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Gulf Finance House BSC, hereinafter called GFH, the leading Islamic investment bank specializing in conception and execution of economic infrastructures in some of the worlds fastest growing economies,  today announced that infrastructure works have begun on two exceptional projects in the Kingdom of Morocco.  Royal Ranches Marrakech and Royal Resort Cap Malabata in the cities [...]

Fairfax Media Ltd said its online arm had entered into a joint venture with Melbourne IT Ltd to give small businesses access to online marketing services as an alternative to traditional advertising.
The Advantate joint venture between Fairfax Digital and Melbourne IT - an online service provider - will provide small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) [...]

National property value growth slid to just 4.9 per cent in the 12 months to the end of April, down from 6.5 per cent growth reported in March, but spring could bring a resurgence, Quotable Value says in its latest report.
The national average house sale price remained steady at $388,456.
QV spokesman Blue Hancock said most [...]

By Gopal Ratnam WASHINGTON, USA (Bloomberg): Bermuda-based Tyco International Ltd, the world’s biggest maker of security and fire systems, will close a plant in Puerto Rico and fire 600 employees in order to move the operations to a lower-cost area. The Aguadilla plant will shut in phases over the next 12 months and employees will [...]

ATLANTA Weary shareholders and creditors of Delta Air Lines Inc. and Northwest Airlines Corp. could lose out again amid falling stock prices since the carriers announced their intent to combine.
A bidding war for either of the airlines started by another carrier or a private [...]

Brian K. Smith was astounded that surveys show Utah’s top-paying occupation, at an average $191,180 a year, is working as an anesthesiologist. And he is one. “I was pretty sure some other (medical) specialties pay more. They do nationally,” he said.
Jen Galloway labors at Utah’s [...]

As Mark Pollock entered his third year at Trinity College Dublin he had it all. Captain of the rowing club and about to sit his finals in economics and business studies, he already had a job lined up with a City investment bank in September. Life couldn’t get any better.Then one month before his finals, [...]

The US wood chip export price for Japan jumped almost $20/BDU to $165/BDU ($151/odmt) in the 1Q/08 as the chip market tightened in the US Northwest and domestic prices rose more than expected.
Seattle, USA, April 3, 2008 — As reported by North American Wood Fiber Review, 1Q prices for softwood chip exported from western [...]

WASHINGTON If history is any guide, government efforts to combat recessions often come too late to do much good. Furthermore, such efforts can sow the seeds for the next downturn.
The news Friday that the U.S. economy shed 80,000 jobs in March, the worst loss [...]

As Mark Pollock entered his third year at Trinity College Dublin he had it all. Captain of the rowing club and about to sit his finals in economics and business studies, he already had a job lined up with a City investment bank in September. Life couldn’t get any better.
Then one month before his finals, [...]