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26 Dec 2009 22:42:18 GMTIrish finance minister diagnosed with cancer ( via Yahoo! News)
Ireland's Finance Minister Brian Lenihan, 50, has been diagnosed with cancer, Irish media reported on Saturday.
27 Dec 2009 16:16:05 GMTFinance firm helps 'wean' its investors (Stuff)
Big finance companies are mulling whether to offer customers non-guaranteed deposits in the New Year but PGG Wrightson Finance is the first off the rank.
27 Dec 2009 16:24:01 GMTSouth Canterbury Finance off credit watch (Otago Daily Times)
South Canterbury Finance received some end-of-year good news from Standard & Poor's when the credit rating agency affirmed its current ratings and removed one from a negative credit watch.
27 Dec 2009 10:37:46 GMTSakan Finance launches its operations in Cairo (Mena Report)
Sakan Finance, a newly established Egyptian joint stock company specialized in providing innovative mortgage solutions to both residential and commercial property buyers, announced its official launch at a press conference in the Four Seasons Hotel in Giza today.
27 Dec 2009 09:12:30 GMTIrish finance minister diagnosed with cancer (AsiaOne)
DUBLIN - Ireland's Finance Minister Brian Lenihan , 50, has been diagnosed with cancer, Irish media reported on Saturday. Citing a number of sources, the Irish edition of the London-based Sunday Times newspaper said Lenihan received the diagnosis after tests this month, adding that Prime Minister Brian Cowen had asked him to remain in office while receiving treatment.
27 Dec 2009 09:06:02 GMTWB grants YR 185 million for Yemen's Public Finance Modernization Project (Zawya)
27 December 2009 The World Bank and the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (MOPIC) signed an official agreement in which the World Bank has committed to provide a grant of $923,742 to finance the implementation of preparatory activities of the Public Finance Modernization Project.
26 Dec 2009 13:15:50 GMTPersonal Finance Daily: The week's 10 best Personal Finance stories (Market Watch)
In case you missed them, here are the top 10 Personal Finance stories from MarketWatch for the week of Dec. 21-25:
26 Dec 2009 16:33:02 GMTLegal woes continue to swirl for former Republican Party of Fla. finance chair Harry Sargeant (The Palm Beach Post)
Legal woes continue to swirl for former Republican Party of Fla. finance chair Harry Sargeant
26 Dec 2009 20:59:15 GMTPolitical shocker: Irish Finance Minister Lenihan has pancreatic cancer (Irish Central)
Ireland's Finance Minister Brian Lenihan is suffering from pancreatic cancer, a usually fatal disease. Lenihan, 50, was considered a future leader of Fianna Fail, the governing party.
26 Dec 2009 20:28:35 GMTIrish finance minister has cancer (Irish Central)
Brian Lenihan , Ireland 's finance minister, is suffering from pancreatic cancer, a usually fatal disease according to reports in Ireland. Lenihan (50) was considered a future leader of Fianna Fail , the governing party.

Economic History


27 Dec 2009 16:18:06 GMTJapan PM in India for economic, security talks ( via Yahoo! News)
Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama arrived in India Sunday on a three-day visit aimed at strengthening economic and security cooperation with the emerging giant.
27 Dec 2009 20:05:10 GMTDark economic clouds of 2009 slowly lifting (Marlborough Express)
The 2009 economic year ended far more brightly than it started, but the silver lining blinded many from seeing the very big dark cloud that lay behind it.
27 Dec 2009 20:06:10 GMTEconomic Outlook: 2010 may narrow gap (Financial Times)
Britain’s initial recovery from recession has been sluggish compared with other developed nations but stronger economic growth next year should help it narrow the gap.
27 Dec 2009 20:16:50 GMTState shows economic momentum, report finds (The Charleston Gazette)
CHARLESTON, . -- An array of economic indicators suggests that West Virginia is entering 2010 better positioned than nearly all other states to weather the recession. The nonpartisan Federal Funds Information for States ranks West Virginia behind only ...
27 Dec 2009 17:30:49 GMTAl Hunt: Obama Economic Team Needs To Get Its Act Together (The Huffington Post)
What's Your Reaction? A year ago, the expectation was that President-elect Barack Obama's economic team would be a smooth- functioning machine, and the outlook was for turbulence in the national-security arena.
27 Dec 2009 16:02:14 GMT2009 was mixed year in La. economic news (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
For one totally forgettable economic year worldwide, Louisiana probably came out of 2009 better than most by managing to set the table for some new job growth as the economy winds its way out of recession. By November, the state's...
27 Dec 2009 15:01:15 GMTPoverty declined after economic reforms but still major challenge: PM (Calcutta News)
The economic reforms have helped in reducing poverty in India, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Sunday, but admitted a lot more needed to be done as poverty remained a 'major challenge'.
27 Dec 2009 10:05:37 GMTSkilled immigrants might be the economic stimulus we need (Seattle Times)
If our antiquated immigration laws didn't so often and needlessly exclude the queue of would-be legal immigrants standing in consulate lines in foreign lands, writes columnist Neal Peirce, many more would be arriving to stoke economic activity in America.
27 Dec 2009 12:30:49 GMTEconomic woes dominated year (Honolulu Advertiser)
With the end of a tumultuous 2009 upon us, we might be excused for believing that every local news story this year in one way or another bore the whiff of our continued economic struggles.
27 Dec 2009 13:07:31 GMTECONOMIC BOOM (Khaleej Times)
The UAE, the world’s third-largest oil exporter, needs the nuclear power to help meet an expected rise in electricity demand to 40,000 MW in 2020 from around 15,000 MW last year, amid a petrodollar-fuelled economic boom.
 
 

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