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- IMF Sells 200 Tonnes of Gold to India
- The International Monetary Fund announced on Monday the sale of 200 tonnes of gold worth $US6.7 billion ($A7.4 billion) to India's central bank to shore up IMF finances.The sale to India was nearly half the amount that the IMF has targeted for sale over the coming years.The Fund said...
- News items 2009-11-03
- Islamic Banks Weather the Storm: Study
- Banks that comply with Islamic Sharia law are thriving despite the global financial crisis, thanks largely to a "conservative approach to risk", according to a new listing published on Thursday.The latest research by The Banker magazine reveals that assets held by fully Sharia-compliant banks or the Islamic units of...
- News items 2009-11-06
- APEC Warned of Critical Labour Shortages
- From nurses to welders, Asia-Pacific economies including the United States and Japan face critical labour shortages if they fail to allow easier movement of temporary workers, a study has warned.The research, commissioned by the APEC Business Advisory Council and obtained by AFP on Monday, urged governments to address the...
- News items 2009-11-10
- Currency Tensions Flare Ahead of APEC
- Asia-Pacific ministers have pledged to pursue a vast free-trade zone for the 2.6 billion people they represent.But they are facing more pressing tensions at annual talks over the US and Chinese currencies.Ahead of the weekend's summit, the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation APEC forum said it would work towards a...
- News items 2009-11-13
- Gold Price Hits Record High
- The price of gold surged to an all-time high point above $US1,123 per ounce in London on Thursday, as trade was driven by buoyant stock markets and the weak US currency, analysts said.On the London Bullion Market, gold jumped as high as $US1,123.38 ($A1,208) an ounce."The metal remained supported...
- News items 2009-11-12
- Murdoch's Google Crackdown Sparks Debate
- Is Rupert Murdoch bluffing? Making a bold high-stakes gamble that will save the troubled newspaper industry? Or pursuing a pipe dream that can only end in failure?The News Corp. chairman has prompted a fierce debate among media watchers with his accusation that Google is "stealing" from his vast newspaper...
- News items 2009-11-15
- Gold Forges Record Peak Near $1,150
- Gold prices rose on Wednesday to an all-time high near $1,150 an ounce, boosted by the weak level of the US currency, analysts said.In late morning trading here, gold hit a record high point of $1,148.03 an ounce on the London Bullion Market after reaching a series of records...
- News items 2009-11-18
- Australia Approves Yahoo!-Microsoft Deal
- Australian and Canadian competition authorities have approved the internet search and advertising partnership between Yahoo! and Microsoft, the companies said on Tuesday."Microsoft and Yahoo! have been notified that Australian and Canadian authorities have separately concluded their reviews and have no objections to our proposed search agreement," they said in...
- News items 2009-11-25
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- NORWAY: LUCKY BREAK FOR AFP SCHEME EARLY RETIREMENT PENSIONERS.(Brief Article)
- People who have taken early retirement under the AFP scheme will be able to fiddle the books legally if the Government's new AFP regulations go ahead. AFP pensioners are allowed to earn a certain amount of money without ... People who have taken early retirement...
- Research articles 2002-06-17
- Chile: AFP Magister to acquire Planvital.
- Chile, Mar 27, 2001 Market sources said that pension funds firm AFP Magister plans to acquire AFP Planvital. They added that the former would make investments of between US$20mil and US$24mil in the latter, but remarked that the companies have not defined a price...
- Research articles 2001-04-04
- Exstream Software Announces General Availability of AFP Batch Compare; Software Specifically Designed for High-Speed, Automated Comparison of Large AFP Print Files
- LEXINGTON, Ky. -- www.exstream.com--Exstream Software, Inc. today announced the general availability of its AFP Batch CompareTM software. AFP Batch Compare allows users to compare advanced function presentation AFP rendered files--not just AFP commands or input files--for more accurate comparison of large print files prior to running production processes. This capability...
- Research articles 2006-03-13
- Four months without news of kidnapped AFP Iraq staffer
- BAGHDAD AFP — AFP is still without news of Iraqi employee Salah Jali al-Gharrawi -- more than four months after he was kidnapped in Baghdad. Neither AFP nor Gharrawi's family have received any claim of responsibility and do not know who kidnapped the 48-year-old AFP office manager and accountant,...
- Research articles 2006-08-15
- AFP, Google sign content deal
- WASHINGTON AFP — Agence France-Presse and Google signed a licensing agreement Friday giving the search engine the right to post AFP news and photos and settling a lawsuit filed by AFP two years ago. A joint statement by the companies said the accord allows the Internet giant to post...
- Research articles 2007-04-06
- AFP TECHNOLOGY: AFP significantly boosts channel reach with DistribuPro agreement.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-4 September 1998-AFP TECHNOLOGY: AFP significantly boosts channel reach with DistribuPro agreement C1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:010998 AFP Technology LLC, a leader in enterprise output management, today announced the signing of an agreement with DistribuPro, Inc. that enables DistribuPro...
- Research articles 1998-09-04
- Chile: AFP Provida increases capital.
- Chilean pension funds AFP Provida, controlled by BBV, will increase its capital by US$100mil by the end of this year in order to reduce liabilities. The capital increase will cut financial costs by US$9.4mil per year. At present AFP provida's net Chilean...
- Research articles 1999-08-27
- Exstream Software Announces General Availability of AFP Compare™; Software Substantially Improves Accuracy, Saves Time and Reduces Production Costs in AFP Document Environments
- LEXINGTON, Ky. -- www.exstream.com--Exstream Software, Inc. today announced the general availability of its AFP Compare software, a high-speed comparison solution for viewing two advanced function presentation AFP files side by side to verify output quality before production. AFP Compare combines regression testing and proofing functions into a single solution, saving...
- Research articles 2005-11-14
- AFP, Softbank launch interactive news website in Japanese
- TOKYO AFP — Agence France-Presse and Japanese Internet group Softbank have launched an interactive Japanese-language website that lets users debate global and domestic news through blogs and bulletin boards. AFP-BB (http://www.afpbb.com) is updated 24 hours a day by a team of 25 Japanese-language journalists using AFP's pool of 2,000...
- Research articles 2006-02-03
- AFP appeal over employee kidnapped in Baghdad
- PARIS AFP — Agence France-Presse chairman Pierre Louette appealed to Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari to help secure the release of an AFP employee kidnapped in Baghdad. AFP accountant Salah Jali al-Gharrawi, 48, was snatched on April 4 after he left the company's Baghdad offices. Despite intensive efforts,...
- Research articles 2006-04-11
- AFP BB launches blog alliance in Japan
- TOKYO AFP — AFP BB News, the interactive website in Japan developed with Agence France-Presse and Internet giant Softbank, on Wednesday announced an expanded alliance that will reach some 10 million bloggers. AFP BB (http://www.afpbb.com) said it will link to 11 other Japanese blogging services to provide free access...
- Research articles 2007-04-04
- MTI invests GBP2 million in AFP Holdings Ltd.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-15 June 2000-MTI: MTI invests GBP2 million in AFP Holdings Ltd. C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:15062000 MTI, the UK's leading early-stage hi-tech venture capital investor announced today that it has completed an investment of GBP2 million in AFP...
- Research articles 2000-06-15
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