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Chinese Development Bank Gains Members Development banking in Asia has been in the news lately. Last year, China proposed creation of a development bank called the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. Chinese officials say the institution would help

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IN THE NEWS - Wolfowitz and the World Bank

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NPR 2008-09-14

Hurricane Ike has flooded or damaged thousands of homes in Texas and knocked out electricity to millions of people there. Officials are warning that it could take weeks before power is completely restored. But the storm surge from Ike was not as dev

DEVELOPMENT REPORT - International Education Plan

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Bank Scandals Fuel Interest in Islamic Finance

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By Mil Arcega Washington 18 April 2007 Embattled World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz is fighting to keep his job after disclosing his involvement in obtaining a substantial pay raise for a female friend. The controversy has provoked demands for Wolfo

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Most Gulf stock exchanges traded lower again, but with smaller losses than in previous sessions. Financial difficulties by the United Arab Emirates second-largest bank are causing a ripple effect in various countries, including Kuwait, as Edward Yer

VOA标准英语2012--Britain Pushing Harder for International Resolution in Syria

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Top international economic leaders said continuing disputes over currencies and trade could escalate and hurt the fragile economic recovery. The heads of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund both had blunt warnings Thursday for national

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I want to make a remittance to New Delhi. Bank Clerk: Good morning. May I help you, sir? Bill Nichols: Yes. I want to make a remittance to New Delhi. Bank Clerk: Do you want an international money order or a bankers draft? Bill Nichols: Id like a ban

CNN 2008-07-23

Hope you're having a great day. I'm Nicole Lapin at the CNN Center in Atlanta. Here is a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. Senator John McCain really focusing on his foreign policy experience today. At a town hall event in Rochester, New Ham

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The Obama administration says the effort to contain the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is making progress, with more oil captured each day. But oil continues to escape from the leaking well, and clean up will take years, and no one really kn

China establishes national gene bank in Shenzhen

SHENZHEN, June 18 (Xinhua) -- China established its first national gene bank on Friday in south China's city of Shenzhen with the support of the Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI), officials said. With the establishment of the National Gene Bank in She

Europe Pushes Toward More Bank Funding

European officials are moving to add new funding for troubled banks on the continent that are weighed down by the possibility of a Greek default on its debts. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, leader of the country with Europe's strongest economy, len

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Vice Finance Minister Zhu Guangyao is representing China at the meetings, which are happening this weekend in Washington and involve the IMF and the World Bank. While making a speech at Washington DC- based think tank the Atlantic Council, he urged t

VOA标准英语2009年-India Buys Gold from International Monetar

By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 06 November 2009 A worker displays gold bars at the National Indian Bullion Refinery (NIBR)'s gold and silver refinery in Mumbai, 06 Nov 2009 India has purchased 200 tons of gold from the International Monetary Fund to d

AP 2010-07-09

1. Three billion and counting, that's how much BP says it has spent in attempts to stop the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. The money also includes settling damage claims and reimbursing both the federal and local governments. So far, BP has settled

Chinese national appointed to head World Bank's IFC

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- The World Bank announced Friday Cai Jinyong, a Chinese national with more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry and development, is appointed as the new Executive Vice President and CEO of the

European Central Bank Pledges Euro Support

The European Central Bank said it will do whatever is necessary to preserve the euro. Bank president Mario Draghi told a London investment conference Thursday that Europe's key financial institution is ready to do whatever it takes to protect the cur