Retail spending among Bank of America’s debit and credit cardholders is on the rise this year, and the issuer’s credit cardholders are beginning to grow their card balances, company executives commented during a July 16 call while discussing…

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UK-based small business P2P lending platform Funding Circle is $65M richer and planning to use that money to expand more aggressively into the US market.
The health injection of funds all come from existing investors.

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Air Astana celebrates triple Skytrax success ITCM Air Astana, the Kazakhstan flag carrier, is celebrating triple success at the 2014 Skytrax World Airline Awards, with a 4 Star rating, Best Airline Central Asia / India and Best Airline Staff…

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Kazakhstan: Striving to Get on the Tourist Trail
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American astronaut Mike Fincke visits the space museum of the Baikonur Cosmodrome prior to his space mission in April 2004.

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Mobile phones are the future of Kazakhstan’s payment system: Massimov Tengrinews PM Massimov believes it unnecessary for Kazakhstan to pass “all the stages of development” that the developed countries have gone through, but rather to take a look at…

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Kazakhstan Makes “$2.6 Billion” In Arms Deals, But Details Scarce
EurasiaNet
When Kazakhstan opened its biennial defense expo, KADEX, in May it announced that it would sign over a billion dollars in deals during the event.

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INDICATORS – Kazakhstan – July 16 Reuters Africa ALMATY, July 16 (Reuters) – Kazakhstan’s economic indicators based on data provided by the State Statistics Agency, government institutions, the central bank and exchanges: * updated today…

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Corruption in Kazakhstan’s education system
Tengrinews
Corruption in the education system of Kazakhstan has been increasing lately in spite of all the measures taken to harness it, Tengrinews reports.

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UK to provide military equipment to Kazakhstan
Tengrinews
Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Defense will receive all terrain vehicles (ATV) and night vision equipment from the United Kingdom, Tengrinews reports.

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