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Boe Pahari to head Asia Pacific infrastructure for AMP Capital (Money Management)

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AMP Capital Investors has named Boe Pahari as the new head of infrastructure Asia Pacific. (the story here…) Related items Farmers’ cooperative for financing (Kuensel) India Airwave Auction to Fetch ’Badly Needed’ Cash, Cut Deficit (BusinessWeek) India Airwave Auction to Fetch ’Badly Needed’ Cash, Cut Deficit (Bloomberg) Asia Leads the Global End to Cheap Money (New York Times) Tata interested in...
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‘Country Driving’ takes readers on a journey through China (USA Today)

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In contemporary China, the business of the country is business, and no Western writer captures the atmosphere quite like Peter Hessler. (get the story…) Related items Senator seeks info on top tech firms doing business in China (USA Today) Hong Kong feng shui master deprived of Nina’s fortune (The Malaysian Insider) Jollibee divests businesses in Taiwan, Shanghai (Philippine Daily...
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UAE economy to grow 3.2% (Straits Times)

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DUBAI – THE United Arab Emirates economy is expected to expand by 3.2 per cent in 2010, in sharp contrast to an International Monetary Fund forecast of 0.6-per cent growth, a minister said on Tuesday. ‘The coming period will witness gradual growth, initially, picking up momentum,’ UAE Economy Minster Sultan al-Mansuri told a forum...
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Farmers’ cooperative for financing (Kuensel)

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Sumthrang Ngomen Tshogpa 5 March, 2010 – As potato-farming season warms up in Bumthang, many farmers across the valley are seeking loans from financial institutions or borrowing from moneylenders. (the story here…) Related items Tata interested in Bhutan’s development (Kuensel) MONEY & BANKING (The Hindu) Disagreement in Bhutan over pvt sector availing foreign funds (Press Trust of India) People to...
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First Monday: New in business TV, movies, books, magazines (USA Today)

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Here’s what’s new in business TV, movies, books and magazines for March. (get the story…) Related items Better Place generates 200% returns for Israel Corporation (Haaretz Daily) Barrick’s Munk gets Ivey Business leader award for 2009 (Canoë) Israel offers fertile soil for entrepreneurs (USA Today) Campus group forges financial link with Israel (Cleveland Jewish News) Israel, Egypt squeeze Gaza tunnel business...
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Malaysia State-Linked Firms, Tycoons Pressed to Invest at Home (BusinessWeek)

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Malaysia’s government-linked companies and businessmen are being pressed to boost spending at home amid concern that more money is being invested abroad than flowing into the country. (get the story…) Related items Hong Kong feng shui master deprived of Nina’s fortune (The Malaysian Insider) Getting foreign investors to plough back more money in Malaysia (Business Times (Malaysia)) BUSINESS CONFIDENCE...
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India economy to grow 7% (Straits Times)

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RIYADH – INDIA’S economy should grow more than 7 per cent in the fiscal year 2009/10 and return to a 9 per cent annual growth rate in two years, the country’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said in a prepared speech on Sunday. ‘Despite the global economic slowdown, we hope to achieve growth rate of...
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Money circulation rises in Oman (Zawya)

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27 February 2010 MUSCAT — Money circulation in the Sultanate rose by 1.7 per cent as at the end of January 2010 to RO 775.831.723 million against RO 762.630.636 million during the same period of 2009, according to the statistics issued by the Central Bank of Oman. (more news here…) Related items Prep Roundup: Oman steps up...
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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-02-24 08:38 Cyprus Airways says 2009 revenues down (Interactive Investor)

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NICOSIA, Feb 24 (Reuters) – Cyprus’s national carrier, Cyprus Airways, said on Wednesday its 2009 revenues were down from 2008 as the financial crisis hit passenger numbers, though it saved some money on fuel costs. In a statement, the airline said the drop in revenues was “mainly due to the global financial crisis, which...
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India Airwave Auction to Fetch ’Badly Needed’ Cash, Cut Deficit (BusinessWeek)

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India’s plan to auction licenses for nationwide third-generation mobile-phone services may raise enough money to trim the nation’s 16-year high budget deficit, Moody’s Investors Service and Nomura Holdings Inc. said. (the story here…) Related items India Airwave Auction to Fetch ’Badly Needed’ Cash, Cut Deficit (Bloomberg) ‘Mauritius not a tax haven nation’ (The Times of India) Business : Black...
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