Current Finance News and Article Results

China seeks to curb unrest amid global crisis - Boston Globe
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has told police to ensure stability amid the global financial crisis after thousands of people attacked police and government offices in a northwestern city in unrest triggered by a plan to resettle residents. After decades ...

Ted Kennedy asks Hillary Clinton to head Senate healthcare team - Los Angeles Times
Reporting from Washington -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y), considered a prominent contender to become secretary of State in the Obama administration, was offered an alternative Tuesday -- to be a senior member of the Senate team aiming to ...

Germany, India to discuss financial crisis, climate change - Earthtimes
New Delhi - India and Germany plan to discuss responses to the global financial crisis and ways to deal with climate change during the visit of German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier due to begin Wednesday night, officials said. Steinmeier ...

Abkhazia sees Russia, Georgia talks taking years - Reuters AlertNet
GENEVA, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Talks between Russia and Georgia, who fought a war in August, will take many years, the deputy foreign minister of Moscow-backed breakaway region Abkhazia said as the negotiations began on Wednesday. "I expect a result in ...

Panel presses Paulson on bailout plan changes - Rutland Herald
WASHINGTON — Faced with exasperated lawmakers upset by shifts in bailout strategy, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson launched a spirited defense Tuesday of his handling of the $700 billion program and expressed fresh reservations about tapping the ...

Russian Finance Minister: ample gold and currency reserves will keep ... - Hartford Courant
MOSCOW (AP) _ Russia's finance minister sought Wednesday to reassure investors and citizens that the economy will survive the global financial turmoil, thanks to ample gold and currency reserves. Despite a plunge in stock markets, oil revenues and ...

Reposition Islamic banking and finance, says Najib - Sabah Daily Express
Kuala Lumpur : The Deputy Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak Tuesday outlined general work plans to position and re-position Islamic banking and the finance industry to enable it to fully exploit the potential market of one billion Muslims ...

Finance Minister proposes, India Inc disposes - Hindustan Times
Finance Minister P Chidambaram has been the face of the Indian economy. He also presented the budget this February—the last by the UPA government in its tenure—and famously provided a waiver of Rs 60,000 crore for debt-ridden farmers. Planning ...

Ireland poised to launch bank rescue plan: report - Reuters
DUBLIN (Reuters) - The Irish government is on the brink of launching a multi-billion euro rescue plan for the country's banks, including an injection of taxpayers' money, the Irish Independent newspaper reported on Wednesday. A finance ministry ...

Dubai says sets up panel to tackle crisis impact - FXStreet.com
DUBAI, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Dubai has set up a committee to recommend ways to tackle the impact of the global financial crisis on the emirate's economy, including real estate and banks, a government finance official said on Wednesday. "The purpose of ...