Georgia Bank Seized in Year's 50th Failure
Byline: Joe Adler WASHINGTON a State regulators in Georgia closed the $125 million-asset Hometown Community Bank in Braselton late Friday, stretching the industry's failure toll this year to 50. The...
View ArticleFlint Brings Its Mobile-Pay App to the iPhone App Store
Byline: Daniel Wolfe Flint Mobile Inc. announced today that its mobile card-acceptance app is available to on Apple Inc.'s app store. The app, which was previously available only to beta users, allows...
View ArticleFirst Financial of Kentucky's Deal to Sell Branches Is Called Off
Byline: Brian Browdie First Financial Service Corp. of Elizabethtown, Ky., may have to come up with another plan to boost regulatory capital. The $1.1 billion-asset parent company of First Federal...
View Article-Asia Carbon Industries Reports Q3 Results
International Resource News-November 20, 2012--Asia Carbon Industries reports Q3 results(C)1994-2012 ENPublishing - httpwww.enpublishing.co.uk International Resource News - 20 November 2012 Asia Carbon...
View Article-Barclays Names Head for European Investment Banking
Global Banking News-November 20, 2012--Barclays names head for European investment banking(C)2012 ENPublishing - httpwww.enpublishing.co.uk Global Banking News - 20 November 2012 Barclays Plc (LSE:...
View Article-EU Could Consider Proposals to Remove Some Powers of the ECB as Eurozone...
Global Banking News-November 20, 2012--EU could consider proposals to remove some powers of the ECB as eurozone banking regulator(C)2012 ENPublishing - httpwww.enpublishing.co.uk Global Banking News -...
View Article-Moody's Reports Negative Outlook for Italian Banking Sector
Global Banking News-November 20, 2012--Moody's reports negative outlook for Italian banking sector(C)2012 ENPublishing - httpwww.enpublishing.co.uk Global Banking News - 20 November 2012 Moody's...
View ArticleThree More Muni Groups Support Recovery Bonds
Byline: Jennifer DePaul WASHINGTONA a Three muni market groups have joined forces with the Council of Development Finance Agencies and sent Congress draft legislation that would create special...
View ArticleConn. Treasurer Rails at Conning Report
A report by asset manager Conning that placed Connecticut last among the 50 states in credit quality has state Treasurer Denise Nappier up in arms. aConningas speculation over Connecticutas fiscal...
View ArticleNAHB Housing Index Surges to 46 in November
Byline: Gary Siegel Builders' confidence in the market for new single-family homes increased for the seventh straight month as the National Association of Home Builders' housing market indexA a a...
View ArticleJudson Considers Bond Vote
Byline: Jim Watts A recent telephone survey of voters in the Judson Independent School District found a majority in the San Antonio school district would support a May 2013 bond request to build two...
View ArticleRevenue Climb Continues
Byline: Jim Watts Texas collected more than $2 billion from state and local sales taxes in October as revenues rose 8.2% from October 2011. The increase is mostly due to continued healthy collections...
View ArticleLuddite Judge Respected by Both Sides
Byline: Marcus Priest Nov 20, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Queensland judge Patrick Keane has been appointed to the High Court of Australia. He is highly regarded by the...
View ArticleServices Need Scrutiny in Productivity: Gruen
Byline: Jacob Greber Nov 20, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Australia needs to improve its productivity. David Gruen, of the Federal Treasury, said that productivity growth...
View ArticlePM, Abbott Slam Door on GST Changes
Byline: Fleur Anderson and Katie Walsh and Greg Earl Nov 20, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott insist that they...
View ArticleFletcher Warns Manufacturing at Risk
Byline: Michael Hobbs Nov 20, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Australian-listed building materials group Fletcher Building has staged its AGM in New Zealand, with chair...
View ArticleWA Holds out against Gonski Schools Bill
Byline: Joanna Mather Nov 20, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The draft Australian Education Bill presented to the states by Federal Education Minister Peter Garrett has...
View Article'Safe' Judge Picked for High Court
Byline: Marcus Priest Nov 20, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Attorney-General Nicola Roxon has announced that Federal Court of Australia Chief Justice Patrick Keane will be...
View ArticleCbus Head to Meet Building Union
Byline: Sally Patten Nov 20, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Cbus CEO David Atkin has accepted calls from Victorian building unions for a meeting. He refused to comment on...
View ArticleAmerican Buoyancy Has Flow-On Effect
Byline: Tim Binsted Nov 20, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian sharemarket posted solid gains on 20 November 2012, with the S&P/ASX 200 adding 24.3 points to...
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