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Venezuela limits access to dollars at official rate Venezuela said Wednesday it would allow only importers of high priority goods like food to buy dollars at the official rate, forcing others to pay nearly twice that.

23 January 2014

Chinese leaders' kin stash riches in offshore holdings: probe Relatives of top Chinese leaders including President Xi Jinping and former premier Wen Jiabao have used offshore tax havens to hide their wealth.

23 January 2014

France saves 1bn euros on health insurance spending At a time of deep austerityacross Europe, France has managed to spend one billion euros ($1.4 billion) less than expected on health insurance last year.

22 January 2014

Las Vegas casinos begin accepting Bitcoin Two Las Vegas casinos will become the city's first to accept the Bitcoin virtual currency from this week.

22 January 2014

President Nazarbayev tasks his Government with ensuring 6-7% economy growth rate in 2014 A blanket program to develop the financial sector to 2030 must be drafted by June 1, 2014: President.

17 January 2014

NBA's Kings to accept Bitcoin for tickets US basketball outfit the Sacramento Kings said Thursday they would begin accepting Bitcoin, the first professional sports team to accept the virtual currency.

17 January 2014

China and Russia to spend $400 million on Kazakhstan power plant China and Russia will provide 400 million dollars for construction of Ekibastuz GRES-2 Power Plant in Kazakhstan.

16 January 2014

IDB investments to Kazakhstan stand at $500 million This year the Bank is to activate its operations involving the private sector.

16 January 2014

Fed taper poses risks to global pick-up: World Bank The World Bank on Tuesday raised its growth forecasts for the global economy, but warned of potential volatility in capital flows as the United States withdraws its stimulus.

15 January 2014

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Li's Power Assets to spin off HK unit Li Ka-shing, Asia's richest man, is to spin off his electricity assets in Hong Kong through an initial public offering worth up to HK$27.9 billion ($3.6 billion) and will sell a large chunk to a Chinese state-owned power company.

13 January 2014

Singapore monitoring new forms of illicit financing Asian financial hub Singapore on Friday said it was scrutinising trade in virtual currencies such Bitcoin, precious stones and metals to forestall new forms of illicit financing by criminals and terrorists.

12 January 2014

IMF's Lagarde: uncertainty over health of European banks International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said Thursday that questions marks remain over the health of Europe's banks and that coming stress tests are a chance to build confidence in them.

10 January 2014

China has world's most outbound tourists: report Nearly 100 million Chinese tourists visited foreign countries last year, and they are likely to extend their lead as the world's biggest-spending travellers, state media reported Thursday.

09 January 2014

China box office revenue hits $3.6 bn in 2013: report China's box office takings leaped to $3.6 billion last year, up 27.5 percent on 2012, as nearly 14 screens were added every day to the world's second-largest film market.

08 January 2014

KazAgro borrows $100 million from Royal Bank of Scotland KazAgro National Company has borrowed $100 million from the Royal Bank of Scotland.

06 January 2014

2014 year of 'hard truths' for British economy: Osborne British finance minister George Osborne will warn that 2014 is to be the year of "hard truths" and public spending cuts when he sets out his plans for the year ahead.

06 January 2014

Kazakhstan central bank to solve large denomination currencies exchange problem The National Bank of Kazakhstan is going to solve the problem of exchange of large denominations.

04 January 2014

Dollar gains on euro as new year opens The dollar rose against the euro Thursday as investors pushed back into the greenback and sent US bond yields lower.

03 January 2014

$800 million to be invested into second-tier banks by Baiterek Holding Baiterek Holding running the State Program of Accelerated Innovative and Industrial Development will channel $800mln into Kazakhstan banks.

31 December 2013