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Rep. Patrick Rose and Wimberley residents press for school finance reform
Wimberley residents and students rode more than 40 miles north to the Capitol on Thursday to urge state lawmakers to change the school finance system in a way that would benefit Wimberley and other midsize school districts.

MCOT English News : Central bank backs Finance Ministry's move to raise civil servant allowance
BANGKOK, May 16 (TNA) – The Bank of Thailand (BoT) has expressed its support for the Finance Ministry's decision to raise the cost of living allowance for government employees to ease impacts from rising inflation.

Islamic finance firms provide mortgage alternative
WASHINGTON -- The mortgage industry may be in meltdown, but at least one class of lender appears to be flourishing: Islamic finance companies that offer Muslim homebuyers alternative arrangements such as lease-to-own deals so they can avoid making the sort of interest payments that many believe... ... - By N.C. AIZENMAN The Washington Post

Venezuela To Finance Proposed Poverty Fund With Oil Revenue Chavez
CARACAS -(Dow Jones)- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Thursday pledged to finance a proposed multilateral poverty fund with proceeds from the country's oil sector.

Minister takes over Pakistani finance portfolio
ISLAMABAD, May 15 - Privatisation Minister Syed Naveed Qamar was given responsibility for Pakistan's Ministry of Finance on Thursday after the finance minister resigned as his party withdrew from the cabinet.

Peabody Finance Committee approves pond bond (again)
PEABODY and mdash; The Spring Pond bond has new life. The Finance Committee last night voted in favor of recommending that the full City Council endorse the city borrowing $960,000 to clean up Spring Pond.

Finance dept fears P12-B loss from proposed tax relief
MANILA, Philippines—The Department of Finance will oppose any proposal for tax relief for all individual taxpayers if Congress will not come up with an offsetting measure that will generate revenue, Finance Secretary Margarito Teves said.