Clinton, Ill. (Wand) -Bond was put in place for the suspect during a standoff in US 51 officials said he had a toddler with him in the car. Authorities identified the man as follows: Orsino Thurman, 36 years old. Thurman appeared in DeWitt County Court Thursday and established a deposit of $ 75,000. Situation...
Read Morein a bad mood Two credit rating agencies – Moody’s Investor Services (Moody’s) and Standard and Poor (S&P) have confirmed Ghana’s credit rating at B3 and B- respectively. Rating agencies also maintained Ghana’s outlook. A statement issued by the Public Relations Unit of the Ministry of Finance and made available to the Ghanaian News...
Read MoreIf you’re waiting for the abyssal landscape of rental cars to clear up … don’t hold your breath. The “Headaches for Car Renters” are expected to continue until 2022 or later, the Los Angeles Times reports, citing experts in the car rental industry. Thanks in large part to a global shortage of microchips reducing...
Read MoreFHM HUMAYAN KABIR | Posted: Sept. 11, 2021, 8:33 a.m. | Update: Sept. 11, 2021, 12:12 p.m. The International Finance Corporation (IFC) plans to issue taka-denominated bonds in the Bangladeshi market to extend its financial support to industries and national agencies in need of funds. Official sources said on Friday that the private sector...
Read MoreMortgage rates have fallen today after starting the week by jumping noticeably higher yesterday. Today’s gains are due to worries about global growth at the start of the trading session and a strong 10-year Treasury auction during domestic market hours. Mortgage rates this morning weren’t too better than yesterday, but several lenders offered improvements...
Read MoreFeatured activity report Sat Sep 4, 2021 9:08 PM Representative image. Photo: Star / File “> Representative image. Photo: Star / File The SME Foundation will donate 30% of the Tk 200 crore incentive package to small and medium-sized entrepreneurs headed by women to recover losses from the Covid-induced fallout. Mafizur Rahman, CEO of...
Read MoreSeptember 1, 2021Updated: Sep 1, 2021 1:24 PM LANSING, Mich. (AP) – A former state employee pleaded guilty in Michigan court Tuesday to embezzling more than $ 855,000 from the state. Joseph Pettit, who worked for the State Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy, was responsible for issuing performance bonds to companies that...
Read MoreI have been a long-time investor in Gold BeES even before the launch of gold sovereign bonds. Previously, gold ETF prices seemed to align with national gold prices, but lately they have diverged. The current price of my gold ETF is around 41 while the price of gold is 47. Am I now stuck...
Read MoreMid-August marked the 50th anniversary of the ‘Weekend That Changed the World’ when US President Richard Nixon suspended dollar-to-gold convertibility at a fixed price and rolled the curtain on the Bretton International Monetary System. Woods. The next half century brought many In a monetary perspective, one of the most important was the continued dominance...
Read MoreIndia’s holdings of U.S. government securities jumped from over $ 20 billion in just three months at the end of June to $ 220.2 billion amid rising foreign exchange reserves. Compared with June of last year, when most economic activity was ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic, India’s exposure to US Treasuries jumped by nearly...
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