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The Fed Reduces Their Economic Forecast
Wednesday, 18 February 2009
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke announced today at a National Press Club luncheon that the outlook for growth ishaky_dollar2n the United States has suffered further erosion. Read more...
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Total Economic Collapse
Monday, 02 February 2009 21:22

questionSo, exactly how close were we to total economic collapse during the month of September 2008? According to Representative Paul Kanjorski (D-PA), a senior member of the Financial Services Committe, we were very close to a global collapse on September 18, 2008.
 
The SEC Will Not Repeal SFAS No. 157
Saturday, 10 January 2009 20:11

On December 30, 2008 the Securities and Exchange Commission released the SEC Report to Congress on Mark-to-Market Accounting. This report, as widely anticipated, recommended against a suspension of Statement of Financial Accounting Standard Number 157, Fair Value Measurements (“SFAS No. 157”). Additionally, the report recommended against a suspension of existing mark-to-market and fair value requirements.

 
The SEC Recommends Improvements to Mark-to-Market Requirements
Saturday, 10 January 2009 21:07

On December 30, 2008 the Securities and Exchange Commission released the SEC Report to Congress on Mark-to-Market Accounting. This report included several anticipated recommendations for improving requirements for fair value measurements.
 
Responsibility for the Financial Crisis
Wednesday, 17 September 2008 14:20

An in-depth discussion ofthe various factors that led to the current financial crisis.

 

Global Stock Markets

 
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SymbolTradeChange% Chg
^DJI8,280.74-223.32-2.63%
^GSPC896.42-26.91-2.91%
^IXIC1,796.52-49.20-2.67%
^FTSE4,236.282.010.05%
^GDAXI4,708.21-10.28-0.22%
^FCHI3,119.513.100.10%
^N2259,816.07-60.08-0.61%
^HSI18,203.4025.350.14%
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