Updated news from Balkan Europe powered by www.seenews.com Wednesday 9 July 2008, by Emanuele G. - 0 letture Albania’s H1 Customs Revenue Rises 15% to 48 Bln Leks (394 Mln Euro), Exceeds Forecast Jul 09, 2008, 16:32 CET | Story | SeeNews TIRANA (Albania

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Finance has told Vietnamese enterprises to be wary of offers of soft loans, as a lot of cases of fraud have been reported recently.

Question: I’m ashamed to admit this, but yes, I am dead broke. I lost my job three months ago when the company I was working for folded up. I was able to find a job the next month nearer to my home, but at a lower pay.

Gold traded almost 2% lower near $775 in Asia and London and rose to see a less than $5 loss at $783.65 a little after 9AM EST in New York , but it then fell back off to a new low of $757.85 by a little after noon and ended near that low with a loss of 3.

These are dramatic times. By Monday of this week, three of Wall Street’s top five investment banks – Bear Stearns , Lehman and Merrill Lynch – had disappeared as independent entities. The insurance group AIG is in serious trouble.