Category: Finance

Pakistan Finance Minister Ishaq Dar (Photo/Ishaq Dar/Tweeter). Finance Minister Ishaq Dar announced on Wednesday that Pakistan’s all-weather ally China has approved a loan of USD 700 million, and the money will be sent to the central bank this week. The loan announcement from China came a day after Pakistan’s National Assembly passed a money bill to […]

LINCOLN — Voters would have to approve agreements to finance new schools via little-used interlocal agreements under a legislative bill given first-round approval Wednesday. State Sen. Lou Ann Linehan of Elkhorn (Courtesy of the Unicameral Information Office) State Sen. Lou Ann Linehan of Elkhorn said Legislative Bill 299 would close a “loophole” in state law […]

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — JMA Wireless is getting the most attention for its name going up on the Dome the last week, but there’s a lot of work going on down the street too, where the company is planning to expand its one-year-old campus on South Salina Street. The company has proposed a 100,000-square-foot warehouse […]

Uzbek Economy and Finance Minister holds meeting with representatives of the International Labour Organization Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) — On 22 February, a meeting was held with the participation of the Minister of Economy and Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan Sherzod Kudbiev and Assistant Director General of the International Labor Organization Heinz Koller. The meeting […]

SPOTLIGHT ON CEBU. Aboitiz Group president and chief executive officer Sabin Aboitiz, who serves as the vice-chairman of ABAC’s Sustainable Growth Working Group, says bringing the high-level meeting to Cebu will also showcase the province’s beauty and heritage while tackling various urgent economic issues. (Contributed) THE Philippines will host the third leg of this year’s […]

Top financial leaders from the Group of 20 leading economies are gathering in the south Indian technology hub of Bengaluru this week to tackle myriad challenges to global growth and stability, including stubbornly high inflation and surging debt. India is hosting the G20 financial conclave for the first time in 20 years. Later in the […]

To some, $50,000 can seem like a huge amount of money. After all, if you were to make $50,000 a year in salary or wages, it would be more than many people in the world earn in their entire careers. A $50,000 annual salary is around $24 per hour based on a standard 40-hour work […]

The 2nd G20 Finance and Central Bank Deputies (FCBD) Meeting commenced at Bengaluru on Wednesday with an inaugural address by Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting and Youth Affairs & Sports Anurag Thakur. The meeting precedes the first G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting under the G20 Indian Presidency, scheduled from 24th […]

As India continues to import discounted crude oil from Russia, on which the G7 has sought to impose a price cap, amid Moscow’s war with Ukraine, Philipp Ackerman, the German envoy to India, said he does not blame the Indian government for the import, which he said is ‘none of our business’. He also said […]

click to enlarge Facebook / Tobin Center for the Performing Arts The Tobin Center will be lit up in red for the remainder of the week in honor of the late business leader and philanthropist. A memorial service for late San Antonio business tycoon and philanthropist Billy Joe “Red” McCombs will take place Monday at […]