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Reykjavik - Iceland's central bank Thursday lowered its key interest rate by 1 percentage point to 11 per cent. Announcing its decision, the Monetary Policy Committee said the currency has remained broadly stable since late summer, although at a low...
Iceland's central bank on Thursday lowered its official interest rate by a full point to 11 percent as the country tries to get back on its feet after the credit crisis toppled its overweight banking system last year.
Skip It As soon as "White Night Wedding" decides what kind of movie it wants to be, I'll let you know. An attempt to rework the Chekov play "Ivanov" in modern Iceland, "Wedding" ("Br guminn") is one part melodrama, one part postmodern winkiness, one part "small towns and the quirky people that live there" comedy, one part sitcom, one part romantic weepie, one part Sigur R s video. Writers ...
REYKJAVIK, ICELAND--(Marketwire - November 6, 2009) - See attached announcement Changes in Major Shareholding: http://hugin.info/133773/R/1353250/327766.pdf This announcement was originally distributed by Hugin. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. Copyright © Hugin AS 2009. All rights reserved.
Reykjavik - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has recommended Iceland maintain currency controls for the time being in order to ensure a stable currency, according to a report released Tuesday. The Icelandic central bank published the 98-page rep...
Reykjavik - Iceland has picked its chief negotiator to begin talks on joining the 27-member European Union, the foreign ministry said Tuesday. Iceland reversed its a decades-long policy of independence from the EU in July, when it handed in its appli...
Palmar Kristmundsson, an architect from Reykjavik, Iceland, will be the featured speaker at The Alaska Design Forum's lecture this Wednesday, Nov. 11. This season's lectures, the LATITUDE series, explore building and design in other high-latitude environments. The lecture begins at 6 p.m. at the Silverbow's Back Room. Admission is $10; $5 for students, military, seniors and starving artists.
(RTTNews) - Wednesday, the Statistics Iceland said the country recorded a trade surplus of ISK 16.3 billion in October, with exports totaling ISK 46.9 billion and imports amounting to ISK 30.6 billion.
Sin Fang Bous I Photo courtesy of Big Hassle PR Despite the fact that their economy was pulverized to bits last year, from a musical standpoint Iceland is coming out on top. In the originality category they're especially strong. It doesn't matter whether you're into Sigur Rós , Múm or Björk you have to admit, they sound like nothing else. Now you can add another name to that list. Sin Fang Bous ...
Iceland and London are among the world's best-value destinations thanks to the economic crisis, travel guide firm Lonely Planet said Tuesday, while Thailand remains tough to beat.
ALISO VIEJO, CA--(Marketwire - November 6, 2009) - On Monday, November 9, Jon Sigurdsson, president and CEO of Ossur Hf ., will mark the company's tenth year of trading publically on NASDAQ OMX Iceland, and also commemorate its new dual listing on NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen, by ringing the NASDAQ stock market Closing Bell in New York City. Ossur is the proud Icelandic developer and manufacturer of ...
Nutrition 21, Inc. , the developer and marketer of ingredients and finished products under the Iceland Health, Chromax, and Diabetes Essentials brands that help consumers manage blood sugar levels, improve cardiovascular health, enhance memory and reduce chronic joint pain, today announced that the Company has obtained an exclusive license for a patented combination of a probiotic and omega-3 ...
We at BeatCrave are beginning to think that Iceland has a trick up it’s sleeve: There’s something in the water there turning normal citizens into outrageously, absurdly, inimitably, penetratingly masterful sorcerers of noise. First the fairy-sprite, Bjork. Then, the only band who can turn gibberish into songs of understandable truth and beauty: Sigur Ros. And now, [...]
McDonalds is serving up its last Big Mac in Iceland. The country's collapsing currency made importing things like chicken nuggets too expensive.
Nov. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Iceland lifted restrictions on new krona investments, moving toward a broader easing of emergency capital controls, after satisfying donors it had made progress on addressing creditor claims stemming from the island’s financial collapse.
F&M Trust's GO Club, a travel club for seniors, recently undertook a trip to Iceland -- a place that might not head most people's list of places they would like to go. But most of the 28 hearty souls who went reported they had an impressive experience and wouldn't have wanted to miss it.
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