Banks News Updates
Extra bank holiday to celebrate Queen's Diamond Jubilee (Daily Telegraph)
27 December 2009
Workers are to be given an extra one-off bank holiday in 2012 to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
Vietnam Dollar Trading +40.4% In Interbank Market -Central Bank (Nasdaq)
27 December 2009
HANOI -(Dow Jones)- Dollar trading in Vietnam's interbank market rose 40.4% last week to $2.855 billion from $2.033 billion a week earlier, the State Bank of Vietnam said Monday.
BANK NEGARA EXCHANGE RATES: DEC 28 (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
27 December 2009
THE FOLLOWING IS THE BEST QUOTATIONS AVAILABLE FROM COMMERCIAL BANKS IN KUALA LUMPUR AT 11.30 A.M, TODAY, ISSUED BY BANK NEGARA.
Photo Release: Bank of Ayudhya PCL’s executives presents KRUNGSRI Business Prestige MasterCard to top executives of ... (Thaipr.net)
27 December 2009
Mr.Dan Harsono (second right), Chief Marketing Officer, Bank of Ayudhya PCL, presents KRUNGSRI Business Prestige MasterCard to Mr.Anon Sirisaengtaksin (second left), President & Chief Executive Office...
Shamrocks advance to Republic Bank quarterfinals (Louisville Courier-Journal)
27 December 2009
The Trinity High School boys' basketball team advanced to the quarterfinals of the Republic Bank Holiday Classic with a 53-39 win over Scott High on Sunday.
Decision Makers: Thomas L. Adams of Bank of Virginia (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
27 December 2009
Thomas L. Adams New position: first vice president/senior lender, Bank of Virginia Previous position: vice president/commercial loans, Bank of Virginia Birthplace: Richmond Education: bachelor’s degree in business administration, Radford University; Commercial Lending School and Compliance School, Virginia Bankers Association...
MARC AFFIRMS RATINGS ON HORIZON HILLS' ISLAMIC BANK GUARANTEED DEBT FACILITIES (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
27 December 2009
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 28 (Bernama) -- Malaysian Rating Corporation Bhd (MARC) has affirmed its rating on Horizon Hills Development Sdn Bhd's Islamic Bank Guaranteed Medium-Term Notes (IMTN) Programme of up to RM200 million at AAA-ID(bg).
For Kremlin-backed oligarchs, signs of life - Globe and Mail
27 December 2009
For Kremlin-backed oligarchs, signs of lifeGlobe and MailAnother state-owned bank, Sberbank, said it would buy into Rusal, too. Sberbank is not a disinterested party; it agreed to refinance the $4.5-billion ...
HELP WANTED: CENTRAL BANK BOSS - Globe and Mail
27 December 2009
HELP WANTED: CENTRAL BANK BOSSGlobe and Mail28, 2009 2:57AM EST In this age of Twitter and YouTube, it's nice to see the Bank of Canada do some things the old-fashioned way. ...
Dhaka Stocks Rally on Financials - Independent-Bangladesh
27 December 2009
Dhaka Stocks Rally on FinancialsIndependent-BangladeshAB Bank, Brac Bank, Dhaka Bank, Eastern Bank, Exim Bank, Mercantile Bank, Prime Bank and Shahjalal Islami Bank rose by over 2 percent. ...
Year in Capitol Hill development - CHS Capitol Hill Seattle
27 December 2009
Year in Capitol Hill developmentCHS Capitol Hill Seattle224 Broadway, at Broadway and Thomas, was expanded to include nearly 2/3rds of the block, set to replace the buidlings that house Bank of America, ...
US boosts airline precautions amid recriminations - Reuters
27 December 2009
US boosts airline precautions amid recriminationsReutersAbdulmutallab's name was added last month to a central US data bank, containing about 550000 names of purported terrorist sympathizers, after his father ...and more »...
Croatian Presidential Election Heads to Run-Off, Results Show - BusinessWeek
27 December 2009
Croatian Presidential Election Heads to Run-Off, Results ShowBusinessWeek... product to expand an annual 0.5 percent in 2010 as demand in the EU rebounds. GDP is set to shrink about 6 percent this year, according to the central bank.and more »...
Gatchalian postpones airline bid - Manila Standard Today
27 December 2009
Gatchalian postpones airline bidManila Standard TodayHe also owns thrift bank Philippine Business Bank and sits as director of Export and Industry Bank. Gatchalian is seeking a comeback in the airline business ...and more »...