Turkey and I.M.F. End Talks on Stand-By Loan The New York Times | ISTANBUL — Turkey said on Wednesday it was no longer holding talks with the International Monetary Fund on a stand-by loan because it did not need emergency funds, but it left the door open for a possible future deal. | “We don’t need emergency funding, it’s not an urgent n...
China assesses its gold strategy Asia Times | By Russell Hsiao | Chinese leaders convening in Beijing for the annual plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC) - China's ceremonial legislature - this week will, among other things, hammer out a blueprint for the ascendancy of the country's currency, the yuan (or renminbi). | China...
Beijing seeks a shift in geopolitics Asia Times | By Willy Lam | China's ongoing tussles with the United States over issues including Taiwan, Tibet and trade are in a sense nothing new. For more than two decades, Sino-US relations have periodically gone through rough patches over these and related...
Sinograph Asia Times | Different takes on coping with change | By Francesco Sisci | BEIJING - In recent weeks on Chinese movie screens there has been a confrontation: Oscar-winning Avatar from the United States pitched against the home-grown Confucius. Both have single-w...
End in sight for Bank Century circus Asia Times | By Gary LaMoshi | DENPASAR, Bali - An investigation of Indonesia's Bank Century, which required a bailout in 2008 that eventually climbed to 6.7 trillion rupiah (US$720 million), has been taken up by the quasi-independent Corruption Eradication Com...
China assesses its gold strategy Asia Times | By Russell Hsiao | Chinese leaders convening in Beijing for the annual plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC) - China's ceremonial legislature - this week will, among other things, hammer out a blueprint for the ascendancy of the c...
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Govt to borrow more from market in H1 of 2010-11 The Times Of India NEW DELHI: The government will raise by September more than half of its record $100 billion planned borrowing for the financial year that begins on April 1, a top adviser said on T...
Banking fraudsters 'switch to raiding online accounts' BBC News | Fraudsters are continuing their switch from traditional card fraud to raiding online bank accounts, according to new research. | Fraud losses on UK credit and debit cards totalle...
UAE economy expected to expand 3.2 percent in 2010 Daily Star Lebanon | Wednesday, March 10, 2010 | - Powered by | DUBAI: The UAE economy is expected to expand by 3.2 percent in 2010, in sharp contrast to an International Monetary Fund forecast of 0....
Harbin Electric Reports Record Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2009 Results PR Newswire | HARBIN, China, March 10 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Harbin Electric, Inc. ("Harbin Electric" or the "Company", Nasdaq: HRBN), a leading developer and manufacturer of a wide array of electric motors in the People's Republic of China, today report...
R.G. Barry Management To Present at Roth Conference PR Newswire | PICKERINGTON, Ohio, March 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Representatives of accessories footwear and slipper marketer R.G. Barry Corporation (Nasdaq: DFZ) will participate in the Roth Capital Partners 22nd Annual OC Growth Stock Conference being held...
Stock Futures Narrowly Mixed Ahead of Opening The New York Times | Filed at 8:14 a.m. ET | NEW YORK (AP) -- Investors are continuing to search for direction Wednesday, after two days of relatively flat trading. Stock futures are narrowly mixed. | The Dow Jones industrial average is down less than 2 points for the week. | A market surge that began a year ago appears to have run out of steam recently. Traders are ...
Struggles at bank owned by candidate's family loom over Ill. race for Obama's old Senate seat Star Tribune | CHICAGO - With the public still furious over bank bailouts, Democrats desperate to keep President Barack Obama's old Senate seat are scrambling to counter revelations that a bank owned by their candidate's family may be nearing collapse. | Alexi Giannoulias, the first-term Illinois state treasurer and an old basketball buddy of Obama's, has tried...
