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01/08/2009
Commerzbank to get euro10 bln from government fund (AP via Yahoo! News)
Commerzbank AG says it will get euro10 billion ($13.5 billion) in fresh capital from a German government rescue fund.
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01/08/2009
54% Think Major Government Plan Is A Must for the Economy (Rasmussen Reports via Yahoo! News)
A majority of voters (54%) believe a major government economic recovery plan is necessary to restore the U.S. economy to good health.
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01/08/2009
So. Africans press government to act on Zimbabwe (AP via Yahoo! News)
South Africans pressing for change in Zimbabwe plan a hunger strike and other protests in an effort to force their government to isolate President Robert Mugabe.
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01/08/2009
Gunmen kill anti-government editor in Sri Lanka (AP via Yahoo! News)
Gunmen on a motorcycle Thursday shot and killed the editor of a Sri Lankan newspaper critical of the government, the second violent attack on media this week.
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01/08/2009
Commerzbank issues government-backed bond (AP via Yahoo! News)
Commerzbank AG will issue the first bond backed by the German government's multibillion-euro stabilization package, the bank said Thursday.
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01/08/2009
Vietnam Pushes Open-source Software for Government Use (PC World via Yahoo! News)
The Vietnamese government will move to several open-source applications by the end of next year as the country also tries to reduce the use of pirated software.
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01/08/2009
Commerzbank to get euro10 bln from government fund (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Commerzbank AG says it will get euro10 billion in fresh capital from a German government rescue fund. It says the deal will leave the government with a 25 percent stake. The German government put together its rescue fund, worth up to euro500 billion, last fall.
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01/08/2009
Buy Munis, TIPs on Government Actions, Gross Says (Update2) (Bloomberg)
The recommendations build on a list of assets Gross has said will benefit from government spending aimed at curbing a global recession, after what he called a series of “Ponzi schemes” in the economy.
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01/08/2009
Buy Munis, TIPs on Government Actions, Gross Says (Update1) (Bloomberg)
The recommendations build on a list of assets Gross has said will benefit from government spending aimed at curbing a global recession. Investors should anticipate which classes of assets the government may purchase, then buy them first, he wrote.
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01/08/2009
Investors ‘Panic’ Buy Credit, Shun Government Debt (Update1) (Bloomberg)
Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Investors are “panic buying” corporate bonds and shunning the safety of government debt in Europe as they seek high-yielding assets.
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  • Agency for Agriculture Market - Performs intervention purchases on the agriculture product market, escpecially in grain, butter and sugar
  • Agency for Industrial Development - State owned company supporting economic transformation of state enterprises, rescheduling their debt and providing loans.
  • Central Statistical Office of Poland (GUS) - Various data on-line, publications.
  • CIA - Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Poland - List of government officials and their titles, updated weekly. Also includes the head of the central bank, ambassadors to the United States and Permanent Representatives to the UN, New York.
  • Government's Plenipotentiary for property left by Russian Army - Investment offer, information about the property offered for sale, located in former Russian military bases in Poland.
  • ICL - Poland Index - Complete copies and links to the country's Constitution, along with related background, history and events, provided by International Constitutional Law.
  • Ministry of Economy - Responsible for industry, trade, tariffs, special economic zones, WTO liaisons, small and medium enterprises, supervising trade counsellors in Polish embassies abroad.
  • Ministry of Environment - Laws and regulations, research and databases. Major areas: forestry, environment, water supply, floods. Polish/English.
  • Ministry of Finance - Responsible for state budget, tax administration and policies. Daily information service, current data and analysis.
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Foreign policy, statements, list and links to embassies.
  • Ministry of National Defence - Navy, air-force and land force, military budget, membership in NATO.
  • National Atomic Energy Agency - Radiation in Poland, monthly indicators.
  • National Labour Inspectorate - Checking working conditions, compliance with labour code.
  • National Security Bureau - Actually not a governmental body but supervised by the President.
  • Office of Public Procurement - Laws, monthly procurement bulletin (in Polish only) with announcements of tenders by all public institutions.
  • Office of Technical Inspection - Performs checks of technical devices (lifts, elevators, cranes, high pressure devices).
  • Office of the Committee for European Integration - Responsible for the accession negotiations with the EU.
  • Patent Office - Protection of trademarks, inventions, designs.
  • Polish Agency for Foreign Investment - Partner for foreign businesses entering the Polish market, especially through direct investments.
  • Polish Center for Testing and Certification - Supervises system of testing and certification in Poland, runs quality system certification according to PN-ISO 9000 norm.
  • Polish Committee for Standardization - Issues norms and standards.
  • Reform of the pension system - Assumptions of the pension system reform, which took off in Poland in 1999. Governmental service.
  • The Sejm of the Republic of Poland - Chamber of the Parliament of Poland. Introduction, legislative procedure and the chamber's pre-eminent role in the process, directory of deputies, committees, Constitution of 1997.
  • The Senate of Poland - Chamber of the Parliament.
  • Supreme Chamber of Audit - Auditing state institutions and institutions receiving public funds. Independent from the government.
  • US Law Library of Congress - Poland - Annotated compendium of online sources providing access to primary documents, legal commentary and general government information about specific jurisdictions and topics.
  • Wikipedia - Lech Kaczyński - Hyperlinked encyclopedia article about the President of the Republic of Poland.
  • World Legal Information Institute - Poland - Catalog and search facilities for over 500 databases from 55 countries including case-law, legislation, treaties, law reform reports, law journals, and other materials.
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