British Reporter

Bagrationi – hits sales record in Christmas Period

The Financial -- Champagne was named as the leading alcoholic brand among wine and vodka. According to Georgian leading retail supermarket Populi and the hypermarket Goodwill, Champagne Bagrationi showed the best selling indexes.

by The FINANCIAL

January 21, 2008

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BANKS

UniBank launches a scoring system for the first time in Azerbaijan

The FINANCIAL -- According to APA-Economics, Unibank has launched the Strategy Manager consumer loan application scoring system created by the UK company Experian-Scorex.

by The FINANCIAL

January 21, 2008

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Georgia

Foreign Minister met guests

The FINANCIAL -- According to Georgian news agency "Pirveli", on 20 January 2008 Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Gela Bezhuashvili met with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran Manochar Motaki and Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries of

by The FINANCIAL

January 21, 2008

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Politics

Foreign Minister met guests

The FINANCIAL -- According to Georgian news agency "Pirveli", on 20 January 2008 Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Gela Bezhuashvili met with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran Manochar Motaki and Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries of

by The FINANCIAL

January 21, 2008

1 min read

WORLD

Nationalist wins first round in Serbian presidential polls

The FINANCIAL -- The nationalist Tomislav Nikolic appears to have won the first round of Serbia's presidential elections, but will face a runoff, according to preliminary results in January 20th poll.

by The FINANCIAL

January 21, 2008

1 min read

Insurance

Aviva: Delta Lloyd To Buy Swiss Life Belgium For EUR135 Million

The FINANCIAL -- Aviva announced on January 21 that its Dutch business, Delta Lloyd Group has signed a memorandum of understanding with SNS REAAL for the sale of Swiss Life Belgium to Delta Lloyd for EUR135 million in cash.

by The FINANCIAL

January 21, 2008

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Markets

ASIA MARKETS: Tokyo Resumes Slide On Financials, Resource Shares

The FINANCIAL -- According to Dow Jones, Japanese stocks suffered steep losses January 21 to reverse two days of gains, with financials such as Sompo Japan Insurance and Mizuho Financial Group pacing declines after a fall on Wall Street, while the recent weakness in

by The FINANCIAL

January 21, 2008

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Markets

ASIA MARKETS: Tokyo Drops On Financials, Sydney Falls Again

The FINANCIAL -- According to Dow Jones, Asian stocks declined on January 21, tracking the fall on Wall Street, with Australian shares extending losses into an 11th session on resource firms such as Rio Tinto, while Japanese stocks plummeted on financials such

by The FINANCIAL

January 21, 2008

1 min read

Business

EU finance ministers meet to focus on financial stability

The FINANCIAL -- According to EU business, EU finance ministers will focus on the stability of the financial system next week amid divisions about how best to return calm to the markets.

by The FINANCIAL

January 21, 2008

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Travel News

Expert recovery team begin to move flight BA038

The FINANCIAL -- The British Airways aircraft recovery team is scheduled to start the move Sunday, January 20 the Boeing 777 aircraft which operated the BA038 service from Beijing to Heathrow.

by The FINANCIAL

January 21, 2008

1 min read