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Bank of Korea keeps interest rate near record low
September 8, 2010 Yahoo News (Financial Crisis) 8:52pm
South Korea's central bank left its key interest rate near a record low Thursday for a second straight month as the risk of slowing global growth...
Australia economy 'held up well post-GFC'
September 8, 2010 Yahoo News (Financial Crisis) 8:32pm
AUSTRALIAN financial markets have been less affected than other markets by the global financial crisis, with the local dollar becoming the fifth most...
Bank of Korea keeps interest rate near record low - The Associated Press
September 8, 2010 Google News (Financial Crisis) 8:23pm
Economy held up well post-GFC, says RBA
September 8, 2010 Yahoo News (Financial Crisis) 8:10pm
[AAP] - Australian financial markets have been less affected than other markets by the global financial crisis, with the local dollar becoming the...
RBA Assistant Governor Debelle Says Some Financial Markets Remain Fragile
September 8, 2010 Yahoo News (Financial Crisis) 8:07pm
Some financial markets have yet to see volatility return to pre-crisis levels, especially the bond market, while the foreign-exchange market has done...
Bank of Korea keeps key interest rate near record low amid weakening global ... - CanadianBusiness.com
September 8, 2010 Google News (Financial Crisis) 7:05pm
Democracy Now: Robert Scheer on The Great American Stickup
September 8, 2010 Moreover Blogs (Financial Crisis) 7:00pm
Republican obstruction, but on this matter, I agree with Sheer. They haven't fixed the problems with the financial institutions. The bill they got...
No time to lose to rebalance global economy - Radio Australia
September 8, 2010 Google News (Financial Crisis) 6:30pm
The Hindu
7-Eleven makes offer for Casey's, WSJ reports - Minneapolis Star Tribune
September 8, 2010 Google News (Financial Crisis) 6:03pm
Robert Reich: The Tortoise Economy
September 8, 2010 Moreover Blogs (Financial Crisis) 5:06pm
and the normal set of prescriptions can't possibly get us out of it.Read More... More on Financial Crisis
Jobs and recovery in the Great Depression
September 8, 2010 Moreover Blogs (Financial Crisis) 5:00pm
the Great Depression Timothy Hatton 9 September 2010 Print  Email Comment  Republish The recent recession that followed the global crisis has often...
Welfare States Decline Along With Youth Population
September 8, 2010 Moreover Blogs (Financial Crisis) 4:00pm
Italy and Japan are leading the world in the race to self-extermination. Others are coming along. But the financial problems caused by too many old...
Raj Nallari: More and Better Jobs: Are Fiscal Stimulus Packages Helping?
September 8, 2010 Moreover Blogs (Financial Crisis) 3:51pm
Global GDP growth as well as GDP growth in many regions were lower in 2009 compared to 2007. More specifically, negative growth rates were observed...
More stimulus needed for economy: Geithner
September 8, 2010 Yahoo News (Financial Crisis) 3:43pm
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Wednesday the United States needed more incentives to stimulate job growth and bolster a slow recovery...
Burning the Economic Toast
September 8, 2010 Moreover Blogs (Financial Crisis) 3:00pm
that I could drink away my utter horror at the death and dying of the US dollar and economy, history is, on the other hand, being made crystal clear...
Fighting Foreclosures and Strengthening Neighborhoods
September 8, 2010 Moreover Blogs (Financial Crisis) 3:00pm
Shaun Donovan on September 08, 2010 at 06:00 PM EDT We all understand the impact the foreclosure crisis has had on homeowners. But the crisis has...
Forex mkt success backs global transaction tax
September 8, 2010 Yahoo News (Financial Crisis) 2:52pm
The case for a tax on global financial transactions may have been perversely boosted by the relative success of foreign exchange markets through the...
Goldman Sachs Faces a 20 Million Pound Slap on the Wrist in the UK
September 8, 2010 Moreover Blogs (Financial Crisis) 2:15pm
Wall Street titan Goldman Sachs ( GS ) has been fined £20 million ($31 million) by British financial authorities for failing to disclose it was under...
Participation Crisis: The Left is in for a Rude Awakening this Fall
September 8, 2010 Moreover Blogs (Financial Crisis) 2:15pm
older citizens. Disturbingly, this divide has grown in the last two years, despite the severity of the economic crisis and the growth of suffering...
Peek Returns to Banking With New Job at Barclays
September 8, 2010 Moreover Blogs (Financial Crisis) 2:11pm
Peek, the chief executive who built up the CIT Group , only to see it nearly capsize during the financial crisis, has returned to his investment...

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Eva Kaplan, UNICEF
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On July 15, this project was officially launched.  Representatives from all 5 participating...
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Panthea Lee, UNICEF
From Pilots to Policy Lessons: New Methods for Information Collection, Analysis and Use
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JustMeans
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UN News Centre
Secretary-General's opening remarks to the press on return from his trip to Canada for the G20 meeting
Good morning. I have just addressed the High Level Segment of the Economic and Social Council....