Can New York Lead on Campaign Finance Reform? – New York Times
Can New York Lead on Campaign Finance Reform?New York TimesGov. Andrew Cuomo and lawmakers in New York State are tantalizingly close to making political history by enacting a campaign-finance reform…
The Chinese government just hit the brakes on finance-minded internet firms … – Quartz
The Chinese government just hit the brakes on finance-minded internet firms …QuartzThe latest attempts by China's two biggest internet firms to expand into financial services have just been thwarted. China's…
Seven British Finance Providers Taking On The Banks – Forbes
Seven British Finance Providers Taking On The BanksForbesIt is this latter problem that seven alternative finance providers hope to address with a new initiative designed to boost awareness of what…
GE Files for IPO of Consumer-Finance Business – Wall Street Journal
GE Files for IPO of Consumer-Finance BusinessWall Street JournalThursday morning, GE filed for an initial public offering of a unit that provides financing plans and private-label credit cards for North…
Today’s Trending Ticker: McDonald’s (MCD) – Yahoo Finance (blog)
Yahoo Finance (blog) Today's Trending Ticker: McDonald's (MCD)Yahoo Finance (blog)It's a list of companies whose stocks are seeing the biggest bump in interest as measured by your Yahoo Finance Ticker…
GE Files to Spin Off Retail Finance Unit – New York Times
GE Files to Spin Off Retail Finance UnitNew York TimesThe move is intended to help the conglomerate reduce the size of GE Capital, which ran into trouble during the financial…
Trader kills self in finance world’s latest suicide – New York Post
Trader kills self in finance world's latest suicideNew York PostA Manhattan trader was killed Tuesday morning by a speeding Long Island Rail Road commuter train, marking at least the seventh…
Heads they win… – The Economist (blog)
Heads they win…The Economist (blog)THE 2008 bank bailouts created a lot of public resentment at the way that those who worked in the finance sector prospered mightily when things were…
Why McDonald’s competitors are eating its lunch – Yahoo Finance (blog)
Yahoo Finance (blog) Why McDonald's competitors are eating its lunchYahoo Finance (blog)McDonald's February same-store sales data are in and, according to the company, bad weather is in part to blame…
Do parents ‘owe’ their children a college education? – Yahoo Finance (blog)
Do parents 'owe' their children a college education?Yahoo Finance (blog)Rachel Canning has asked the court to require her parents to pay the remainder of her high school tuition, living expenses,…
