The Air Force of Australia may defer the purchase of new multipurpose fighter aircraft F-35 by at least two years since the Government intends in 2010 to tighten control over defense spending, reports The Australian. In this case, the first squadron, manned F-35, will appear in the Australian air force no earlier than 2017.
Now, as [...]
The evening of Tuesday, 11 August, the German fashion house Escada women’s clothing has announced the failure of the plan to rescue the company from bankruptcy, and the intention to have this week filed an application for the opening of bankruptcy proceedings.
As the Lenta.Ru referring to DW-WORLD, the creditors of the group that invested in [...]
Bad boy Valdis Zatlers. Russian journalist wrote a comment about the president of Latvia
In his regular column in the Russian newspaper Izvestiya (which many described as «prokremlevskoy») a famous Russian writer Maxim Sokolov somewhat ironic paragraphs devoted to the recent incident with the president of Latvia Valdis Zatlers and businessmen, who in one plane returned [...]
The price of WTI crude oil brands in electronic trading on the NYMEX exchange overcomes mark 74 dollars per barrel and reached 74.05 dollars. This is the highest figure in the current year. A key factor in increasing the cost of oil has been a weakening dollar and investors’ positive expectations regarding the recovery of [...]
Half a century after the date of the attribution of the American state of Hawaii in the Pacific archipelago celebrate modestly. It says USA Today, this is due to the mood of the people: a large part of the islanders felt the loss of national sovereignty, the historical tragedy. Hawaiian monarchy was overthrown in direct [...]
Hardships of Baltic region are severe, despite signs of economic slowdown braking.
The opinion was expressed by Director General of the Swedish Financial Supervisory Service, Martin Anderson, writes Db.lv. He was confident that the situation in the Baltic countries is very bad, because they have to «war on two fronts» – with the economic problems on [...]
The International Monetary Fund will provide its participating countries to 250 billion dollars to mitigate the effects of the global financial crisis, reports AFP. The goal is that the payments will begin August 28.
This is the issue of quasi-currency fund – the so-called Special Drawing Rights (SDR). SDR will be posted in the member countries [...]
Industrial production in the United States rose in July of 2009 at 0.5 percent, showing recovery for the first time in 9 months. According to the agency Bloomberg, the main reason for growth was increased sales in the automotive sector. The volume of production in this area increased immediately by 20 percent.
U.S. administration adopted a [...]
World oil prices dropped sharply on the basis of exchange trading on Friday, August 14, reported AFP.
In New York barrel mark WTI providing delivery in September dropped in price to 3.01 dollars (4.3 percent) up to at 67.51 dollars. In London, the September futures price of North Sea Brent crude oil fell by 1.07 dollars [...]
In terms of the minimum wage in Latvia was the poorest group of EU countries, but ahead of Russia.
The report by Eurostat on the minimum wage EU countries are divided into three groups: the group of rich countries the minimum wage exceeds 800 euros per month, the group sredneobespechennyh of it lies in the range [...]
The second-largest Chinese state bank China Construction Bank announced plans to reduce in the second half of the issuance of new loans by 70% to prevent growth of overdue debts, transfers Newsru referring to agency Bloomberg.
“We note that some credit does not reach the real economy” – said the bank president Zhang Tszyango. He noted [...]
The largest U.S. mortgage agency Fannie Mae has asked the Ministry of Finance of the U.S. aid of $ 10.7 billion.
Please associated with a significant net loss in the second quarter of 2009, the Newsru.
As stated in a press release the company, its net loss for the second quarter of 2009 increased six-fold and amounted [...]
On Thursday, August 6, the U.S. Congress finally approved a bill providing more than $ 2 billion to finance the program of cash-for-clunkers (available for avtohlam).
As the Newsru, the program provides up to 4.5 thousand of dollars when buying a new, more efficient cars to replace the old. In doing so, it was originally allocated [...]
Bank of Japan calculates the brothels on the island of Hokkaido to determine the level of demand for services. Japan is experiencing the greatest recession since the Second World War and is seeking all possible ways out of crisis.
The number of prostitutes in the neighborhood “red light” Susukino, located in the capital of Hokkaido, Sapporo, [...]
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