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) Bodisen Biotech Announces Interim Results for the Six Month Period Ended June 30, 2007
SHAANXI, China, Sept. 28, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Bodisen Biotech, Inc. (the ``Company'') (Other OTC:BBCZ.PK - News) (LSE:BODI.L - News) (website: http://www.bodisen.com) today announces its interim results for the six month period ended June 30, 2007.Financial highlights
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) IMF Executive Board Approves US$111.3 Million PRGF Arrangement for Nicaragua
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today approved a three-year, SDR 71.5 million (about US$111.3 million) arrangement under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) for Nicaragua in support of the government's economic program. The decision allows an immediate disbursement to Nicaragua of an amount equivalent to SDR 11.9 million (about US$18.5 million).The PRGF is the IMF's concessional facility for low-income countries. It is intended that PRGF-supported programs are based on country-owned poverty and reduction strategies adopted in a participatory process involving civil society and development partners and articulated in a Poverty Reduction Strategy paper (PRSP). This is intended to ensure that PRGF-supported programs are consistent with a comprehensive framework for macroeconomic, structural, and social policies to foster growth and reduce poverty. More>>
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) Commander preps private equity sale
FOUNDERING telecommunications and technology group Commander may be bought by a private equity group this week. Commander's shares have been suspended for the past 10 days amid serial problems with its bankers and auditors. After re-listing, Commander is expected to open a data room for a range of prospective buyers interested in all or part of its business. A number of mid-tier private equity groups in Australia and Asia are understood to be interested in Commander. Telecoms players are typical private equity targets due to their strong cashflows. The $33 billion-a-year Australian telecommunications sector is in the midst of a measured consolidation, which has produced a number of deals this year. As well, there is a list of trade buyers headed by Optus, Telecom New Zealand Australian subsidiary AAPT, and a cashed-up SP Telemedia. More>> - (
) Free Times - Ohio's Premier News, Arts, & Entertainment Weekly
Arlene Williams narrowly avoided foreclosure, but is back in the hole. All she wants is a lower monthly payment on her home mortgage, one she can afford, so she has money left over to care for the five children she's been raising since her sister passed away.Most of the time, the 53-year-old Williams manages to keep her composure when in public. Only occasionally does her voice seem on the verge of cracking, like when she's on the phone with Countrywide, the home loan company that holds Williams' future in its hands. One afternoon last week, Williams made her way to the East Side Organizing Project, a free housing counseling agency, still in her janitor's uniform, for yet another conference call with Countrywide.
"It's like nobody is listening," Williams tells the representative she's never met. More>>