Coach you. Call me at 1800743cnbc. You can blame the democrats for their inability to offer any cuts for spending. You can blame the republicans for not even wanting to consider tax increases. But dont you dear blame ben bernanke for not being willing to take bold action to get this economy hiring and moving again even if his statements about economic weakness ultimately caused the averages to stumble from some pretty lofty levels. Dow only declining ability 3 points s p inching up 4. 4 . Close in positive territory. Nasdaq giving up 2. 8 . When you look at what ben bernanke did ntoday the republicans themselves refuse to get specific on spending until they see something from the white house. The elected portion of our government is not helping this economy at all. Their failure to rise above politics to reach a compromise is now really starting to hurt u. S. Economy. In this vacuum, the fed has decided to keep rates low. They stepped in saying listen, business. We are not going to get
You can blame the democrats for their inability to offer any cuts to spending. You can blame the republicans for not wanting to even consider tax increases. But dont you dare blame ben bernanke for not being willing to take bold action to get this economy hiring and moving again even if his statements about economic weakness ultimately cause the averages to stumble from some pretty lofty levels. Dow ultimately declining ability 3 points, s p inching up 4. 4 . Closing in positive territory. Nasdaq giving up. 28 . When you look at what ben when you look at what ben bernanke did today youve got to marvel. The republicans themselves refuse to get specific on spending until they see something from the white house. The elected portion of our government is not helping this economy at all. Their failure to rise above politics to reach a compromise is now really starting to hurt the u. S. Economy. In this vacuum, the fed has decided to keep rates low. They stepped in saying listen, business, we
Job support schemes. Ive always said that we will adapt and evolve our support as the Health Situation changes and thats clearly whats happened. Over the past few weeks we are seeing areas move into tier 2 restrictions and thats having a particular impact on hospitality businesses which is why we are keen to support those businesses with extra cash grants and a more generous job support scheme, helping them keep those employees in work. Thejob support scheme announced a month ago helps firms who cut the hours staff work, rather than letting them go, by topping up wages. Previously the government paid a third of the hours not worked. Now the government will pay 62 of hours not worked with employers only paying 5 . Under the scheme announced a month ago staff would have to work at least a third of their normal hours. Now they will only have to work a fifth of normal hours or one day a week. The governments critics say it should have happened much sooner. Last quarter we saw a record rise
Power Corp of Canada lowered its holdings in shares of Hubbell Incorporated (NYSE:HUBB – Free Report) by 11.7% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 18,314 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after selling 2,428 shares during the quarter. Power Corp of Canada’s holdings in Hubbell were worth $6,024,000 as of […]
Logan Capital Management Inc. lessened its stake in shares of Hubbell Incorporated (NYSE:HUBB – Free Report) by 2.3% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 29,884 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after selling 690 shares during the quarter. […]