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13 Oct 2010 19:38:51 GMTRomania Finance Ministry staff protest wage cuts
Romania's finance minister was temporarily trapped in his office when civil servants staged a rowdy demonstration inside the Finance Ministry on Wednesday that sparked a wave of protests across the country against government wage cuts.
15 Oct 2010 15:43:15 GMTLong Battle by Foes of Campaign Finance Rules Shifts Landscape
Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, has led a group of loosely affiliated, like-minded conservatives in a 15-year fight.
14 Oct 2010 00:10:24 GMTBrazil Finance Ministry Official Barbosa Said to Join Rousseff's Campaign
Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega ’s top economic adviser will take a two-week leave to help presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff campaign for the Oct. 31 runoff vote, a person familiar with the decision said.
13 Oct 2010 19:02:50 GMTShariah . Loans Left to Guidance, Lariba: Islamic Finance
American Finance House Lariba and Guidance Residential LLC have become the biggest providers of Islamic financial services to the 7 million Muslims in the ., a market Citigroup Inc. and HSBC Holdings Plc aren’t developing.
13 Oct 2010 21:34:08 GMTFinance officials to meet for IMF talks
Finance officials will focus on poverty, economic development and aid effectiveness in the IMF talks.
14 Oct 2010 15:11:53 GMTTrade finance bankers hail dialogue with regulators
Bankers call meeting "informative, constructive". 14 Oct 2010 10:54 AM
15 Oct 2010 17:14:17 GMTSouth Canty pushed for deal with frozen finance firm
South Canterbury Finance tried to pressure Treasury into giving it conditional acceptance into the extended deposit guarantee scheme in a bid to pull off a debt-for-equity swap deal with another frozen finance details...
14 Oct 2010 22:46:06 GMTFinance minister expects high NZ dollar
Finance Minister Bill English expects a high New Zealand dollar to be a headwind for the economy for the next 12 to 18 when New Zealand started coming out of a recession, the currency dropped ...
14 Oct 2010 15:05:49 GMTRomanian finance minister meets unions
Romania's finance minister made some concessions to trade union leaders Thursday in an effort to appease workers as civil servants around the country again protested over government wage cuts in the public sector.
14 Oct 2010 09:21:49 GMTFinance minister to meet unions
Romania's finance minister is to meet trade unions as civil servants around Romania Thursday continued their protest over government wage cuts in the public sector.

Economic History

15 Oct 2010 20:01:54 GMTEconomic Watchdog, October 15
A busy day of economic news on Friday, mostly positive, leaves the door open for Fed easing. What traders want to see is improvement in economic data, but with a lack of inflation pressures so that the FOMC will still enter into further quantitative easing. This is exactly what they got Friday, although outside of tech stocks, trading was rather subdued. Releases today included retail sales, the ...
15 Oct 2010 21:45:46 GMTEconomic freedom and growth go hand in hand
The linkages between economic freedom and growth have been a recurring topic for debate. The high growth of the planned economies in the first few decades after the Second World War had raised questions about the role of economic freedom...
16 Oct 2010 18:58:27 GMTRosenberg on the Economic Crisis, Part 3
Noted bearish economist David Rosenberg says the dollar is about to rally and explains why a currency war is a big threat to the global economy.
15 Oct 2010 18:56:35 GMTA look at economic developments around the globe
A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Friday: ------ WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration delayed a report, scheduled for release Friday, on whether China is manipulating its currency to gain trade advantages.
15 Oct 2010 22:36:32 GMTEconomic Concerns Have More Extended Families Living Together
Driven partly by job uncertainty, more multigenerational families are choosing to live together.
15 Oct 2010 17:39:15 GMTEconomic managers may revise ’10 growth targets -– DOF exec
MANILA, Oct. 16 (PNA) –- Economic managers are considering an upward revision of the country’s growth target for this year following the higher-than-expected performance of the domestic economy as well as other economic indicators.
15 Oct 2010 19:31:14 GMTEconomic Report: In charts: Foreclosures, inflation and more
A weekly summary of economic indicators in chart form — including data on foreclosure filings and inflation.
15 Oct 2010 15:57:00 GMTAngola Cuts Economic Growth Forecast to % for 2010, Dos Santos Says
Angola’s government cut its economic growth forecast for the third time in three months, President Jose Eduardo dos Santos said.
15 Oct 2010 05:57:17 GMTChina leaders gather to map economic, political plans
China's leaders grapple with high politics and grassroots needs at a conclave from Friday to set growth priorities and possibly advance succession plans intended to secure an economic ascent free of political upheavals.
15 Oct 2010 16:51:02 GMTPakistan Embraces Economic Reforms
The international community on Friday welcomed Pakistan's economic reform drive and pledge to boost tax collections, crucial steps if the country is to overcome terrorism and rebuild after summer floods that have affected 20 million people.
 
 

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