Australian Mortgages Slump to Five-Year Low on Rates, Prices
Bloomberg Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:55 PM PST
Feb. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Australian borrowing for home- buying fell to a five-year low last month after house prices climbed and the central bank increased lending rates, according to Australian Finance Group Ltd. |
Badal wants Finance ministry to issue coins of Sikh warrior
Deepika Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:55 PM PST
Chandigarh, Jan 29 (UNI) Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today urged the Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to issue limited special edition coins of Rs 5 and Rs 10 denomination minted in the memory of the great Sikh warrior, Baba Banda Singh Bahadur, as a befitting tribute to his martyrdom being observed as tercentennial 'Fateh Divas' (Victory Day) on May 12 this year. |
PM Najib launches 1Malaysia Maintenance Fund
The New Straits Times Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:53 PM PST
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak announced a RM37.6 million allocation for the 1Malaysia Maintenance Fund to finance the maintenance of the federal capital's low-cost homes, expecially flats, built by the private sector. |
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The Malaysian Insider Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:50 PM PST
TOKYO, Feb 1 â€" The Bank of Japan may need to do more on the monetary policy front to stop deflation, the Nikkei daily quoted Japan’s Finance Minister Naoto Kan ( pic ) as saying, keeping pressure on the BOJ to help support a fragile economic recovery. |
Cuenco may ask city aid for plebiscite funds
Cebu Daily News Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:30 PM PST
IF Malacañang won’t provide a P1.5-million cash advance to finance the plebiscite to split barangay Guadalupe, Cebu City South District Rep. Antonio Cuenco said he will ask the Cebu City government to fund the referendum. |
Councilmembers get their committees
Queens Courier Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:25 PM PST
The chairs and memberships of the City Council’s various committees have been divvied up, and although Queens members no longer control all three of the most prominent committees â€" Finance, Land Use and Transportation â€" the borough is well represented. |
Gordhan reasserts independence of Reserve Bank
Independent Online Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:10 PM PST
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has reasserted the independence of the central bank following calls by the ruling party's union and communist allies to change its mandate. |
FF backbenchers oppose pay cut U-turn
Irish Examiner Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:57 PM PST
FINANCE Minister Brian Lenihan will face strong opposition from Fianna Fáil backbenchers tomorrow to measures that will see 600 higher-paid public servants escape the full impact of wage cuts being imposed on their lower-paid colleagues. |
TDs and Senators to play greater role in bank inquiry
Irish Examiner Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:57 PM PST
TDs and Senators will play a greater role in the early stages of the banking inquiry than has been presented by the Government, according to Green Party Senator, Dan Boyle, who threatened to resign as the party’s Finance spokesperson over the Government’s handling of the issues. |
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