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BY KYAW PHONE KYAW The Central Bank of Myanmar has banned hundreds of businesses from handling foreign currencies in a dramatic move it says is aimed at preventing the dollarisation of the economy. On Friday state-controlled media reported that CBM's decision to revoke foreign exchange acceptor and holding licences would go into effect October 19.

This article suggests how the Angola Central Bank has increased the amount of foreign currency available in the local exchange market in order to better respond to the demand for foreign values in the country.

this article illustrates the friction caused by Chinese government's new policy of requiring foreign computer companies to make 'backdoors' in their hardwares and softwares. The foreign companies are protesting that such measure is protectionism.

AMMAN: The Central Syrian Bank raised on Tuesday the exchange rate on the Syrian pound and the US dollar pertaining to remittances and imported goods, in what economists described to Syria Direct as an attempt to prop up the regime's dwindling foreign currency reserves.

This article talks about Dairy farmers in Ottawa, Canada. They protested against upcoming concessions (lower tarrifs) for the import of Diary, which would allow Canadians to buy more foreign cheese than they can now. However, that would mean that the local diary farmers sell less cheese.

This article gives information about Egypt's current situation by analysing its GDP% increase in every year. It can be seen that GDP increase dipped into 2% with the arrival of political uprisings. The government hopes to restore its economy by the help of Foreign Direct Investments, which the Egyptian government currently lacks.

This article talks about the impact of the depreciation of Yuan, the currency of China. It analyzes the compound impacts of the depreciation with relation to China's position as worldwide export powerhouse.