Political donors shroud identity
Albany Times Union Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:40 PM PST
The Supreme Court decision last month allowing corporations to spend unlimited money on behalf of political candidates left a loophole that campaign finance lawyers say could allow companies to pay for extensive political advertising while avoiding the disclosure requirements the court appeared to leave intact. |
Indonesia bank probe: Parliament likely to vote on case
The Star Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:39 PM PST
JAKARTA (Reuters) - The fate of Indonesia's two top reformers, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani and Vice President Boediono, may be decided in the next few days as a parliamentary committee's inquiry into a bank bailout nears its conclusion. |
Jonesboro official calling it quits
Jonesboro Sun Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:05 PM PST
JONESBORO â€" Jim Barksdale, who became Jonesboro’s finance director two years ago and transferred to the city’s new compliance officer position in January, has resigned. |
China needs more hydropower projects to fight climate change: lawmaker
People's Daily Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:29 PM PST
China should build more large hydropower projects so it can live up to its promise to the international community, Wang Shucheng, vice chairman of the Finance and Economic Committee under the National People's Congress (China's top legislature), said on Saturday. China in 2007 promised to make renewable resources supply 15 percent of its total energy consumption by 2020, in a bid to reduce ... |
EU finance chief to Athens Monday
MalaysiaNews.net Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:11 PM PST
BRUSSELS (AP): The EU's financial affairs chief travels to Athens on Monday to discuss with Greek officials their country's debt crisis and their efforts to enact painful austerity measures to curb pu... |
General Budget lacks vision, direction and sensitivity: Sushma Swaraj
New Kerala Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:01 PM PST
New Delhi, Feb 27: Leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj, on Saturday criticized the General Budget presented by Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee for the 2010-11, saying that it lacks vision, direction and sensitivity to overcome food insecurity and price rise. |
Pranab Mukherjee looks to promising financial year
New Kerala Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:59 PM PST
New Delhi, Feb 27: Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday admitted that the last two years have been tough for the country's economy, as he inaugurated 82nd annual session of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in the national capital. |
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