Perry out as chairman of Republican governors group - Austin American-Statesman
I may be wrong, but I distinctly remember Gov. Rick Perry assuming the chairmanship of the Republican Governors Association last year with the expectation he would serve two years in that role. I know it’s totally true the association changed

Iraqi cabinet backs U.S. pact, lawmakers pending - International Herald Tribune
BAGHDAD : The Iraqi cabinet voted overwhelmingly Sunday to approve the security agreement that sets the conditions for the continued U.S. presence in Iraq from Jan. 1 until the end of 2011. All but one of the 28 cabinet ministers who attended the two

Banking & Finance - Business World
THE GOVERNMENT has abandoned plans to sell bonds to fulfill a commitment to infuse P40 billion more in capital to the central bank, and is now considering alternatives, officials said. Under the plan, the government was to release P4 billion a year

LocalGuide: Finance talk focus of women’s club meeting - Billings Gazette
The GFWC Billings Junior Woman’s Club is meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Western Security Bank at the corner of Wicks Lane and Main Street. Bernie Mason, Yellowstone County Extension agent, will talk on “Women and Finance.” New members will receive

Austria: Former Finance Minister dies at 85 - Boston Globe
VIENNA, Austria— Wolfgang Schmitz, former Austrian finance minister and president of the country’s central bank, died early Sunday, his People’s Celebration said in a statement. He was 85. Schmitz served as Finance Minister under Chancellor Josef Klaus

Mayors of Philadelphia, Atlanta, Phoenix request bailout money - WSFA
WASHINGTON (AP) - The mayors of Philadelphia, Atlanta and Phoenix are getting in line for a chunk of bailout money. In a letter to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, the three mayors ask for a portion of the $700 billion rescue package to help cover

Pakistan to get emergency IMF loan - International Herald Tribune
Pakistan has agreed with the International Monetary Fund on a $7.6 billion emergency loan to stave off a balance of payments crisis and pave the way for a broader economic rescue plan. The fund said Saturday that its executive board was expected to

New taxes not part of Finance agenda — Teves - Business World
The Finance chief, in a statement issued during the weekend, said the rationalization of fiscal incentives and restructuring of excise taxes for cigarette and alcohol products would “help improve” revenue collections that are “urgently needed to

Obama adds staff to growing White Home team - Washington Post
Resize CHICAGO (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama added three officials to his White House team on Sunday, making his top aide from the Senate a senior adviser and naming two deputies to chief of staff Rahm Emanuel. Obama’s transition office

European Leaders Temper Finance Reform Rhetoric - Deutsche Welle
The measures concurred to at the meeting include a call for beefing up regulation of the world’s financial system, bolstering government spending to spur economic growth and reforming international financial institutions. “We are determined to enhance

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