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iStar Financial Announces Call of its Second Priority Senior Secured Guaranteed Notes Due 2014
iStar Financial Inc. , a publicly traded finance company focused on the commercial real estate industry, announced today that it has called for redemption of its approximately $312 million remaining principal amount of 10% Second Priority Senior Secured Guaranteed Notes due 2014.

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Oakland’s Play for the A’s
Unlike San Jose, Oakland’s redevelopment agency can finance land acquisition and infrastructure upgrades needed for a new ballpark – and Major League Baseball knows it. by Robert Gammon Oakland A’s co-owner Lew Wolff wants to move his team to San Jose so badly, he’s offered to loan that city money to make it happen. San Jose probably will need Wolff’s help because its redevelopment agency is in …

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RA Ministry of Finance records increase in state prices for precious metals
Gold purchase price on December 6-12 was set at AMD 14724.30 (+164.50); release price: AMD 16004.67 (+178.80).

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U-46 needs money by Jan. 1
With Jan. 1 less than a month away, finance officials in Elgin Area School District U-46 are unsure whether the district has enough cash to last through New Year’s Day. To ensure the district can cover a $34 million debt payment due Jan. 1, the U-46 school board on Monday authorized issuing up to $30 million in short-term loans by Feb. 1, 2011.

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Ackman would finance Borders bid for Barnes & Noble
PHILADELPHIA/NEW YORK (Reuters)- Hedge fund manager William Ackman is raising his wager on bookseller Borders Group Inc , offering to help it buy larger rival Barnes & Noble Inc for $963.7…

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Deutsche Bank, EBRD Issue Green Bonds
NEW YORK (TheStreet) — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Deutsche Bank AG are teaming up to offer bonds whose proceeds will finance environmental sustainability projects. The EBRD, which invests primarily in private-sector projects from central Europe to central Asia, and estimates that 20% of its annual investments are focused on sustainable energy projects, said the …

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Europe debates joint euro-bond war chest boost
Eurozone finance ministers strive to overcome deep disagreement Monday over whether to launch joint bonds and boost their bailout war chest as IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn delivers his prescription for their debt crisis.

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Thai Asean News Network
The Finance Ministry is preparing to submit details of the Thailand Post Bank proposal to the Cabinet for its consideration TOMORROW. If approved, the 50-million-baht Thailand Post budget would be used to commence operations at 10 branches nationwide, after which it will work with business partners.

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Ordinance would OK electric fences
Chicago businesses would have a new crime-fighting weapon — electric security fences that zap would-be intruders — thanks to an ordinance advanced Tuesday over the Chicago Fire Department’s objections.The new ordinance, championed by Finance Committee Chairman Edward M. Burke (14th) would authorize electric security fences at least eight-feet high at all commercial properties so long as they’re …

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Ordinance would OK electric fences
Chicago businesses would have a new crime-fighting weapon — electric security fences that zap would-be intruders — thanks to an ordinance advanced Tuesday over the Chicago Fire Department’s objections.The new ordinance, championed by Finance Committee Chairman Edward M. Burke (14th) would authorize electric security fences at least eight-feet high at all commercial properties so long as they’re …

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U-46 needs money by Jan. 1
With Jan. 1 less than a month away, finance officials in Elgin Area School District U-46 are unsure whether the district has enough cash to last through New Year’s Day. To ensure the district can cover a $34 million debt payment due Jan. 1, the U-46 school board on Monday authorized issuing up to $30 million in short-term loans by Feb. 1, 2011.

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Ackman would finance Borders bid for Barnes & Noble
PHILADELPHIA/NEW YORK (Reuters)- Hedge fund manager William Ackman is raising his wager on bookseller Borders Group Inc , offering to help it buy larger rival Barnes & Noble Inc for $963.7…

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Fifth Street Finance Corp. Declares Monthly Dividends of 10.66 Cents Per Share
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Fifth Street Finance Corp. today announced that its Board of Directors has declared monthly dividends for the second fiscal quarter of 2011 ending March 31, 2011.

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Pynzenyk, ex-finance minister, calls Tymoshenko ‘destructive force’
Former Finance Minister Viktor Pynzenyk delivered a withering critique of Yulia Tymoshenko, his former boss, to the U.S. ambassador earlier this year.

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FT ranks Borg fourth of EU financial chiefs
Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg came in fourth among a ranking of 19 European finance ministers published by the Financial Times (FT) newspaper on Monday.

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Scotiabank acquires bank, finance company in Uruguay
Bank of Nova Scotia is expanding its presence in Latin America through the purchase of Uruguay’s fourth-largest private bank by assets as well as a separate financial services firm in that country.

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Gabe Zichermann: The Tech Industry’s Tea Party
From health care to finance, and from marketing to government, the use of game dynamics in non-game contexts will transform how we interact, self-express and consume — for the better.

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Debt-hit Irish publish harshest budget in history
Ireland must endure the toughest cuts and tax hikes in its history as an unavoidable price for saving the debt-burdened nation from bankruptcy, Finance Minister Brian Lenihan told lawmakers as they prepared to vote on a brutal 2011 budget.

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Dunn retains county board chairmanship; Republican to head Finance Committee
DECATUR – Decatur Democrats Jay Dunn and Kevin Meachum willcontinue as chairman and vice chairman of the Macon County Boardfor the next two years, but other changes are in the offing.

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Summary Box: Borders bids for Barnes & Noble
THE NEWS: Activist investor William Ackman and his investment firm announced Monday that they had offered to finance a $963 million bid by Borders Group for Barnes & Noble Inc.

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Calling Wolflgang Schauble The Finance Minister Of The Year Is Madness
The last one, of course, is Brian Lenihan of Ireland . His early move to guarantee the debts of all Irish banks really did bankrupt the state. The winner is Germany’s Wolfgang Schauble, and frankly that choice is insane.

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Vietnam establishes 10 pct tax on gold exports
Vietnam’s Finance Ministry said it will impose a 10 percent tax on gold exports starting next year.

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Ministers consider bigger EU bailout fund
EUROPEAN FINANCE ministers are debating whether the €750 billion bailout fund for euro zone countries should be enlarged to boost confidence in the currency.

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Personal Finance: The deal on pitches by charities
Glenn Schneider knew what he had to do the first time he walked through Loretto Hospital and saw children from Chicago’s poorest neighborhoods in need of care.

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From finance to academia
Little did Timothy Kearney know how far he would go while waiting to board the train or bus in Scranton for the annual family outings.

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2007 VOLVO VNL780
* Plus government fees and taxes, any finance charges, any dealer document preparation charge, and any emission testing charge. stock number: 171794, unit number: 70163 , 445410 miles, 465HP, RED, Level 4, A/RIDE, TANDEM axle cap.

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Manappuram gold loan outstanding at 60 bln rupees
MUMBAI, Dec 6 (Reuters) – Manappuram General Finance & Leasing Ltd said on Monday its total gold loan outstanding as on Dec. 5 stood at 60 billion rupees.

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Manappuram gold loan outstanding at 60 bln rupees
MUMBAI, Dec 6 (Reuters) – Manappuram General Finance & Leasing Ltd said on Monday its total gold loan outstanding as on Dec. 5 stood at 60 billion rupees.

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Incoming GOP freshmen rapidly embracing big-money fundraisers
After winning election with an anti-Washington battle cry, incoming Republican freshmen have rapidly embraced the capital’s culture of big-money fundraisers, according to new campaign-finance reports and other records.

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