Sri Lanka's central bank said Thursday gold was an "important anchor" for the country's foreign reserves after it bought more of the precious ...
Putting his prestige on the line, President Barack Obama will personally commit the U.S. to a goal of substantially cutting greenhouse gases at ...
Success at Copenhagen climate summit means reshaping the world as we know it Next month's climate summit in Copenhagen seeks to transform the way we run the planet, from the generation of energy, to the building of homes and cities, to the ...
The International Monetary Fund announced Tuesday athat a lending scheme to aid countries hit hard by the financial crisis had grown to 600 billion dollars. The Washington-based Fund said that an additional 13 potential countries had agreed to join 26 nations in ...
The city of Washington has agreed to pay 13.7 million dollars to some 700 demonstrators and bystanders mistreated by police during demonstrations against the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in 2000. "We think it's an historic settlement. It's the largest settlement ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank will start a trust fund to boost agriculture in poor countries with an initial $1.5 billion, its president Robert Zoellick said on Tuesday, warning of the risk of another food price crisis. Crop shortages in India ...
PARIS (Reuters) - Half of the losses suffered by banks could still be hidden in their balance sheets, more so in Europe than in the United States, the International Monetary Fund's chief, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, was quoted as saying on Tuesday. In an ...
Massachusetts development partnership creates property listing site to lure, retain businesses The Massachusetts Alliance for Economic Development has created a Web site listing more than 70 market-ready sites around the state to promote expansion opportunities for businesses. The registry is aimed at ...
Top court rules that state can seize property to build arena for New Jersey Nets in Brooklyn New York's top court ruled Tuesday that the state can use eminent domain to force homeowners and businesses to sell their properties for a massive ...
In this photo taken Nov. 19, 2009, Bruce Ratner, president and CEO of Forest City Ratner Companies, talks in New York. In a 6-1 ruling Tuesday Nov. 24, 2009, New York's top court says the state can use eminent domain to force ...
LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Growing world oil use will likely outpace the rate of new supplies in 2010, eroding the huge stockpiles of crude which have mounted around the world since the start of the global economic crisis. According to a Reuters ...
DC agrees to $13M settlement with protesters arrested at 2000 World Bank, IMF meetings The District of Columbia has agreed to pay more than $13 million to settle a lawsuit by protesters arrested during demonstrations nine years ago. The preliminary agreement was ...
