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Transcript: View from the Top with Robert Zoellick, president of the World Bank
Shanghai :: China | 4 days ago
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They discussed Obama’s recent trip to China and the effects of the Chinese currency being pegged to the dollar. On China and the dollar FT: Thank you for joining us, Mr Zoellick. RZ: Pleased to be with you. CF: What’s your verdict on Obama’s trip to...
Tags: Chinas, United States, South East Asia, world economy, Latin America, private sector, asset bubble, world banks, interesting rates, credit expansion, China, Shanghai, Business Finance, Next Magazine
Kerry pushes World Bank to support cleaner power plants
Brussels :: Belgium | 5 days ago
Credibility Kerry, a chief architect of Senate proposals to attack global warming, used a mid-day speech at the Bank’s headquarters to outline steps the Bank and similar institutions must take to become “21st century” development banks. Among them: Avoiding finance...
Tags: John Kerry, World Bank, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, powered plants, world banks, Belgium, Brussels, Energy economics, Chemical engineering, Clean coal, John Kerry, Fossil fuel power plant, Climate change, Energy development, Coal, Environment
Strong regional growth no reason for complacency
Sofia :: Bulgaria | 5 days ago
Credibility Izvorski has the kind of job his World Bank colleagues might envy. While they try to help poor countries struggling with the impact of the global financial crisis, he works on the outlook for the economies of East Asia and the Pacific. And right now,...
Tags: China, world banks, World Bank, IVAILO Izvorski, East Asia, University of South Carolina, izvorski says, Washington, Yale, Bulgaria, Sofia, Euro, Economy of Asia, Late 2000s recession in Asia, Banks, Carbon finance, Business Finance
PSU banks' demand over the top: Govt
New Delhi :: India | 6 days ago
Credibility State Bank of India's [ Get Quote ] associates, have sought Rs 40,000 crore (Rs 400 billion) from the government to expand credit over the next three years. However, the government can extend support only to the extent of Rs 14,000 crore ($3 billion),...
Tags: The World Bank, sector banks, public sector, Vijaya Bank, world banks, State Bank of India, IDBI Bank, India, New Delhi, British Physical Laboratories Group, Axis Bank, Central Bank of India, Business Finance
Bloody money: world banks invest in cluster bombs
Lon :: Burkina Faso | 7 days ago
Credibility Activists say change is unlikely, as long as major world banks continue to invest in weapons development. Cluster bombs kill and maim indiscriminately and are hard to detect. They open mid-air and scatter hundreds of smaller explosives over a wide area.
Tags: cluster bombs, world banks, Burkina Faso, Lon, Cluster Munition Coalition, Land mine, Bomb, Explosive weapons, Laws of war, War Conflict, Environment
Apec members frustrated by Doha delay
Singapore :: Singapore | 13 days ago
Credibility Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) member countries have expressed their frustration and disappointment that the Doha Development Round initiatives have yet to be implemented despite discussions over the past eight years. Malaysian International...
Tags: Robert Zoellick, AM World Asia-Pacific, world banks, Asia Pacific, World Bank, Mr Zoellick, banks president, Singapore Foreign Correspondents Association, United States, president robert
World Bank revises RP growth forecast
Manila :: Philippines | 20 days ago
Credibility Acknowledging that the Philippines was economically more resilient than earlier anticipated, the World Bank has overhauled its forecast of a 0.5-percent contraction of the country�s economy this year and now projects growth of 1.4 percent. The World Bank...
Tags: Philippines, The World Bank, world banks, Philippine Financial System
$4.2-bn loan from World Bank
New Delhi :: India | about 1 month ago
Credibility India and the World Bank signed an agreement on Tuesday under which an amount of $4.2 billion (around Rs 20,000 crore) would be to support the infrastructure projects of the country, while recapitalising the public sector banks. PowerGrid and India Infrastructure...
Tags: world banks, The World Bank, India
Police break up protest in Istanbul
İstanbul :: Turkey | about 1 month ago
Credibility Turkish police used water cannon, tear gas and pepper spray yesterday to disperse hundreds of demonstrators protesting against the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank held in Istanbul. Dozens of masked protesters shattered...
Tags: IMF-World Bank, world banks, International Monetary Fund, tear gas, water cannons
Police battle anti-IMF protesters in Istanbul
İstanbul :: Turkey | about 1 month ago
Credibility Some wrapped scarves around their face as protection against clouds of tear gas. Around 100 people were taken into custody, some for throwing stones and petrol bombs as they tried to break through a police cordon and march towards the conference centre,...
Tags: IMF, world banks, Istanbul, World Bank, imf protesters, Taksim Square, tear gas, CNN Turk
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