Finance and Investment

Hood comes a long way to succeed in the business world (The Southern Illinoisan)

16 May 2008

Derek Hood has come a long way in seven years, when he moved to Carterville after graduating from SIU with a degree in finance, and started knocking on doors to try to solicit clients for his new business, as an Edward Jones investment representative. It was March 2001, six months before Sept. 11, so things were tough for a long time. However, Hood persisted, and since that time, he has built ...

MCOT English News : Central bank backs Finance Ministry's move to raise civil servant allowance (MCOT - English News By Thai News Agency)

16 May 2008

BANGKOK, May 16 (TNA) – The Bank of Thailand (BoT) has expressed its support for the Finance Ministry's decision to raise the cost of living allowance for government employees to ease impacts from rising inflation.

Mint to Expand Free Service with Investment Accounts (PC World via Yahoo! News)

15 May 2008

The site, already useful for tracking savings, checking and credit card accounts, will soon start a private beta that pulls in investment accounts as well.