AmeriCredit Speeds Up (BusinessWeek)

Publ.Date : Thu, 29 Dec 2005 22:54:28 GMT

LoanRefinanceTips.com Advises Consumers About Loan Consolidation (PR Web)
Save more money on student loans with loan consolidation. Stop paying all your hard earned money to the credit card companies, find out the facts about debt reduction. [PRWEB Dec 28, 2005]
Publ.Date : Wed, 28 Dec 2005 08:24:47 GMT

'RealMoney' Radio Recap: Financials in Flux (TheStreet.com)
The inverted yield curve suggests a wait-and-see attitude for bank stocks.
Publ.Date : Thu, 29 Dec 2005 20:53:46 GMT

A Year of News in Chester, Deep River, and Essex (Guilford Courier)
The year 2005 was one in which residents in Chester, Deep River, and Essex came out to vote and be heard—not just in November's municipal elections, but also at referendums, town meetings, budget meetings, public hearings, political caucuses, and board and commission sessions.
Publ.Date : Thu, 29 Dec 2005 05:14:41 GMT

Next phase of consolidation (The Star Online)
Bank Pembangunan Malaysia Bhd, which has just completed its integration exercise initiated in April, is focusing its efforts on developing the country's small- and medium-sized entrepreneurs (SMEs).
Publ.Date : Tue, 27 Dec 2005 23:32:54 GMT

How to keep college too costly (San Francisco Chronicle)
FACED WITH BILLS for the Iraq war and the Katrina rebuild, Congress is doing exactly the wrong thing. It's cutting both the budget and taxes at the same time. No reforms, no new money—just cuts and tax breaks.
Publ.Date : Mon, 26 Dec 2005 13:43:37 GMT

Student loan deadline nears (Honolulu Advertiser)
If you've been thinking about consolidating your student loans to lock in a low rate, be aware: Time will soon run out.
Publ.Date : Sat, 24 Dec 2005 12:02:36 GMT

Mixed results in govt's anticorruption campaign (The Jakarta Post)
Reiner S. , The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A massive clean-up of the country, seen by most Indonesians as deeply corrupt after decades of authoritarian rule, has become a top priority of the country's first directly elected president.
Publ.Date : Mon, 26 Dec 2005 02:33:07 GMT

Govt Budgets N25.97bn for 2006 (This Day)
Gombe State Government has budgeted N25.97 billion for 2006 fiscal year. The budget tagged “Budget of Consolidation,” presented to the State House of Assembly by Governor Danjuma Goje, comprised of recurrent expenditure of N13.775,309,603 and capital expenditure of 12.193,718,030.
Publ.Date : Fri, 23 Dec 2005 04:44:13 GMT

RI gets $200m for policy reform program (The Jakarta Post)
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has provided another US$200 million in loans for Indonesia to help achieve its millennium development goals of sustainable economic growth and poverty alleviation through better macroeconomic policies.
Publ.Date : Sat, 24 Dec 2005 04:35:07 GMT

Govt Budgets N25.97bn for 2006 (This Day)
Gombe State Government has budgeted N25.97 billion for 2006 fiscal year. The budget tagged “Budget of Consolidation,” presented to the State House of Assembly by Governor Danjuma Goje, comprised of recurrent expenditure of N13.775,309,603 and capital expenditure of 12.193,718,030.
Publ.Date : Fri, 23 Dec 2005 04:44:13 GMT

Debt rejig for Visy (Herald Sun)
DICK Pratt's Visy packaging empire has completed a restructure of around $2 billion of debt as part of an overhaul of group operations. Visy has confirmed in documents lodged with regulators that it has used its Visy Packaging Properties subsidiary to assist in the consolidation of the debt burden.
Publ.Date : Thu, 22 Dec 2005 14:02:48 GMT

NEWS IN BRIEF (Manila Bulletin)
The peso rate closed higher at P53.25 to the US dollar yesterday at the Philippine Dealing System of the Bankers Association of the Philippines from P53.40 the previous day. The weighted average rate appreciated to P53.289 from P53.520. Total volume amounted to $593.8 million.
Publ.Date : Thu, 22 Dec 2005 16:35:00 GMT

PEZ Sweetens the Deal (RedNova)
By Rob Varnon, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport Dec.
Publ.Date : Wed, 21 Dec 2005 04:27:16 GMT

Limits and Pond #2 (Iowa Farmer)
We have a pond. We call it Pond #2. It's called Pond #2 because it is the second of 3. I designed and built it myself with help from a D6 Cat and my son Brandon. No government money went into pond #2. It is OUR pond. It's my quiet place.
Publ.Date : Wed, 21 Dec 2005 17:01:57 GMT

20-12-2005: Consumer debt hampers Taiwan financial M&As (The Edge Daily)
Spiralling default risks in Taiwan's US$24 billion (RM90.48 billion) consumer loans market are hindering consolidation in the island's overcrowded banking industry, with major players too busy tackling their bad debt.
Publ.Date : Tue, 20 Dec 2005 08:40:29 GMT