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Finding financing is a critical element in many business transactions today, from the sale of a firm to the spin-off of a division to even just growing a business. Many attorneys specialize in the area of commercial law focused on just these kinds of events. The reality is that in these kinds of transactions though, […]
The former chief financial officer of the Grand Prairie School District used armored trucks to help her steal more than half a million dollars from the district, according a federal grand jury indictment. Carolyn Foster, 61, of Lewisville was arrested Monday by U.S. Secret Service agents and charged with one count of federal program theft after […]
Bonnie Baha, an elite credit analyst and lieutenant of “bond king” Jeff Gundlach, died in a car accident over the weekend. DoubleLine Capital confirmed the tragedy to CNNMoney on Monday. Top female finance exec dies in car accident – CNNMoney}
A rendering of DNA. Shutterstock Everyone is talking about blockchain. The nascent technology has the potential to allow a digital asset to be securely and seamlessly transferred from one party to another, eliminating the need for third-party intermediaries and shortening settlement time to seconds. Based on recent data, the estimated annual budget for blockchain initiatives […]
Balancing your budget seems like a simple task. Just spend less than you earn, right? If you’ve ever wondered why such a simple task can become so complicated, it’s because optimizing your financial life involves a fair bit of time travel. There are a couple of scenes in Back to the Future III where Doc […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia—Indonesia’s Finance Minister, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, returned last month from a top post at the World Bank pledging to drill incompetent officials and pursue tax evaders with the same grit and persistence that earned her many political enemies in the same role a decade ago. The hard-nosed technocrat gained a reputation as one of Indonesia’s most important […]
Finance ministers have pledged to try to boost global economic growth and confront uncertainty about protectionism in the wake of the UK’s referendum vote to leave the European Union. Central bank governors and finance heads from the G20 group of some of the world’s biggest economies ended a two-day meeting in China with a fresh pledge […]
New York’s Sex Diaries series asks anonymous city dwellers to record a week in their sex lives — with comic, tragic, often sexy, and always revealing results. This week, a 25-year-old finance professional who makes out with a friend’s girlfriend on one of her many wild nights: 25, straight, single, UES. DAY ONE 5:45 a.m. I wake […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia—Indonesia’s Finance Minister, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, returned last month from a top post at the World Bank pledging to drill incompetent officials and pursue tax evaders with the same grit and persistence that earned her many political enemies in the same role a decade ago. The hard-nosed technocrat gained a reputation as one of Indonesia’s most important […]