Liberia: Finance Minister to Address Business Community (AllAfrica.com)
Liberia's Finance Minister, Augustine Ngafuan, will address the business community of renowned business class of people who are making frantic efforts to create a strong private sector under the aegis of the Liberia Business Association (LIBA).
(AFX UK Focus) 2008-11-19 15:23 CORRECTED-Pearson sees tough 2009 for U.S. schools business (Interactive Investor)
BARCELONA, Nov 19 (Reuters) - British media group Pearson Plc is prepared for a tough year ahead for its U.S. school textbooks business but expects the market to bounce back strongly in 2010, its finance chief said on Wednesday. Pearson, the world's largest educational publisher and owner of the Financial Times and Penguin Books, said it was better placed to withstand a downturn than in the past.
G.E. Plans $2 Billion in Cuts at Finance Arm Next Year (New York Times)
General Electric said on Tuesday it planned to cut costs by $2 billion next year at its finance arm, GE Capital, which has dragged lower the U.S. conglomerate’s results as a result of the global credit crunch.
U.'s finance department again top-ranked in the world (The Salt Lake Tribune)
The finance department in the University of Utah's David Eccles School of Business is again one of the top-ranked in the world for its published faculty research.
IFC to finance small, medium projects under new business line - Regional (Business News Americas)
The World Bank's ( WB ) International Finance Corporation ( IFC ) will fund a number of relatively small infrastructure and water projects in municipalities and provinces in Peru, Colombia, Brazil, Uruguay and Guatemala, IFC subnational finance director Vincent Gouarne told BNamericas.
