Najib arrives in Abu Dhabi for Invest Malaysia 2011

Sunday, January 30th, 2011 12:20:00 ABU DHABI: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak arrived here Saturday night for the launch of "Invest Malaysia 2011" magazine and forum, in a bid to push more Gulf investors to invest in Malaysia. He was received at the Abu Dhabi International Airport by Abdul Salam Harib, chief of protocol at the United Arab Emirates' Foreign Ministry

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Invest NB agency questioned by Opposition

A new agency announced during Thursday night's state of the province address is being questioned by the Opposition.

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Morgan Stanley fund to invest $200-M in India infrastructure

MUMBAI - Morgan Stanley's Global Infrastructure Fund will invest $200 million for an equity stake in the Indian arm of privately held Spanish construction firm Isolux Corsan, the Economic Times newspaper said in a report on Saturday.

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Investment banks escape action on fees

Investment banks escaped action to force down the fees they charge on Thursday when the Office of Fair Trading left it up to fund-raising companies and their shareholders to kickstart competition.

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Film investment at record in 2010, box office up

Investment in new film production hit 1.16 billion pounds in 2010, a record for the British film industry, new figures showed on Thursday.

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Blumberg Capital raises $34 million to invest

VENTURE CAPITAL Blumberg raises $34 million to invest Blumberg Capital, a San Francisco venture capital firm, said Thursday that it has raised an additional $34 million for a fund that invests in early stage digital and...

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Bonderman, Stephens Invest in Merchant Lender Kabbage

Merchant-lending startup Kabbage Inc., which advances as much as $12,000 to EBay Inc. sellers to buy inventory, raised $6.7 million in venture funding from investors including TPG Capital’s David Bonderman and Warren Stephens of Stephens Inc.

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Large banks maintain S&P investment grade ratings

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Thursday affirmed the investment grade primary credit ratings for several major banks, crediting the companies with improving balance sheets by raising capital and managing risk.

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Ford to invest 600 mln dollars in US plant ramp-up

Ford Motor Company said Thursday it would invest 600 million dollars to upgrade a Kentucky plant into the US automaker's highest-volume plant in the world.

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Investment Tech. names ex-BlackRock exec to board

Investment Technology Group Inc. said Thursday that it added a former investment executive from BlackRock to its board. The new director, Minder Cheng, was chief investment officer for index equity and capital markets at BlackRock until July.

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