Drafted and adopted by a referendum in 2005, the Iraqi constitution outlines the structure of the federal government and stipulates what bodies should form its legislative, executive and judicial branches. The legislative branch is to ...
Bloomberg reported that China may maintain its annual economic growth target at 7.5% next year in a sign the new leadership headed by Xi Jinping won't tolerate a bigger slowdown from the lowest goal since 2004. Nine of 16 analysts ...
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Stating that the worst is over for the Indian economy, financial major Citigroup said the country is likely to clock a growth rate of 5.4% in 2012-13 fiscal year. Citigroup in a research report said that "Going forward, while we maintain ...
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In the midst of a gloomy GDP growth scenario, an ASSOCHAM business confidence survey has indicated that the slowdown is about to bottom out, but it may get a little worse before it gets better in the last quarter of the current financial ...
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Reuters reported Myanmar's president asked opposition leader Ms Aung San Suu Kyi to head an investigation into the planned expansion of a copper mine that has led to evictions and protests that were forcibly put down by riot police this ...
IDG News Service - Belgian French-language news publishers settled a copyright dispute with Google, agreeing to promote each others services while Google will pay all legal fees. The publishers sued Google in April 2006 for allegedly ...
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ANSA reported that two Italian cabinet ministers said that the outgoing technical government aims to shepherd through parliament the so called "ILVA decree", in addition to reforms laid out in next year's budget, before it is dissolved for ...
A team of glassmakers have recently installed the giant Christmas tree in front of the new Parliament building at the entrance to Valletta. The tree is made up of around 2,000 individual glass baubles made by Mdina Glass artisans, and ...
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Reuters reported that London copper edged up bracing to finish the month higher on signs that a recovery in China's economic growth took root in November although worries over Europe and the United States kept gains constrained. Three ...
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The Iranian government is preparing the next solar year budget to submit to the Parliament but reportedly with significant difference from current year budget in details. According to the budget law, Iran is expected to sell USD 81 ...
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As the national economy sea saws between revival and slump the impasse over turn of fortune remains unbroken. UPA government sensing the impending economic holocaust with the fiscal deficit and inflation remaining obdurate has stuck with ...
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Regulation No 547/2012 of 25 June 2012 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for water pumps stipulates the minimum efficiency requirements for water pumps as ...
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Revenue Watch, a capacity building and technical assistance organization that focuses on building capacity for good governance in the oil, gas and mining sectors around the world held 2 day conference at the Al Waddan Hotel in Tripoli. The ...
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Iraq's Commission on Integrity reports that Deputy Prime Minister?Salih al-Mutlaq has still not complied with the country's financial disclosure requirements,despite that fact that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and the other two of his ...
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Tehran Times reported that the National Iranian Oil Company will offer stock futures to the public during December 22nd 2012 to January 1st 2013. In the Phase I up to 5 million barrels of oil will be sold in the form of stock futures ...
Tags: Tehran Times, National Iranian Oil Company, stock futures, oil