Companies expect annual bonus and stock-based awards for executives to decline in response to the troubled economy, according to a new survey of more than 400 board members, executives and human resources professionals.
The North American Securities Administrators Association yesterday released five core principles to help guide the ongoing policy debate over the changes necessary to strengthen the nation�s financial services regulatory structure.
The credit crisis and softening economy pushed up the par value of U.S. corporate bonds affected by downgrades to $296.7 billion in the third quarter, a level topping the worst quarters of the 2001 / 2002 downturn.
The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday voted unanimously to improve mutual fund disclosure by requiring that funds provide investors with a concise summary � in plain English � of the key information they need to make informed investment decisions.
As the economic crisis continues to deepen around the world, majorities of adults in the United States (68%), Spain (62%), Italy (57%), and Great Britain (53%) rate their government�s handling of the financial global market crisis as poor while a plurality of Germans (43%) and 39% of French adults rate their government�s handling as fair.
Ratings for U.S. tobacco companies to remain stable in 2009. This outlook is supported by the companies' significant liquidity positions and by their ability to continue to generate sizeable free cash flow as a result of their high operating margins.
Good ole ingenuity will eventually lift the world economy. It's the same entrepreneurial spirit that will also advance the work being done to diversify transportation fuels. Any material that contains the critical chemical compounds can be converted to motor fuel.
