Word: bankes
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When Nguyen Tan Dung became Prime Minister of Vietnam two years ago, the former central bank governor was widely viewed as a progressive who would continue to drive the communist country's remarkable transition from moribund planned economy to a booming capitalist one. But this year, Vietnam's outlook has dimmed. While GDP growth remains strong at more than 7%, the inflation rate has rocketed to 25%, there have been a large number of outbreaks of labor unrest and the stock market has plunged by nearly two-thirds since January, making it the worst-performing in the world...
...knew him before, when I was the governor of Vietnam's central bank. I would like to hear his assessments of the U.S. economy, the global economy and the Asia economy. I would also like to get his advice on the Vietnamese economy...
...Larry Stopczynski, a retired auto engineer in Michigan, has seen the value of his home drop by more than $100,000; he now owes more in mortgage payments than the house is worth. So two months ago, he paid Short Refi Me $1,495 to try to get his banks to agree to be paid off by a new mortgage, based on a current appraisal. If it works, Stopczynski will also pay the San Diego company 1% of the new-loan value--and he'll get to stay in his home. "I wasn't getting past square one with...
...Walk Away does at least walk you through walking away. That's why Jim Lowry, a San Francisco--based maintenance manager, is pretty happy with the firm, even though it doesn't talk to his bank or do any other legwork for him as he tries to find a buyer before the bank repossesses his daughter's house. Lowry had talked to some other real estate types, but it wasn't until a phone conversation with a You Walk Away "advocate" that he felt he had a handle on the situation. "I'm not worried anymore. I know what...
...Tehran Remaining Defiant Iran has vowed to continue uranium enrichment, dismissing Western entreaties and ignoring both Britain's announcement that it would freeze the overseas assets of Iran's largest bank and its threat of sanctions on oil and gas. Other E.U. nations postponed stronger measures, pending a response from Tehran...