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HONG KONG BUSINESS - College aid hunt proving tough this year - Times Herald-Record

CHICAGO -- Finding financial aid for college this year promises to be tougher than any final exam. The quest for money that begins for students and parents every January has taken on new urgency in 2009 amid fears that loans and grants will be in Stock and Shares News

It is worse, quite frankly, than everyone thought it was, and it is getting worse every day," Vice President Joe Biden said about the American economy on CBS' Face The Nation Sunday morning. "There has been no good news," he admitted. Yet he said in Stock and Shares News

AP IMPACT: Lobbyists skirt Obama's earmark ban AP - 1 hour, 42 minutes ago WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's ban on earmarks in the $825 billion economic stimulus bill doesn't mean interest groups, lobbyists and lawmakers won't be able to funnel in Stock and Shares News

The bank, now under nearly 70% ownership by the UK Government, recently revealed it was expected to report a deficit before write-downs of between £7bn and £8bn for 2008. Ms Grahame, a South of Scotland MSP, argued the state of the bank's finances in Stock and Shares News

In the climate of uncertainty surrounding the collapse of banks and businesses around the world, with people losing their jobs and their homes, is there a moral or spiritual lesson to be learnt? Dr Richard Chartres, the Bishop of London, says in Stock and Shares News

CHICAGO (AP) - Finding financial aid for college this year promises to be tougher than any final exam. The quest for money that begins for students and parents every January has taken on new urgency in 2009 amid fears that loans and grants will be in Stock and Shares News

The Obama administration plans to tighten the nation's financial regulatory system, including stricter federal rules for hedge funds, credit rating agencies and mortgage brokers, the New York Times reported in Sunday editions. The broad changes in Stock and Shares News

Jan. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Schaeffler Group tightened its grip on Continental AG , winning the chairmanship and three other supervisory board seats at Europe’s second-largest car-parts maker after spending 12.1 billion-euro ($15.6 billion) for a in Stock and Shares News

REYKJAVIK, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Iceland's Minister of Commerce quit on Sunday, calling into question the government's ability to rule until an early election in May and tackle the country's economic collapse. Prime Minister Geir Haarde, who has cancer in Stock and Shares News

The company had reported a standalone PAT of Rs 28.3 crore, excluding project divestment income (PDI), in the same period last fiscal. "Despite the challenging global financial environment, we are able to maintain the robustness of our business model in Stock and Shares News

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