Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – The United States-European Union summit here ended without any fiscal help emerging from the U.S. as ambassadors from both sides provided a read-out of the meeting while the host president brushed aside chances of any news-making headlines emerging. President Barack Obama, along with [...]
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Obama sends Europeans back home with empty promises
November 30th, 2011 
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November 12th, 2011 davidguide Diane Alter – AHN News Reporter New York, NY, United States (AHN) – U.S. stocks celebrated Veteran’s Day will a strong rally. Helping markets advance was a report that showed a better than expected rise in the Consumer Confidence Index and a vote in Italy on its debt reduction plan. At 3 p.m., with just [...]
Posted in Loans Tags: AHN, commodity markets, Confidence, consumer, consumer confidence index, Debt, debt reduction plan, dow jones industrial, dow jones industrial average, steep losses, troy ounce gold, Vote Comments OffThird credit rating downgrade for Spain in 13 months
October 19th, 2011 davidguide Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Madrid, Spain (AHN) – In a span of just a little over one year, Spain has suffered a third debt rating downgrade from Moody’s Investors Service. The rating agency on Tuesday cut Madrid’s rating by two levels to A1 from Aa2. Moody’s also kept a negative outlook for Spain as [...]
Posted in Loans Tags: 10 year bonds, AHN, Debt, debt crisis, Eurozone, growth prospects, investors service, madrid spain, Moody, negative outlook, percent, political cohesion Comments OffGeithner to attend eurogroup meeting in Poland on Friday
September 13th, 2011 davidguide Jupiter Kalambakal – AHN News Reporter Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will join a gathering of European Union finance ministers in Poland on Friday to talk about global economic recovery. U.S. federal reserve authorities have earlier said that part of the country’s market unease is due to the European [...]
Posted in Loans Tags: AHN, Debt, debt crisis, decisive action, eurogroup, finance ministers, Jupiter, s market, Timothy Geithner, Treasury, union finance, us treasury secretary Comments OffEU Central Bank to buy government bonds on fears of panic selling in world stock markets
August 8th, 2011 davidguide Windsor Genova – AHN News News Writer Frankfurt, Germany (AHN) – The European Central Bank on Sunday decided to buy eurozone government bonds to deter a possible panic selling on Monday’s opening of stock market trading. The decision was made through a tense evening video conference of the European Union’s 17 central bank governors, who [...]
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July 27th, 2011 davidguide Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News New York, NY, United States (AHN) – Just six days away from the Aug. 2 deadline for the U.S. to increase its national debt ceiling, more investors are warning Washington that is risks losing its AAA credit rating as American political leaders remain deadlocked on a solution. The latest to [...]
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July 27th, 2011 davidguide United States (KaiserHealth) – President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner on Monday night offered competing views on the state of debt talks and proposals. While neither touched heavily on overhauling entitlement spending, especially Medicare, the president mentioned it several times. Medicare has been one of the most contentious roadblocks to striking a deal [...]
Posted in Mortgages Tags: Debt, debt ceiling, democrats and republicans, dwight eisenhower, health, health care programs, hellip, john boehner, medicare, President, senior citizen, version Comments OffWhite House relents more while negotiations continue to avoid debt payment default
July 21st, 2011 davidguide Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – There was no word on the outcome of the Wednesday evening meetings in the White House where Democratic congressional leaders and the top two House Republicans met with President Barack Obama for separate meetings according to officials. With the White House and the [...]
Posted in Loans Tags: AHN, barack obama, Congress, congressional leadership, Debt, debt limit, debt payment, democrats and republicans, john boehner, limit, President, white house spokesman Comments OffS&P says it may cut U.S. AAA credit rating
July 15th, 2011 davidguide Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – Standard & Poor’s said on Thursday that it may downgrade the U.S.’s AAA credit rating. The ratings agency says that Washington has a 50% chance of a credit rating cut. The S&P warning came a day after another ratings agency, Moody’s Investors Service, made [...]
Posted in Loans Tags: aaa credit, agency, agency moody, agreement, AHN, barack obama, consumer sentiment, Debt, global financial crisis, limit, market confidence, red flags Comments OffObama asks Congress to cancel vacations, deal with challenges
June 29th, 2011 davidguide Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – President Barack Obama on Wednesday asked U.S. lawmakers to forego their vacations and instead concentrate on solving the nation’s problems, especially debt reduction, as he did in the recent past dealing with bin Laden and others. Addressing journalists at a press conference in [...]
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