Financial View

For years Dave Ramsey’s approach to finances has drawn people to his Financial Peace University classes in droves.This year is no different as Americans grapple with a tough economy marked by a credit crunch.In the Oklahoma metro area more than 30 churches began offering the classes this month and several others are planning to start classes in February.First Baptist Church of Choctaw begins …

Organizers for the 2010 US Figure Skating Championships were hoping to receive sizeable financial assistance from the state to host the event. If you look at the state’s current budget proposal, however, it’s not planning to spend a dime.

Congressional leaders are proposing new government oversight over Wild West corners of the financial markets that operate largely in secrecy and have been pinned as potential threats to stability. Fresh targets are hedge funds and the $60 trillion global market in credit default swaps — a form of insurance against loan defaults.

WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders are proposing new government oversight over Wild West corners of the financial markets that operate largely in secrecy and have been pinned as potential threats to stability. Fresh targets are hedge funds and the $60 trillion global market in credit default swaps _ a form of insurance against loan defaults.

Mackenzie Financial Corporation announced that on January 26, 2009, Saxon Fund Management Ltd., the previous manager of the Saxon Funds, was amalgamated with Mackenzie. As a result of this change, Mackenzie is now the manager of the Saxon Funds.

CHENNAI: The IT/ITeS employees in Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad seem to have very poor financial and tax planning, a survey conducted by an investment advisory firm has found.

Billionaire Steve Schwarzman ’s Blackstone Group is being sued by the Financial Times for copyright infringement and violation of the computer fraud and abuse act, reports Cityfile . Mr

City’s financial planning committee to bring picture into focus of what 20 percent fewer city services might look like in 2010.

City’s financial planning committee to bring picture into focus of what 20 percent fewer city services might look like in 2010.

NEW YORK—-Pzena Investment Management, Inc.