Finance Chronicle

NEW DELHI — The Indian government is “absolutely confident” of keeping its budget deficit at the targeted 6.8% of gross domestic product in the current fiscal year ending March 31, Finance Secretary Ashok Chawla said Friday.

Here’s wishing you all the best in 2010! May your net worth climb to the sky!!!! Happy New Year!!

LAUREL , Del.- Laurel schools Superintendent John McCoy says district’s finance director has resigned after telling officials that he overpaid himself from district funds.

NEW YORK — Shares of some top finance companies were mixed at the close of trading: Bank of America fell $.01 or .1 percent, to $15.06. Citigroup fell $.01 or .3 percent, to $3.31. JPMorgan Chase rose $.14 or .3 percent, to $41.67.

Greeley’s finance director may have been a candidate for the same position in Surprise, Ariz., but he won’t be leaving town anytime soon. Reports from the Arizona Republic this week state Tim Nash, who’s been Greeley’s finance director since 1987, was one of two final candidates for the chief financial officer position with Surprise, which is northwest of Phoenix.

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BOSTON, Dec 31 – For hedge funds, 2009 will be remembered as one of the industry’s best ever — a year when managers delivered strong gains after 2008’s drubbing and investors returned to the fray with new money.

WILMINGTON, Del., Dec 31 – Camulos Partners LP, launched by a former Soros Fund Management trader, was sued by an investor seeking to recover $67 million that was “unlawfully seized,” according to a Delaware court filing.

The Liverpool Central School District Finance Committee, a sub-committee of the Board of Education of the Liverpool Central School District will hold a public meeting at 4:30 p.m.

* YRC shares down 15 pct