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10 Jan 2010 18:54:42 GMTThe Hindu Business Line : Finance Ministry to review loan recovery practices (The Hindu)
Arun S. Taking serious note of alleged irregularities in the one-time settlement (OTS) schemes for recovery of non-performing loans of public sector banks and “undervaluation” of mortgaged properties during auctions, the Finance Ministry has called a fact-finding meeting.
10 Jan 2010 22:15:40 GMTEx-finance minister calls for new economic thinking in Lebanon (The Daily Star Lebanon)
Former Finance Minister George Corm said over the weekend that Lebanon can get rid of the public debt in seven years if the government changed its pattern of at a lecture in the Institute of Consultancy and Research in Beirut, Corm warned against the rise of the cost of debt servicing which is still the largest spending item in the budget.
10 Jan 2010 21:48:36 GMTSaudi investing to stabilise oil price, says finance minister (Gulf Times)
Saudi Arabia will continue investing in its oil sector to help stabilise crude prices at a level acceptable to both consuming and producing nations, its finance minister said yesterday.
10 Jan 2010 09:42:04 GMTChina will likely spend full amount of stimulus in 2010, finance minister says (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
BEIJING - China's government will likely spend the full amount of its planned stimulus in 2010, the finance minister said Sunday, despite improvements in its economy and efforts to control bank lending.
10 Jan 2010 17:02:45 GMTVideo: Lord Of Finance-Learning From the Great Depression (Guru Focus)
By Miguel Barbosa. Lords of finance was a fun book..here's a talk (by the same author on the same topic) for those of you shorter on time. Cheers! Read more » »
10 Jan 2010 13:03:52 GMTFinance Minister: We don't need . loan guarantees (Haaretz Daily)
Israeli officials were up in arms Sunday after Washington's special envoy to the Mideast suggested the . might impose sanctions on Israel and withhold loan guarantees to press it to make concessions in negotiations with the Palestinians, with Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz saying that Israel was "doing just fine" without American loan guarantees.
10 Jan 2010 16:27:56 GMTIsraeli finance chief raps Mitchell on loan guarantees (JTA)
JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Israel doesn't need United States loan guarantees, Israel's finance minister said. Yuval Steinitz made the comment Sunday, according to Israeli media, in response to what Israel regards as a threat made by the . special envoy to the Middle East, George Mitchell.
10 Jan 2010 10:27:55 GMTChina will likely spend full amount of stimulus in 2010, finance minister says
BEIJING - China's government will likely spend the full amount of its planned stimulus in 2010, the finance minister said Sunday, despite improvements in its economy and efforts to control bank lendi...
10 Jan 2010 10:01:33 GMTDomenic Recchia named City Council Finance Chair
Coney Island City Councilmember Domenic Recchia will be named chair of the Council’s finance committee, according to sources close to negotiations with City Council Speaker Christine Quinn.
10 Jan 2010 01:33:54 GMTA heap of tasks for Japan's new finance minister (Asia News Network)
Japan's deputy prime minister Naoto Kan, the No. 2 person in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, has been appointed as finance minister. He now is in charge of economic management and the nation's tax and financial policies.

Economic History


10 Jan 2010 19:18:48 GMTChina to reinforce economic ties on Algeria visit ( via Yahoo! News)
China's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi arrived Sunday in Algiers on the next stop of his Africa tour, planning to reinforce economic ties between the two countries, Algeria's foreign ministry said.
10 Jan 2010 18:10:36 GMTChina becomes world's biggest exporter, edging out Germany as economic clout goes East (Chicago Tribune)
BEIJING — Already the biggest auto market and steel maker, China edged past Germany in 2009 to become the top exporter, yet another sign of its rapid rise and the spread of economic power from West to East.
10 Jan 2010 22:11:49 GMTWA tops nation for economic growth
WA has the best performing State economy in the nation as it shrugs off the global financial slump and enters the new year ready to reassert itself as Australia's economic powerhouse.
10 Jan 2010 21:12:26 GMTJob loss a setback, says Obama economic adviser (Channel NewsAsia)
WASHINGTON : President Barack Obama's top economic adviser acknowledged on Sunday that continuing job losses pose "somewhat of a setback" to US economic recovery efforts.
10 Jan 2010 17:51:43 GMTNew Economic Model ready (Malaysian Mirror)
IPOH - The National Economic Advisory Council (MPEN) is scrutinising the outline of the New Economic Model (NEM) which is set to become a platform to restore and drive the national economy in the future, said Finance Minister II Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah. He said the model, to be tabled at a Cabinet meeting next month for approval, would be the government's base in forming the Tenth Malaysia Plan ...
10 Jan 2010 17:44:31 GMTNew Economic Model ready (Malaysian Mirror)
IPOH The National Economic Advisory Council (MPEN) is scrutinising the outline of the New Economic Model (NEM) which is set to become a platform to restore and drive the national economy in the future, said Finance Minister II Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah. He said the model, to Read more...
10 Jan 2010 17:44:20 GMTNew Economic Model (Malaysian Mirror)
IPOH - The National Economic Advisory Council (MPEN) is scrutinising the outline of the New Economic Model (NEM) which is set to become a platform to restore and drive the national economy in the future, said Finance Minister II Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah.
10 Jan 2010 16:27:03 GMTObama economic adviser Romer says big bonuses to bankers are 'ridiculous' and 'offensive' (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
WASHINGTON - A White House economic adviser says big year-end bonuses for bailed-out financial institutions would be "ridiculous" and "offensive." Christina Romer says the Bush administration's $700 billion bailout was necessary to avoid a collapse of the financial system.
10 Jan 2010 17:20:51 GMTObama economic adviser Romer says big bonuses to bankers are 'ridiculous' and 'offensive'
WASHINGTON - A White House economic adviser says big year-end bonuses for bailed-out financial institutions would be "ridiculous" and "offensive." Christina Romer says the Bush a...
10 Jan 2010 19:38:12 GMTBusiness : DIC Records Growth in 2009 Despite Challenging Economic Environment (Khaleej Times)
DUBAI - Dubai Internet City, or DIC, finished 2009 with growth despite challenging economic environment around the world and it added 135 new companies in its cluster.
 
 

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