Obama Signs Jobs Bill
Airtime: Thurs. Mar. 18 2010 |
President Barack Obama signs the jobs bill, which is supposed to give payroll tax breaks to businesses that hire the unemployed.
Airtime: Thurs. Mar. 18 2010 |
President Barack Obama signs the jobs bill, which is supposed to give payroll tax breaks to businesses that hire the unemployed.
The uncertainty of the econoic recovery in Europe and the States has created some to worry about a double-dip, with Mark Mobius, Templeton Asset Mgmt.
Retailers may be on the shopping list for private equity firms, with Brian Sozzi, Wall Street Strategies research analyst.
The European Central Bank left interest rates unchanged at 1% Thursday, as widely expected. João Borges de Assunção from Católica School of Business, Charlie Morris from HSBC Global Asset Management and Brendan Brown from Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International have analysis.
UK Finance Minister George Osborne unveiled his emergency budget Tuesday, which cut growth and borrowing forecasts, raised VAT and slapped a tax on banks. Geoff Tresman, chairman of Punter Southall Financial Management, Madsen Pirie, president of the Adam Smith Institute, and Jeremy Cape from Denton Wilde Sapte discuss.
Robert Cole, author of The Unwritten Laws of Finance & Investment, Dan Bogler from the Financial Times and Maurice Pomery from Strategic Alpha discuss the outlook for the European economy as violent protests continue in Greece Wednesday.
The European Central Bank left interest rates unchanged at 1.0%, as expected Thursday. Ian Stannard from BNP Paribas, Lothar Mentel, CIO of Octopus Investments, and Neil MacKinnon from VTB Capital discussed the outlook.