Credit History and Jobs News
Credit experts answer your questions - WRAL
20 Nov 2008 at 2:57pm
Experts are at WRAL on Thursday to answer your credit counseling and finance questions. Ask about your mortgage, your investments, your retirement. It’s free and completely confidential. You can submit questions online or call experts at 919-821-8950 …
Column: Why I won’t stand for ‘national service’ - U-Wire.com
20 Nov 2008 at 2:21pm
In a speech delivered this July to students at the University of Colorado, then-Sen. Barack Obama outlined his vision for a “new era of service” in the United States. “We need your service, right now, at this moment - our moment - in history,” Obama …
RBS and Citigroup to slash 13,000 jobs - This is Money
14 Nov 2008 at 3:59am
Two giant banks - Citigroup and Royal Bank of Scotland - are poised to axe 13,000 jobs as the credit crisis deepens. The total number of jobs cut by British companies this week alone is now nearing 20,000. Not since the recessions of the early …
Fed extends meeting in December to 2 days - PR Inside
20 Nov 2008 at 2:28pm
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve announced Thursday that it will hold a two-day meeting in December to weigh its next move on interest rates and to make a fresh assessment of the U.S. economy. The Fed’s last meeting of the year was originally …
White House Backs Unemployment Extension - Wall Street Journal
20 Nov 2008 at 2:07pm
Amid another huge increase in U.S. jobless claims, the White House said Thursday it now supports an extension of unemployment benefits. ?Because of the tight job market, the President believes it would be appropriate to further extend unemployment …
Register for FREE - Wall Street Journal
20 Nov 2008 at 2:28pm
The email address you have entered is already in use. Please re-enter the email address. Citigroup once earned a lot of money by helping hedge funds sell shares short. Now the banking giant wants the government to impose some limits on the practice …
Britain loses 20,000 jobs in ONE week as RBS and Citigroup join list … - D…
14 Nov 2008 at 2:54am
Job losses in Britain have hit a staggering 20,000 this week alone after banks Royal Bank of Scotland and Citigroup announced they were slashing thousands of posts. International financial giant Citigroup, which owns internet bank Egg, is to send …
Royal Bank to axe 3,000 jobs - Scotsman.com
13 Nov 2008 at 4:53pm
THE first wave of mass job cuts hit Scotland’s troubled financial sector yesterday, as Royal Bank of Scotland announced 3,000 redundancies worldwide. It is axing 15 per cent of its global banking and markets workforce in the wake of the credit crunch …
RBS to cut 3,000 jobs worldwide - BBC News
14 Nov 2008 at 4:13am
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is to cut about 3,000 jobs in the next few weeks, the BBC has learned. The positions will go in its global banking and markets workforce, spanning more than 50 countries. Jobs are likely to go in the City of London. It is …
20 Nov 2008 at 3:47pm
“Question of the Day” right now. Deepening fears about the economy created a frantic flight out of stocks, all together as investors turned away from any kind of risk. The latest leg down in what has been a 13-month whipping of equities worldwide was …
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