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Resona Says 1st-Half Profit Fell 19%, Beat Forecast (Update2) Oct. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Reso... Resona Says 1st-Half Profit Fell

Resona Says 1st-Half Profit Fell 19%, Beat Forecast (Update2)

Oct. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Resona Holdings Inc., Japan's fifth- biggest lender, said first-half profit fell 19 percent, beating its forecast as income from retail banking businesses was higher than expected and credit costs were lower.

Net income totaled 170 billion yen ($1.5 billion) for the six months ended Sept. 30, ...

MUMBAI (Reuters) - The Reserve Bank of India raised a key short-term interest rate on Tuesday to ... RBI raises key rate to cur

MUMBAI (Reuters) - The Reserve Bank of India raised a key short-term interest rate on Tuesday to ward off price pressures, as expected, and increased its growth forecast for one of the world's fastest expanding economies.

The central bank lifted its reverse repo rate, used to drain liquidity from the money market, by a quarter of a percentage point to 5.25 percent, prompting stocks and t...

Wilshire Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq:WIBC), the holding company for Wilshire State Bank, today reported... Wilshire Bancorp Net Incom

Wilshire Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq:WIBC), the holding company for Wilshire State Bank, today reported that the net interest margin expanded for the sixth consecutive quarter and loan growth remained strong, contributing to net income increasing 41% in the third quarter and 40% in the first nine months of 2005. For the quarter ended September 30, 2005, net income was a record $7.2 million, or $0.25 ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Spain's Santander (SAN.MC: Quote, Profile, Research) said its UK bank Abbey a... Abbey to target riskier len

LONDON (Reuters) - Spain's Santander (SAN.MC: Quote, Profile, Research) said its UK bank Abbey aimed to target riskier areas of the mortgage and lending markets to compete with more aggressive rivals.

Santander, which bought Abbey for over 8 billion pounds last November, said on Tuesday its attempt to revive the business was on track but the turnaround would take two more years and resul...

WASHINGTON - One month after Hurricane Rita tore into southwestern Louisiana, small businesses ar... SBA Hurricane Aid Program

WASHINGTON - One month after Hurricane Rita tore into southwestern Louisiana, small businesses are finding themselves in a familiar position: waiting for aid from the federal government.

The Small Business Administration, which didn't cut its first check to Hurricane Katrina until more than a month after the monster storm made landfall, hasn't distributed any money for economic victims ...

The Sethusamudram project is aimed at shortening the sailing time between ports on the eastern an... Indian port seeks $100M in

The Sethusamudram project is aimed at shortening the sailing time between ports on the eastern and western coasts of India by cutting a 104-mile channel in the shallow sea off the country's southern coast. Ships following the Indian coastline now have to make a detour around Sri Lanka.

Officials from the southern Tuticorin port, which is implementing the project, plan to choose a lender ...

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The Restaurant Awards ceremony will be held in an elaborate and glamorous function this year unde... Standard Chartered Bank is

The Restaurant Awards ceremony will be held in an elaborate and glamorous function this year under the presenting sponsorship of Standard Chartered Bank, Qatar's first bank and the leading international bank in the Middle East. The number of award categories has been increased from nine to 12.

The Qatar Today Restaurant Awards is the ultimate recognition of the best and most popular eate...

Abraj Al Lulu is Bahrain's largest private sector freehold residential project and BBK will be t... BBK to provide mortgage for

Abraj Al Lulu is Bahrain's largest private sector freehold residential project and BBK will be the lead financers for the entire project. BBK has already opened a representative office at the sales center of Abraj Al Lulu to facilitate the mortgage loan facility.

Commenting on the significance of the agreement, Mr. Mohammed Dadabhai, Chairman of Pearl Real Estate Development Company, sai...

"The constitutional amendment creating the Texas relocation and improvement fund and authorizing ... EARLY VOTING BEGINS TODAY.

"The constitutional amendment creating the Texas relocation and improvement fund and authorizing grants of money and issuance of obligations for financing the relocation, rehabilitation and expansion of rail facilities."

Allows the Legislature to create a dedicated fund for rail improvements. Those improvements would be paid for with bonds.

"The constitutional amendment providing th...