Credit Suisse Group and UBS AG Had the Biggest Loss

Credit Suisse Group and UBS AG, the two biggest Swiss banks had big loss related with the funds withdrawal in the large scale from their customer and the write off the last year asset problem. Credit Suisse Group reported that net loss for about 8.2 billion Swiss frank and withdrawal about tens billion Swiss frank.

Another bank, UBS AG state that the withdrawal reached 226 billion Swiss frank on 2008 than with placed from third party funds about 140 billion Swiss frank on last year. USB recorded the loss up to 19.7 billion Swiss frank. This is the biggest loss in the Swiss banking history.

Meanwhile, the USA government promise will help maximally the banking system and plan to give the capital for banking. Several big banks look need more help to defend. Unfortunately, these plans not get good response by the USA stock market. index in stock exchanges in Wall Street fall down into lowest point in the last twelve years.

The Denmark government policy takes over the Fionia Bank. That bank is the third banks that save by Denmark government because this finance matter.

Christine Lagarde, the France finance minister, recognize, that government will merger two biggest bank in France. There are Caisse d’Epargne and Banques Populaires. The government also will give the capital about 6.3 billion dollars to this merger bank.

US Crisis | Obama Tuesday Speech

US Crisis | Obama Tuesday Speech – Obama had his first speech in front of congress since he becomes a president last Tuesday. He said that USA would rise up from worst finance crisis since greatest depression on 19320 era.

Obama also convince that USA will rise up again and will recover. USA will present stronger than before, and his first speech greeted with applause from American people. Now please enjoy the video below.

Obama Tuesday Speech

 


Obama Start to Cut Tax

Obama Start to Cut Tax – Barack Obama, the USA president, said that the American tax billing would decrease start from April because of tax reduction.

Obama said through his weekly speech in radio and internet that averages of American family will get the tax reduction about 65 dollars per month. He is also promise that he will reduce the amount of American deficit that total about trillions dollar.

The tax reduction announces on last Saturday (21/2) as the part from stimulus planning that has amount about 787 billion dollar which is agree by congress in this early week. This stimulus planning has aim to rise up the American economic in the middle of the world economic crisis. It will divided into 36 percent for tax reduction and 64 percent will use for social program financing.

He said that about this saving would feel approximately 95 percent of American family. It is never happen before in history, when the tax reduction will feel so quick by most of American people. That is not all. The finance department start give already the order to the owner of company to reduce the amount of tax that should pay from the salary payment.