoon, George. George L. Engelke, Jr. - Chairman...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-20
- Financial Regulation and Supervision after the Crisis: The Role of the Federal Reserve
- At the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston 54th Economic Conference, Chatham, MassachusettsOctober 23, 2009 The theme of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston's Economic Conference this year–reevaluating regulatory, supervisory, and central banking policies in the wake of the crisis–is certainly timely. Not much more than a year ago, we and...
- News items 2009-10-23
- Getting to the Root of a Problem
- Organizations often respond to financial and market imperatives by resolving problems with short-term solutions. Often, there are procedures in place to guide people's actions so that they spend minimal time on original thinking and then focus on the immediate requirements of the job. However, constantly relying on quick fixes requires...
- Articles 2007-10-11
- Synovus Financial Corp. Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. The floor is now opened for questions. [Operator Instructions]. Our first question comes from Nancy Bush. Your line is live. Nancy Bush - NAB Research Good afternoon guys. Richard E. Anthony - Chairman of the Board and Chief...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-28
- Allstate Financial uses this popular staged method-called DMAIC-to guide its six sigma process improvement projects.(Brief Article)
- Allstate Financial uses this popular staged method-called DMAIC-to guide its six sigma process improvement projects. * Define: What is the problem? * Measure: How extensive is the problem? ... ...
- Research articles 2003-04-01
- Financial Reform: How We Should Choose the Regulators
- Editor's Note: Economist Mark Thoma is guest-blogging for The Macro View this week. With all the talk of financial reform lately, one area I don't think is receiving enough attention is how the regulators who will oversee the financial system will be chosen. I will use the...
- Blog posts 2009-09-23
- Important Principles for a New Financial Regulatory System
- Now that the Wall Street we all once knew is over, the key question for financial regulators becomes how best to regulate the financial world of the future, especially in light of concerns about large risks to the system that Mark identifies. To answer that question, here are three principles...
- Blog posts 2009-04-17
- Why We Need Smart Financial-System Regulation Now
- Houman makes a case against extending regulation to hedge funds by looking at what happened under the existing regulatory structure. But as we all know, past performance does not necessarily predict future behavior, particularly when the underlying regulatory structure changes and we can certainly expect chagnes in the future. So...
- Blog posts 2009-04-16
- One-Step Prediction of Financial Time Series
- This paper examines the one-step prediction of financial time series from a binary decision theory perspective. Under the assumption that the decision statistic of the binary hypothesis testing problem is a Gaussian random variable, bounds for the forecasting efficiency of the hypothesis testing problem are derived. When the criterion for...
- White papers 1998-07-01
- Countrywide Financial Q2 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Paul Miller from Friedman, Billings, Ramsey. Please go ahead. Paul Miller - Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Thank you very much. Angelo, you've been through a lot of these different cycles out there and this doesn't seems to be...
- Earnings calls 2007-07-24
- Why the G20 Financial Summit Was So Disappointing
- Bad timing and a recalcitrant Bush administration made for an underwhelming economic summit Nov. 15 when leaders of Group of 20 countries met in Washington to deal with the financial crisis. The leaders came up with a list of 20 broad principles to increase international monitoring and...
- Blog posts 2008-11-16
- Don't Leave the Door Open to Another Financial Crisis
- In his response, Houman Shadab says the problems in financial markets did not originate with hedge funds or CDS contracts. That is true -- the problems arose from people investing in mortgage-backed and other securities that they thought were safe because they had AAA ratings, but which in fact were...
- Blog posts 2009-04-14
- GE Helps Wal-Mart Solve Its Banking Problem
- Wal-Mart has tried several times over its 45-year history to get federal approval for an Industrial Loan Company charter a banking license, and each time it's been unsuccessful. The retail king withdrew its latest application last March, a move Sheila Bair, the FDIC chairman, called "a wise choice." Wal-Mart says...
- Blog posts 2007-06-20
- The money tree: a financial services company estimates an 850 percent ROI from implementing Teradata's data warehouse and CRM solutions.(Fubon Financial Holding Co)
- Fubon Financial Holding Company markets a range of financial products and services to 5.8 million customers worldwide. The problem facing it was its focus on pushing products to the masses, instead of giving individual customers the service they need Fubon Financial Holding Company markets a range...
- Research articles 2005-08-01
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