Visa, MasterCard to pay billions in card-fee suit
Credit card giants Visa and MasterCard agreed Friday to pay more than $6 billion to millions of merchants which had sued them for allegedly fixing card-use fees.
Eurozone offers Spains 30 bn euros for banks
Eurozone finance ministers agreed Tuesday to offer Spain 30 billion euros this month to help its distressed banks as they raced to stay ahead of market scepticism.
New Greek government pins hopes on privatisations
Greece's new government formally takes office this week and looks set to push privatisation so as to win favour and funds from EU-IMF creditors who are inspecting the country's strained finances.
Police raid Sarkozy office in campaign finance probe: lawyer
French police searched Nicolas Sarkozy's offices and home Tuesday as part of their probe into suspected illegal financing of his successful 2007 presidential election campaign.
Manchester United plays for dollars in US IPO
Storied British football club Manchester United, overloaded with debt since their takeover by a billionaire American family of investors, is moving to raise cash through a US share sale.
Kazakhstan will encourage squealing
Kazakhstan financial police is going to present a draft decree allowing to pay remuneration to Kazakhstan citizens who nose upon stealing officials.
Kazakhstan banks complained of unequal competition to Nazarbayev
Some of the foreign banks are controlled by their countries and enjoy support of their parent banks with ratings higher than those of Kazakhstan banks: expert.
Kazakhstan Financial Police discovered 40 back-street alcohol producing companies in 2 years
A Saudi Arabian native, director of Sidar Enterprise, has been sentenced to a fine. He leased rooms at Kyz-Zhibek night club in East Kazakhstan Oblast and set up illegal storage and sales of alcohol products.
Astana gets Moody's Baa3 rating with stable outlook
Moody’s International rating agency assigned Astana a positive issuer rating of Baa3 with stable outlook.
One share to cost up to $68 at People's IPO
Deputy chairman of Samruk-Kazyna National Welfare Fund announced the tentative cost of shares during the People's IPO.
Kazakhstan Tenge will not be devalued: expert
An expert of Kazakhstan Ministry of Economic Development Madiyar Kenzhebulat said that 166 tenge per 1 dollar would be “the worst scenario” for Kazakhstan currency.
Kazakhstan ranked 88th in debtors rating
Around $7,422 of the state debt falls on each Kazakhstan citizen.
Kazakhstan President told about sweet loans and crisis immunity
Nursultan Nazarbayev mentioned that he does not feel the new wave of the global financial crisis coming.
Agricultural equipment works on a prayer in Kazakhstan: Minister
Kazakhstan Minister of Agriculture told the senators about the mess in the industry and complained about insufficient funding.
Finance Minister named Kazakhstan's debtors
Kazakhstan considers Georgia, Belarus and Turkmenistan its debtors.
Zhauzhurek Myn Bala (1000 Brave Boys) earned almost $2 million during 2 week-ends
Kazakhstan historical action movie Zhauzhurek Myn Bala by Akan Satayev grossed almost $2 million in two week-ends.
Kazakh Olympic champions will get twice as much as Russian ones
Kazakhstan 2012 Olympic champions will be rewarded with twice as much money as their Russian colleagues.
UEFA allocated large funds for Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan Football Federation got 200 thousand Swiss francs ($218 000) from UEFA for development of football refereeing in Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan athletes to get $250 000 for London Olympics gold
Kazakhstan athletes will get $250 000 for London Olympics gold medals.
Kazakhstan intends to become one of Top-Thirty winning countries in 2012 London Olympic Games
Kazakhstan is planning to be among the Top-Thirty of winning countries in the 2012 London Olympic Games.