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Mumbai: February 29, 2008 – Aranca, a global provider of end-to-end financial and business research services, believes that the Union Budget of India 2008-09 presented today is populist but inclusive budget, given the prospect of general elections in mid 2009. The increase in the income tax exemption limits, loan waivers for farmers and higher provisions [...]
London, Friday, February 29, 2008 ARANCA News Report (www.aranca.com) :The Indian budget, that comes ahead of elections due by May 2009, has widely seen as pandering to ‘populist’ policies including a 600 billion rupees ($15 billion; £7.6 billion) scheme to write off the entire debt of the country’s small farmers.
The government has also increased education [...]
London, Friday, February 29, 2008 ARANCA News Report (www.aranca.com) :London-based Peloton Partners has become the latest victim of the global credit crisis and has closed its £1 billion ABS Master Fund due to severe losses.
The fund had created an 87 per cent return in 2007 but said in a letter to investors that it was [...]
London, Friday, February 29, 2008 ARANCA News Report (www.aranca.com) :Mumbai: February 29, 2008 – Aranca, a global provider of end-to-end financial and business research services, believes that the Union Budget of India 2008-09 presented today is populist but inclusive budget, given the prospect of general elections in mid 2009. The increase in the income tax [...]
London, Thursday, February 28, 2008 ARANCA News Report (www.aranca.com) :Slower growth figures and an inflation warning have been published by India’s government in its pre-Budget Economic Survey.
The global credit crisis and threat of recession have prompted a more modest forecast of 8.7 per cent growth for 2008, against the 9.6 per cent that has been [...]
London, Wednesday, February 27, 2008 ARANCA News Report (www.aranca.com) :The price of wheat has reached record levels due to dwindling supplies and has fuelled concerns about growing inflation.
Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) wheat for delivery in March rose the maximum 90 cents allowed to $11.99 a bushel in electronic trading in Asia.
High-protein spring wheat on [...]
London, Wednesday, February 27, 2008 ARANCA News Report (www.aranca.com) :UK bank HBOS has reported a ten per cent fall in share prices, after the credit crisis hit its retail division.
HBOS shares were down 68 pence at 637p at 1230 GMT, prompting the bank to announce a more “cautious” approach to lending in 2008.
The increase in [...]
London, Wednesday, February 27, 2008 ARANCA News Report (www.aranca.com) :The head of Swiss investment bank UBS is to face up to questions from investors in a meeting later today.
Marcel Ospel is expected to come under fire for the risky investments that have led to huge losses for the bank.
UBS has just reported its first annual [...]
London, Thursday, February 21, 2008 ARANCA News Report (www.aranca.com) :A committee has been set up to monitor and oversee mergers and acquisitions in listed companies in China, according to local media reports.
The committee will comprise 25 members who will scrutinise deals and restructuring plans, according to a report from the Xinhua news agency.
It is hoped [...]
London, Thursday, February 21, 2008 ARANCA News Report (www.aranca.com) 
emand for Shariah-compliant financial products is set to skyrocket between now and 2020, a report has predicted.
Researchers from management consultancy Accenture have forecast that demand for products that are compatible with Islamic law will grow by 12 per cent annually in this timeframe.
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