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25 Feb 2011 01:12:56 GMTFinance board again denies ethics board funding
STAMFORD -- The Board of Finance has rejected a second, reduced funding request from the Board of Ethics to pay for legal fees associated with ongoing ethics investigations.
27 Feb 2011 00:12:56 GMTFinance Committee meetings underway
WILMINGTON - Every year nine residents devote three months to an in-depth study of the annual town budget. The Finance Committee is at it once again, examining every department?s budget in preparation for Town Meeting in May.
26 Feb 2011 11:51:37 GMTFinance Minister set to present budget Feb 28
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is set to present his sixth national budget Monday, with people hoping for measures that will help them brave high prices and industry expecting steps that would spur demand and reduce tax burden.
25 Feb 2011 00:02:45 GMTDnB NOR, NordLB, UniCredit Will Increase Shipping-Finance Deals
DnB NOR ASA , Norway?s largest lender, Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale and UniCredit SpA will increase shipping finance to meet demand for more vessels as the industry recovers from the global financial crisis.
24 Feb 2011 15:44:19 GMTFinance board moves on without Tarzia
Bob Kolenberg chairs the Board of Finance meeting in the Government Center where Joe Tarzia's placard marks his vacant seat in Stamford, Conn., Wednesday, February 23, 2011.
24 Feb 2011 07:20:57 GMTNational Finance net up 23 per cent
MUSCAT -- National Finance Company National Finance Company SAOG has announced profits of RO million for the year ending December 31, 2010 following a highly successful year of operations that saw new business disbursals increase by 91 per cent and net investment in finance leases increase by per cent.
26 Feb 2011 13:22:00 GMTJ-K to take strict action against ''deadwood'' in finance dept
Jammu, Feb 26 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather today said strict action will be taken against non-performing officers of the department and warned them against any laxity in budgetary control."Non-performing officers will have to face strict action. Time has now come to remove the deadwood from the department," Rather said during a high-level meeting at the state ...
26 Feb 2011 12:44:00 GMTJ-K to take strict action against ''deadwoods'' in finance dept
Jammu, Fen 26 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather today said strict action will be taken against non-performing officers of the department and warned them against any laxity in budgetary control."Non-performing officers will have to face strict action. Time has now come to remove deadwoods from the department," Rather said during a high-level meeting at the state finance ...
27 Feb 2011 09:13:06 GMTPersonal Finance: Parents taking due credits save
Consumers seek coupons for $25 deals on everything from massages to restaurants, but what about tax deals? Parents who pay attention to their tax return can often recover thousands of dollars for everything from raising children to sending them to day care or college. Yet taxpayers leave billions of unclaimed credits on the table, according to federal figures.
27 Feb 2011 16:45:07 GMTThis weekend in Personal Finance
What have you missed in Saturday?s Personal Finance section in the Financial Post? Worry not, here is a list of this weekend?s stories

Economic History

27 Feb 2011 05:52:33 GMTChina lowers its economic growth target a tad
China is slightly lowering its annual economic growth target, to 7 percent from 8 percent, the premier said Sunday, in a move that signals a shift in government priorities to put the breakneck economy on a more sustainable footing.
27 Feb 2011 13:48:55 GMTChina Lowers Economic Growth Target
By Charles Hutzler BEIJING -- China is slightly lowering its annual economic growth target, to 7% from 8%, the premier said Sunday, in a move that signals a shift in government priorities to put the breakneck economy on a more sustainable footing. The tweak to the growth rate, announced by Premier Wen Jiabao in an online chat with Chinese citizens, is largely symbolic. Economic growth has ...
27 Feb 2011 10:13:35 GMTChina Cuts Economic Growth Target as Premier Wen Calls for Sustainability
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said the nation set a lower growth target for the period from 2011 through 2015 than in the previous five years as part of efforts to create a more sustainable economy.
25 Feb 2011 15:28:41 GMTState spending cuts slow US economic growth in Q4
Deeper spending cuts by state and local governments weighed down . economic growth in the final three months of last year.
25 Feb 2011 20:25:40 GMTStates' spending cuts slow . economic growth
The Commerce Department reported Friday that economic growth increased at an annual rate of percent in the final quarter of last year. That was down from the initial estimate of percent.
26 Feb 2011 05:00:00 GMTEconomic growth rate cut to %
Economic growth for the final three months of last year was revised downward to an annualized rate of percent by government statisticians Friday, another indication of the struggling recovery from the recession as turmoil in the Middle East threatens further problems.
25 Feb 2011 16:09:39 GMTEconomic Growth Slows in Fourth Quarter Following State Spending Cuts
Deeper spending cuts by state and local governments slowed . economic growth in the final three months of last year. The government's revised estimate for the October-December quarter illustrates how growing state budget crises could hold back the economic recovery.?
27 Feb 2011 18:18:53 GMTAsean Economic Community: Myth or reality?
FOUR years ago, ten leaders representing the member countries of Asean adopted the Asean Economic Community (AEC) blueprint to chart a comprehensive path for the economic integration of Southeast Asia. Today, we mark the midpoint of the blueprint's implementation.
25 Feb 2011 14:30:08 GMTFourth-quarter economic growth revised downward
Economic growth for the final three months of last year was revised downward to an annualized rate of % by government statisticians Friday, another indication of the struggling recovery from the recession as turmoil in the Middle East threatens further...
25 Feb 2011 20:30:32 GMTEconomic growth trimmed, consumers more upbeat
. consumer confidence hit a three-year high in February, suggesting the economy remained on a solid footing despite soaring gasoline prices.
 
 

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