| China rejects US lawmakers pressure on yuan | China rejected pressure by US lawmakers for Beijing to ease currency controls and accused Washington on Thursday of trade protectionism that it said might hurt the global recovery.
| | | Gov’t ponders privatization of remaining 20 pct of Başkent | Turkey aims to privatize the remaining 20 percent of Ankara natural gas distributor Başkent Doğalgaz Dağıtım A.Ş. in 2010, a Privatization Administration (ÖİB) official said on Thursday. The privatization of 80 percent of Başkent Doğalgaz was completed last year. | | |
| Investing businesses prop up Turkish employment in 2010 | | Although many firms chose to dismiss workers during the global financial crisis, firms who saw the crisis as an opportunity and are continuing to invest are still looking for new employees. According to Today’s Zaman’s research, the firms listed below are looking to hire a total of 110,000 individuals this year: | | | Şimşek: Turkey passed crisis stress test | | Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek has said that Turkey overcame the global financial crisis without any major damage and passed the stress test of the meltdown successfully. | | | ‘Turkey, IMF disagreed over possible extra revenue from growth’ | | Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan revealed on Wednesday why Turkey and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) failed to reach an agreement on a stand-by deal, saying one of the details on which there was disagreement was over the distribution of additional revenue if Turkey surpassed its growth targets in 2010. | |
| | | | THY to add 1,600 to staff this year | | Turkey’s national flag carrier Turkish Airlines (THY) expects to add 1,000 flight attendants and 600 co-pilots to its crew by the end of this year, THY CEO Hamdi Topçu told reporters Wednesday in Manchester. | |
| | | Greek PM wants EU to pledge support at summit | Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou urged the European Union on Thursday to make Athens a a clear offer of support to resolve its debt problems at a summit in Brussels next week.
| | | Exxon to enter Black Sea in 2011 | ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Turkey BV will commence oil exploration off Turkey’s Black Sea coast in 2011 with a specially designed drillship, currently under construction in South Korea.
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