Finance Minister Roni Bar-On stunned treasury chiefs yesterday by barging into their weekly Sunday meeting, an unprecedented event in itself, and informing them: "The political situation is unclear. Nobody knows how things will develop.

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The U.S. economy grew at a tepid 0.6 percent annual pace for the first three months in 2008, according to Commerce Department figures released Wednesday, confounding watchers of the economy who anticipated the makings of a recession.

(RTTNews) - The UK economy recorded its weakest pace of growth in three years in the first quarter of 2008 driven by a decline in activity in the business service sector and investment as against robust growth in household consumption.

03 June 2008 Kuwait Finance House (KFH) announced the establishment of a new investment portfolio that works in marine transportation with a capital of $50 millions. This portfolio will acquire ships and marine vessels, and then rent them in conjunction w