House Of Finance

Frankfurt'ta House of Finance'ın temeli atıldı

Almanya’nın Frankfurt kenti yakınlarında Türk yatırımcı Dr. Selim Balcıoğlu’nun girişimi, Türk mimar ve mühendislerin projelendirip Türk inşaat firması tarafından inşa edilecek ‘House of Finance’ın temeli atıldı.

South Korea's new Finance Minister: Hong Nam-ki

South Korea's new Finance Minister: Hong Nam-ki

Finance ministers of the world's wealthiest nations at the G-7 summit, trade wars in focus

Finance ministers of the world's wealthiest nations at the G-7 summit, trade wars in focus

Çanakkale Köprüsü 16 milyar dolarlık ekonomi yaratacak

DAELIM-Limak-SK-Yapı Merkezi Ortak Girişim Grubu, 1915 Çanakkale Köprüsü ve Otoyolu projesi ihalesini kazanınca “yap-işlet-devret” şirketini kurdu:

Limak’a Kuveyt’ten taze kan geldi

LİMAK Holding, Kuveyt Uluslararası Havalimanı yeni terminal binası inşaatı için, Kuveyt’in en önde gelen iki bankası National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) ve Kuwait Finance House’tan (KFH) toplam 249.2 milyon Kuveyt Dinarı (yaklaşık 823 milyon dolar) finansman sağladı.

Ortadoğu’da İsviçre hayal mi?

İSVİÇRE gibi bir ülke Ortadoğu’da kurulsaydı, yaşayabilir miydi?

Gül'den Bakanlara espri

Cumhurbaşkanı Abdullah Gül, Kuveyt Emiri Şeyh Al-Sabah'ın davetine icabetle resmi ziyarette bulunmak üzere Kuveyt'e geldi. Bu arada Kuveyt Meclis Başkanı'nı kabul etmek için bekleyen Cumhurbaşkanı Gül, beraberindeki bakanlara "Burada hayat gece başlar yalnız akşam çıkın" diye espri yaptı.

Cumhurbaşkanı Gül Kuveyt'te

Cumhurbaşkanı Abdullah Gül, Kuveyt Emiri Şeyh Al-Sabah'ın davetine icabetle resmi ziyarette bulunmak üzere Kuveyt'e geldi. Bu arada Kuveyt Meclis Başkanı'nı kabul etmek için bekleyen Cumhurbaşkanı Gül, beraberindeki bakanlara "Burada hayat gece başlar" diye espri yaptı

Cumhurbaşkanı Abdullah Gül Kuveyt’e gitti

CUMHURBAŞKANI Abdullah Gül, Kuveyt Emiri Şeyh El Sabah’ın davetine Kuveyt’e gitti.

Banka sayısında çıta 60’a kondu

BDDK Başkanı Mukim Öztekin, Türkiye’de banka kurmak ya da şube açmak için yurtdışından yoğun ilgi olduğunu belirterek, “Şu anda iki resmi başvuru var. 3 ülkeden de niyet bildirimleri aldık. Ülke bankacılığına katkı yapması durumunda 49 olan banka sayısının 60 bankaya kadar çıkmasına müsaade edebiliriz” dedi.

GOOD MORNING--TURKEY PRESS SCAN ON JUNE 20

These are some of the major headlines and their summaries in the Turkish press on June 20, 2009. Hurriyet Daily News does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

M. Özalp Birol: Solidifying a museum’s future

ISTANBUL -Two years after opening Istanbul’s successful Pera Museum in 2005, the Suna and İnan Kiraç Foundation inaugurated the prestigious Istanbul Research Institute, also run under the steady hand of M. Özalp Birol.

Finance ministers encouraged but wary

WASHINGTON - Finance ministers meeting in Washington point toward signs that the global economy is stabilizing after months of turmoil, but also note that ’downside risks’remain. Dominique Strauss-Kahn voices satisfaction on stimulus measures various governments have undertaken to jumpstart their economies

Kinderland politics

At a time when the Motherland’s mystical Erkenekon basket for everything in Turkey has turned into a shambles with a key testimony said to have constituted the backbone of the investigation and the court case "discovered," after it was kept for many years a "secret" in the safe of the National Intelligence, or MIT, to have been delivered under torture, the kinderland, or the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, decided to join the bandwagon with an appeal to the Chief Prosecutor’s Ofice by Prime Minister Ferdi Sabit Soyer for opening an investigation into "Ergenekon deals" of founding President Rauf R. Denktaş and six-time former Prime Minister Dr. Derviş Eroğlu.

Report: UK house prices fall 1.9 percent in March

LONDON - House prices in Britain fell 1.9 percent in March compared to February, the country's biggest mortgage lender said Friday, dampening the optimism over a separate report earlier this week which said property values had edged higher.

GM says it could file for bankruptcy next month

WASHINGTON / DETROIT - General Motors shares tumble in New York trading on Tuesday after the firm once again resurrects the specter of bankruptcy. Advisers to GM and Chrysler are reportedly working to prepare for potential bankruptcy filings that could result in a breakdown of the two USauto giants

Media refrains from harsh post-poll rhetoric

ANKARA - Adil Gür, whose A&G Survey company predicted AKP’s voting rate with great accuracy, had three reasons for the party’s downward trend, which he had voiced before the elections: the economic crisis, poor choice of local candidates - as in Adana and Şanlıurfa, where the AKP lost municipalities - and its tough rhetoric on the Kurdish issue.

White House seeks powers to shut firms like AIG

The Obama administration on Tuesday mounted a full-scale push for government authority to shut down troubled institutions like insurer AIG to avoid the need for future bailouts.

AKP-style democracy

Letters are pouring in from supporters of the ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, complaining that without concrete examples some "obsessed critics" like this writer were attacking the "ever-democratic" AKP government of the country and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

GOOD MORNING--TURKEY PRESS SCAN ON MAR 15

These are some of the major headlines and their summaries in the Turkish press on March 15, 2009. Hurriyet Daily News Online does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. (UPDATED)

GOOD MORNING--TURKEY PRESS SCAN ON MAR 14

These are some of the major headlines and their summaries in the Turkish press on March 14, 2009. Hurriyet Daily News Online does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

Like mother, like daughter

Idioms are great. Often with few words a very complex situation can be presented, thanks to idioms and sayings. "Look at the mother before marrying the daughter," a Turkish saying goes. More or less it means the "Like mother, like daughter" saying in English. Nowadays we have a perfect example proving how correct that saying indeed is.

Turkish wizard can’t aid treasure hunters in Urla

İZMİR - Yağcılar Village staged some odd scenes when a group of Greeks came to claim 400 kilos of gold and money, which they claim to be inherited from their great grandfather. When nothing came out, they found a wizard to break the spell they said has been cast over the fortune

GOOD MORNING--TURKEY PRESS SCAN ON FEB 23

These are some of the major headlines and their summaries in the Turkish press on Feb. 23, 2009. Hurriyet Daily News Online does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

Debate flares after President Obama launches housing plan

Washington - After President Barack Obama unveils the new $275 billion mortgage plan in Arizona, one of the states worst-hit by the housing crisis that helped trigger the recession, debate flares over whether it will work and help turn around the economy

Calling prices down

LONDON - Asking prices for properties in England and Wales were a record 9.1 percent lower in February than last year at an average 216,163 pounds ($312,300), but prices were 1.2 percent up on the month, property website Rightmove said.

Japan's finance minister quits, jolts government

Japanese Prime Minister Taro Asos already shaky government was rocked Tuesday by the sudden resignation of his finance minister over allegations he appeared drunk after a recent G-7 meeting.

We don’t have a crisis, do we?

Even in Turkey, someone lighting himself on fire is not routine news. 45-year-old Abdülkadir Uçar parked his minibus in front of the Tekirdağ Governor’s Office. Locked himself in the car. Poured gasoline on his body. Put himself on fire.