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New Credit Card Rules and Laws of 2010 Effective Today

New credit card rules and Laws are effective today, February 22, 2010. The credit card reform that was passed on the Congress called Truth in Lending Act which is only applied on the consumers’ credit. Credit Card Issuers won’t be able to increase the interest rates on existing balances as long as customers pay their [...]

[ More ] February 22nd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Finance |

Bloom Box: Bloom Energy Fuel Cell Powered Energy Source

Bloom box energy is the next generation power source envisioned by everyone – the reliable green energy source that can be placed at the very backyard of everyone’s home. Although the Bloom box – which was developed by Bloom Energy – has been under development for more than a decade by the said company but [...]

[ More ] February 22nd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Commercial, Finance, Magazine |

Avandia for the Diabetics: Does it Really Cause Heart Attacks?

Avandia is a stand-alone anti-diabetes drug sold by the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline. Reports have suggested that this drug (rosiglitazone – the drug itself sold as Avandia) is associated with the significant increase in risks of heart attacks – but some disagreed. The controversy behind these drug used to be unresolved. Based on the claims made [...]

[ More ] February 21st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Commercial, Finance, Showbiz Galore Special |

Bank of America Website is Down January 2010| How About Bank of America Online Banking Website?

A lot of Bank of America customers and clients have been complaining about Bank of America’s website being down. According to them, the Bank of America Website has been down for several hours since morning. Why is Bank of America Down? Several reasons were pointed out by angry Bank of America customers. Some say that [...]

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | 2 Comments | Posted in Finance |

Goldman Sachs Paid $10 Billion Worth of Bonuses

After announcing its earnings, it has been disclosed that premier investment Bank Goldman Sachs paid US$10 Billion worth of bonuses to its staffs and employees. Yesterday, US banking giant Goldman Sachs re-ignited the bonuses row of investment banks after revealing its staff shared a £10billion pot last year – a 50% leap. That means, 32,500 [...]

[ More ] January 22nd, 2010 | 1 Comment | Posted in Finance |

Oracle-Sun Merger Wins European Union Approval

Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle is happy to hear the approval by the European Union (EU) of the Oracle-Sun planned merger. It can be noted that on April 20, 2009, Sun and Oracle announced a definitive agreement under which Oracle will acquire Sun for $7.4 Billion. The proposed transaction is subject to Sun stockholder approval, [...]

[ More ] January 21st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Finance |

JPMorgan Reports 4th Quarter Earnings

JPMorgan Chase, the second largest US bank by assets reported its 4th Quarter earnings to finish off year 2009. The 4th Quarter earnings announcement of JP Morgan was a great news for Wall Street because it reported an amazing profit of more than quadrupled as most analysts estimated due to higher revenue investment-banking fees. JPMorgan is the first of the [...]

[ More ] January 15th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Finance |

Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission

Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission – The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission was duly created this day. This is also known as the bi-partisan 10-member commission created by Congress to investigate the causes of the financial collapse. It is mandated to create a special report by December 15th, 2010, and will be holding hearings year round. The [...]

[ More ] January 14th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Finance |

Infosys Earnings Announcement

Infosys Technologies Ltd., India’s second- largest software services provider, gained after posting quarterly profit that exceeded analysts’ estimates. Infosys’ stocks rose 2.4% after the earnings announcement. The company is the first company to report its earnings in Indian stock market after Alcoa reported its earnings in the US. Infosys’ net income fell 4.9 percent to 15.6 billion [...]

[ More ] January 12th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Finance |

IRS Publication 970

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced late last year about an interesting back-to-school feature on its website called “Tax Benefit For Education” or the IRS Publication 970. This section of the IRS highlights a number of tax breaks intended to help parents and students pay for higher education. This publication explains tax benefits that maybe [...]

[ More ] January 12th, 2010 | 1 Comment | Posted in Finance |

Alcoa Earnings Announcement

Aluminum giant Alcoa, Inc. (AA) recently reported its earnings with disappointing results. After stock markets closed today, Alcoa reported that it had a loss of $277 million US, or 28 cents a share, after including one-time restructuring and other charges, in the three months ending in December. The company also had a loss of $1.19 billion, or [...]

[ More ] January 12th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Finance |

Billionaire Investor Chanos Predicts Economic Crash in China

A contrarian investor by the name of James S. Chanos predicts and sees that China is headed for an economic crash. According to this investor, China’s hyperstimulated economy is headed for a crash, rather than the sustained boom that most economists predict. In addition, billionaire investor Chanos said that China is in danger of producing huge [...]

[ More ] January 11th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Finance |
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