Obama Beats Jesse Jackson

27 01 2008

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Obama Beats Jesse Jackson
Slate - for federal office. Does that mean rich people can spend unlimited amounts of money attacking him and his record (and spelling his last name in large capital letters) in the months before the election without running afoul of the campaign finance

Saudi building boom looks past petroleum
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UPDATE 1-Jordan’s Arab Bank 07 net profit up 24 pct
Reuters - AMMAN, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Jordan-based Arab Bank Group ARBK.AM stated on Sunday its 2007 net profits rose 24 percent to $775 million with overall healthy returns and an expanding project finance business in the Arab Gulf. A bank statement stated 2007

India’s Finance Minister Says U.S. Financial Crisis May Impact India
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Rogue Trader Held in French Bank Scandal
Seattle Times - French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, talking Saturday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, said she has been asked to compile a report on the fraud, Dow Jones Newswires reported. Lagarde said her report will look at “the reality

Opening bid by schools sets up clash
Boston Globe - In the 2006 election, voters passed a $597,370 override to pay for a variety of items relating to public safety, public heath, public works, and the library, stated David Davison, Needham’s director of finance. Many of Needham’s senior residents

SKorea considering tax cuts to counter impact of US subprime crisis
Forbes - The downside risk of the global economy is greater than expected and has come earlier, so the government is considering a range of countermeasures, including a tax cut,’ a finance ministry official was quoted as saying. Experts warned last week that

ALDEERA Acquires 39% of FASTtelco in a Deal Arranged by UNIVEST Group
Forbes - Private Equity, Corporate Finance Advisory, Research and Asset Management. It has established fast growing, leading practices in these fields. Univest is a sister company of AlDeera holding (Ticker:ALDEERA) a Kuwaiti holding company listed on the

Editorial board endorsement: McCain
Philadelphia Daily News - Accused of intervening on behalf of a campaign contributor in the 1980s’ savings and loan scandal, he later took up the banner of campaign finance reform. He waged a lonely battle in his celebration, pushing through the landmark McCain-Feingold law in 2002

India could face export, capital flow risks - finmin
Reuters India - MILAN (Reuters) - India is not prone to be hit by a slowdown among developed economies but should that happen it could risk less competitive exports and higher capital flows, Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram was quoted as saying on Sunday

That’s Danny Billions to you
Globe and Mail - Robert Miller from Halifax, Canada writes: I have the ability to honestly state that this is the ideal written story that I have ever read about Premier Williams of Newfoundland — Obviously, the author gets it! Williams is a Progressive Conservative in the true sense