Friday Apr 26 | via APRN
First established to help Alaskans get mortgages, the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation now has responsibility for a natural gas pipeline, and it may soon be in charge of a bridge. Comment?
Former gov stumps for gas pipeline
Mar 26, 2013 | via Peninsula Clarion
During the latest speech of his months-long tour of Alaska, former Alaska Gov. Bill Sheffield told a combined Kenai and Soldotna chamber of commerce luncheon crowd they should support the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation's proposed in-state natural gas pipeline. Comment?
Former governor stumps for bullet line
Mar 18, 2013 | via homernews.com
"I want to talk about the future," former Governor Bill Sheffield said as he began his lecture to the Juneau Chamber of Commerce Business Roundtable last Thursday "We are on the edge, and many communities are already over the edge, of an energy crisis in Alaska - we have an energy crisis in Alaska," Sheffield said. Comment?
Sheffield Stumps For Instate Gasline
Mar 8, 2013 | via APRN
Sheffield has been stumping the state on his own dime to promote the Alaska Stand Alone Pipeline - or ASAP. Comment?
Interest rates drive 2012 banking gains
Feb 14, 2013 | via Peninsula Clarion
Low interest rates were the driving factor - with positive and negative implications - in 2012 for Alaska's financial institutions, industry officials said. Comment?
Dar Al-Arkan closes first tranche of $750m Sukuk Pro...
8 min ago | via AME Info
Bank Alkhair is pleased to announce the successful close of the first tranche of a $750m Sukuk Programme established by Dar Al Al-Arkan Real estate Development Company , a leading residential real estate developer in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Comment?
Carrie Schwab Pomerantz: Baby on the Way: Are You Re...
8 min ago | via Townhall
Dear Carrie, We're expecting our first child soon, and there's so much to think about! Everyone tells us to start saving for college right away, but that's so far in the future. Comment?
6 hrs ago | via Canada.com
Quantitative easing programs by the U.S. Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan are keeping bond yields very low for longer than expected, so frustrated fixed-income investors are looking for higher-yielding opportunities in the credit markets, the high-yield bond market and around the globe. Comment?
Retail sales held steady in March
6 hrs ago | via Canada.com
Canadian shoppers bought more, but benefited from lower prices in March as retail sales dollar value was flat for the month, Statistics Canada said Wednesday. Comment?
Housing market slowdown to cost B.C. jobs: mortgage ...
6 hrs ago | via Canada.com
Almost a year after the federal government's latest tightening of the rules for insured mortgages, the association that represents mortgage brokers has come out with a dire assessment of the effect of those changes. Comment?