Journals By Industry - Central Banks

Tokyo, Japan, and Java, Indonesia, Feb 8, 2012 - (JCN) - Sumitomo Corp., Toshiba Corp., Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI) and other stakeholders recently completed the expansion...

The US Senate Banking Committee on Feb. 2 unanimously approved a new regimen of anti-Iran sanctions which will for the first time threaten to punish the global financial telecommunications network - nearly all...

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The biggest wave of business bankruptcies may be over (key words here are "may be," pending the economy's trajectory), but that's not to say the courts will be devoid of with...

Following the adoption of a regulation by the Central Bank Board, the HSBC bank is the first authorized to offer currency derivatives, reports Nacion.com (Jan. 9, 2012). Currency derivatives ensure the value of...

Nicaragua received $900 million in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in 2011, reports Agencia EFE (Dec. 19, 2011). The projected figure is 80% more than 2010. Javier Chamorro, Exec. Dir. of the State Agency...

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HEADNOTE On November 15, 2011, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago held a conference to explore what has been driving the large and rapid increases in Midwest farmland values. Academics, industry representatives, and...

HEADNOTE According to participants in the Chicago Fed's annual Economic Outlook Symposium, the U.S. economy is forecasted to grow at a pace below its historical average in 2012, following a year with an...

HEADNOTE The seventh annual Community Bankers Symposium, co-sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), was held...

In his third State of the Union address to the US Congress, President Barack Obama on Jan. 24 said he was "determined to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon", stressing: "I will...

S.F. Express has recently gained a third-party payment license from the People's Bank of China (PBOC), or the central bank. In 2010, the company launched its online shopping platform and payment tool. The...

2 hours ago Recent figures support the notion that banks have embarked on an incremental disposal strategy in recent years. But Shayla Walmsley wonders whether this is actually set to change. DTZ this...

Construction a cure for crisis, Kazakh president tells nation Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev announced some grandiose new industrial projects in his annual address to the nation on January 27. These projects, he said,...

Imports from Iran at 238,860 bpd in 2011, up 20 pct yr/yr; Total crude imports up 6.2 pct y/y in 2011- KNOC; Middle East supplies 87 pct of S.Korea's 2011 crude...

The SCAF on Dec. 6 warned that Egypt's foreign-currency reserves were falling sharply and that it might have enough only to cover imports until the end of February. In view of this, the...

Those shopping for a home this year could encounter an unexpected dilemma: Fewer properties to choose from. About 12,000 homes were listed for sale at the end of December in the nine-county central...

DUBLIN -- Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/bf4694/european_banknote) has announced the addition of the "European Banknote Industry - Prospects for Printing and Paper Manufacturing" report to their offering. The present report on European Banknote Industry-Prospects for...

Latest Revenue Milestone Built on High Demand for Business Analytics to Capitalize on Big Data CARY, N.C. -- SAS, the leader in business analytics software and services, achieved record global revenue of US$2.725...

SAN FRANCISCO -- The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco announced that Mary F. Kaiser, president of California Community Reinvestment Corporation, and Alfred A. Plamann, CEO of Unified Grocers, Inc., were reappointed as...