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The difficult path to a foreign-language film Oscar
Something like a glammed-up re-imagining of the United Nations, year-in, year-out the foreign-language film category at the Oscars is a home to diplomacy, drama, intrigue and heartbreak. And that's just the process to secure a nomination and then the...
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Masdar and IFC in $1.5b deal for clean energy projects
Khaleej TimesMasdar and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank, announced their intention to collaborate on the advancement of clean energy projects. The memorandum of understanding (MoU), which was signed last week...Tags: Contracts, Economy, Business and Finance, Economic Organization, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy
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AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, banking briefs
AME InfoHSBC NEARLY DOUBLES Q1 PROFIT : HSBC announced its first-quarter earnings have nearly doubled due to the bank's three-year efficiency drive and a halving in bad debts charges, Reuters has reported. Europe's biggest bank posted a pre-tax profit of $8.4bn,...Tags: Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), Economy, Business and Finance, North Africa, Central Bank, Bahrain
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The great deficit debate: looking for money in all the wrong places
Contributing ColumnistFor the last two years we’ve heard the same mantra from the GOP and its mouthpiece, FOX News: “We have a spending problem, not a revenue problem.” It’s usually said with solemnity and sometimes a hint of compassion, as if the...Tags: Public Finance, Finland, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Denmark, Russia
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World Bank invests in Baltimore-based Laureate Education
A division of the World Bank Group announced Wednesday that it has invested $150 million in Laureate Education Inc., giving the international development organization a small stake in the Baltimore-based global higher education company. "It's an...Tags: Saudi Arabia, Global Expansion, World Bank Group, Economic Organization, Retraining
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