Pussycat, in a desperate attempt to sound tough, is putting What-Debt? on “probation”: [Pussycat] said his party is prepared to “swallow hard” and support the Conservative government, provided they agree to table regular updates outlining …
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January 27, 2009
There will be a chance to see a milestone in the recovery of the credit market this week – commercial paper held by the Fed will mature: About $245 billion of 90-day commercial paper that …
January 26, 2009
I complained on January 19 that the political leverage given to politicians by the TARP funds would lead to calls to expand non-economic but politically attractive business methodologies. Dealbreaker passes along more commentary on this …
January 23, 2009
Inflation is down, according to Statistics Canada: The Bank of Canada’s core index advanced 2.4% over the 12 months to December, identical to the rise in November. The main contributors to the increase in the …
January 22, 2009
I went to a seminar on Risk Management today, presented as part of the Finance Experts Discussion Series @ Rotman. Rather disappointing, really. Panelists were: Derrell Hendrix, CEO, RISConsulting and Founding Partner and CEO, Karson …
SNH.PR.U to Mature on Schedule
SNP Health Split Corp. has announced: The Capital Shares and Preferred Shares will be redeemed by the Company on February 11, 2009 in accordance with the redemption provisions of the shares. Pursuant to these provisions, …
January 21, 2009
Nice to see that Banco Santander has imported North American financial advisory practices to Europe: Branch managers channeled customers with money from property sales or inheritances to private banking salespeople, lawyers for the investors said. …
Canadian Budget Baseline Projections
The Parliamentary Budget Officer has released a Pre-Budget Economic and Fiscal Briefing and it makes for news that’s as bad as may be expected: Before accounting for any new fiscal measures to be introduced in …
January 20, 2009
Econbrowser‘s James Hamilton is advocating executive compensation laws: Lehman Brothers: $27 million for CEO Richard Fuld. The financial freeze that followed the collapse of Lehman is seen by many as the key event that turned …
January 19, 2009
Not much news, in light of the holiday in the US and preparations for tomorrow’s Obama-rama. Willem Buiter writes a piece with a rather startling message: Time to Take the Banks Into Full Public Ownership. …