Business

Yearly Archives: 2007, 2008

UAE to inject $19 bln into banking sector

5 hours ago

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) government has earmarked 70 billion dirhams (19.1 U.S. dollars) to the country's banking sector, the official Emirates News Agency reported on Tuesday. UAE Vice President and Prime …
London stock market rises in early trading

5 hours ago

The FTSE 100 index in the London stock market rose by about 4 percent on Tuesday early trading as the market built on the strong gains seen on Monday. The benchmark FTSE 100 index was up 164.80 points, or 3.87 percent …
JPMorgan reaffirms commitments in Indonesia

5 hours ago

JPMorgan Chase and Co. has reaffirmed its long-term commitment to Indonesia, ruling out speculation that the global financial market crisis would lead it to exit from the country, the Jakarta Post reported Tuesday. The …
Australia's new package offers big bang for the buck

5 hours ago

The Australian government's 10.4 billion dollars (6.9 billion U.S. dollars) stimulus package to help steer the Australian economy through the global financial crisis "offers the biggest bang for the buck", Australian …
Imports, prices of primary products go up sharply

7 hours ago

The latest foreign trade figures from the Customs on Oct. 13 show that China's imports of primary products sped up quickly and prices of those imports were high over the first nine months of the year. China imported …