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India Inflation Accelerates to 16-Year High of 12.63% (Update1) - Bloomberg
Aug. 21 (Bloomberg) -- India's inflation accelerated to the fastest pace in more than 16 years, increasing the likelihood the central bank will raise interest rates for a fourth time since June. Wholesale prices rose 12.63 percent in the week to Aug ...
2008-08-21 11:30:00 -
India inflation lifts rate rise prospects - Financial Times
India’s inflation rate shot up to its highest level in more than 16 years this month, increasing the chances of the fourth rise in interest rates in Asia’s third-largest economy since June. The commerce ministry said high prices for food and ...
2008-08-21 12:49:00 -
Accept the reality of private health care: CMA chief - Globe and Mail
R Miller from Halifax, Canada writes: I have to applaud Dr. Ouellet's brave decision to allow competition into Canada's entirely overburdened, publically funded health-care system... Hopefully, this decision will solve some access problems... Dr ...
2008-08-20 02:09:00 -
Business Briefing, Aug. 21 - Rocky Mountain News
One of the few remaining Internet-free havens vanished Wednesday as American Airlines launched airborne e-mail, Web and other online services on some of its longer, nonstop flights. American, a unit of AMR Corp., tested in-flight access on two ...
2008-08-19 05:59:00 -
Dilemma over mortgage giants - Financial Times
Restoring confidence in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - and allowing them to serve as effective conduits for housing finance - may be the single most important economic policy challenge facing the US authorities. Mounting concern about the stability of ...
2008-08-21 11:59:00 -
The Rush to Reregulate - American Enterprise Institute
Tighter regulation of the financial markets is almost certainly in the cards. But reregulation could have unintended consequences, bolstering the power of well-organized interest groups, reducing access to capital, and undermining America's ...
2008-08-20 02:09:00 -
Energy Efficient Mortgages to the Rescue - The Daily Green
There are times, though rare, when the federal government actually does the right thing. The Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 which was signed into law by President Bush on July 30 is one of those instances. This law is designed to help ...
2008-08-21 03:30:00 -
Undergrads' Personal Data Disclosed On CWRU Web Site (News Channel 5 Cleveland)
CLEVELAND -- A spokeswoman for Case Western Reserve University said the personal information of 1,160 undergraduates was inadvertently disclosed on the school's Web site.
2008-08-20 12:56:10 -
Business Briefing, Aug. 21 (Rocky Mountain News)
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2008-08-20 10:58:35 -
Mortgage applications down as few refinance (Courier-Post)
Mortgage application volume fell last week to its lowest levels in nearly eight years, the Mortgage Bankers Association said Wednesday.
2008-08-21 12:18:58 -
BUSINESS BRIEFS (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Co. is introducing a tool that can measure a company's response to data loss or theft. The Henrico County-based insurance and risk-management company developed the Privacy Breach Index with the Ponemon Institute, a privacy and information management research firm. The publicly available index is compiled by surveying 768 individuals in the data protection, information ...
2008-08-21 01:25:02 -
The Hindu Business Line : PSU banks keen to step up SME sector lending (The Hindu)
Mumbai/Kolkata Aug. 21 Faced with falling margins due to rising interest rates, banks are focusing on the small and medium enterprises sector.
2008-08-21 11:34:39 -
Thieves Steal Spotlight With Box Office Theft (Fox 12 Oregon)
PORTLAND, Ore. -- A Vancouver theater company didn't plan on staging a crime mystery this summer, but thieves unexpectedly stole the spotlight after breaking into the company's box office last month.
2008-08-21 08:18:14 -
The Hindu Business Line : Textile industry seeks continuation of interest sops (The Hindu)
Justifying the need to keep in place the interest rate subvention, the APEC Chairman, Mr Rakesh Vaid enumerated the support being extended by low-cost rivals in the subcontinent and also by China.
2008-08-21 11:35:09 -
CreditCards.com: Weekly Credit Card Rate Report (wallstreet:online AG)
Annual percentage rates for new credit card offers were mostly steady this week, according to the
2008-08-21 12:59:30