Monthly Archives: January 2010

Kenya’s MPC sees no risk with domestic inflation

Kenya’s inflation rate is likely to remain low in the near future as the performance of east Africa’s biggest economy improves, the central bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) said on Friday. In a statement expounding upon the MPC’s decision to keep its key central bank rate (CBR) at seven percent on Tuesday, Central Bank of…

Too big to fail

White House adviser Paul Volcker will urge Congress to curb the risks taken by large banks to help prevent them from being treated as “too big to fail,” according to a testimony. Detailing a recent proposal known as “the Volcker rule,” the former Federal Reserve Chairman will tell lawmakers that commercial banks’ proprietary and speculative…

US lawmakers turn up heat on Geithner over AIG

Lawmakers challenged Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s credibility recently after he said he was not involved in a decision by bailed-out insurer AIG to withhold details about $62bn paid to banks. Geithner held his ground at a hearing, however, insisting the government-funded rescue which cost more than $180bn had been necessary to avert economic collapse. Big…

Tullow launches $1.6bn share sale

London-based oil explorer Tullow Oil launched a placing of 80.4 million shares on Wednesday, equivalent to 10 percent of its outstanding shares, to pay for development of assets in Uganda. Based on Tuesday’s closing price of 1,216 pence, the sale would raise almost £1bn. Tullow said the money will be needed to meet higher capital…

Gates says US recovery to take years, taxes rise

Bill Gates, the world’s richest man, has said the US economy could take years to recover from recession and predicted taxes will have to rise to bring the federal budget into balance. Speaking on ABC’s Good Morning America, Gates also warned against too much government intervention and urged President Obama to focus policy on long-term…

Ahmadinejad says new budget less dependent on oil

Ahmadinejad, who faces opposition protests seven months after his re-election, also said Iran “will have good news over production of 20 percent enriched fuel in February”. “This news will make the Iranian nation and other independent nations happy,” he told reporters in parliament after presenting the budget to parliament. Critics accuse Ahmadinejad of squandering the…

US airlines top estimates, outlook hits shares

Continental projected a drop in its unit revenue for January, surprising investors who expected revenue per available seat mile (RASM) numbers to improve as it has been doing in the last few months. The projections were driven by a slow recovery of business traffic and stronger-than-expected leisure demand in December, executives said. “We are seeing…