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3 Jan 2010 18:17:28 GMTIslamic finance to play important role in 2010 (Business Times (Malaysia))
Even as world markets come to grasp with the real strength of Islamic finance in withstanding economic turmoil, Islamic countries have already used it to strengthen their economic foundations.
3 Jan 2010 16:28:52 GMTIslamic finance to play important role in 2010 (Business Times (Malaysia))
ISLAMIC finance will have an important role to play in 2010 after having garnered tremendous interest in the face of almost two years of global economic crisis, Even as world markets come to grasp with the real strength of Islamic finance in withstanding economic turmoil, Islamic countries have already used it to strengthen their economic foundations. Malaysia, being the frontrunner in Islamic ...
3 Jan 2010 17:35:00 GMTChildren To Get Lessons In Personal Finance
Children will be taught how to look after their money when personal finance lessons become a compulsory part of the national curriculum next year. Five-year-olds will start off learning how to ident...
3 Jan 2010 21:55:23 GMTIrish finance minister to stay despite illness (Gulf Times)
Irish Finance Minister Brian Lenihan does not intend to leave his job and expects to make a full recovery from his illness, the Sunday Independent newspaper quoted him as saying in Dublin.
3 Jan 2010 10:26:41 GMTFinance agency expects balanced budget this year (Sun Star)
THREE years from now, the Department of Finance (DOF) is expecting a balanced budget. Originally, the plan was to strike a balanced budget in 2010. read more
3 Jan 2010 13:49:58 GMTFinance minister Brian Lenihan addresses his cancer and vows to stay in office (Irish Central)
Finance Minister Brain Lenihan , who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer over the holidays, has planned a busy year ahead of him and has said his diagnosis should not interfere with his position in government.
3 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMTChildren To Get Lessons In Personal Finance (SkyNews via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Children will be taught how to look after their money when personal finance lessons become a compulsory part of the national curriculum next year.
3 Jan 2010 12:26:58 GMT(AFX UK Focus) 2010-01-03 11:58 UPDATE 1-Irish finance minister to stay despite illness (Interactive Investor)
DUBLIN, Jan 3 - Irish finance minister Brian Lenihan does not intend to leave his job and expects to make a full recovery from his illness, the Sunday Independent newspaper quoted him as saying. Recent media reports said Lenihan, who has won praise from investors for halting a steep budget deficit rise, has pancreatic cancer. A source confirmed this to last week but later ...
3 Jan 2010 06:17:37 GMTSchool finance costs out of step (Key West Citizen)
The Monroe County school district spent twice as much money on its Finance Department and related financial services as the average of 10 other districts its size in 2007-2008, and School Board... read more
2 Jan 2010 13:15:40 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. 28 - Jan. 1:

Economic History


3 Jan 2010 21:04:29 GMTPolicy for economic growth (The Japan Times)
The government on Wednesday announced a basic policy for its economic growth strategy through fiscal 2020. Envisioned is average economic growth of 3 percent in nominal terms and 2 percent in real terms in the coming decade, plus a reduction in the unemployment rate from the current 5 percent level to around 3 percent in four years. However, the economic reality is harsh. In November, the ...
3 Jan 2010 17:33:26 GMTBanks see a rosier lending year as economic recovery gathers pace (The Nation - Thailand's English news)
Commercial banks expect loan growth of more than 5 per cent this year on the basis of economic expansion of 3 to 4 per cent.
3 Jan 2010 22:18:41 GMTGov. Barbour planning major economic development announcement (WLOX-TV Biloxi)
BILOXI, MS (WLOX) - Governor Haley Barbour sent word Sunday afternoon that he will make a major economic development announcement on Monday. The news release does not give any further information except to say a press conference is scheduled for 4 . in Jackson.
3 Jan 2010 16:19:45 GMTSpain faces own economic troubles (Financial Times)
Spain’s EU presidency comes at a complicated time for the eurozone’s fourth-largest economy: it wants to show that it can take the lead in managing the EU’s economic recovery even as its own country grapples with its worst recession in more than 50 years.
3 Jan 2010 15:57:11 GMTEconomic signs encouraging, but some problems linger (The Clarion-Ledger)
Economic experts say 2010 looks to hold promise amid lingering challenges for an economy still mired in joblessness and reduced spending but caution the upswing will be gradual and go on well past year's end.
3 Jan 2010 19:34:17 GMTMore kids eat free lunch at school with economic downturn (Eastern Arizona Courier)
Graham County's economic downturn is evident in the public schools, where the number of children eating free or reduced-price lunches have increased significantly — at least at the two largest school districts.
3 Jan 2010 12:54:21 GMTExeter Chamber hosts economic forecast 2010 (Portsmouth Herald)
The Exeter Chamber of Commerce 9th annual Economic Forecast will be held from 7:30 to 9 . Jan. 26 at Breakfast Hill Golf Club located at 339 Breakfast Hill Road, Greenland. Registration and breakfast begins at 7:30 ., with the program to follow at...
3 Jan 2010 14:17:21 GMTEconomic bubbles burst during last decade (The Sharon Herald)
NEW YORK — It began as an age of economic wonders. A time when a dot-com startup that never came close to a profit spent millions to make a singing sock puppet a star of the Super Bowl. A time when one of economists’ big worries was what might happen if unemployment fell too low.
3 Jan 2010 05:31:13 GMTEconomic Preview: Green shoots? Monthly jobs data might show growth (Market Watch)
After 23 straight months of job losses, the . could be poised to show employment growth when the government releases payroll data for December. Friday's report on nonfarm payrolls will be the centerpiece of economic data due out the first week of 2010.
3 Jan 2010 13:38:24 GMT2009 Year in Review: Nevada hit hard by economic collapse (Nevada Appeal)
After nearly two decades of unfettered population and construction growth, 2009 turned out to be the year when the go-go days of the boom finally went kaput in Nevada, making the recession and its effects the biggest story of the year. Nearly every economic indicator continued to plummet, from real estate values to gaming revenue to taxable sales in the once vibrant Nevada economy. Unemployment ...
 
 

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