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1,623 милиарда лева в Сребърния фонд

Общият паричен ресурс на Държавния фонд за гарантиране устойчивост на държавната пенсионна система към 31 януари 2010 г. в БНБ е непроменен и е в размер на над 1 623 500 000 лева, съобщиха от Министерството на финансите. Read the rest of this entry »

Папандреу: Искаме заеми при същите лихви като останалите

Гръцкият министър-председател Георгиос Папандреу заяви днес, че Гърция иска да взима заеми при същите лихви, като останалите европейски страни, като предупреди, че по-високите лихви за Гърция могат да значат повишаването на лихвите „и на други места”. Read the rest of this entry »

Agrium received regulatory approvals for the CF Industries Holdings acquisition

Fertilizer company Agrium Inc. on Wednesday said it cleared a hurdle with the Federal Trade Commission and has all the regulatory approvals needed for its proposed acquisition of CF Industries Holdings Inc.

The FTC granted all necessary approvals under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act, Agrium said. Read the rest of this entry »

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China FDI – from $80 000 in 1979 up to $92,4 billion last year

(Xinhua) China attracted a total amount of 852.6 billion U.S. dollars of foreign direct investment (FDI) from1979 to 2008, making itChina dragon the number one target for FDI among developing countries, according to latest figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics, cited by state news agency Xinhua. Read the rest of this entry »

KazMunaiGaz seeking cooperation with Bulgarian shipyards

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Kazakhstan`s state-controlled energy giant KazMunaiGaz is interested in cooperation with Bulgarian companies, according to Bulgarian Ministry of Economy press release.

Bulgarian Minister of Economy Traicho Traykov met with Kaiyrgeldy Kabyldin – KazMunaiGas president this week. Read the rest of this entry »

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Another shoe thrower – same result

A protester threw a shoe at the IMF director at the end of a question-and-answer session Thursday at a university in Istanbul, CNN reported.

Security officers stopped the man when he rushed toward the stage at Bilgi University, where Dominique Strauss-Kahn had been giving a lecture. Read the rest of this entry »

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ING sold its 51% in Australia/New Zealand joint ventures to its partner

ANZANZ announced it reached an agreement with ING Group to acquire ING Group’s 51% shareholdings in the ANZ-ING wealth management and life insurance joint ventures in Australia and New Zealand for A$1,760 million.

ING Australia Limited (INGA) and ING (NZ) Holdings Limited (ING (NZ)) will become whollyowned subsidiaries of ANZ on completion. Joint ventures were established in 2002. Read the rest of this entry »

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Indian carrier Jet Airways to raise $450 million

Jet AirwaysIndian carrier Jet Airways announced that shareholders meeting approved the issuance of additional capital up to USD 400 million.

Jet Airways is one of the fastest growing airlines in the world.The company has 55 aircraft, comprising Boeing 737s, eight ATR-72 500s, three Airbus 340-300Es and one Airbus 330-200.

Shares of the company declined Rs 1.1, or 0.35%, to settle at Rs 311. The total volume of shares traded today at the BSE was 286,986.

Nomura to expand its bond operations in India

NomuraNomura Holdings Inc. aims to expand its bond-related operations in India after being named a primary dealer on Thursday by the Reserve Bank of India, a first for a Japanese financial institution, Nikkei business daily reported.

The primary dealer status was obtained by a local unit that Nomura acquired from the now-defunct US giant Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. Read the rest of this entry »

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Croatian president opens Kempinski Hotel Adriatic on Istria coast

Kempinski Hotel AdriaticCroatian President Stjepan Mesic opened Kempinski Hotel Adriatic on Friday evening in Savudrija, Istria. The Adriatic coast hotel, which cost 1.6 billion kunas (217 million Euros), has luxury villas, the first championship 18-hole golf course in Croatia, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, 186 rooms equipped with modern technology, 19 suites, two presidential suites and three restaurants. Read the rest of this entry »

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