Banks News Updates
Polish Central Bank May Leave Rates Unchanged for Sixth Month (Bloomberg)
22 December 2009
Dec. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Poland’s central bank will probably leave interest rates unchanged for a sixth meeting as policy makers expect the inflation rate to fall beneath its target next year even as economic growth accelerates, a survey shows.
Vietnam set for middle income status: World Bank (Malaysian Mirror)
22 December 2009
WASHINGTON -The World Bank said it had approved its biggest ever loan to Vietnam as it virtually endorsed the once war-ravaged Southeast Asian nation's impending elevation to middle income status. Read more...
Russian Central Bank May Cut Rates Again in 2009, Ignatiev Says (BusinessWeek)
22 December 2009
Russian central bank Chairman Sergey Ignatiev said interest rates may be cut before the end of the year and forecast the economy may grow 5 percent or more in 2010, faster than the government is estimating.
British Pound Consolidates at Two-Month Low Ahead of Bank of England Minutes (Daily FX via Yahoo! Finance)
22 December 2009
The British Pound consolidated losses below 1.60 to the US Dollar, the lowest level in over two months, as the Bank of England prepared to release the minutes from December’s monetary policy meeting.
Diamond Bank CEO shares opinions with Obama (Chicago Tribune)
22 December 2009
When a group of community bankers met with President Barack Obama on Tuesday, Diamond Bank Chief Executive Matt Gambs of Chicago was the first to speak.
River North bank robbed (Chicago Tribune)
22 December 2009
A man robbed a River North bank late this afternoon. The unidentified man walked into the National City Bank at 401 N. La Salle Dr. at about 5 p.m. and handed the teller a note demanding cash and implying that he had a weapon, Chicago police said. The teller handed over an unknown amount of cash to the robber, who wore a scarf to help conceal his f...
Vietnam set for middle income status: World Bank (AFP via Yahoo! News)
22 December 2009
The World Bank said it had approved its biggest ever loan to Vietnam as it virtually endorsed the once war-ravaged Southeast Asian nation's impending elevation to middle income status.
NTB's Depositors Judged Loyal - Tempo Interaktif
22 December 2009
NTB's Depositors Judged LoyalTempo InteraktifTEMPO Interactive, Mataram:The disbursement of bank loans in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) province until the end of November this year rose by 20.57 percent or ...
Korea Won Falls As Importers Buy Dollar; Bonds Up At Last Minute - Wall Street Journal
22 December 2009
Korea Won Falls As Importers Buy Dollar; Bonds Up At Last MinuteWall Street JournalHeavy industries firms exchanged the greenback into the won above KRW1,184, a local-bank trader said. The dollar is likely to have a bid tone until the end ...
Cross at the Castle, Glengorm, Mull - SCX 9 & 10 - road.cc
22 December 2009
Cross at the Castle, Glengorm, Mull - SCX 9 & 10road.ccThe Senior race featured two special guests from Belgium, current Belgian time trial champion, Liesbet de Vocht (DSB Bank - Nederland bloeit) and Tom Linton ...
FARINELLA: Checking that list - Attleboro Sun Chronicle
22 December 2009
Attleboro Sun ChronicleFARINELLA: Checking that listAttleboro Sun ChronicleDoesn't matter what it is, just something that takes his mind off what took half of his belongings to some bank account in Sweden. ...
Finance Would Like NLB to Go Public - STA - Slovenska Tiskovna Agencija (subscription)
22 December 2009
Finance Would Like NLB to Go PublicSTA - Slovenska Tiskovna Agencija (subscription)The only thing that would happen to Slovenia's biggest bank if its shares were listed on the stock exchange is that its management would have to disclose ...
Builsa Community Bank makes progress - BusinessGhana
22 December 2009
Builsa Community Bank makes progressBusinessGhanaThe Bank's total operations expenditure in 2008 stood at 455049.00 Ghana Cedis as compared to 333608.00 Ghana Cedis in 2007, resulting in net profit before ...and more »...
EMS paramedics train for challenges of new arena - Kansas.com
22 December 2009
EMS paramedics train for challenges of new arenaKansas.comAs they lowered volunteers — or "victims" they joked — down the steep stairs of Intrust Bank Arena, Sedgwick County EMS paramedics learned ...and more »...