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Call to remove rate caps on short loans
VietNamNet Bridge – The interest rate cap for short term loans should be removed following the removal of caps on mid- and long-term loans, in order to benefit borrowers and create healthier competition among banks, Chairman of the National Financial Supervision Committee Le Duc Thuy said.
Read more News Source - Vietnam Net
Publish date - 04:50:10 03/09/10

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Lending interest rates may become unbearable
VietNamNet Bridge – Negotiated interest rates for medium and long-term loans have reportedly reached 18 percent per annum, which financial experts believe is nearly the outer limit that businesses can afford.
Read more News Source - Vietnam Net
Publish date - 09:50:26 03/10/10

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Hopeful signs for the private sector
Bridge – Following recent announcements by the Prime Minister and the Party Secretariat suggesting further liberalization of the climate for private enterprise, the public is watching intently for follow-through.
Read more News Source - Vietnam Net
Publish date - 23:43:24 03/10/10

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Businesses prefer borrowing in foreign currency
VietNamNet Bridge – The dong lending interest rate has become so high that many businesses have decided to borrow loans in foreign currencies despite fears about dollar price fluctuations.
Read more News Source - Vietnam Net
Publish date - 09:20:31 03/09/10

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Banks hope for deposit interest rate autonomy
VietNamNet Bridge – Commercial banks are now waiting for a new decision from the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), which has removed the interest rate ceiling. Banks hope that the ceiling on deposit interest rate will also be removed.
Read more News Source - Vietnam Net
Publish date - 10:20:20 03/10/10

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Feb auto sales down 34% on ebbing demand
VietNamNet Bridge – February sales of all Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers Association (VAMA) members but domestic firm Vinamotor dipped a staggering 34% year-on-year to nearly 4,400 units due to lax demand, according to association figures released on Monday.
Read more News Source - Vietnam Net
Publish date - 08:05:10 03/10/10

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Bridge walk promotes peace, support for women around world
NEW YORK — With peace signs waving against the skyline, a group of mid-Hudson Valley women took part in a global campaign Monday to promote world peace for women in war-torn countries.
Read more News Source - Poughkeepsie Journal
Publish date - 08:13:20 03/09/10

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Online black credit booms with high demand
VietNamNet Bridge – While commercial banks deny loans and tighten credit, many individuals and organizations have plenty of money and promise to lend as much as demanded, but with high lending interest rates.
Read more News Source - Vietnam Net
Publish date - 14:35:10 03/08/10

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Economist ponders negotiation-based interest rate scheme
VietNamNet Bridge – “The Prime Minister himself also thinks that we would not adjust the basic interest rate, but we should extend the negotiation-based interest rate scheme to short term as well instead of applying to medium and long term loans only,” said Le Duc Thuy, Chair of the National Finance Supervisory Council.
Read more News Source - Vietnam Net
Publish date - 10:20:11 03/08/10

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IMF working on $100bn 'green fund' - Strauss-Kahn
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) was "working on the idea of a green fund" to raise $100-billion a year by 2020 to mitigate the impacts of climate change on developing economies, IMF MD Dominique Strauss-Kahn told a conference in Kenya on Monday.
Read more News Source - Mmegi
Publish date - 20:58:05 03/10/10

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Briefly: March 10
Read about what's happening in and around Plymouth.
Read more News Source - Old Colony Memorial & Plymouth Bulletin
Publish date - 15:16:15 03/10/10

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SOCIAL IN BRIEF 10/3
A bomb of over 30 kilograms was detected on March 7 along the Tra Khuc riverbank in Quang Ngai near houses and where kids and other people gather everyday to have a river bath.
Read more News Source - Vietnam Net
Publish date - 08:41:42 03/10/10

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Provincial journal
Funding of $2,000 per new space will be available for certain child-care facilities in New Brunswick starting next fiscal year.
Read more News Source - Telegraph-Journal
Publish date - 10:14:33 03/10/10

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Blight problems again focus of Bradford City Council meeting
One city resident told Bradford City Council at Tuesday’s meeting that Mayor Tom Riel needs to be more positive about code enforcement, while at the same time he acknowledged that more needs to be done in the fight against blight.
Read more News Source - The Bradford Era
Publish date - 09:25:19 03/10/10

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C22 Capital, Inc. Launches Major Company Expansion
C22 Capital, Inc., currently comprised of C22 Investment Group and C22 Media Group, will launch a new division, Questo Entertainment Group, and will significantly expand the existing services of Catch 22 Entertainment, LLC, its full-service film distribution company, announced CEO Anthony Millan.
Read more News Source - PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Publish date - 13:58:20 03/10/10

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