School district keeps ‘09 hike to targeted 4%
Boston Globe - The $24.8 million plan for fiscal 2009 adopted by the Regional School Committee March 5 calls for a 4 percent increase, which matches the guideline set by the finance committees of the three member towns.
‘De Villiers must pick Springbok team’
Star - Among those who have resigned are commercial manager Kyle Nel, former management committee member Cliffie Booysen, finance manager Vanessa Bell and marketing manager Khutso Mathekgana.
School budget could bring tax increases
Boston Globe - West Newbury’s finance director, Tracy Blais, described Pentucket’s proposed 3 percent increase as a “very realistic budget proposal.” Blais suggested the town seek an override to help fund its share.
Darling says markets must set FX rates
Reuters UK - No one yet knows the full extent of what’s going to happen in the United States,” Darling said, referring to the global credit crunch, which has its roots in the U.S. mortgage market and lenders’ inability to finance the loans they’ve made.
Assembly election’s finance flaws
BBC UK News - Financial flaws and inconsistencies in the way last year’s Welsh assembly election was run, have been identified by the Electoral Commission. Its report shows not all of the £4.5m spent on the election, £2 for each elector, was properly accounted
Shekel rises to 11-year high
Jerusalem Post - The Fed plan to increase liquidity adds to the positive momentum in our local markets,” said Moshe Ben-Assayag, a bond trader at Clal Finance Batucha Investment Management Ltd. in Tel Aviv.
LDK Solar Announces Near Sellout of Wafer Capacity for 2008 and 2009
Forbes - All statements other than statements of historical fact in this announcement are forward-looking statements, including but not limited to, the Company’s capability to raise additional capital to finance the Company’s activities; the effectiveness
Home Retail sees yr to Feb 09 profit forecast consensus staying at 393
CNBC - LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Home Retail Group PLC finance director Richard Ashton said he expects the consensus of analyst forecasts for benchmark pretax profit for the year to end-Feb 2009 to stay at around 393 mln stg. Speaking to reporters, he
Shinsei Sells Offices, Avoids Missing Profit Goal (Update4)
Bloomberg - March 13 (Bloomberg) — Shinsei Bank Ltd. sold its Tokyo headquarters to Morgan Stanley, keeping the Japanese bank from missing profit targets for a second straight year and removing a potential threat to the jobs of top managers. Shinsei Bank raised
No divergence between Finance Ministry, RBI on inflation
Reuters India - NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Containing inflation remains high on the government’s agenda and there’s no divergence of views between the central bank and the finance ministry on the issue, the Minister of State for Finance said on Tuesday. “Policies of the
Airport authority nominee again tests county politics
Allentown Morning Call - Finance Committee Chairman Ron Angle stated Buesing has the capability, regardless of ”petty differences in the past.” Grube was unmoved. ”Remember your [radio] program, ‘At Issue,’ where you demeaned and degraded and put everybody down, especially
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