Banks News Updates
Manila c.bank approves $655 mln in soft loans (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)
6 February 2010
MANILA, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The Philippine central bank has approved $655 million worth of official development assistance loans from multilateral institutions in support of fiscal consolidation and social welfare projects, official documents show.
Govt to withdraw bank guarantee - Swan (BigPond News)
6 February 2010
Wayne Swan has announced the govt will withdraw its guarantee for bank deposits and wholesale funding.
Australia withdraws bank funding guarantee (AFP via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
6 February 2010
Australia said on Sunday it will withdraw its bank funding guarantee due to improved conditions, ending a scheme put in place at the height of the global financial crisis.
Govt revokes bank guarantee (The Courier Mail)
6 February 2010
TREASURER Wayne Swan has warned the banks not to use the government's withdrawal of its bank deposit guarantee as an excuse to slug consumers.
Bank guarantee to be withdrawn (Sydney Morning Herald)
6 February 2010
Rudd withdraws bank guarantee given strength of financial system.
Pakistan on right track - World Bank (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
6 February 2010
The World Bank has committed up to $1.3 billion (831 million pound) for Pakistan in the 2009/10 fiscal year and violence in the country will not deter it from continuing its projects, a World Bank official said.
Australia to end crisis measure of bank guarantees (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
6 February 2010
The government announced Sunday it will end its guarantee of bank deposits and wholesale funding for Australian banks -- measures introduced at the height of the global financial crisis.
Shuaa Q4 losses reduced - AME Info
6 February 2010
AME InfoShuaa Q4 losses reducedAME InfoDubai-based investment bank, Shuaa Capital has said it had reduced its quarterly net loss from Dhs577.4m in Q4 2008 to Dhs154.3m in Q4 2009. ...
Knowledge-based trade deep in deficit - Korea Herald
6 February 2010
Knowledge-based trade deep in deficitKorea HeraldKoreans used over $150 billion of knowledge-based services from overseas in 2009, driving the account deeper into the red, the Bank of Korea said yesterday. ...
44 people have read this story - Before It's News
6 February 2010
44 people have read this storyBefore It's NewsThese days, that can be done by a few keystrokes on a computer, and another few keystrokes can transfer that money to any bank in the nation. ...
Photo Essay: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Future Changes
6 February 2010
Future ChangesPhoto Essay: Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaFuture ChangesThe illuminated red “W” on the building in the center is the logo of Westpac, a major Australian bank Glick's Cakes & Bagels and a Kosher Supermarket next ...
ISRAEL: Controversy over upgrading college to university - University World News
6 February 2010
University World NewsISRAEL: Controversy over upgrading college to universityUniversity World NewsControversy has erupted over a decision to upgrade an Israeli college in the West Bank and give it university status. Described by one critic as "an ...
INDIA: Selling services or spreading light? - University World News
6 February 2010
University World NewsINDIA: Selling services or spreading light?University World NewsFacing collapse, it was placed under a degree of parliamentary control - much like an American bank of recent months. The missionaries and travelling ...
Prince William County school notes - Washington Post
6 February 2010
Prince William County school notesWashington Post... driver's license, 2009 W-2 forms, 2009 federal income tax return, a list of untaxed income, current bank and investment records and, if applicable, ...