2 Dec 2008, 0243 hrs IST, TNN Text: NEW DELHI: In what could boost the morale of the industry, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called a meeting of finance secretary Arun Ramanathan and other secretaries of the ministry of finance on Monday — minutes after the P...
First Gen Corp. yesterday said it has closed its $544-million financing deal with eight international banks. The eight international banks are Bank of Tokyo- Mitsubishi UFJ, Calyon, KfW-IPEX Bank, ING, Unicredit, Maybank, Societe Generale and...
Former Entellium executives Paul Johnston and Parrish Jones may be close to reaching a plea agreement with federal prosecutors on charges of falsely inflating company revenue to lure millions of dollars from investors. The deal would allow the...
Sensory Analytics has completed a financing round worth $1 million in convertible notes, a form of debt that can later be converted to stock. Sensory Analytics is a Greensboro firm that develops highly precise measuring tools for coatings. Its...
School board must follow strict rules with budget cuts and adopt deficit elimination plan. The state's top education official approved a financial agreement with Detroit Public Schools that helps the district to avert a state takeover of its finances...
OTTAWA -- A two-year economic stimulus package that focuses on infrastructure, housing construction and the ailing manufacturing sector, overseen by a FinanceMinister from the Liberal ranks, would be the top priority of a proposed Liberal-NDP...
OTTAWA -- Should the Liberal-NDP-Bloc coalition come to power, the Liberals will either turn to an expert, John McCallum, or to an experienced hand, Ralph Goodale, to be the FinanceMinister charged with "promptly" introducing a stimulus...
By Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor PARIS, Dec 1 (Reuters) - As the world financialindustry sheds jobs by the tens of thousands, the $1 trillion Islamicbanking sector has a growing load of work for sharia scholars but few candidates coming forward to...
Religious leaders say tough times have created a hunger for guidance on the moral obligation to control spending When the Very Reverend Donald Lyon told his congregation recently that the current US economic crisis was a perfect time to "take stock"...
The huge appetite for UK companies from foreign buyers slumped during July, August and September, according to official statistics, as the global financial crisis deterred companies from multi-million pound acquisitions. During the second quarter of...
(Adds quotes, background) OTTAWA, Dec 3 (Reuters) - FinanceMinister Jim Flaherty, a key player in Canada's current political crisis, said on Thursday his next budget in January will contain more stimulus and he sees the economic situation worsening....
Text: The scale and audacity of the attacks on Mumbai have raised a host of questions. Few have ready answers and have been asked in the past as well. But there is one aspect of...
: The prospects that Roche, the Swissdrug maker, can raise a $45 billion syndicated loan to finance the buyout of the rest of Genentech, the U.S. biotechnologygroup, are becoming increasingly remote. The sheer size of the jumbo deal would...
MOSCOW, December 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's largest independent oil producer LUKoil said on Monday it had completed a deal with Italy's ERG S.p.A. on acquiring a 49% stake in a joint venture in a refinery in southern Italy....
Business Editors/Financial Editors/Insurance Writers BOCA RATON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--December 3, 2008--Imperial Finance & Trading, LLC, a leader in premium finance for lifeinsurance, life insurance sales and structured...