Sunday, July 15, 2007

Finance News

IN THE MARKETPLACE / '97 Thai finance chief: No repeat of currency ...
The Daily Yomiuri, Japan - 3 hours ago
In late June 1997, Thanong, who was serving as the president of the Thai Military Bank at that time, was appointed finance minister. ...

How to keep your togs on in finance
Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand - Jul 14, 2007
All across the country investors, many of them retired, have locked up their money for up to two years in finance company debentures with no thought for the ...
Money Managers out of spotlight Stuff.co.nz
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Paul Glass: We need tougher regulation now
New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - 3 hours ago
The finance company sector is of significant importance to the economy. New Zealanders, mainly retail investors, have $16 billion tied up with finance ...

The Consumerist
Personal Finance Roundup
The Consumerist, NY - 4 hours ago
A Look At The Consumer Action Handbook [The Simple Dollar] "I thought I'd give this free document a walk-through similar to one of my book reviews. ...
Matteson finance administrator resigns unexpectedly
Star Newspapers, IL - 12 hours ago
Mayor Mark Stricker said he was surprised at the finance director's resignation. "I know that one of the things was that we thought he'd been doing a very ...
Article on “Independent” Reality TV Show and Campaign Finance Laws
Ballot Access, CA - 6 hours ago
“The Politico” posted an article on July 14 about a new reality TV show “Independent” and the possibility that the show’s plan to give $1000000 to the ...

Canada.com
GE 2nd-quarter gain tied to oil and gas, commercial finance
Arizona Republic, AZ - Jul 13, 2007
General Electric Co., the industrial, finance and media conglomerate, reported Friday its second-quarter profit rose 9.6 percent and said it was getting out ...
General Electric Profit Rises on Turbines, Commercial Finance Bloomberg
GE profit up 10% at $5.4 bn Economic Times
GE to sell subprime mortgage portfolio Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription)
TheStreet.com - Forbes
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The week's top Personal Finance stories
MarketWatch - Jul 14, 2007
By MarketWatch Tech stocks, helped by a return to favor of growth stocks in general, posted one of the best performances of any sector in the first half of ...
NAJIB: Future of CTOS depends on Finance Ministry study
New Straits Times, Malaysia - 16 hours ago
The Ministry of Finance is studying whether the Credit Tip Off Services (CTOS) should be allowed to continue or scrapped, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk ...
Management of assets
Hindu Business Line, India - 4 hours ago
While banking and financial services are covered under Section 65(12) and provided by any person (being changed to commercial concern) by the Finance Bill, ...
Personal Finance by Kathy Kristof : Prof wants financial-product ...
Arizona Daily Star, AZ - 14 hours ago
But 52 percent of subprime mortgages were written by independent mortgage brokers and finance companies, which are subject to no federal oversight. ...
Yukos Finance to be auctioned
Gulf Daily News, Bahrain - Jul 13, 2007
MOSCOW: Russia will auction Yukos Finance, bankrupt oil firm Yukos' foreign unit which co-owns Slovak pipeline operator Transpetrol, for at least $298 ...
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Director of Finance and Administration
Seattle Times, United States - Jul 13, 2007
This position reports directly to the Executive Director and is a member of the HomeSight Executive Team. Primary responsibilities include strong ...
Finance Director Financial Times
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Finance Q&A: Exchange-trade funds
HeraldNet, WA - 14 hours ago
Answer: An exchange-traded fund, or ETF, is a security that tracks an underlying benchmark much like an index mutual fund but trades like a stock on an ...
Zambia: Permsecs Call for Establishment of Finance Director ...
AllAfrica.com, Washington - Jul 13, 2007
PERMANENT secretaries and controlling officers have resolved and recommended the establishment of a position of a finance director in every Government ...
HEAD OF FINANCE
Financial Times (subscription), UK - Jul 13, 2007
Accountable to the Group Director of Resources, you will deliver an approach to finance that balances governance with an innovative approach in support of ...
Kenya: Equity Eyes Housing Finance Stake
AllAfrica.com, Washington - Jul 13, 2007
Equity Bank has tentatively agreed to buy a 20 per cent stake in Housing Finance from CDC, making an entry into the mortgage business. ...
Kenya: Equity Bank Confirms Housing Finance Deal AllAfrica.com
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Attractive brokerages reflects market boom
Economic Times, India - 3 hours ago
This rush is rooted in the huge retail, portfolio management and corporate finance/advisory opportunity in India, which is likely to drive the industry at a ...
Finance Director - South Wales
Financial Times, UK - Jul 13, 2007
We are seeking to appoint a strong, commercially focused, proactive Finance Director for a major £100m turnover aircraft seating subsidiary. ...
Finance Director
Financial Times, UK - Jul 13, 2007
Robert Half Finance and Accounting require an experienced finance manager/director to join our client based in Birmingham city centre on a part time basis. ...
Director of Credit Management Financial Times
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Demand for HSBC Finance's Samurai bond issue helped by wide spread
MarketWatch - Jul 13, 2007
By Megumi Fujikawa TOKYO (MarketWatch) -- An offering of samurai bonds by HSBC Finance Corp. Friday in Japan met with solid demand as the spreads on the ...
Look to the Web for finance tips
Pacific Daily News, GU - Jul 14, 2007
Staffers at USA Today recently met to select an elite few: the gems of personal-finance cyberspace. There are plenty of other useful sites on the Web not ...
South Africa: Probe By Judge After Exposé of Abuses in Life Assurance
AllAfrica.com, Washington - 9 hours ago
The Personal Finance exposé focused on how Regent Life, the life assurance subsidiary of JSE-listed bluechip Imperial, sidestepped various laws which saw ...
China, Spain to finance Iran’s NGL project
MehrNews.com, Iran - Jul 14, 2007
TEHRAN, July 14 (MNA) – An Iranian Offshore Oil Company (IOOC) official said on Saturday that the Chinese and Spanish companies will finance the natural gas ...
China finance ministry issues 38.38 bln yuan in 3-yr fixed-rate bonds
Forbes, NY - Jul 12, 2007
BEIJING (XFN-ASIA) - The Ministry of Finance said it has issued 38.38 bln yuan worth of three-year fixed-rate treasury bonds today, 3.38 bln yuan more than ...
Passport Canada pleads for cash
Globe and Mail, Canada - 2 hours ago
The report was drafted as a basis for discussions on a future funding model with Foreign Affairs (the agency's parent department), Finance, the Treasury ...
DIRECTOR OF GROUP FINANCE
Financial Times (subscription), UK - Jul 13, 2007
Flybe is Europe's largest regional airline, operating a leading network encompassing 152 routes across 34 European destinations transporting over 7 million ...
Alamal Micro Finance Bank to open
Yemen Observer, Yemen - Jul 14, 2007
“The establishment of the Alamal Micro Finance Bank will be an important step toward enhancing governmental efforts to combat poverty,” said Abdul Karim ...
Compo promised over bad broking
Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia - 18 hours ago
MORE than two thousand investors who lost money in dodgy finance broking schemes in Western Australia will get a share in compensation worth $26.6 million. ...
UK finance watchdog names Hector Sants as new CEO
Reuters.uk, UK - Jul 13, 2007
LONDON, July 13 (Reuters) - Britain's financial watchdog said on Friday it had named Hector Sants, currently managing director of wholesale and ...
Datatel names CFO
Bizjournals.com, NC - 20 hours ago
Kevin Boyce, most recently vice president of finance for North America at Culligan International Co., will take over the work of Vernon Hollidge, ...
Deputy Finance Director
Financial Times, UK - Jul 12, 2007
In addition to supporting the Group FD on all M & A activity and capital raising projects, the Deputy Finance Director will oversee a number of more ...
Market Chatter -- Corporate finance press digest
Reuters.uk, UK - Jul 13, 2007
** DP World, the world's No. three container port operator, has ruled out a $5 billion IPO in Dubai and London this year, in favour of raising money on the ...
Group Finance Director
Financial Times (subscription), UK - Jul 12, 2007
Working for the CEO, the Finance Director will take full responsibility for our international financial and legal operations working closely with the ...
Investment group buys Boathouse for £7.4m
Sunday Herald, UK - Jul 14, 2007
Quayle Munro was co-founded by Jones in 1983 as a general corporate finance house. The firm listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1993 and transferred to ...
Finance Minister promises to tackle inflation in next Budget
Belfast Telegraph, United Kingdom - Jul 12, 2007
The Finance Minister Brian Cowen has said he'll deal with inflation in the next budget. He has said a series of interest rate increases has undoubtedly had ...
Interim Finance Controls Manager
Financial Times, UK - Jul 12, 2007
Whether it is a Chief Executive to turnaround a business, a Finance Director for a new venture or a Project Manager to fast track a change programme, ...
Finance Ministry happy with Govt's spending pattern
Malaysia Star, Malaysia - Jul 12, 2007
PUTRAJAYA: The Government spent almost all of its first-half revenue of RM58.4bil to create a positive economic growth, Second Finance Minister Tan Sri Nor ...
Hi techtree, i am a finance profe...
Techtree.com, India - Jul 12, 2007
i am a finance professional and currently working with a financial behemoth. I am into stock markets a lot. Now i will be quitting my job to pursue MBA from ...
ONLINE FINANCE HELP
Orlando Sentinel, FL - Jul 14, 2007
Most banking sites make it easy to download your account activity and upload it to one of the free personal finance tools. Once you've uploaded your ...
Finance: Echo Boom
TIME - Jul 12, 2007
Amid the relentless mania for making money that defines 21st century China, it's easy to forget that the country's stock markets in Shanghai and Shenzhen ...
Campaign Finance Reports Deadline
WLBT-TV, MS - Jul 13, 2007
This week campaign finance reports were to be filed with the Secretary of State's office. But 87 candidates didn't make the deadline and they range from ...
Interim Finance Manager
Financial Times, UK - Jul 11, 2007
Robert Half Management Resources are currently recruiting for an interim Finance Manager within this major South Wales business. ...

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Bush Is Prepared to Veto Bill to Expand Child Insurance
New York Times, United States - 20 hours ago
The Finance Committee is expected to approve the Senate plan next week, sending it to the full Senate for action later this month. ...
Congress Slow To Agree On Children's Health Insurance AHN
US Senate considers renewing Children's Health Insurance Program Food Consumer
Agreement On A State Children's Health Insurance Program ... Medical News Today
SpiritIndia - New York Times
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Washington Post
McCain Faces Finance Woes On the Stump
Washington Post, United States - Jul 11, 2007
This is going to have to be a different kind of finance effort." The grim assessment came yesterday as the McCain campaign was still reeling from the ...
National Rural may be due rating downgrade-Barron's
Reuters - 13 minutes ago
NEW YORK, July 15 (Reuters) - National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp. (NRU.N: Quote, Profile , Research), a lender to utilities in rural America, ...
Bloggers show off the books
Canada.com, Canada - Jul 14, 2007
That is, if all goes according to plan for FrugalTrader, the moniker of the 27-year-old engineer behind the personal finance blog Million Dollar Journey. ...

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Moods And The Market
Canada.com, Canada - Jul 14, 2007
Following is an interview by Stephen Watt with Lisa Kramer, a finance professor at the University of Toronto Rotman School of Management, on behavioural ...
Adviser defends plan to raise prices of fuel, fertiliser, power
The Daily Star, Bangladesh - 3 hours ago
Finance Adviser Mirza Azizul Islam, Energy Adviser Tapan Chowdhury and Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Salehuddin Ahmed denied any influence of the ...
Finance fraudster told to cough up £93k
ic SouthLondon.co.uk, United Kingdom - Jul 12, 2007
By Kate Gould A FORMER council finance officer who defrauded the council of more than £90000 has been ordered to pay the money back. ...

Washington Post
Conservation Saves More Than the Environment
Washington Post, United States - Jul 14, 2007
(By Juana Arias -- The Washington Post) Personal finance columnist Michelle Singletary will host a free-for-all discussion about money matters. ...
What after B.Com?
Hindu Business Line, India - 4 hours ago
You can specialise in Finance in MBA. You must choose your career path depending upon what you want to achieve in life.
Personal Finance: Parachuting into retirement
Washington Post, United States - Jul 12, 2007
By Linda Stern WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Deciding how much to save for retirement and where to invest it is just a small piece of what's called "retirement ...
BHP, Rio counter finance sector drag
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - Jul 12, 2007
THE stockmarket returned to positive territory with gains in the index-dominating resource giant BHP Billiton dragging the bourse higher. ...
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Director of Finance and Administration
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Jul 12, 2007
This position reports directly to the Executive Director and is a member of the HomeSight Executive Team. Primary responsibilities include strong ...

Washington Post
Rio Tinto May Sell Some Units to Pay Debt After Buying Alcan
Bloomberg - 19 hours ago
The London-based miner's debt-to-equity ratio will increase to ``a pretty high level'' of 64 percent, Rio Finance Director Guy Elliott said July 13. ...
Alcan takeover fuels economic worry Globe and Mail
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Quebecor Pulls Big Bond Sale that was to Finance Osprey Buy
Editor & Publisher - Jul 11, 2007
By E&P Staff CHICAGO Canadian publisher Quebecor Media on Wednesday withdrew a US $750 million bond sale that was intended to finance its acquisition of ...
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Quebecor Pulls Big Bond Sale That Was To Finance Osprey Buy
Editor & Publisher - Jul 11, 2007
By E&P Staff CHICAGO Canadian publisher Quebecor Media on Wednesday withdrew a US$750 million bond sale that was intended to finance its acquisition of ...
TSE:OSP.UN
Punjab ministers, babus to take lessons in tax admn from State
Ahmedabad Newsline, India - 2 hours ago
A team of Punjab ministers and bureaucrats is to come to Gandhinagar to get a crash course from the State’s Finance Department, though a formal timeframe ...
NetSol Technologies Signs New LeaseSoft Contract With Major ...
CNNMoney.com - Jul 11, 2007
The software was licensed by the Hong Kong vehicle finance operations of a major blue-chip European automotive manufacturer. Under the terms of agreement, ...
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Internet finance entrepreneur is in the money
Guardian Unlimited, UK - Jul 12, 2007
Internet entrepreneur Simon Nixon moved closer to gaining a huge windfall yesterday when details of the flotation of Moneysupermarket.com were published. ...
PERSONAL FINANCE DAILY
MarketWatch - Jul 11, 2007
... planning to provide investors a better warning system about potential problem stocks that trade on its exchange, on Wednesday's Personal Finance pages. ...
Finance: Online stock guru held
China Daily, China - Jul 11, 2007
By Xiao Wang (China Daily) The Jilin provincial bureau of public security is investigating an alleged private equity scam on the Internet to swindle money ...
Average yield rises on 91-day Egypt T-bills
Reuters South Africa, South Africa - 8 hours ago
The Finance Ministry accepted bids for 500 million Egyptian pounds, the same amount it had requested. It accepted bids between 6.750 and 6.949 percent, ...
Ship Finance International Limited Acquires a 1700 TEU Containership
CNNMoney.com - Jul 11, 2007
The net purchase price will be approximately $32.5 million, and delivery to Ship Finance is estimated to take place in late August or early September. ...
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Industry leaders appeal to new finance minister for support
Jerusalem Post, Israel - Jul 10, 2007
By MATTHEW KRIEGER New Finance Minister Ronnie Bar-On has his work cut out for him, say the country's business leaders who are demanding that he take take ...
Global Finance Seals SE Europe Fund (13/07/2007)
Energy.gr, Greece - Jul 13, 2007
Investment firm Global Finance’s eighth venture capital fund, Southeastern European Fund (SEEF), was oversubscribed, raising just over 350 million euros ...
Outsource Partners International and Trinity Industries Recognized ...
Business Wire (press release), CA - Jul 13, 2007
Trinity Industries showcases the benefits that finance and accounting outsourcing can deliver to rapidly growing middle-market companies. ...
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CORPORATE FINANCE Manager - VALUATIONS
Financial Times (subscription), UK - Jul 11, 2007
Globally recognised as a true market leader within the Corporate Finance Advisory field, our client has received countless accoloades for its groundbreaking ...
Finance Committee focuses on downtown
Hillsboro Argus, OR - Jul 13, 2007
By Susan Gordanier Tuesday's agenda of the Hillsboro Finance Committee contained several items of interest to downtown watchers. ...
Finance Minister says palace will get a purse
Nepalnews.com, Nepal - Jul 13, 2007
Finance Minister Dr Ram Sharan Mahat, who presented his annual budget of 169 billion rupees on Thursday 'scrapping' the allowances for King Gyanendra and ...
Nepal rebels slam king's allowance Gulf Daily News
Nepal Maoists slam scheme to fund unpopular king Reuters India
Nepal government fails to scrap king's allowances India eNews.com
Economic Times - Hindustan Times
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First script for Film Dept.
Variety - 17 minutes ago
By DADE HAYES The Film Dept., the new production and finance entity steered by Mark Gill and Neil Sacker, has made its first script acquisition: Chloe ...
Personal finance lessons 'key' for young people's futures
Money News, UK - Jul 13, 2007
Personal finance lessons are set to be introduced into the classroom in a bid to give young people in the UK greater financial acumen. ...
Regulatory qualification prices for ifs School of Finance frozen ...
FT Adviser, UK - Jul 13, 2007
The ifs School of Finance is freezing the prices of all their regulatory qualifications until 2008. The freeze will include the certificate in mortgage ...
ifs calls for standalone finance exams
Mortgage Introducer, UK - Jul 13, 2007
The ifs School of Finance has criticised the government for 'missing an important opportunity' to give personal finance greater prominence on the national ...
IFAs to teach finance in schools ifaonline.co.uk
Ifs backs standalone qualifications for schools Mortgage Solutions
Financial education 'should be extended beyond school' London Stock Exchange
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Mutual Funds & Personal Finance
Investor's Business Daily (subscription) - Jul 13, 2007
BY DONALD JAY KORN Summer is vacation time for most young students. But the start of a new school year isn't far over the horizon. ...
Davis leads in supervisor cash race
Hattiesburg American, MS - 11 hours ago
The latest round of campaign finance reports are in, with some candidates boasting growing war chests and healthy spending and others reporting not ...
Candidates spend big bucks Natchez Democrat
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I-mate finance director to step down
Telecom Paper (subscription), Netherlands - Jul 11, 2007
I-mate has announced that Gregor McNeil will step down as finance director for personal reasons. A search is on for a new finance director and I-mate will ...
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How do I move from finance into IT?
ComputerWeekly.com, UK - Jul 13, 2007
I am a finance graduate who has worked in the financial sector for seven years, but I want to move into IT. I have experience with Excel macros and I am ...
Personal finance rose 2.2% in May
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - Jul 10, 2007
Total personal finance commitments rose 2.2 per cent in May, seasonally adjusted, to $6.700 billion compared with an upwardly revised $6.555 billion in ...

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Energy ideas flawed; Regional hydro rates, regulated gas prices ...
Timmins Daily Press, Canada - Jul 13, 2007
Regional hydro rates and regulated gas prices don't work, Ontario's finance minister said in Timmins on Thursday. The statement comes amid months, ...
De Beers questions tax rate Edmonton Sun
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Knox finance director resigns in county mayor's office shakeup
WATE.com, TN - Jul 13, 2007
KNOXVILLE (WATE) -- Knox County Director of Finance John Werner has resigned and other staff changes are being put in place in County Mayor Mike Ragsdale's ...
Ragsdale announces staff shakeup in wake of spending controversies WBIR-TV
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Philippines 2007 budget deficit not to exceed 63 bln peso ceiling ...
Forbes, NY - Jul 10, 2007
MANILA (Thomson Financial) - Philippine Finance Secretary Margarito Teves said Wednesday he remains confident that the government's budget deficit for 2007 ...
Personal finance education should not end at the school gates
Easier, UK - Jul 13, 2007
David Kuo, Head of Personal Finance at Fool.co.uk, comments on the introduction of personal finance into the Secondary Curriculum: “The inclusion of ...
EU taps former French finance minister to head IMF
Taipei Times, Taiwan - Jul 10, 2007
The EU chose Dominique Strauss-Kahn yesterday to head the IMF, putting the former French finance minister in line to succeed Rodrigo de Rato in October. ...
Affordable alternatives to finance your contract
BusinessOwner.co.za, South Africa - Jul 13, 2007
Sometimes you have to think creatively if you want to secure a more affordable means to finance your contract. George Watson of New Business Finance, ...
Probe sought into graft charges in KTDFC
Hindu, India - 23 hours ago
Thiruvananthapuram: Amidst demands for a Vigilance probe into corruption charges against the management of the Kerala Transport Development Finance ...
Corporate Finance Manager/AD - POST-MERGER INTEGRATION
Financial Times, UK - Jul 11, 2007
-We are particularly interested to hear from candidates with a transaction background or consulting experience within finance, operations, IT, ...
Pupils to be taught personal finance
Scotsman, United Kingdom - Jul 11, 2007
LONDON (Reuters) - Children will be taught how to manage their money and save for a pension under a shake-up of education for 11-16 year olds due to be ...
Kuwait Finance supports plan
Malaysia Star, Malaysia - Jul 10, 2007
By Hanim Adnan KUALA LUMPUR: Kuwait Finance House (M) Bhd expects its newly launched Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) Hijrah-i service programme to attract ...
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Indian Auto Finance Co. to Start Truck Lending
BankNet 360, NY - Jul 13, 2007
Pune, India-based Bajaj Auto Finance Ltd. plans to begin financing used trucks in October. One of the largest financiers in the country, the 19-year-old ...
COL:TFC
In Oxford: Finance Board Makes More Cuts to Budget
Voices, CT - Jul 12, 2007
OXFORD - Burning the midnight oil on July 2, the Board of Finance whittled away $800577 more from the town's twice-defeated budget, bringing the total ...
Kentucky finance secretary resigns
Bizjournals.com, NC - Jul 11, 2007
Farris plans to spend time with his family before pursuing other career opportunities, according to a news release. He has served as cabinet secretary since ...
European Union backs former French finance minister Dominique ...
San Diego Union Tribune, United States - Jul 10, 2007
“We think he would be an excellent managing director of the IMF,” said Portuguese Finance Minister Fernando Teixeira dos Santos, who led talks between euro ...
French business focus on finance, food
Kyiv Post (subscription), Ukraine - Jul 11, 2007
by Lena Plekhanova, Kyiv Post Staff Writer Compared to business from other Western countries, companies from France entered the Ukrainian market ...
Finance Director - Commercial management opportunity
Financial Times, UK - Jul 11, 2007
Very successful private consumer products business with significant growth potential, supplying own label and branded health products to multiple and ...
Finance minister: Greek privatization program over for 2007 ...
International Herald Tribune, France - Jul 11, 2007
AP ATHENS, Greece: Greece's conservative government has "essentially completed" the privatization program it started after taking power in 2004, the finance ...
Interim Finance Chief Leaving Marvell Technology
New York Times, United States - Jul 10, 2007
He had agreed to remain with Marvell as its interim finance chief to see it ”through a difficult period,” the company said in a statement. ...
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SKorea's finance ministry raises 2007 GDP forecast to 4.6 percent ...
Forbes, NY - Jul 10, 2007
SEOUL (Thomson Financial) - South Korea's Ministry of Finance and Economy said Wednesday the economy is expected to grow at a slightly faster pace than it ...
Optimizing Inventory Management and Supply Chain Finance Practices ...
CNNMoney.com - Jul 10, 2007
Best-in-Class companies differ significantly in their use of innovative supply chain/inventory and finance strategies and new-generation technologies. ...
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