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17 Oct 2010 07:46:12 GMTFair Finance auction fetches big bids
Collection raises over $400,000 as anonymous bidder snaps up artwork by Peter Max , Picasso High prices surprise some people at auction
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.
14 Oct 2010 04:22:53 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.
17 Oct 2010 12:50:00 GMTPortugal finance minister doesn't see scope for further cuts
Portugal's finance minister said in a newspaper interview on Sunday he did know what additional austerity steps could be introduced if market scepticism about the country's ability to cut its deficit persists.
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 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.
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...
16 Oct 2010 12:16:15 GMTPersonal Finance Daily: The week?s 10 best Personal Finance stories
In case you missed them, here are the top 10 Personal Finance stories from MarketWatch for the week of Oct. 11 to 15:
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.

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.
17 Oct 2010 09:11:38 GMTBudget 2011 Crucial Push Towards Nation's Economic Transformation
Malaysians seem to take the nation's economic growth for granted. Just last year, the economy was into a contracting mode, no thanks to the global economic slowdown. There was much concern with gross domestic product shrinking by minus percent last year. But policymakers had by then already moved swiftly to inject a RM67 billion stimulus with its positive effects evident by a rebound in the ...
17 Oct 2010 13:16:10 GMTEconomic Preview: Housing, industrial production data on tap
Housing starts, home builders sentiment, industrial production and the Philly Fed report are among the week?s economic indicators due for release.
17 Oct 2010 05:59:36 GMTWater Authority to Study Social, Economic Effects of Murray Basin Plan
Australia will study the social and economic effects of a plan to cut irrigation by as much as 37 percent in the Murray-Darling Basin, which accounts for almost half the nation?s farms, after protests from local communities.
17 Oct 2010 08:19:42 GMTSummit a chance for valley to assess, realign economic health
On Friday, at this year's Coachella Valley Economic Summit, our region again will have the unique opportunity to assess its economic health and realign with the objectives outlined by the Coachella Valley Economic Partnership's Economic Blueprint.
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 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 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.
 
 

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