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By Barbara Mosacchio, Christine Grumm For the Journal-Constitution Even before the stock market crashed and job losses and home repossessions wreaked havoc in the lives of millions, Atlanta was all too familiar with the scourge of economic crisis —- a burden borne disproportionately by women and children. Indeed, here in Atlanta and around the world, [...]

Denver Business Journal Crocs is one of 12 brand names that financial news website 24/7 Wall St. predicts are likely to disappear by the end of 2010. 24/7 Wall St. said it analyzed 100 large brands that it believes are “facing troubled futures” and could go the way of such notable recent “disappeared” brands as [...]

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, April 26 (Reuters) – The African Development Bank said on Sunday Zimbabwe needs to do more work before the country’s full scale reengagement with the global community, a sign that foreign funding to rebuild its shattered economy will be tough to secure. ADB President Donald Kaberuka told reporters the bank was [...]

WASHINGTON (AFP) — The European Union plans ambitious reform of the financial sector this year to address the failings that led to the current global crisis, EU Economic Affairs Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said Saturday. “The crisis has exposed unacceptable weaknesses in the current governance of international and European financial markets,” Almunia told the spring meeting [...]

WASHINGTON, April 25 (Reuters) – Signs of stability in the global economy and a pickup in confidence offer policy-makers a chance to strengthen the global financial system, Financial Stability Board chairman Mario Draghi said on Saturday. “In the last several weeks we have witnessed a modest revival in market confidence,” Draghi said in the text [...]