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18 Oct 2010 11:10:58 GMTGulf Finance House Seeks Shareholders Approval for Asset-Swap Transaction
Gulf Finance House EC said it will seek shareholders? approval for an asset-swap transaction between the Bahrain-based investment bank and its Chairman Esam Janahi at a meeting on Oct. 31.
18 Oct 2010 19:20:27 GMT. Finance Chiefs Near a Deal on Budget Sanctions
An apparent compromise reached Monday would give countries that spend beyond their means a last chance to adjust their budgets before sanctions are imposed.
18 Oct 2010 04:57:07 GMTFinance VP to take Wake Forest post
Duke?s top finance man is trading Devils for Demons. Hof Milam, vice president for finance and treasurer, will step down in December to become senior vice president for finance and administration and chief financial officer at Wake Forest University. read more
18 Oct 2010 07:25:57 GMTBurton says Finance figures 'very challenging'
Department of Finance officials today briefed the Opposition on the state of the country's finances.
18 Oct 2010 11:28:08 GMTEx-Finance chief Teves denies anomaly in Iloilo airport sale
Former Finance Secretary Margarito Teves denied Monday that the sale of old Iloilo airport property in 2007 was riddled with anomalies and tax evasion.
18 Oct 2010 10:54:12 GMTEU ministers struggle over budget rules
European finance ministers locked horns Monday over stricter budget rules to avoid another government debt crisis as protests against spending cutbacks rattled France and Italy ? a sign of the politically difficult choices ahead.
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
18 Oct 2010 14:32:00 GMTBajaj Finance expects to double business in FY11
* Bajaj Fin sees 30 bps hike in funds cost in next 2 qtrs
18 Oct 2010 07:40:43 GMTEU debates new debt rules as euro surges
European finance ministers worked Monday to hash out a deal on stricter budget rules to avoid another government debt crisis, as a surging euro casts doubt on the continent's fragile economic recovery.
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.

Economic History

18 Oct 2010 00:20:50 GMTEconomic developers call for new strategy
Amy Lane - LANSING-Michigan economic developers are calling for strategic change, and they're looking for the next governor to help make it happen. With an eye toward turnover in the Legislature and a new administration, the Michigan Economic Developers Association has laid out a blueprint to remake state economic-development strategy, focusing on business climate, structure and incentives. It ...
18 Oct 2010 19:28:57 GMTA Look at Economic Developments Around the Globe
A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world
18 Oct 2010 13:55:45 GMTEconomic Outlook: Magic bullets
By ANTHONY HALL United Press International It's hard to put a price tag on a wish, but it's hard not to wish weeks ahead of a midterm . election.
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 ...
18 Oct 2010 15:19:31 GMTAfter the Space Shuttle: Economic Hardship and Political Turmoil
With the space shuttle program scheduled to come to an end soon, the United States will lose its only means of sending people into space until at least 2015.
17 Oct 2010 21:28:01 GMTEconomic events for the week beginning Oct. 18
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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 ...
18 Oct 2010 11:16:00 GMTChina aims for economic restructuring: report
China targets economic restructuring over the next five years.
18 Oct 2010 13:46:32 GMTEconomic Report: Industrial production dips in September
The output of the nation?s factories, mines and utilities slipped in September, the first drop after six months of gains, according to Federal Reserve data. Manufacturing production in particular downshifted sharply during the three months through September, the data show.
18 Oct 2010 11:06:34 GMTEconomic impact study for proposed Pownal biomass plant points to positive growth
POWNAL ? An economic impact analysis for a proposed $250 million wood biomass-fueled electric generation plant in Pownal says the project would create 45 jobs and a $525,000 boost in revenue for the town. ... - By Patrick McArdle STAFF WRITER
 
 

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