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Speaker hikes LS staff pay, Pranab objects | Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar has run into trouble with the government for unilaterally granting four increments in one go to all Lok Sabha Secretariat employees. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee h... (photo: PIB of India) Indian Express Commission Controversial Finance Photos Union |
Politics of local refineries and Niger Delta's next battle front Samuel Ese in Yenagoa writes that the challenge in the Niger Delta has shifted post-amnesty from that of militancy to the struggle for the protection of the people's thriving rudimentary method of pro... (photo: AP / George Osodi) Business Day Online Niger Delta Oil Photos Politics Society |
Nigeria’s car imports drop by 36% in 2009 •On account of inaccessible credit, rising exchange rate | Vehicle imports into Nigeria slumped from 75,000 units in 2008 to 47,288 units in 2009, representing a 36 percent drop, due to rising excha... (photo: Public Domain / OSX) Business Day Online Car Financial Imports Nigeria Photos |
BSP sees rising local use of China currency | 12/28/2009 | The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) expects a significant increase in the demand of the Chinese currency renminbi as trade between Manila and Beijing rise steadily. | BSP Gov. Amando ... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) The Daily Tribune Bsp China Currency Photos Trade |
Benjamin Netanyahu: Only a united Israel can help Palestine bring peace to this region | Hamas turned Gaza into hell on Earth, but Judea and Samaria can be transformed. Maybe not into paradise, but into one of the world's most prosperous economies. In absolute terms, and not just relati... (photo: AP / Ariel Schalit) The Independent Israel Palestine Peace Photos Politics |