Business Fears over Long Campaign
Byline: Eli Greenblat and Mark Hawthorne and Gareth Hutchens Jan 30, 2013 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Corporate heads believe that the eight-month federal election campaign could harm the Australian...
View ArticleActivity Tipped to Pick Up Early in Year
Byline: Gareth Hutchens Jan 30, 2013 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Australian voters have been given a date for the election that needs to be held before the end of 2013. Analysts note that economic...
View ArticleBureaucrats under Pressure
Byline: Verona Burgess Jan 30, 2013 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian public service will face challenges with the announcement of a federal election on 14 September...
View ArticleSighted: A Little Risk Appetite
Byline: Vesna Poljak and Peter Wells Jan 30, 2013 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The rally in the Australian sharemarket in January 2013 indicates that investors are more...
View ArticleStocks on Historic 10-Day Winning Streak
Byline: Samantha Hutchinson Jan 30, 2013 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian sharemarket posted modest gains on 30 January 2013, with the S&P/ASX 200 advancing...
View Article-South African Bank Reports Flat Loan Growth in Fiscal Q1
Global Banking News-January 30, 2013--South African bank reports flat loan growth in fiscal Q1(C)2013 ENPublishing - httpwww.enpublishing.co.uk Global Banking News - 30 January 2013 African Bank...
View Article-New York Companies Have USD665m Worth of Unclaimed Insurance
Global Banking News-January 30, 2013--New York companies have USD665m worth of unclaimed insurance(C)2013 ENPublishing - httpwww.enpublishing.co.uk Global Banking News - 30 January 2013 New York...
View Article-Bank of America to Move PR Account
Global Banking News-January 30, 2013--Bank of America to move PR account(C)2013 ENPublishing - httpwww.enpublishing.co.uk Global Banking News - 30 January 2013 Bank of America Corp (NYSE: BAC) is to...
View Article-IFC to Support MiCRO in Haiti
Global Banking News-January 30, 2013--IFC to support MiCRO in Haiti(C)2013 ENPublishing - httpwww.enpublishing.co.uk Global Banking News - 30 January 2013 IFC, the private arm of the World Bank, has...
View Article-IMF Says Central Bank of Russia Actively Buying Gold
Global Banking News-January 30, 2013--IMF says central bank of Russia actively buying gold(C)2013 ENPublishing - httpwww.enpublishing.co.uk Global Banking News - 30 January 2013 According to the IMF,...
View ArticleFirst Gulf Bank 2012 Net Profit Rises 12 per Cent
First Gulf Bank (FGB) posted record net profits of AED 4,154 million for 2012, an increase of 12 per cent from 2011. The results were boosted by revenues for Q4'2012 at AED 2,006 million, the strongest...
View ArticleAhli Bank AGM Approves Bank Sale Trade to Qatar Foundation
Shareholders unanimously approved the selling of Ahli Bank in a trade of 37,374,000 shares to Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development. Ahli Bank announced the results of its...
View ArticleTharawat Sukuk Fund Posts 9.44 per Cent Return for 2012
Tharawat Investment House (Tharawat), an Islamic investment institution based in the Kingdom of Bahrain, announced 5.06 per cent profit returns of Tharawat Sukuk Fund for the second half of 2012,...
View ArticleNew Notes for UAE
The UAE Central Bank announced today that it would put in circulation, on Saturday two currency notes reprinted with new security features, of AED100 and AED1,000 The new security features include...
View ArticleSan Diego, Los Angeles Street Repairs to Cost Billions
Byline: Keeley Webster LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles and San Diego officials are both crafting plans to rectify years of deferred maintenance on crumbling city streets and sidewalks with plans that will...
View ArticlePanelists: Municipal Bankruptcies Will Be Uncommon This Year
Byline: Jonathan Hemmerdinger WASHINGTON -- Revenues at municipalities may increase slightly in 2013 and additional municipal bankruptcies will be uncommon as state and local governments continue a...
View ArticlePerry Proposes More for Texas Transportation, Water
Byline: Richard Williamson DALLAS -- Beginning his thirteenth year as governor of Texas, Rick Perry called for a constitutional amendment that would allow $1.8 billion in tax relief and a budget that...
View ArticleJeffCo Says Sewer Rates Can Be Adjusted for Debt
Byline: Shelly Sigo BRADENTON, Fla. -- The new sewer rate structure recently approved by Jefferson County, Ala., commissioners is an interim plan that can be altered as creditors negotiate a settlement...
View ArticleTreasury 4-Weeks Auctioned at 0.035% High Yield
Byline: Gary Siegel The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $30 billion of four-week bills at a 0.035% high yield, a price of 99.997278. The coupon equivalent was 0.035%. The bid-to-cover ratio was...
View ArticleRay LaHood to Step Down as Transportation Secretary
Byline: Lynn Hume Ray LaHood, a big supporter of high speed rail and the Dulles Silver Line project, plans to step down as Transportation Secretary after a successor is nominated and confirmed by the...
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