Finance News Archive
14-Aug-2005
- 'Dawson proposes changing finance department of school district (Benton Courier) In his first school board meeting since becoming interim superintendent of the Benton School District, Dr. Fred Dawson recommended a reorganization of the district's Finance department, which he says will save the district about $20,000 annually.
- 'Personal finance: Variable annuities still ripe for being lemons (Seattle Times) Variable annuities sold on commission remind me of old cars that constantly need fixing. They are expensive to maintain and hard to unload...
- '8/11/05 Lawmakers Adjourn to Review School Finance Plan (KCBD-TV) Nine days remain in the special session in Austin and there's still no resolution on school finance. The full Texas House and Senate have adjourned until Tuesday. The House will look over their latest plan but House Speaker Tom Craddick is not optimistic. "We don't have the votes.
- 'Cox charges lawmakers with campaign finance violations (Detroit News) LANSING -- Attorney General Mike Cox said Tuesday he is charging a state lawmaker from Detroit with felony perjury because of alleged campaign finance violations.
- 'Kenya finance officials arrive today (Manila Bulletin) A high-level team of officials from the Kenyan Ministry of Finance, Central Bank, Attorney General s Office, and the Association of Microfinance Institutions will arrive in Manila today for a week-long study tour on the development of legal/ regulatory and supervisory frameworks for microfinance institutions in the Philippines.
- 'UNC board backs plan for Kannapolis; finance committee votes to support Murdock's efforts (Salisbury Post) KANNAPOLIS ? The University of North Carolina Board of Governor's Budget and Finance Committee unanimously voted Thursday to support a joint effort between Dole Foods and three UNC institutions in the next budget.
- 'Late Minister was a fine gentleman par excellence - Finance Minister Dr. Sarath Amunugama (Daily News) Finance Minister Dr. Sarath Amunugama condemned the assassination of his school-time friend and colleague Lakshman Kadirgamar as a gruesome and heinous act of terror.
- 'Law to control self finance managements: Chennithala (Kaumundi Online) THRISSUR: KPCC president Ramesh Chennithala today said the KPCC would pressurize the government to enforce a law to control self finance managements.
- 'Japan Says China Is Conservative in Managing Yuan (Update2) (Bloomberg.com) Aug. 15 (Bloomberg) -- China has been conservative in managing its currency, Japan's Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki told reporters at a regular press conference in Tokyo today.