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28 Mar 2010 17:09:12 GMTFinance Ministry may cut growth foreast by 1 percentage point (The Nation - Thailand's English news)
The Finance Ministry is ready to chop its -per-cent economic growth forecast by a full percentage point or even more if the political tensions escalate to the point where there is no government around to make key decisions.
28 Mar 2010 20:16:06 GMTGeneva Finance fate put to vote today (New Zealand's National Business Review)
Geneva Finance warns if shareholders don’t approve an extended repayment plan today, the financier could slide into receivership.   Shareholders will meet in Auckland this afternoon to vote on a proposal that will see them wait a further three years to get their money back. This is to provide the financier’s wholesale lender Bank of Scotland International a five-year exit by 2015.   They have ...
28 Mar 2010 20:17:54 GMTNew law boosts campaign finance reporting in . (The Wilmington Star-News)
By Shelby Sebens @ The number of candidates required to report how much money they receive or spend this election is up after a new campaign finance filing law went into effect in January.
28 Mar 2010 05:20:42 GMTItaly Finance Police Seize EU21 Million Fund Stake in Tax Probe (Bloomberg)
March 26 (Bloomberg) -- Italy’s finance police seized a million-euro stake in a real-estate fund as part of a tax evasion probe in Nola near Naples, according to an e-mailed statement today.
28 Mar 2010 04:31:22 GMTPetroChina Spends $ Billion in Parent Finance Unit (Update1) (Bloomberg)
March 26 (Bloomberg) -- PetroChina Co. will spend billion yuan ($ billion) to raise its stake and increase the capital in the parent’s finance unit to facilitate funding as China’s biggest oil company accelerates overseas acquisitions.
28 Mar 2010 19:30:48 GMTSchool finance chief: State finds ‘minor stuff’ in audit (The News Herald)
PANAMA CITY — Bay District School finance officials have responded to an audit of the district’s books and practices, which uncovered several issues with financial reporting and computer access. The Florida auditor general’s office made an...
28 Mar 2010 12:13:26 GMTLoan to finance wastewater treatment plant upgrade (The Sentinel)
The Borough of Shippensburg Tuesday secured a low-interest Pennvest loan of $2,791,850 to finance a state-mandated upgrade at its wastewater treatment plant.
28 Mar 2010 09:29:43 GMTBusiness & Finance (Times of Malta)
Fimbank plans factoring joint ventures in Brazil, Kenya - Joanna Ripard Fimbank, the international trade finance bank headquartered in Malta, is planning to open factoring joint ventures in Brazil and Kenya later this...
28 Mar 2010 14:20:33 GMTFinance revision workpack for GCSE Business (Times Education Supplement)
REQUIRES WORD 2007 VERSION TO OPEN Written by OCR and AQA examiner: Finance Revision workpack - designed for OCR to cover some of the Legacy Common Core. Includes brief notes, questions and hints.
28 Mar 2010 12:01:29 GMTRIVERVIEW: School board hires new director of business and finance (The News-Herald)
RIVERVIEW — A divided Board of Education has hired a new director of business and finance.

Economic History


28 Mar 2010 19:26:00 GMTNigerian congregation in Greek city holds prayer service for an end to economic crisis (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
THESSALONIKI, Greece - At this time of deepening economic crisis in Greece some have turned to God for help.
28 Mar 2010 19:57:25 GMTGermany and China's national economic policies have become a source of global concern (Daily Telegraph)
Tensions over German economic policy are rising to a new pitch, which even the proposed bail-out for Greece will not relieve. As I argued here five weeks ago, the effects of high German saving on the world economy are similar to those of high Chinese saving. Interestingly, the German response to international criticism is similar to the Chinese defence. A new economic entity has sprung up: what ...
28 Mar 2010 17:08:40 GMTPolitical turmoil undermining the Kingdom's economic strategies (The Nation - Thailand's English news)
The ongoing Red Shirt political rally poses risks for Thailand's economic recovery, but panellists at a Nation Group roundtable discussion on Friday were more specifically concerned about threats to the country's competitiveness and long-term development strategy.
28 Mar 2010 16:09:00 GMTStocks could find direction from key economic growth, employment data this week (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
TORONTO - Investors will receive guidance this week from some top-drawer economic data, including key reports on Canada's economic growth and the . job situation.
28 Mar 2010 17:37:54 GMTINTERVIEW - Economic crisis could worsen HIV/AIDS epidemic - . (The Star)
BANGKOK - Economic crisis and climate change concerns could affect the fight against the AIDS virus and lead to a "universal nightmare", the head of the United Nations' agency for HIV/AIDS said on Sunday.
28 Mar 2010 14:49:24 GMTIsrael cbank: Economic growth "more firmly based" ( via Yahoo! Singapore News)
JERUSALEM, March 28 - The Bank of Israel said on Sunday that it raised short-term borrowing costs for a fourth time since last August due to high inflation expectations and signs the economic recovery was becoming "more firmly based".
28 Mar 2010 14:59:00 GMTINTERVIEW-Economic crisis could worsen HIV/AIDS epidemic - UN (AlertNet)
Source: * Economic slowdown increases vulnerability * Virus spreading in central Asia, eastern Europe * UNAIDS wants travel bans on HIV patients scrapped By Thin Lei Win BANGKOK, March 28 ( ...
28 Mar 2010 20:11:12 GMTSmall businesses play big role in economic development efforts (The Daily Telegram)
Small businesses will have to do some heavy lifting to get Lenawee County out of its economic slump. “The jobs that are gone are not coming back,” said Oded Gur-Arie of Adrian College’s Institute of Entrepreneurial Studies. New, small businesses that come up with new products and services are what is needed to revive the local economy, he said. “The times call for new ideas and new approaches ...
28 Mar 2010 16:20:32 GMTStocks could find direction from key economic growth, employment data this week (Canadian Business)
TORONTO - Investors will receive guidance this week from some top-drawer economic data, including key reports on Canada's economic growth and the
28 Mar 2010 20:28:25 GMTSpain wants women's equality to be part of EU economic strategy ( via Yahoo! News)
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said Sunday that women's equality should be a part of the European Union's new 10-year plan to make the bloc's economy more competitive.
 
 

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