Wednesday, March 26, 2008

USAID program in Iraq tops $150m in micro-loans


... today that its private-sector development program in Iraq, known as Izdihar (prosperity in Arabic), ... ... March 2008 (Voices of Iraq) -- Iraqs Stock Exchange (ISX) index decreased by 0.661 % to ...

Iraq, Five Years In


... Their banks are doing brisk business, their stock market is active and investment in business is ... in the same way that Pakistan and Nigeria and other violent but viable nations seem ...

FirstAlert: 10-11:50 A.M. Investrend / Bestcalls


... economic releases. (By Dr. Joe Duarte) The stock market seems to have decided that for now ... Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter signed the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty in Washington, DC in 1979. ...

Egypt editor given six-month sentence for Mubarak rumours


... Egypt editor given six-month sentence for Mubarak rumours ... more than 350 million dollars from the stock exchange. Speculation about Mubarak was widely reported on ...

Stocks lower on financial sector worries, dismal economic data


... slide in financial stocks kept the Toronto stock market slightly lower Wednesday morning amid a prediction ... Rio Doce has halted negotiations to acquire Anglo-Swiss miner Xstrata PLC in a deal that ... were down 75 cents to $35.45. Overseas stock markets were generally slightly down, though the Hong ...

Thomson shareholders approve Reuters deal


... 1851 when Paul Julius Reuter began sending stock market information between London and Paris by carrier ... greater foothold in emerging markets such as China and India, where a rising middle class ...

Volatility dogs Indian equities markets


... Maharashtra, India, 12:00 PM IST Key Indian equities market index Sensex opened weak Wednesday due to ... opening at 8,776.19, losing 74.51 points and Japans Nikkei opening at 12,648.97, dipping by 109.97 ...

Demutualised bourses to play regulatory, commercial role in future


... Division of Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has said that the Demutualised stock ... jointly organised by the SECP and Islamabad Stock Exchange (ISE). He said that the demutualised stock ...