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The Czech Republic mandated Barclays Capital, Ceska Sporitelna AS and Deutsche Bank AG to arrange a planned sale of bonds in euros, the Finance Ministry said.

BRUSSELS, Sept 3 – Franco-Belgian financial services group Dexia plans to settle the final part of a 600 million euro cost savings plan in the coming days and present it to workers in the middle of the month.

Re: “Look who’s bankrolling the Tea Party,” Aug. 31 Frank Rich column. It’s remarkable that the people who clamored for “campaign finance reform”

MANAMA: The Islamic finance sector is set to become a $2 trillion industry in the next three to five years from its current $1trn mark in spite of the financial slowdown.

LONDON – Ofgem is launching an investigation into whether four of the big UK gas and power suppliers are mis-selling products to customers, the energy regulator said on Thursday.

Kuala Lumpur, 2 September 2010 – Kuwait Finance House Kuwait Finance House Berhad, the first foreign Islamic bank in the country, has launched the KFH KFH Personal Financing-i Hajj and Umrah today.

LONDON – House prices fell much faster than expected last month but further declines are likely to be modest, mortgage lender Nationwide said on Thursday.

* Bovespa gains 2.96 pct, Mexico’s IPC gains 2.08 pct

* Cigna: departure not caused by financial, ethics dispute

The biggest shake-up of the finance sector in 35 years is under way in a bid to restore shattered confidence, but it will be too late for most of those who invested more than $8 billion in finance companies that then failed.