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9 NBFIs to come under lens
BB concerned at high bad debt
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has decided to monitor the activities of 9 non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) as classified loans and provision shortfall of those went alarmingly high.
 
Asia's labour force to grow 200m by 2015: ILO
Asia's economies face the challenge of finding jobs for an extra 200 million workers between now and 2015, according to a new International Labour Organisation (ILO) report out Monday.
 
Stocks recover as central banks inject more cash
World share prices rallied on Monday, after heavy losses last week, as central banks again pumped billions of dollars into a global financial market worried about a possible credit crunch.
 
BB chief links proper post-flood rehabilitation to 7pc GDP growth
The central bank governor, Salehuddin Ahmed, yesterday said it is possible to achieve the estimated GDP growth if post-flood rehabilitation programmes are implemented properly.
 
Oil prices up in Asia
Oil prices were higher in Asian trade amid lingering worries that the US subprime mortgage crisis will eventually hurt US economic growth, dealers said.
 
PepsiCo to buy top Russian juice maker
US snack and beverage giant PepsiCo plans to buy 76 percent of Russia's largest juice maker, Lebedyansky, and is ready to pay up to two billion dollars, business daily Kommersant reported Monday.
 
Seminar on MICR tech for bank cheque clearing held
A seminar on MICR technology for bank cheque clearing was held in Dhaka on Sunday where representatives from 49 commercial banks were present, says a press release.
 
FDI in China up 17.8pc in July
Foreign direct investment into China in July reached 5.04 billion dollars, a rise of 17.8 percent from the same month a year earlier, the government said Monday.
 
India Inc makes foray into Pak market
India Inc is steadily making inroads into Pakistan with as many as 424 Indian companies, manufacturing consumer goods, registering their products with Trademark Registry of the Intellectual Property Organisation
 
Wal-Mart to help Indian retailers
Retail giant Wal-Mart, which has joined hands with Bharti Group for back-end business, is in talks with 'big' organised retailers in India for providing technical expertise in front-end operations and
 
Citibank sets up China's 1st drive-through ATM
Citibank has launched China's first drive-through automatic teller machines (ATM) in east Beijing -- but only holders of bank cards issued abroad can use them for now.
 
Motorola wins $394m China Mobile deal
Motorola Inc signed contracts worth $394 million in the first half of the year to supply telecoms gear to China Mobile, the larger of China's two wireless carriers, the firms said on Monday.
 
Motorola wins $394m China Mobile deal
Motorola Inc signed contracts worth $394 million in the first half of the year to supply telecoms gear to China Mobile, the larger of China's two wireless carriers, the firms said on Monday.
 
Dollar stable in Asia
The dollar was broadly steady in Asian trade Monday as recent concerted action by the world's major central banks helped to restore some calm to volatile financial markets, dealers said.
 
US airlines vie for China route
United Airlines has plans to start new flight services between California and two Chinese cities in next two years to exploit the booming US-China route, but the airline is facing stiff competition from
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