Yuschenko thinks the stalling process does not allow to bring social living standards in line with the real situation, to solve a range of urgent problems which require additional finance at the national and local levels.

According to dealers of commercial banks, at the beginning of the trading session the quotations fluctuated within 4.73-4.76 UAH/USD, then fell to 4.72-4.74 UAH/USD and narrowed to 4.72-4.73 by the end of the trades.

Fifty-nine percent of U.S. businesses in 2009 intend to increase employees' deductibles, copayments or out-of-pocket spending limits, according to preliminary data of a national survey released on Thursday by Mercer, the AP/Houston Chronicle reports. The preliminary results included the responses

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U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder has amended her order reversing a 10% reduction in Medi-Cal reimbursement rates for health care providers to require repayment only for services performed on or after Aug. 18, which effectively "spares the state from tens

In a move to curtail exports in the coming season, the Cabinet committee on prices that met on Thursday has decided to discontinue the transport subsidy on exports after its due expiry date on September 30.

The change of guard at the Reserve Bank of India has rekindled hopes of relaxation in the external commercial borrowing rules.

The Supreme Court set aside a November-2006 Bombay High Court directive restricting redevelopment of cessed properties in Mumbai.

Reflecting the trend of a global slowdown due to tight monetary policies after the US sub-prime crisis and rising commodity prices, the country's economy would also fall to 7.6% in calender 2008 from 9.7% in calender 2007, according to the

Which gap, exactly? That the life of a slum dweller in Caracas is generally shorter and more brutish than the earthly span of a rich person in Cologne or Chicago is hardly surprising.

Kerala-based NBFC Manappuram Group has infused fresh capital to the tune of Rs 108 crore from PE players, company sources said.

Optical storage media manufacturer, Moser Baer's Photovoltaic subsidiary has raised Rs 411 crore from a consortium of global PE investors, which includes Nomura, CDC group, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, IDFC PE and IDFC.

The European Central Bank and the Bank of England kept interest rates unchanged to fight inflation as their economies teetered on the brink of a recession.

Four regional powers plan to meet in Beijing in the next few days to discuss how to halt North Korea's steps towards restarting its ageing nuclear plant that makes arms-grade plutonium.

Alkaloida Chemical Company, a subsidiary of Sun Pharmaceuticals, has extended the expiry date of the tender offer for purchase of all outstanding ordinary shares of Taro Pharmaceuticals.

The beleaguered RGPPL has contested the proposal of the finance ministry and lenders to hive off the LNG terminal at the Dabhol power project site.

Tata Power, in a bid to strengthen its renewable energy portfolio, has acquired 29.4 million ordinary shares of Geodynamics Ltd, a listed Australia-based organisation specialising in geothermal energy and EGS, representing 11.4% of the current issued share capital.

Britannia Industries-the market leader in the biscuits industry with a 34% share in value terms-is back on the stock market analyst's radar.

India's external debt rose by $51.5 billion over the previous year to touch $221.2 billion in 2007-08 according to the latest status report on India's external debt released by the ministry of finance.

Japanese economics minister Kaoru Yosano and former defence minister Yuriko Koike lined up on Thursday to challenge frontrunner Taro Aso in the race to become prime minister, setting up a clash over economic policy as Japan teeters on the edge