Finance Matters

Minister of Industry and Information Technology Li Yizhong said China’s Government is targeting economic growth of around 8% in 2010.
In a bid to boost China’s economy, which is the world’s third largest, the Government embarked on a massive stimulus package of infrastructure projects to create jobs.
The stimulus package appears to have been successful after the [...]

There is more disappointment today for Christmas travellers after it emerged that Hertfordshire-based Allbury Travel Group has been placed into administration.
The company, which traded as Libra Holidays, Argo Holidays and JetLife, ceased trading at midnight.
It specialised in holidays to Greece and Cyprus and has left 100 customers overseas, while a further 4,000 had forward bookings.
The [...]

Capital Shopping Centres (CSC), which has stakes in 14 regional shopping centres including the Manchester Arndale, Lakeside in Essex and the Gateshead MetroCentre, said despite the snowfall over the weekend, retailers experienced their busiest weekend of the year.
Figures show that shoppers braved the weather after figures revealed that over seven million people have visited the [...]