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View of NABARD(National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development) office-India.
(photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam)
Nabard manager urges banks to popularize Kisan Credit Card
The Times Of India
SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweet PATNA: National Bank for Agriculture and Rural development (Nabard) Chief General Manager D V Deshpande on Friday urged all commercial banks to devise a strategy for popularising Kisan Credit Card (KCC) so that all eligible farmers including oral lessees, tenant farmers an...
Man and woman on a vespa scooter moto, Rome Italy
(photo: WN / Guillaume Poulet-Mathis)
That gorgeous Italian Vespa makes a comeback
DNA India
| We all fondly remember the Vespas of yore. Some of you may even be lucky enough to have owned one. It's been quite a while since the Vespa name has scooted ubiquitously on Indian roads. But things began to change at the Auto Expo that took place in January this year, when Piaggio announced the ret...
For Afghanistan's Karzai, funding tops NATO summit agenda
Chicago Tribune
| KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan President Hamid Karzai, perhaps best known in the West for periodic well-aimed jabs at his NATO allies, is embarking on a determined charm offensive as he faces the prospect of seeing troops and, perhaps even more ...
For Afghanistan's Karzai, funding tops NATO summit agenda
The Los Angeles Times
| KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan President Hamid Karzai, perhaps best known in the West for periodic well-aimed jabs at his NATO allies, is embarking on a determined charm offensive as he faces the prospect of seeing troops and, perhaps even more ...
Low Bank Fees Lead to More Lending and Bank Profits
Jakarta Globe
Lending growth by the country’s commercial banks grew in the first quarter this year amidst low borrowing cost and slowing economic growth. | Total combined lending by the country’s 120 commercial banks rose 25.1 percent to Rp 2,282 trillion ($24...
World Bank reviews progress of Eastern Freight Corridor
The Times Of India
Tweet NEW DELHI: International lending agency World Bank, which is lending $975 million to the Eastern Freight Corridor, a part of the ambitious dedicated freight corridor project, has expressed satisfaction on the progress made in its review of the ...
18 Signs That The Banking Crisis In Europe Has Just Gone From Bad To Worse
Pakalert Press
Share | With each passing day, the banking crisis in Europe escalates.  European banks are having their credit ratings downgraded in waves, bond yields are soaring and billions of euros are being pulled out of banks all across the eurozone.  The si...
Pahang MB: Felda settlers against listing shouldn't take windfall money
The Star
| BENTONG: Felda settlers who rejected and condemned the listing of Felda Global Ventures Holdings Berhad (FGVH) on Bursa Malaysia should have not taken the windfall money announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak recently. | Pahang Ment...
Construction-property-real estate-India.
WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam
Black money white paper focus on real estate, gold
Indian Express
| Under fire from all quarters for its inability to tackle the problem of black money, the government plans to focus on the real estate and gold and jewellery sectors to stanch the...
Rakuten Website
WN / Arturo Ubaub
Why A Japanese E-Commerce Giant Is The Lead Investor In Pinterest
Business Insider
| Rakuten CEO Hiroshi Mikitani Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten is the lead investor in Pinterest's $100 million round. | Most people in the United States have never heard of Raku...
President of the European Central Bank Jean-Claude Trichet looks on during a news conference in Frankfurt, on Thursday, June 10, 2010. T
AP / Martin Oeser
Europe's banks on the brink
Reuters
| LONDON, May 17 (IFR) - The euro zone crisis was in full swing when Jean-Claude Trichet took the podium in Berlin last October 6 for his final press conference as president of the...
Pak Opposition leader brands Zardari's state-funded donation to Ajmer Sharif 'financial scam'
Newstrack India
| Islamabad, May 19 (ANI): Leader of Opposition in the Pakistan National Assembly, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, has said the donation announced by President Asif Ali Zardari for the administration of the shrine at Ajmer Sharif during his India visit, was...
New Zealand Dollar To Follow Stocks On Euro Crisis, Global Growth Bets
The Street
| Fundamental Forecast for New Zealand Dollar: Neutral NZDUSD: Two-Year Trend Line Support Level in Focus Stretched Daily Studies Warn NZ Dollar May Bounce vs USD | An iron-clad correlation with the MSCI World Stock Index and a lackluster domestic ec...
Dollar Stumbles But Doesn’t Break Trend Into Week End
The Street
| Dollar Stumbles but Doesn’t Break Trend Into Week End | The Dow Jones FXCM Dollar Index put in for its first two-day bearish performance in three weeks Thursday and Friday, but this was more a technical development than a trend change. Ending...
Forex
Jollibee branch in Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City - PHilippines
(photo: WN / Arturo Ubaub)
Investments up, stocks tumble in the Philippines
Xinhua
| By Alito L. Malinao | MANILA, May 17 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine economy was marked by both positive and negative developments in the past few days, with a huge surge in investments registered last month and a big slide in the country's stock market. | In a report released Wednesday, the Board of Investments (BOI) said that in April, total investm...



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