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Name: World Bank Group (The world Bank)

Nationality: United States

Web Address: http://www.worldbank.org/

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First Reported May 26 2012 - Updated May 26 2012 - 1 Documents

Victoria's Secret

Victoria's Secret bras 'proving a boost for Indian women who make them'

Victoria's Secret, which helps 'boost' the assets of cash-rich women around the world with its bust-enhancing bras, is also improving the lives of thousands of rural Indian women who are responsible for creating the garments, reports have revealed.Traditionally ... [ Published May 26 2012 by NetIndia123.com ]

Entities: Victoria's Secret, Kanchipuram (India), World Bank Group, La Senza, Tamil Nadu Government

First Reported May 24 2012 - Updated May 24 2012 - 1 Documents

World Bank Group

Existing Home Sales Jump, World Banks Lowers China Forecast, Euro Prepares for Greek Exit

Stocks were little changed today as ongoing concerns about Greece's possible exit from the euro zone gave investors little reason to take risks. Data showed demand for manufactured goods rose less than expected in April while weekly jobless claims dipped ... [ Published May 24 2012 by International Business Times ]

Entities: World Bank Group, Existing Home Sales, China

First Reported May 23 2012 - Updated May 24 2012 - 1 Documents

Macy's Inc

UPI NewsTrack Business

NEW YORK, May 23 (UPI) -- U.S. stocks closed mostly flat Wednesday as investors reversed the day's steep losses in late day trading.The markets spent most of the day in decline as the euro dropped to the lowest level in nearly two years amid growing concern ... [ Published May 23 2012 by UPI ]

Entities: Macy's Inc, China, VIPStore, SAP AG

First Reported May 23 2012 - Updated May 24 2012 - 1 Documents

World Bank Forecasts Lower Growth For China in 2012

The World Bank predicted that growth in China would slow down to 7.6 % in 2012. The reasons for this slow down would be sluggish demand from the U.S. and Europe plus a softening in the Chinese property market that would combine to weigh down on the Chinese ... [ Published May 23 2012 by International Business Times ]

Entities: World Bank Group, China, Bert Hofman

First Reported May 23 2012 - Updated May 23 2012 - 1 Documents

UPDATE 8-Oil drops on Iran talks, brimming U.S. supply

* Euro at 21-month low versus dollar on euro zone worries* Iran presents new proposals in meeting with world nations* World Bank cuts China economic growth forecast* EIA data shows record nine-week U.S. crude stock buildNEW YORK, May 23 (Reuters) - Oil ... [ Published May 23 2012 by Yahoo! Maktoob News ]

Entities: Iran, Brent Crude Oil, United States, Eurozone

First Reported May 23 2012 - Updated May 23 2012 - 1 Documents

African National Congress

ANC Banking On The East To Help SA Spite The West

South Africa, like many African countries is looking for condition-free assistance from Asian giants like China and India The ANC’s Secretary General, Gwede Mantashe, has thrown down the gauntlet to South Africa’s relations with so-called developed ... [ Published May 23 2012 by 2oceansvibe.com - Work is a sideline, live the ... ]

Entities: African National Congress, Gwede Mantashe, BRIC

First Reported May 20 2012 - Updated May 21 2012 - 1 Documents

World Bank to give $37 mn more for Himachal watershed project

Shimla, May 20 (IANS) The World Bank has agreed in principle to provide additional funding of $37 million (Rs.231.25 crore) for a watershed project in Himachal Pradesh, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said here Sunday.The additional funding proposal ... [ Published May 20 2012 by Yahoo! Maktoob News ]

Entities: Watershed, World Bank Group, Prem Kumar Dhumal, Shimla (India)

First Reported May 18 2012 - Updated May 18 2012 - 1 Documents

World Bank Releases 2012 Little Green Data Book

17 May 2012: The World Bank released its annual book compiling environmental data, which includes information from more than 200 countries relating to agriculture, forests, energy, water, sanitation, and ocean health.The 2012 Little Green Data Book functions ... [ Published May 18 2012 by Biodiversity Policy & Practice ]

Entities: World Bank Group, Sanitation, Pollution, Mineral

First Reported May 16 2012 - Updated May 17 2012 - 1 Documents

Outgoing World Bank chief: Fix eurozone

Outgoing World Bank President Robert Zoellick said Wednesday he's concerned about the "ripple effects" on the rest of the eurozone if Greece leaves."The core question will actually not be Greece, it's Spain and Italy," Zoellick said during a forum sponsored ... [ Published May 16 2012 by Channel4000 ]

Entities: Robert Zoellick, World Bank Group, Greece, European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism, Dartmouth College

First Reported May 17 2012 - Updated May 17 2012 - 1 Documents

Mining Stakeholders Implore W’Bank on Funding

Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Mr. Musa Mohammed SadaAs the World Bank rounds up its seven-year assistance worth $120 million for the sustainable development of Nigeria’s solid minerals sector, stakeholders are playing Oliver Twist. They are ... [ Published May 17 2012 by This Day Online ]

Entities: Mining, Mineral, World Bank Group

First Reported May 16 2012 - Updated May 16 2012 - 1 Documents

India ranked 46th in trade logistics performance

Washington, May 16 (IANS) Global trade logistics performance slowed down over the last two years amid the global recession, but India and others that pursued aggressive reforms continued to improve, according to the World Bank.India with a Logistics Performance ... [ Published May 16 2012 by Yahoo! Maktoob News ]

Entities: Logistics, India, World Bank Group

First Reported Apr 28 2012 - Updated Apr 28 2012 - 1 Documents

A more radical choice for World Bank president

Gaborone, Botswana - While I am an American, I couldn't agree more with the sentiment that it is inappropriate for the United States to have a strangle hold on the World Bank presidency. I also sympathise with the frustrations of many Africans that one ... [ Published Apr 28 2012 by Yahoo! Maktoob News ]

Entities: World Bank Group, Jim Yong Kim, Korean-Americans, Antonio Ocampo, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

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...in, begging the question why so little agricultural development has occurred to date among farmers who commonly carry (and pay for) mobile phones. "The movement to spread new farming advances to hungry countries derailed before it could reach Africa" Thurow writes

The Last Hunger Season: How an NGO is raising African crop yields [Abu Dhabi National - May 26 2012]

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Victoria's Secret boosts Indian women [ Published May 23 2012 by London Free Press ]
ANC Banking On The East To Help SA Spite The West [ Published May 23 2012 by 2oceansvibe.com - Work is a sideline, live the ... ]
Market closes deep in the red [ Published May 23 2012 by West Australian ]
Greece: Top 3 risks facing U.S. [ Published May 22 2012 by Channel4000 ]
World Bank to give $37 mn more for Himachal wat... [ Published May 20 2012 by Yahoo! Maktoob News ]
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ANC Banking On The East To Help SA Spite The West [ Published May 23 2012 by 2oceansvibe.com - Work is a sideline, live the ... ] South Africa, like many African countries is looking for condition-free assistance from Asian giants like China and India The ANC’s Secretary General, Gwede Mantashe, has thrown down the gauntlet to South Africa’s relations with so-called developed ...
Film: Movie Review: Last Call At The Oasis [ Published May 03 2012 by A.V. Club ] Ismail Serageldin, a former vice president of the World Bank, famously predicted that the wars of the 21st century would be fought not over oil but for water, a non-renewable resource for which there is no alternative. And while Jessica Yu’s documentary ...
Tuesday Morning Spice [ Published Apr 17 2012 by 2oceansvibe.com - Work is a sideline, live the ... ] Berlusconi’s Bunga-Bunga Stripper Were Dressed As Nuns - A witness at the trial of Silvio Berlusconi has said strippers dressed as nuns performed for the former Italian prime minister at a party. Model Imane Fadil said she had been given 2,000 ...
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Fareed Zakaria GPS - Zoellick on poverty [ Published May 11 2012 by CNN International - YouTube ]
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American doctor elected head of World Bank [ Published Apr 17 2012 by News On ABC - YouTube ]
Iweala on the World Bank [ Published Apr 13 2012 by CNN International - YouTube ]
Jeffrey Sachs on the World Bank -- the Guardian [ Published Apr 13 2012 by The Guardian - YouTube ]