http://us-fast-cash-now.com/blog Finance blog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:44:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After three days of delays, Greek coalition leaders began crucial debt talks Wednesday with the prime minister to review a draft deal on steep cutbacks demanded by creditors in return for a euro130 billion ($170 billion) bailout. Leaders of three parties backing the three-month-old coalition are under intense pressure to ... http://us-fast-cash-now.com/blog/greek-party-leaders-begin-crucial-debt-talks/ Stocks fell in morning trading Tuesday as investors once again turned their eyes to Greece, where talks dragged on over terms of new spending cuts. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 44 points to 12,800 shortly after 10 a.m. Eastern. The Standard & Poor's 500 gave up 5 points to ... http://us-fast-cash-now.com/blog/stocks-ease-as-greece-debt-talks-continue/ Lean times call for budgetary triage. But while you should clearly opt for orthodontics before Disneyland, the choice is tougher when it comes to home maintenance. Should you get a paint job or a new furnace? "There's no homeowner's manual that tells you when to do what," says ... http://us-fast-cash-now.com/blog/home-repairs-which-jobs-come-first/ Tightwad lenders are prolonging the housing bust and killing home sales, says the National Association of Realtors' chief economist. "If credit standards just went back to normal, you'd have a 15 to 20 percent more sales right away," said Lawrence Yun, who spoke to the St. Louis Association of Realtors ... http://us-fast-cash-now.com/blog/stingy-bankers-stall-housing-market-economist-says/ Drug maker AstraZeneca PLC said it will cut another 7,300 jobs as it warned Thursday of a tough year ahead, due to government spending cuts on healthcare and stiff competition, even as it reported a 24 percent increase in 2011 profits. The Anglo-Swedish company said its full-year profit was $10 ... http://us-fast-cash-now.com/blog/astrazeneca-to-cut-7300-jobs-as-outlook-darkens/ Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou named Sean Chen as premier, choosing an official who oversaw the island http://us-fast-cash-now.com/blog/taiwan-president-names-chen-premier-to-tackle-slowest-growth-in-two-years-bloomberg/ Ford reported its best annual earnings since 1998 on Friday, making 2011 the second most profitable year in the company's 109-year history. But much of the profit was attributed to a non-cash gain, as it put a large tax credit from past losses on its balance sheet that ... http://us-fast-cash-now.com/blog/ford-biggest-profit-since-98/ Greece and its private investors are close to a deal that will significantly reduce the country's debt and pave the way for it to receive a much-needed euro130 billion bailout. Negotiators for the investors announced the tentative agreement Saturday and said it could become final next week. Under the agreement, ... http://us-fast-cash-now.com/blog/private-investors-near-deal-on-greek-debt/ Leaders of the world http://us-fast-cash-now.com/blog/incredible-shrinking-bankers-at-davos-see-humbler-future-as-austerity-hits-bloomberg/ President Barack Obama, offering an election-year prescription to spur the economy, said the wealthiest Americans should pay more taxes in the name of fairness, to bring down the deficit and ensure those trying to make ends meet don http://us-fast-cash-now.com/blog/obama-calls-for-higher-taxes-on-wealthy-bloomberg/