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Obama jabs Republicans over tax cuts for rich
President Barack Obama on Thursday said the only thing keeping Republicans together was a desire to shield the rich from higher taxes, in a new jab over an imminent budget confrontation.
22 February 2013
Kazakhstan students owe billions to the state
Kazakhstan Financial Center is reclaiming the loans issued by the state in 1999-2005 in court.
21 February 2013
Yessimov voices expenses of Year of Culture in Almaty
5.4 billion tenge ($36 million) were spent to hold the Year of Culture events in 2012 in Almaty.
21 February 2013
State to pay for exterminated sick cows in north Kazakhstan
The state agreed with KazAgroFinance on reimbursement of costs to the Kazakhstan farms, including the expenses for food and care, as well as the salaries of the farms' employees.
19 February 2013
Merger of Kazakhstan’s pension funds planned since 2010
A foreign company interested in the local market suggestion to merge all the Kazakhstan pension funds into one and transfer it to foreigners for management was made in 2010: source.
19 February 2013
Money of single pension fund not for EXPO-2017: Kelimbetov
Kazakhstan Vice-PM Kelimbetov deflated the rumors that the government was planning to use the funds of the coming single pension fund to finance the EXPO.
19 February 2013
Philippines hopes law will avert launder blacklisting
The Philippines hopes to avoid being put on a blacklist of money-laundering havens after President Benigno Aquino signed a new law boosting safeguards against such crimes.
16 February 2013
Britain warns against 'economic warfare' on forex at G20
British Finance Minister George Osborne warned against "economic warfare" as the G20 states of top world economies met hoping to allay fears they could devalue national currencies to boost economic activity.
16 February 2013
Kazakhstan Oil Ministry fines subsoil users 350 million tenge
Since 2010 Kazakhstan has a right to impose penalties on companies for nonperformance of contract obligations on local content: Ministry.
15 February 2013
Recession-hit Japan economy shrinks again
Japan's economy shrank for a third straight quarter in October-December, data showed Thursday, leaving it mired in recession owing to weak export demand, but analysts pointed to brighter times ahead.
14 February 2013
Kazakhstan allocates 1 billion tenge for organs transplantation abroad in 2013
1 billion tenge has been allocated from the state budget in 2013 for Kazakhstan citizens who require transplantation abroad.
13 February 2013
General declaration of incomes and property to be introduced in Kazakhstan by 2017
Kazakhstan Finance Minister talked about its plans to introduce the general declaration of incomes in Kazakhstan.
13 February 2013
KazakhTeleCom's profits made 175 billion tenge in 2012
The company's last year's financial soundness indicators are within the standard range and have a positive dynamics compared to 2011.
12 February 2013
KazAgro to cease issuing loans
Being a quasi-state-run institute KazAgro is competing with private lenders, probably obstructing them: Kazakhstan Vice-Minister.
11 February 2013
Kazakhstan national fund's assets exceed 10 trillion tenge
As of the end of 2012 the funds of the national fund were over 10 trillion tenge ($67 billion) net of investment profits: Finance Minister.
11 February 2013
National Fund's money reinvested in economy: Samruk-Kazyna
The funds allocated from the National Fund for anti-crisis measures are being returned and reinvested in Kazakhstan economy.
10 February 2013
Venezuela devalues currency 32% against US dollar
Venezuela said it was devaluing its currency by 32 percent against the dollar on the orders of cancer-stricken President Hugo Chavez, in part to trim a bloated budget deficit.
10 February 2013
US military may skip Paris air show due to budget cuts
Facing the prospect of dramatic budget cuts, the US military may skip the Paris air show this year for the first time.
09 February 2013
White House fears deep damage from spending cuts
The White House warned Friday that billions of dollars in automatic budget cuts set to kick in on March 1 were a "blunt" instrument that could wreak deep damage to the already fragile US economy.
09 February 2013
Greenlight sues Apple, with eye on cash pile
Apple said Thursday it is weighing ways to give shareholders more of its huge cash stockpile, after hedge fund Greenlight Capital filed suit in an effort to press it in that direction.
08 February 2013