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  • Give your pay packet a shave - Brisbane Times

    In the midst of Australia's great summer snooze, work is the last thing on most of our minds, but we had better hope the Prime Minister and Treasurer, Kevin Rudd and Wayne Swan, are spending their holidays thinking about jobs. The most important ...
    2009-01-01 03:07:00
  • Car insurers can raise rates Thursday - Raleigh News & Observer

    Starting Thursday, the state's auto insurers are allowed to charge drivers up to 9.4 percent in higher premiums. But whether that price hike sticks remains to be seen. A court first must rule on an appeal by the insurance industry of Insurance ...
    2008-12-26 04:09:00
  • Sensex rings in New Year with a bang, closes up 256 points - International Business Times

    Mumbai - The BSE Sensex brought smiles to the investors on the first trading day of 2009, climbing 2.66 percent or 256.15 points to 9903.46 on soaring hopes that falling inflation rate would give the central bank enough room to announce another round ...
    2009-01-01 07:04:00
  • Citibank likely to slash interest rates - Business Standard

    Citi is considering up to 0.5 per cent cut in its deposit rates and a similar reduction in its benchmark prime lending rates, a top Citibank Official said. "We may look at an up to 0.5 per cent reduction in our deposit rates across different tenures ...
    2009-01-01 05:38:00
  • Canara Bank reduces lending rates (The Hindu)

    BANGALORE: Canara Bank has revised its prime lending rate (PLR) by 75 basis points from 13.25 to 12.50 per cent, applicable also to the housing sector. The rate of interest on automobile loans has been reduced by 50 basis points, from 12.50 ...
    2009-01-01 03:31:57
  • 65 ambassadors present their seasonal wishes to Lebanon and its people (Monday Morning)

    Many thanks indeed to Monday Morning, which, at the end of the year 2008, has offered me the chance,to express to all the Lebanese my warmest and most sincere good wishes. May 2009 see the fulfillment of all their aspirations in a Lebanon at peace, reconciled with itself and prosperous.
    2009-01-01 03:42:07
  • Retail sales hit a high Down Under (The Economic Times)

    Australian retailers may have record post-Christmas sales as lower borrowing costs and government stimulus packages spur consumer demand, according to the industry’s peak representative body.
    2009-01-01 05:20:29
  • Japan’s Bonds May Post First Loss Since 2003 as Debt Sales Rise (Bloomberg)

    Jan. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese government bonds may fall this year for the first time since 2003 as policy makers increase debt sales to finance a 10 trillion yen ($111 billion) economic stimulus-plan.
    2009-01-01 07:00:10
  • Be cautious, high inflation may return: expert (Vietnam Net)

    VietNamNet Bridge – Dr. Tran Du Lich, Member of the National Assembly’s Economics Committee, stressed that the factors for high inflation still exist when talking with the press about the problems of Vietnam’s economy.
    2009-01-01 10:18:45
  • Malaysia’s Key Index May Reach 900, Aseambankers Says (Update1) (Bloomberg)

    Jan. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Malaysia’s benchmark stock index could rise to 900 by the end of this year on the prospects of more interest rate cuts and a second economic stimulus package, Aseambankers Malaysia Bhd. said.
    2009-01-01 10:57:19
  • Rs 1,00,000-cr infra push likely - Business Standard

    With companies and business houses in a financial bind, this scheme aims to take up infrastructure projects under public-private partnership with minimal private investment. Under the proposed formula, a private sector company can start an ...
    2009-01-01 10:10:00
  • Huntsville To Try Again For School Construction Funds (The Morning News)

    HUNTSVILLE -- Local and state school officials have their fingers crossed that patrons will approve the latest financing plan to build an addition to Huntsville Middle School.
    2009-01-01 05:37:36
  • Banker sees 'silver lining' to sluggish economy (KTIV Sioux City)

    SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KTIV) - A brand new year means new hope for the flagging economy.
    2009-01-01 06:50:52
  • As mortgage rates slide, applications to refinance have gone through the roof (Dallas Morning News)

    The holidays can be slow in the mortgage business as consumers take a break to celebrate. But at Gary Akright's Addison mortgage office, the phone is ringing off the wall.
    2009-01-01 09:36:24
  • St. Charles Hospital bond issue to go before voters (L'Observateur)

    Staff Reporter HAHNVILLE – The St. Charles Council approved a measure Monday that will put an $11.5 million bond issue for St. Charles Hospital on an April 4, 2009 general election ballot.
    2009-01-01 10:13:11