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| Financial community divided on accounting rule change - Canada.com | As of: 2009-04-30 |
| Knowledge@W. P. Carey- Financial community divided on accounting rule change- Canada.com, Canada - Eoin Callan- By Eoin Callan, Canwest News ServiceApril 30, 2009 TORONTO - Canada's top accountant has caved into pressure from Bay Street and given banks and insurers extra flexibility to increase the value of assets on their books. The concession comes after chief ...- Board allows Cdn. banks US-style markdown relief New Brunswick Business Journal- all 60 news articles - | |
| Bank PPEs ample cushion against rising loan losses - National Post | As of: 2009-04-30 |
| Bank PPEs ample cushion against rising loan losses- National Post, Canada - David Pett- The pre-provision, pre-tax earnings (PPE) of Canada's banks are more than ample to cushion the impact of rising loan losses, says UBS analyst Peter A. Rozenberg. "We think that PPE are the most important line of defence against projected credit losses, ... - | |
| Creditors defend their decision to hold out on deal - National Post | As of: 2009-04-30 |
| MiamiHerald.com- Creditors defend their decision to hold out on deal- National Post, Canada- The bondholders also argued they weren't given a seat at the bargaining table and, instead, were forced to rely on a group of banks that have received billions of dollars in bailout funds from the US government, making their negotiators "a conflicted ...- New Lease On Life For Chrysler HoweStreet.com- Obama 'very hopeful' Chrysler will emerge as a viable company Canada.com- Comment by Gary Chaison Prof. of Industrial Relations, Clark University- Globe and Mailall 10,630 news articles - | |
| Banks ease off pushing credit cards on Canadians - Canada.com | As of: 2009-04-30 |
| Banks ease off pushing credit cards on Canadians- Canada.com, Canada - Misty Harris- Ian Lee, director of Carleton University's Sprott School of Business, explains the trend is the result of banks becoming more conservative about granting credit. "There's a finite amount of capital available to lend, and you've got a lot more customers ... - | |
| You may love Canada's banks now, but ... - Globe and Mail | As of: 2009-04-30 |
| You may love Canada's banks now, but ...- Globe and Mail, Canada- Something's wrong in Canada when we've learned to stop bellyaching and love our banks. The media now deify them as the ?world's soundest? and the Ontario government has even resorted to using that label as a tagline in its ad campaigns to lure foreign ...- CEOs split on broader BoC role Financial Post- all 7 news articles - | |
| US Fed sees signs recession is easing up - Hamilton Spectator | As of: 2009-04-30 |
| BBC News- US Fed sees signs recession is easing up- Hamilton Spectator, Canada- Against that backdrop, Fed chairman Ben Bernanke and his colleagues left the central bank's key interest rate at a record low of between zero and 0.25 per cent, and decided against taking any new steps. Aggressive action already taken, including a $1.2 ...- Money Multipliers, Velocity, and Excess Reserves HoweStreet.com- Fed preview: Debate over inflation risk continues Canada.com- Fed says US decline slowing; no further debt buying Financial Post- all 2,024 news articles - | |
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