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Breaking News Tue, 16 Mar 2010
Andy Shimek strengthens a sandbag levee by repositioning sandbags near the Cedar Falls Waste Treatment plant next to the Cedar River near downtown Cedar Falls, Iowa, Wednesday, June 11, 2008.
Flood   Photos   Prospect   Protect   Sandbags  
 The New York Times 
Sandbags Delivered Ahead of Expected Fargo Flood
Tue 16 Mar 2010
| Filed at 3:27 a.m. ET | FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- Marc Shannon says the prospect of using a sandbag wall to protect his Fargo home from the rising Red River doesn't seem so alarming. Not after last year, ... (photo: AP / David K Purdy)
Passers-by walk past a television screen displaying European stock exchanges indexes, Monday, Oct. 27, 2008 in Paris. U.S. and European stock markets recovered much of their early losses, helped by investors looking for bargains after sharp drops in Asia overnight, although the mood in financial markets remains dark on fears of a global rec
China   Europe   Market   Monetary   Photos  
 Wall Street Journal 
European Stocks Rise Ahead of Fed
Tue 16 Mar 2010
By ISHAQ SIDDIQI | European stocks rose Tuesday, as market participants ignored worries about further tightening of monetary policy in China and welcomed further progress on the Greek debt crisis ahea... (photo: AP / Jacques Brinon)
BDO - Banco De Oro - Bank  Inquirer  Tue 16 Mar 2010
BDO, IFC tie up on climate change mitigation financing
| MANILA, Philippines--Leading local bank Banco de Oro Unibank has tied up with the International Finance Corp. on the financing of private sector investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Bank   Climate   Markets   Philippines   Photos  
Real estate - a construction site near New Delhi, India  The Hindu  Tue 16 Mar 2010
Income ceiling for low-cost housing loans increased
| Aarti Dhar | NEW DELHI: The government has increased the income ceiling a month a household for housing loans from the existing Rs. 3,300 to Rs. 5,000 for the economically weaker sections (EWS) cate... (photo: WN / Geeta)
Delhi   Housing   Loans   Photos   Property  
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 Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom, speaks on the challenges of environmental change, today at UN Headquarters in New York.  (mb1) The Times Tue 16 Mar 2010
Curb your spending, Brussels tells Gordon Brown
| Gordon Brown was dealt an embarrassing blow last night when Brussels gave warning that Britain must do more to curb its spiralling debt. | The European Commission wants... (photo: UN /Devra Berkowitz )
Government   London   Photos   Politics   UK  
A Chinese woman is silhouetted near a video screen displaying an enlarged image of the Chinese currency during an exhibition in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2003. U.S. manufacturers have complained that cheap imports from China, backed by its dollar-pegged exchange system, are leading to the huge current account deficit and job losses. Under pressure from U.S. manufacturers, the U.S. President George W. Bush's administration has been urging China to scrap the dollar-pegged exchange system and let its currency, the yuan, Asia Times Tue 16 Mar 2010
Wen hints at yuan move
| By Olivia Chung | HONG KONG - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, under renewed pressure to let China's currency appreciate, on Sunday again rejected such demands from the Unit... (photo: AP / Str)
China   Currency   Economy   Photos   Trade  
People walk by a branch of HSBC bank in central London Hong Kong Standard Tue 16 Mar 2010
HSBC sets yuan loan rate
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp has taken the lead and standardized its lending rate for yuan loans to finance trade at 3.88 percent. | //--> Derek Yiu | Tuesday, ... (photo: AP / Sang Tan)
Economy   Hsbc   Photos   Shanghai   Yuan  
   (Kishu mine) Gulf News Tue 16 Mar 2010
Japan economic outlook rises for first time in eight months
| Tokyo: The Japanese government raised its assessment of the economy for the first time in eight months, saying the recovery is beginning to spur profits, home building ... (photo: Public Domain / )
Consumers   Economy   Japan   Market   Photos  
This is a photo showing the Burj Al Arab (on the left) and the Jumeirah Beach Hotel (on the right) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on 24 December 2007. Gulf News Tue 16 Mar 2010
Dubai unlikely to need central bank aid: Al Suwaidi
| Abu Dhabi: UAE Central Bank Governor Sultan Bin Nasser Al Suwaidi has said that Dubai is unlikely to need more central bank aid. | "They haven't discussed this iss... (photo: GFDL / Imre Solt)
Bank   Debt   Dubai   Financial   Photos  


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