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Finance History 2010-05-23 (23 May 2010 ) |
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| BANGKOK: As work crews scrubbed the city's streets clean of debris and arson scars left by protesters after two months of demonstrations, the country's finance minister was talking to business leaders in Japan - the source of about a third of Thailand's foreign investment. | |
| MELBOURNE: Leading law firm Zaid Ibrahim and Co (ZICO), has welcomed Canberra's decision to review the treatment of Islamic finance in Australia. "It puts Australia on par with other financial centres, including the UK, Hong Kong and Singapore, that have tax neutrality provisions to facilitate the development of Islamic finance in their respective jurisdictions," said ZICO chairman and senior ... | |
| MELBOURNE: Leading law firm Zaid Ibrahim & Co (ZICO), has welcomed Canberra's decision to review the treatment of Islamic finance in Australia. | |
| Senior Engineer Amy Wyks, an almost 10-year employee of the town's Utilities Department, has been tapped to serve as the new assistant director of finance for operations. She replaces Terry Frye, who is retiring after 36 years of service on town staff. The promotion is effective June 4. | |
| JAKARTA, May 23 - Indonesian new finance minister has said he expects a swift start to the job and to continue reforms driven by his predecessor without fear of political pressure, Indonesian newspaper Rakyat Merdeka reported on Sunday. | |
| Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: "The crisis in Europe will hurt us." Minister of Finance Yuval Steinitz: The crisis is not severe. | |
| JAKARTA, May 23 - Indonesian new finance minister has said he expects a swift start to the job and to continue reforms driven by his predecessor without fear of political pressure, Indonesian newspaper Rakyat Merdeka reported on Sunday. Agus Martowardojo, appointed last week, replaced reformist technocrat Sri Mulyani Indrawati, who leaves for a new job at the World Bank following a ... | |
| City manager Lynda Humble announced the promotion of Brian Funderburk from director of finance and administration to assistant city manager/chief financial officer for the city of Rowlett on May 14. | |
| Kuwait, May 23, 2010 - GulfMerger GulfMerger , the Middle East's leading middle-market M&A firm, today announced it was awarded one of the six awards in the global recognition category, along with JP Morgan JP Morgan , Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley , and Bank of America Merrill Lynch, by the US-based magazine Global Finance, a prominent global financial publication authority. | |
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| The United States and China formally open high-level talks on Monday intended to steady their vast and sometimes tense economic relationship, but North Korea threatened to emerge as a point of diplomatic contention. | |
| The . will push China to level the economic playing field between the two powers, . Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday, previewing talks coming to be dominated by tensions between the Koreas. | |
| The .-China strategic and economic dialogue in Beijing this week will have a major bearing on the sustainable and healthy development of our economic relationship. | |
| Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is heading to Beijing for high-level economic and strategic talks with Chinese leaders that will be dominated by efforts to win China's support to punish North Korea for the sinking of a South Korean warship. | |
| BEIJING The . will push China to level the economic playing field between the two powers, . Secretary of State... | |
| BEIJING The . hasn't swayed China yet on the need to punish North Korea and Iran heading into high-level talks between American and Chinese officials on greater security and economic cooperation, a senior Obama administration official said Sunday. | |
| The . will push China to level the economic playing field between the two powers, . Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday, previewing talks coming to be dominated by tensions between the Koreas. Clinton and . Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner are leading the large American delegation at the two-day meetings, beginning Monday, with economic issues overshadowed by the ... | |
| A key UN report on biodiversity will recommend massive economic changes like company fines to help save species and protect the natural world, The Guardian reported here on Saturday. | |
| Clinton headed to Beijing for economic, strategic talks with Chinese leaders Beijing - China - Asia - United States - Business and Economy | |
| Germany's foreign minister has urged Syria to support indirect talks between Israel and the Palestinians in return for economic support for its reforms. |
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