www.ntv.co.ke While the International Criminal Court ruling earlier this week had been anticipated for several months in advance, there was no advance warning for Robinson Njeru Githae that he would take up the mantle at the Finance ministry. The acting Finance minister takes over arguably the most challenging ministry to head this year, with pressure to execute the financial aspect of devolution as well as organizing finances for the historic elections expected to present key challenges. With parliament not playing ball with regard to passing the financial bill as former finance minister Uhuru Kenyatta had expected, Githae already finds his in-tray full even before settling at treasury.
CEO of Foundation Financial Group, Mark W. Boyer, contributed to a roundtable discussion regarding the job outlook for 2012. He participated in the roundtable with Karen Mathis and Keith Fairchild. Mark says that we are achieving stability in the job market, which leads to consumer confidence. As consumer confidence builds the housing market will flourish. Many jobs that are currently available are technical jobs.
David Bach is the author of The Automatic Millionaire and one of our picks for Most Popular Financial Expert of 2011. He shares with you the number one biggest mistake that people when it comes to managing their money–and how you can avoid that mistake in under an hour, using only your home computer!
Should government pay off our debts? Economist Steve Keen says we are already in another Great Depression. He advocates bankrupting the banks, nationalising the financial system and paying off people’s debt Economist Steve Keen is one of the few economists to have predicted the global financial crisis and now he says we are already in a Great Depression. He says the way to escape it is to bankrupt the banks, nationalise the financial system and pay off people’s debt. He admits what he is advocating is radical but says it is time governments gave money to debtors to pay down debt instead of to creditors such as banks who have held onto it. BBC World, Hardtalk 2011-11-24, 0530 Find out who is coming up on the programme by following us on Twitter.
AlJazeeraEnglish—Sept. 21, 2011–The first of a four-part investigation into a world of greed and recklessness that brought down the financial world. Copyright Al Jazeera 2011 § 107.Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include — (1) the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes; (2) the nature of the copyrighted work; (3) the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and (4) the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work. Meltdown part 1 series 2008 al Jazeera Finance financial crisis economy aljazeera lehman brothers
Mark Boyer from Foundation Financial Group discusses the record breaking lows for mortgage rates and the opportunities that are available with these record breaking lows. While the entire country is recovering from the economic and mortgage crisis, home affordability is the best it has ever been. These extremely low mortgage rates could mean it is now the perfect time to become a home owner or to refinance your home.
www.FT.com Financing Innovation Conference – In-depth interview with Workday Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Aneel Bhusri For more video content from the FT, visit the Financial Times video section at: www.ft.com
www.countryfinancialsecurityindex.com – Americans financial confidence climbed according to the December COUNTRY Financial Security Index. Make your financial resolutions for 2012 by looking back at 2011 with Keith Brannan, COUNTRY VP of Financial Security Planning.
