Finance Law

General Motors Co. (GM) (GM)’s record $26 billion pension (GM) termination falls short of improving the largest U.S. automaker’s finances enough to let it join Ford Motor Co. (F) (F) as an investment-grade marque. While transferring some retirement obligations to a Prudential Finance Inc. unit will remove liabilities from Detroit-based GM’s books (GM), the use [...]

A letter of intent recently signed by UAA and the Seattle University School of Law moves Alaskans one step closer to a new law program. The effort of cooperation is a move to expand a decade-long partnership already existing between the two universities called the “Summer Law in Alaska” program. The details of the program [...]

slideshow ATLANTA — A dozen laws would be eliminated or relaxed under recommendations approved Tuesday by a subcommittee of the State Education Finance Study Commission. The major task of the commission is still ahead, revising the formula in state law for how schools are funded. The chairman of the House and Senate appropriations committees have [...]

If endorsed by European leaders, the plan by the European Commission could spread the cost of bank rescues and demonstrate that governments are willing to cede power to the strong, centralized institutions that many economists say are needed to stabilize the currency union. Pressure for bold action by the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, and other [...]

<!– hack to avoid firefox v Mark Hulbert Correction close to being over 1.

University of Kentucky LEXINGTON, KY (6/5/12) – The University of Kentucky College of Law and the UK College of Law Alumni Association will honor 2012 Hall of Fame inductees and alumni award recipients June 6 at an alumni reception in conjunction with the Kentucky Bar Association Convention in Louisville. The Hall of Fame was established to [...]

Nine Treasure Valley school districts are among 30 districts and two charter schools across Idaho that will be the first to receive laptops for students and teachers in the next two years, Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna announced Tuesday. The 1:1 initiative – providing laptops to every high school student in the state [...]

By Randall Palmer and Louise Egan OTTAWA (Reuters) – The Bank of Canada continued to signal it might have to raise interest rates on Tuesday but it softened its recent hawkish language a bit in reaction to a sharp deterioration in global financial conditions sparked by renewed fears about Europe. The central bank kept its [...]

STAMFORD, Conn., Jun 05, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) – Consumers spend an average of 76 days in the research process when considering a major purchase. That bit of retail intelligence was among the findings from a recent consumer research study sponsored by GE Capital’s Retail Finance business, the consumer lending unit of General Electric Company /quotes/zigman/227468/quotes/nls/ge [...]

Last modified: Tuesday, June 5, 2012 J.D. with education policy minor begins this fall at Indiana University FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 5, 2012 BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana University has approved a new program of study that enables law students to build a foundation in education policy. Beginning in the fall 2012 semester, the Indiana University [...]