Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
ontent="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> Farmers would have a 90 percent crop-revenue guarantee under a farm bill proposal by Senate Budget Chairman Kent Conrad, D-N.D. It would replace the Average Crop Revenue Election program and direct payments. It essentially builds on the "shallow loss" program developed by Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, John ...
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Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
MADRID (AP) " A big U.S. accounting adjustment saw Spanish bank BBVA post a fourth quarter loss, the company said Thursday.Spain's second-largest bank by market capitalization said it made a euro139 million ($183 million) loss in the fourth quarter as a result of a euro1.01 billion writedown in the value ...
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Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
SAO PAULO – Sprawling Brazilian retail bank Bradesco (BBD, BBDC4.BR) will focus on "organic growth" in 2012 through a heavy schedule of investments in technology and will most likely avoid any major acquisitions, top executives at the bank said Tuesday."Our focus will be on organic growth in 2012," ...
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Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
SAO PAULO – Overall lending by the Brazilian financial industry will rise sharply in the next five to 10 years, improving profit prospects for banks such as Santander Brasil SA (SANB4.BR), the bank's president said Tuesday."In general, we are going to see a sharp increase in lending over ...
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Monday, January 30th, 2012
Getting out of debt is one of the more popular New Year's resolutions. And frankly, rebuilding credit should be at the top of the list in 2012.Too many credit scores took fairly big hits during the recession, as people paid bills late or not at all."It's been rough," said Todd ...
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Friday, January 27th, 2012
Nolan County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director Dennis Cumbie, announced that sign-up for the 2012 Direct and Counter-cyclical Program (DCP) and the Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) Program began on Jan. 23, 2012 and continues through June 1, 2012."I encourage producers to make an appointment with our office ...
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Friday, January 27th, 2012
Enrollment open for farm programsAdrian Polansky, state executive director of the United States Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency in Kansas, reminds producers that enrollment for the 2012 Direct and Counter-cyclical Program and the Average Crop Revenue Election program began Monday and will continue through June 1.DCP payments are calculated ...
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Thursday, January 26th, 2012
In the latest wealth workout, we give out verdict on the new energy deals and savings accounts.Consumers may have cheered when the Big Six energy providers dropped their prices over the past few days, but don't be fooled you'll still be paying more for your gas and electricity this year ...
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Thursday, January 26th, 2012
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Attention college students: The interest rate on federal student loans is scheduled to double this summer unless Congress acts soon.Loans taken out for the current school year carried an interest rate of 3.4%, thanks to a 2007 law that phased in rate reductions for subsidized Stafford ...
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Sunday, January 22nd, 2012
DOW JONES NEWSWIRESNEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- New supply from corporate issuers was robust Wednesday, underscoring how demand for company debt hasn't diminished while hopes for a solution to Europe's debt crisis appear to be optimistic one day optimistic and dashed the next.Some $4 billion of new deals hit the ...
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