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Finance History 2011-05-23 (23 May 2011 ) |
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| Housing Finance Ltd. , Kenya?s only publicly traded mortgage company, said investment in housing may slow in 2012 ahead of an election that may aggravate political tensions that exploded into violence three years ago. | |
| German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble backs his French counterpart Christine Lagarde as the EU candidate to head the International Monetary Fund, a German weekly reported Saturday. | |
| French finance minister Christine Lagarde wins British support to replace Dominique Strauss-Kahn as managing director of IMF The government has officially backed Christine Lagarde, the French finance minister, to be the new head of the International Monetary Fund, effectively ending Gordon Brown's dwindling hopes of snatching the job. European leaders are anxious to settle on a candidate to ... | |
| THERE is an increasing disconnection between Islamic finance and Halal Industry and the Muslim customers of tomorrow: the youth. Because of Google, YouTube, Twitter and Facebook (GoYouTwitFace), Generation Y see themselves as "change agents" using information in real time, witness the Jasmine Revolution sparked in Tunisia. They are interested in making five-figure salaries while consciously ... | |
| UTICA ? The Oneida County Board of Elections will be hosting a Campaign Finance Seminar on Wednesday, June 1 at the Board of Legislators Chambers on the 10th Floor of the Oneida County Office Building. The seminar will be presented by representatives of the New York State Board of Elections Campaign Finance Division and will begin at 1 . and end at 4 . | |
| Ship Finance International Ltd. (SFL) on Monday reported a 44 percent decline in profit for the first quarter on lower revenues and lower gains from asset sales. However, the company raised its quarterly dividend by percent. | |
| The Finance Ministry is likely to set up Directorate of Criminal Investigation, to probe cases of black money, money laundering and terror funding. | |
| The Finance Minister says keeping interest rates lower for longer is critical. | |
| Firms that applied for loan finance had a success rate of 90pc in 2007 but this fell to just 50pc in 2010, according to new figures from the CSO today. | |
| The receivers of South Canterbury Finance have sold another of the failed lender's businesses. |
Economic History|
| The lack of real estate market recovery could be one of the areas that hold back any significant eco | |
| A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Monday: | |
| Thailand?s economic growth accelerated in the first quarter to the fastest pace in a year, boosted by exports and consumer spending and sustaining pressure for higher borrowing costs to restrain inflation. | |
| THE NATIONAL Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) expects slower first-quarter economic expansion, citing the absence of key "growth drivers," but insisted that the government remains optimistic the 7%-8% full-year target would be reached. | |
| Sales of organic foods appear robust across Europe and the United States, and that is attracting more interest and activity from investors. | |
| PUTRAJAYA : The Department of Statistics will be conducting the Economic Census (BE2011) for the third time, beginning July. In an interview with Bernama, chief statistician, Datuk Wan Ramlah Wan Abdul Raof, said it would involve some 943,000 local and foreign firms and businesses. | |
| A Chinese manufacturing index fell to its lowest level in 10 months, adding to signs that economic growth is cooling after the government raised interest rates and curbed lending to rein in inflation. | |
| Speaking of conversations, Dr. Woody Brock called me to say very nice things about my latest book, Endgame ( /Endgame ). He used words like tour de force. | |
| A gauge of . economic activity fell in April as the Japanese earthquake hurt auto production. | |
| Thailand's economic growth accelerated to the quickest pace in a year in the first quarter of 2011, helped by surging exports, official data showed Monday. |
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