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- Iceland Devaluation Has Silver Lining for Visiting Americans
- New "Winter Madness" $549 Weekend Package Offered in November NEW YORK -- If there's one silver lining in Iceland's troubled economy it's this: American visitors to Iceland can enjoy the best exchange rate in recent memory. For a time in 2007, one dollar netted just 58 Icelandic krona ISK....
- Research articles 2008-10-10
- Iceland, Sweden to take in Iraq's Palestinian refugees
- GENEVA AFP — Palestinian refugees stranded for two years in desperate conditions on the Iraq-Syria border will be resettled in Iceland and Sweden in the coming weeks, the United Nations refugee agency said Tuesday. More than two dozen vulnerable Palestinians from the Al Waleed camp will be leaving for...
- Research articles 2008-08-05
- Rare polar bear sighting on Iceland
- REYKJAVIK AFP — A polar bear has been discovered on Iceland, which is hundreds of kilometres from the threatened species' natural habitat, a local photographer said Tuesday. "The bear is in the north of Iceland near the town of Saudarkrokkur," Rax Axelsson, a photographer with Iceland's newspaper of reference,...
- Research articles 2008-06-17
- 2ND LD: Magnitude 6.1 quake hits Iceland
- WASHINGTON, May 29 Kyodo (EDS: ADDING DETAILS) A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.1 rocked Iceland on Thursday, 50 kilometers east-southeast of the capital Reykjavik, damaging roads and buildings and causing injuries, U.S. media reported. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake struck at 3:46...
- Research articles 2008-06-02
- Iceland and Norway resume whale meat exports to Japan
- REYKJAVIK AFP — Iceland and Norway resumed whale meat exports to Japan this year after an 18-year interruption, industry representatives from both Scandinavian countries said. "Iceland and Norway resumed exporting whale meat to Japan," Gunnar Bergmann Jonsson, president of the Icelandic association representing Minke whale hunters, told AFP. ...
- Research articles 2008-06-02
- Statistical annex
- Annex Table 29. General government primary balances Surplus (+) or deficit (-) as a per cent of nominal GDP 1990 1991 1992 ...
- Research articles 2008-06-01
- Statistical annex
- This annex contains data on some main economic series which are intended to provide a background to the recent economic developments in the OECD area described in the main body of this report. Data for 2007 to 2009 are OECD estimates and projections. The data on some of the tables...
- Research articles 2008-06-01
- Iceland okays 2008 whale hunt
- REYKJAVIK AFP — Iceland's government approved on Monday the commercial hunting of whales this year, a move that drew quick criticism from conservationists. "The quota for 2008 was decided today, that is 40 Minke whales," a senior official in the Icelandic fisheries ministry, Stefan Asmundsson, told AFP. Whalers...
- Research articles 2008-05-19
- Iceland’s Green Man
- How a tiny island nation weaned itself off fossil fuels and took the lead in alternative energy. Iceland Prime Minister Geir Haarde, who since 2006 has presided over this small country that derives 80 percent of its energy needs from renewable sources, has been named the greenest political leader...
- Research articles 2008-05-05
- Tantamount to financial terrorism
- You sport a huge beard and a towel on your head and in the name of Allah you try to bring down the computer infrastructure on which the world depends. You are, in contemporary argot, a 'cyber-terrorist'. You wear a button-down shirt and chinos, and in the name of turning...
- Research articles 2008-04-26
- Blue Lagoon Iceland skin care products recently launched at select Saks Fifth Avenue stores
- Blue Lagoon Iceland skin care products recently launched at select Saks Fifth Avenue stores. From the geothermal waters of Iceland to the U.S., Blue Lagoon's high performance formulas utilize the exclusive Blue Lagoon geothermal seawater and its natural ingredients of silica, minerals and algae. More info: www.saksfifthavenue.com.
- Research articles 2008-04-01
- World Bank Group President travels to Iceland, Brussels and Geneva.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-14 March 2008-WORLD BANK GROUP: World Bank Group President travels to Iceland, Brussels and GenevaC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:13032008 Washington, DC -- World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick is traveling to Iceland, Brussels, and Geneva from March...
- Research articles 2008-03-14
- Chapter 1: general assessment of the macroeconomic situation
- OVERVIEW Financial turmoil, housing weakness and oil prices are forefront ... 2007 is set to become the fourth year of above-trend growth in the OECD area (Table 1.1), but activity is now moderating. One cause of this moderation is the cooling of housing markets, which will act to...
- Research articles 2007-12-01
- Fighting Irish pair fined for plane punch-up
- BELFAST AFP — Northern Ireland duo Keith Gillespie and George McCartney have been fined by the Irish Football Association IFA following an in-flight fist fight on last week's return flight from Iceland. The fight broke out between Sheffield United winger Gillespie and West Ham defender McCartney in front of...
- Research articles 2007-09-18
- Barcelona's injured Gudjohnsen cleared to play for Iceland
- MADRID AFP — Barcelona striker Eidur Gudjohnsen, out of action since July because of a left knee injury, will be fit to play for Iceland in their Euro 2008 qualifier later this week, the club said Monday. "The injury to the players left knee has progressed nicely in recent...
- Research articles 2007-09-10
- This Month: News - French Brokering Merger.(Societe Generale Banka A.S. mergers with Calyon)
- French banks Societe Generale and Calyon have agreed to merge their brokerage activities carried out by their respective units, Fimat and Calyon Financial. The new entity, to be called Newedge, will focus its activities in the derivatives market and is expected to start operations in early...
- Research articles 2007-09-01
- Iceland introduces smoking ban in bars and restaurants
- REYKJAVIK AFP — Iceland on Friday introduced a total ban on smoking in public places amid protests from bar and restaurant owners who feel the prohibition is too severe and poorly executed. "The authorities didn't give us any opportunities to create a smoking area outside bars and restaurants so...
- Research articles 2007-06-01
- JetX Takes Delivery of its First New Boeing 737-800 in Seattle.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-15 May 2007-BOEING: JetX Takes Delivery of its First New Boeing 737-800 in SeattleC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:14052007 SEATTLE - JetX took delivery of its first new Boeing Next-Generation 737-800 last Friday from Boeing Field in Seattle. JetX is leasing...
- Research articles 2007-05-15
- Anti-whaling activists target Iceland
- SYDNEY AFP — Activists who sank two of Iceland's whaling ships 20 years ago announced plans Tuesday to disrupt the country's resumed whale hunt. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society said its flagship "Farley Mowat" would leave Australia later in the day and head for the North Atlantic with a...
- Research articles 2007-05-14
- Iceland's centre-right vies for re-election
- REYKJAVIK AFP — Icelanders voted in a general election Saturday with Prime Minister Geir Haarde's ruling centre-right Independence Party tipped to win the most seats on the back of a strong economic record. But its coalition partner, the centre-right Progressive Party, looked set to suffer a major setback, potentially...
- Research articles 2007-05-12
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