Archive for April, 2009

RTA talks keep finance committee from meeting

MADISON — Supporters of regional transit have always known it was a sensitive issue. It could go a long way to explaining why the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee couldn’t start its meeting on time Thursday.


Former LBUSD finance officer convicted of embezzling nearly $100,000 from district

LONG BEACH – A former finance officer with the Long Beach Unified School District has been convicted of embezzling nearly $100,000 from the district and from its charitable arm, the Long Beach Education Foundation.


Rockwood School District names new Chief Finance Officer

Rockwood School District names new Chief Finance Officer


Ability to finance projects sees Sigma stock soar

Shares in Sigma Capital rose 11% after the Scottish investment business in which Sir Tom Hunter has a significant stake reported that it seemed to be getting easier to finance developments in the key commercial property market, providing another sign that the worst of the downturn may be over.


National Electricity Fund to finance T&D network

The Planning Commission has proposed setting up a National Electricity Fund with a corpus of Rs 1,00,000-Rs 1,50,000 crore to finance development of power transmission and distribution network by state utilities so as to reduce T&D losses.


Attorney says legislature nearing violation of Supreme Court’s school finance order

An attorney who won a school finance lawsuit against the state of Kansas says legislators are headed toward violating state Supreme Court orders.


Multi-Housing Finance Directory

The 2009 list of multi-housing finance providers, at press time, includes a wide range of companies, from commercial banks to intermediaries.


Personal Finance Daily: Don’t worry about getting locked out of refi boom

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Early Glance: Finance companies

Shares of some top finance companies are up at 10 a.m.: Bank of America rose $.36 or 4.1 percent, to $9.04.


Bulgarian Finance Ministry Plans Spending Cuts to Avoid Deficit

April 30 — Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry is working on a plan to cut spending that will be submitted to the Cabinet in a bid to avoid a budget deficit at year-end.