Dealer beats credit crunch by selling horses on finance (Horse and Hound)
February 28th, 2010
More info…
A Cheshire yard has started selling horses in finance deals, in the same way that you can buy a car, in what could be a first for Britain
Finance Minister: I hope we won’t have to close the IBA (Globes Online)
Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz: The Israel Broadcasting Authority must also do its bit.
PwC names new UK Islamic finance leader (Consultant News)
February 25th, 2010
More info…
Khan takes over from Mohammed Amin who recently retired as a partner from the firm. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) has appointed Mohammad Khan as its new UK Islamic finance leader. He will take up the role with immediate effect.
13th Finance Commission raises States’ share of Central taxes (New Kerala)
New Delhi, Feb 25 : The States will get 32 per cent share of Central taxes for the next five years as recommended by the 13th Finance Commission whose report was tabled in Parliament today.
Ousted Russian investor wants to help finance Saab (AFP via Yahoo! News)
February 21st, 2010
More info…
Russian billionaire Vladimir Antonov, forced out of Dutch carmaker Spyker before it bought Saab from General Motors, said in comments published Saturday that he wants to help finance the new company.
CCED to finance new Carlisle restaurant (The Sentinel)
Cumberland County Economic Development will finance a new restaurant in downtown Carlisle, the agency announced Wednesday.
Lords of Finance, By Liaquat Ahamed (Independent)
Lords of Finance, as its subtitle has it, tells the story of “1929, the Great Depression, and the bankers who broke the world”. Those bankers were the then-governor of the Bank of England, Montagu Norman, an eccentric, solitary man who dabbled in spiritualism and claimed he could walk through walls; Emile Moreau of the Banque de France, a xenophobe with a particular distrust of Germans; Hjalmar …
Joyce wants to stick to finance role (Brisbane Times)
February 11th, 2010
More info…
Federal opposition finance spokesman Barnaby Joyce says he is determined to continue in his portfolio despite this week’s lambasting in parliament.