Finance News Archive
07-Sep-2005
- 'N. Korea should be invited to attend APEC finance meeting: S. Korea (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News) _ North Korea should be invited as a guest to attend the next year's meeting of Asia-Pacific Finance ministers if concrete progress is achieved in the six-party talks on its nuclear ambitions, South Korea's Finance minister said Thursday.
- 'Taiwan Finance Minister Leaves for APEC Meeting (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Singapore News) TAIPEI, Sept. 8 Asia Pulse - The Taiwan Minister of Finance, Lin Chuan, left for South Korea Wednesday to attend the 12th Finance ministerial meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum Wednesday.
- 'Japan helps finance anti-polio drive (The Jakarta Post) JAKARTA: The Japanese government says it will provide around US$1.8 million worth of grant aid to help finance Indonesia's anti-polio drive.
- 'Marvel to finance own comic-based films (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance) Marvel Enterprises Inc. closed a $525 million, seven-year credit facility with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. to finance up to 10 films based on characters from its stable of comic books.
- 'Oil prices, property bubble dominate APEC finance ministers' meeting (AFP via Yahoo! News) Finance ministers from Pacific rim nations gathered here to discuss challenges to their economies, with host South Korea calling for oil market transparency to fight speculative demand for energy.
- 'State finance director steps down to join special election team (SanLuisObispo.com) SAN FRANCISCO - State Finance Director Tom Campbell is stepping down after less than a year in the job to join the campaign team promoting Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's "year of reform" ballot initiatives.