Debit cards curbing South Korea’s appetite for credit (Manila Bulletin)
Yahoo! News Search Results for household bank credit cardSEOUL, Sept. 21 (Reuters) — Lured by tax breaks, South Koreans are switching to debit cards, while regulators try to stave off another credit-fuelled bubble — moves that may dampen local banks’ efforts to drum up credit card business.
Council signs m plus deal for carbon credit sale (Scoop.co.nz)
Christchurch City Council has approved the sale of its carbon credits to British Gas. The sale, New Zealand’s first overseas carbon credit sale to a private sector buyer, will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and generate more than million in revenue, subject to exchange rates, for the Council over five years (between 2008 and 2012).
Experts: Sliding oil prices no cure-all (Belleville News-Democrat)
It should only be this simple: Oil prices plunge 20 percent, leading businesses and consumers to ramp up their spending, which gives a nice jolt to the economy.
Losses and gains (Toronto Sun)
Our editor-in-chief was a valuable asset; interest rate relief in store
Oil's Plunge: It's No Elixir (Hartford Courant)
Lower Gasoline Prices Aren't Likely To Fuel Growth, Economists Say It should only be this simple: Oil prices plunge 20 percent, leading businesses and consumers to ramp up their spending, which gives a nice jolt to the economy.