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<title><![CDATA[UK lawmakers consider probe into transparency of mining firms]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 19 May 2013 11:35:46 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Britain's parliament will this week consider whether to probe the transparency of oil and mining firms listed in London, an issue highlighted by corruption probes at emerging market miners which lawmakers fear have dented the stock market's reputation.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[IFC to Buy 7.9% Stake in Brazil's Sul America for BRL400 Million]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 17 May 2013 08:05:46 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[International Finance Corp., a World Bank affiliate, agreed to acquire a 7.9% stake in Brazil's insurance company Sul America SA (SULA11.BR, SULA4.BR) for 400 million Brazilian reais ($200 million).]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bangladesh factories shut by worker protests to reopen Friday]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 05:57:29 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Bangladesh will reopen more than 300 garment factories on Friday, ending a three-day forced closure due to worker protests over pay and working conditions after a building collapse killed more than 1,100 people.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Wal-Mart checks Bangladesh factories; retailer accord elusive]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 May 2013 10:38:55 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Stores Inc stepped up Bangladesh factory inspections while U.S. and European retailers pursued separate accords to try to prevent another disaster in a garment industry where more than 1,200 workers have died in the past six months.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Walmart checks Bangladesh factories; retailer accord elusive]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 23:01:19 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Stores Inc stepped up Bangladesh factory inspections while U.S. and European retailers pursued separate accords to try to prevent another disaster in a garment industry where more than 1,200 workers have died in the past six months.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[In Bangladesh rubble, the prices of profit]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 07:22:12 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Order dockets found in the rubble of a Dhaka garment factory where over 1,100 workers died show just why it pays foreign stores to buy from Bangladesh - clothes made for as little as a tenth of what they sell for in the West.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tata Power Ties Up with Clean Energy, IFC to Build Power Project in Georgia]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 10 May 2013 10:39:18 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[India's Tata Power Co. Ltd. (500400.BY) Friday said it has inked an agreement with Norway's Clean Energy Invest AS and the World Bank's investment arm, the International Finance Corporation, to build a $700 million hydro-power project in Georgia.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[JPMorgan's Saudi chief leaves for central bank job]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 07 May 2013 15:51:29 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[JPMorgan Chase Inc confirmed on Tuesday that its top banker for Saudi Arabia, Abdulaziz Al Helaissi, is leaving to take a position with Saudi Arabia's central bank.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Insight: "Speed money" puts the brakes on India's retail growth]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 05 May 2013 00:15:48 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Hong-Kong entrepreneur Ramesh Tainwala spent 18 months operating branded clothing retail stores in India before deciding it was impossible to succeed without paying bribes.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Vienna Banking Group Calls For Common Deposit Scheme]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 02 May 2013 12:35:04 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[International policymakers and banks active in central and eastern Europe Thursday said a common deposit guarantee scheme is essential to a successful banking union in Europe.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Intercorp Chairman Sees Continued Growth in Peru's Economy]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:00:58 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One of Peru's largest business groups, Intercorp Peru Ltd. (INTCOBC1.VL), is riding the wave of the nation's economic success by expanding into an ever increasing number of sectors.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Easy markets access can delay reforms in emerging Europe: EBRD]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:36:52 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Some emerging European countries are able to delay much-needed reforms because they can borrow money in international markets without strings attached, the president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said on Thursday.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Would Subsidized Child Care Boost U.S. Labor Participation Rate?]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:50:06 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A new German study finds government-subsidized childcare boosts the labor rate among young women substantially and largely pays for itself. With U.S. labor rates for young women above the national average, would subsidized care make a difference?]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Knocking on EU's door, Serbia tries to tap investment potential]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:40:41 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Serbs pride themselves on their hospitality, and Abu Dhabi's crown prince got the full treatment this year: skiing in the mountains, a tour of Belgrade's Red Star soccer club and a parting gift of hand-knitted woollen socks.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[IMF, Egypt say working to reach loan deal in "coming weeks"]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 21 Apr 2013 19:23:54 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The International Monetary Fund and Egyptian officials said on Sunday they were working to reach a deal on a proposed $4.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Global finance officials endorse World Bank target to end poverty]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 20 Apr 2013 20:28:32 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Global finance officials on Saturday endorsed a new World Bank goal to end extreme global poverty by 2030 and emphasized that its focus should be on ensuring that the poorest benefit from strong growth and rising prosperity in developing nations.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[IMF says hoping to conclude Egypt talks "as quickly as feasible"]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:28:20 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The International Monetary Fund and Egyptian finance officials are working to conclude talks "as quickly as feasible" on a proposed $4.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[MARKET SNAPSHOT: S&P 500 Cuts Worst Weekly Hit In 10 Months]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:58:48 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[U.S. stocks opened mostly higher Friday, trimming the S&P 500's largest weekly decline in 10 months, as investors focused on quarterly earnings and developments in Boston.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[IMF chief says hopes for loan deal with Egypt]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:49:37 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The head of the International Monetary Fund said on Thursday more work is needed to conclude loan talks with Egypt but expressed hope that a deal can be struck.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lagarde says French misconduct case won't affect her IMF job]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:53:09 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The head of the IMF, Christine Lagarde, said on Thursday she had known since 2011 she would be questioned by a French court over an arbitration payment made to a wealthy supporter of former President Nicolas Sarkozy and it would not affect her job at the global financial institution.]]></description>
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