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Chinese insurers expand micro-insurance businessChina Pacific Life Insurance, the nation's fourth-largest life insurance company, received approval from the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) recently to expand its rural individual life microinsurance pilot program...

The US Senate Banking Committee on Feb. 2 unanimously approved a new regimen of anti-Iran sanctions which will for the first time threaten to punish the global financial telecommunications network - nearly all...

M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2012 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Australian carrier the Qantas Group on Thursday released details on its response to the European Union (EU) and Australian carbon pricing schemed and increased fuel costs. Higher jet...

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2012 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Australian carrier the Qantas Group on Thursday released details on its response to the European Union (EU) and Australian carbon pricing schemed and increased fuel costs. Higher jet...

Tokyo, Feb 2, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces that Toyota Motor Manufacturing Russia (TMMR), its vehicle production subsidiary in Russia, plans to add stamping and resin-molding processes to...

The Federal Reserve will preface new rules mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act with a disclaimer pointing out which banks will be most affected. Fed Governor Elizabeth Duke, chair of the Federal Reserve Board's...

The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) lets us do "magnificent things," according to John Palfrey, chair of the DPLA Steering Committee and faculty co-director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society...

Quotables from industry notables The Globalization of Ecommerce in 2012' For many companies, however, the globalization process is still just beginning. Aside from a handful of companies that operate eCommerce sites around the...

The Chinese government has the ability to support key domestic economic sectors in 2012, if the U.S. and European economies do not rebound, a senior vice president of the World Bank has told...

A $15 million World Bank loan to Belize is for Project: 127338-(N) Climate Resilient Infrastructure. The objective is to provide evidence-based climate resilient infrastructure and to enhance the capacity of the country in...

Following the adoption of a regulation by the Central Bank Board, the HSBC bank is the first authorized to offer currency derivatives, reports Nacion.com (Jan. 9, 2012). Currency derivatives ensure the value of...

Outgoing Minister of Agriculture & Fisheries Robert Montague said the future for the cocoa industry in Jamaica remains bright, based on initiatives being undertaken by the government and the high level of interest...

Nicaragua received $900 million in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in 2011, reports Agencia EFE (Dec. 19, 2011). The projected figure is 80% more than 2010. Javier Chamorro, Exec. Dir. of the State Agency...

Venezuela said it has defended itself in an international arbitration case brought by Exxon Mobil Corp. and will need to pay only $255 million of the more than $900 million awarded to the...

HEADNOTE On November 15, 2011, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago held a conference to explore what has been driving the large and rapid increases in Midwest farmland values. Academics, industry representatives, and...

HEADNOTE According to participants in the Chicago Fed's annual Economic Outlook Symposium, the U.S. economy is forecasted to grow at a pace below its historical average in 2012, following a year with an...

Hailstorms in Australia, tornadoes in the southeastern U.S. and windstorms in northern Europe: We're in the second month of the year and already receiving hints that 2012 may be shaping up to equal...

HEADNOTE The seventh annual Community Bankers Symposium, co-sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), was held...

Tokyo, Jan 31, 2012 - (JCN) - In line with its commitment to support the World Health Organization's lymphatic filariasis elimination program, Eisai Co., Ltd, as one of the 13 major research and...