Obama Administration Blocks global Health Fund To Fight Disease In Developing Nations - Huffington Post
26 May 2012, 3:10 am
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration has alarmed global health experts by opposing a new international fund that would fight disease in the developing world. The new fund would require other countries to share a cost burden currently borne ...

Beyond Mismanagement: Did MF global Mislead? - Motley Fool
25 May 2012, 5:16 pm
Last December, I excoriated the credit ratings agencies for failing to understand the nature of the risks that ultimately led to the failure of MF global (OTC: MFGLQ). However, after further research, I am beginning to wonder if MF global misled ...

Optimism for global Markets on the Rise: Investors Approaching global Investment Opportunities Over the Next Decade - Yahoo Finance
25 May 2012, 3:00 pm
SANTIAGO, CHILE--(Marketwire -05/14/12)- In the near term, respondents remain cautious, fairly conservative, and in favor of keeping their investment money close to home, a Franklin Templeton global poll has found. When asked about their long ...

Statement by Hon. Fred Mitchell on the African global Diaspora - thebahamasweekly.com
25 May 2012, 2:53 pm
Johannesburg, South Africa - Statement by Fred Mitchell MP, Minister of Foreign Affairs for The Bahamas delivered at the global Diaspora Conference on 25th May 2012: I wish to thank the African Union for sponsoring and convening this important ...

global MARKETS WEEKAHEAD - Summer of discontent beckons - Reuters India
25 May 2012, 9:38 am
LONDON (Reuters) - The late spring warmth spreading across Europe and the United States is unlikely to soothe a growing anxiety in financial markets that the global outlook is anything but balmy. An escalating euro zone crisis and weak data from ...

Intel funnels $40 million into global network of research laboratories - engadget
24 May 2012, 10:03 pm
Like any tech company worth its weight in silicon, Intel puts plenty of cash into research, often partnering with outside labs and schools that are less concerned with turning every project into a multi-billion dollar product. After throwing $30 ...

global MARKETS-Stocks edge up despite weakening growth - Reuters
24 May 2012, 9:53 am
NEW YORK, May 24 (Reuters) - global stocks edged up and the dollar stalled near a 20-month high on Thursday even as data suggested Europe's debt woes are spreading and worsening an economic slowdown worldwide. Investors looking for bargains ...

Silver Lake and Partners Group to Buy global Blue for $1.25 Billion - New York Times
24 May 2012, 5:21 am
LONDON — The private equity firm Silver Lake and the investment management company Partners Group agreed on Thursday to buy global Blue, a tax-free shopping business, for 1 billion euros. The deal, valued at about $1.25 billion, is one of the ...

EU appeals to China to join global emissions talks - YAHOO!
23 May 2012, 1:05 am
BEIJING (AP) — A European envoy held out a possible compromise in a fight with China over carbon emissions charges on airlines, saying Wednesday that Europe might alter its system if Beijing helps negotiate global regulations. China, India, the United ...

JPMorgan Joins MF global in Lobbying Wins That Backfire - Bloomberg
22 May 2012, 7:28 pm
MF global Holdings Ltd. argued in a December 2010 letter to regulators that futures brokers didn’t need tighter restrictions on how they invest client funds. Ten months later, as MF global filed for bankruptcy, about $1.6 billion in customer ...