BANGKOK, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Thai refiner and petrochemical firm IRPC will sign a 10 billion baht ($285 million) loan to build a new power plant and expand capacity at its petrochemical plants, a company official said on Tuesday.

The loans will be used to finance five projects, including a $200 million, 220-megawatt power plant and expanding capacity for making plastic pellets used in the p...

The watchword for the recent election was "change." Considering the mandate for change and soaring costs of a sight-unseen stimulus package, we have listed a few suggestions for agencies that the new administration and Congress should target for reform and increased accountability. President-elect Obama has promised to go through the budget line by line. Here are some of the many lines he shoul...

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NEW YORK (AP) — Signs grew that the economy could turn even weaker in 2009, as an index of December manufacturing activity sank to its lowest point in 28 years. Every corner of the sector was down, from bakeries to cigarette-makers to aluminum smelters.

The Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing executives, said Friday its manufacturing index fell to 32.4 in D...

FRANKFURT, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Banks increased their overnight borrowing from the European Central Bank at the turn of the year, while deposits dipped, ECB figures showed on Friday.

Banks borrowed 4.058 billion euros from the ECB's overnight loan facility as of Jan. 1, compared with 1.402 billion euros reported for Dec. 30 and the most borrowed for three weeks.

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