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Milestones : Banking Associations Of The World Unite
GLOBAL The American Bankers Association and the European Banking Federation have joined with their counterparts in Canada and Australia to...
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Milestones : India’s Banking System Begins To Upgrade Itself
INDIA It may be robust but the Indian banking system is anything but fast. Even checks paid within Mumbai (Bombay),...
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Milestones : Traders Fear Seoul Will Devalue Its Way To Prosperity
SOUTH KOREA Lee Hun-Jae The South Korean won suffered its biggest decline since November on news that the progovernment Uri...
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Newsmakers : Booming Bolsa Bodes Well For Mexican Economy
MEXICO Guillermo Prieto Trevio, president of the Mexican Stock Exchange, picked a good time to come to New York to...
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Newsmakers : China Fever Sparks Interest In Index
UNITED STATES/CHINA Tim Halter Chinese companies that trade on US stock markets offer some comfort to investors seeking to catch...
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Newsmakers : Fed Chief Finds He Can Move Markets Once Again
UNITED STATES Alan Greenspan No matter how careful he is with his words, Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan is going...
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Newsmakers : New Leaders Pull Back From Privatization Program
SRI LANKA Mahinda Rajapakse Sri Lankas newly appointed finance minister Sarath Amunugama and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse have already gone...
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Cover Story : Reform, On the Kremlin’s Terms
The business climate turned sharply colder in Russia during the second half of 2003, and its not gotten much better...
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Features : Canadian Banks Want to Fatten Up to Bring Home the Bacon
The Big Five banks are considering making more acquisitions in the US. Casting a wary eye at the wave of...
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Features : Security and Fraud Become Top Tech Issue
Even as they increase corporate efficiency, Internet banking and e-commerce are heaping additional burdens on the financial services industry. As...
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Features : Turkey Inches Closer to the EU
Turkeys efforts to comply with EU accession demands appear to be paying off. Yet while the country is gaining praise...
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Milestones : Can Japan Kick Its Currency-market Intervention Habit?
JAPAN Japans massive intervention in the foreign exchange market to keep the yen from rising too sharply against the US...