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Securency could be in strife with US
Melbourne :: Australia | about 13 hours ago
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THE payment of millions of dollars to offshore tax haven bank accounts by Reserve Bank of Australia subsidiary Securency could expose the company to investigation by US authorities. America's far-reaching and powerful Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and...
Tags: Securency, RBA, Latin America, staff member, rba auditor, Mr Curtis, bank accounts, Australia, Melbourne, Tax haven, Business Finance, KPMG, Polymer banknote, Reserve Bank of Australia
Global remittance flows likely to slip 6.1% as labour migration slows
Dhāka :: Bangladesh | about 18 hours ago
Credibility Worldwide remittance flow to decline 6% to $317 billion in 2009 Dubai Global remittance flows could decline by 6.1 per cent this year to $317 billion from last year's record flow of $338 billion, said a top World Bank remittance expert. "The year 2008...
Tags: Dilip Ratha, remittances flows, South Asian, South Asia Remittance, oil price, higher oil, Latin America, global remittances, Bangladesh, Dhāka, Development, International economics, Human migration, Remittances, Business Finance
Obama's story infused Asia tour --
Shanghai :: China | about 23 hours ago
Credibility Obama's story infused Asia tour Anne Kornblut Guest Columnist Sunday, November 22nd 2009 South Korea After taking his message as the ’first Pacific president’ through four countries in eight days, US President Barack Obama wrapped up his tour of Asia...
Tags: Barack Obama, Southeast Asia, Latin America, China, Shanghai, David Axelrod, International reaction to the United States presidential election, Barack Obama presidential primary campaign, Presidency of Barack Obama, Punahou School alumni
The Andrew Davidson Interview: Graham Mackay of SAB Miller
Johannesburg :: South Africa | 1 day ago
Credibility Just don’t expect him to stand down before nailing another deal Andrew Davidson How long is too long? “Well, there is a limit, depending on circumstances,” admits Graham Mackay, slowly. It has been 12 years since he became boss of SAB Miller — 10 years...
Tags: SAB Miller Graham Mackay, South African Breweries, Anheuser-Busch Inbev, London, Andrew Davidson How, Latin America, Miller Lite, South America, South Africa, Johannesburg, InBev, Anheuser-Busch, Grolsch Brewery, Beer, Leuven, SABMiller
Guatemala slowly confronts widespread rape of women
Guatemala City :: Guatemala | 2 days ago
Credibility At least 10,000 women were victims of sexual violence last year. Moving up the ranks of Guatemala's ruthless gangs can be as simple as robbing a store at knife point or as brutal as shooting a city bus driver...In January, a group of gang members ripped...
Tags: Guatemalan, Guatemala City, Marisole, sexual violence, United Nations, Latin America, widespread rapes, Guatemala, Gender studies, Domestic violence, Women's rights, War rape, Sex crimes, Violence, Rape, Social Issues, Law Crime
Amnesty presses Haiti to protect child domestic workers
Port-au-Prince :: Haiti | 2 days ago
Credibility Amnesty International has launched a campaign to press the government in Haiti to enact measures to protect child domestic workers from abuse, ill-treatment and exploitation. The human rights organisation wants authorities to enact legislation to protect...
Tags: Haitian, domestic worker, Amnesty International, Gerardo Ducos, child domestic, Haiti, Port-au-Prince, Latin America, Republics, Social Issues, Labor
Still his own man
Guantánamo :: Cuba | 2 days ago
Credibility Noam Chomsky is the closest thing in the English-speaking world to an intellectual superstar. A philosopher of language and political campaigner of towering academic reputation, who as good as invented modern linguistics, he is entertained by presidents,...
Tags: Noam Chomsky, Middle East, American Petroleum Institute, Israel, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Latin America, foreign policy, Cuba, Guantánamo, State terrorism, Politics of Noam Chomsky, Criticism of Noam Chomsky, Politics, American Empire, Chomsky
Yayita baby hammocks recalled
Washington :: DC :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a voluntary recall of Yayita baby hammocks due to fall and strangulation hazards. About 20 hammocks were imported from Colombia by Three Sisters Toys Inc. of Neptune Beach, Fla., and sold online from December...
Tags: baby hammocks, Washington, Ship construction, Toy, The Hammocks, Disaster Accident, Beds, Hammock, Latin America
HCL opens development center in Brazil;to hire 300 engineers by 2012
São Paulo :: Brazil | 2 days ago
Credibility This center compliments HCL's operations in Sao Paulo and will offer a range of services, including enterprise application services, custom applications development and maintenance, and remote infrastructure management to clients primarily in Latin America,...
Tags: HCL Technologies, HCL America, Brazil, Latin America, development center, São Paulo, Sￃﾣo Paulo, Software companies of India, HCL Enterprise, Business Finance, Technology Internet
Mexican Carlos Slim overtakes Bill Gates as world's richest man
Mexico City :: Mexico | 2 days ago
Credibility Carlos Slim and President Bill Clinton �Hola! The Mexican telecom magnate surpassed Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates as the world's richest man...That's the rate at which Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim 's fortune has been multiplying this year.
Tags: Latin America, Carlos Slim, Bill Gates, richest man, Telefonos de Mexico, Mexico, Mexico City, Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett, Telmex, Microsoft, Mexican Stock Exchange, Arab Christians, Business Finance
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