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World Bank president: We can end extreme poverty by 2030
2013-04-05 01:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: In two weeks, economic policymakers from around the world will gather in Washington, D.C., for the World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings. As has been the case for the past five years, there will be much talk of economic crisis and of strategies to restore confidence, kick start growth, and create jobs. There is growing evidence that we are on the right track, but this agenda still requires much more work. The meetings, though, also offer an occasion to look beyond the short term crisis-fighting measures....
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VIDEO: World Bank chief sees end to poverty
2013-04-04 23:14:04| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Jim Yong Kim is urging direct action to help more than a billion people benefit from growth.
World Bank chief: global poverty bigger challenge than action on HIV
2013-04-04 20:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The president of the World Bank has warned that ending the worst of global poverty within a generation would prove a tougher challenge than tackling Aids, as he urged direct action to help more than a billion people benefit from growth. Jim Yong Kim, the former health activist chosen by Barack Obama to lead the Washington-based institution, said the goal of reducing the number of people living on less than $1.25 a day from 21% to 3% by 2030 was achievable but "extraordinarily difficult". Interviewed...
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Pirate Bay Proxy Operator's Bank Account Seized
2013-04-04 18:04:17| TechNewsWorld
The Netherlands has had the damnedest time blocking The Pirate Bay. Taking a cue from the UK, as well as from Belgium and others, the Netherlands ruled last May that Dutch Internet service providers must block The Pirate Bay. Alas, the ruling didn't quite do the trick, as people began offering proxies that afforded users circuitous routes to the piracy hotbed.
VIDEO: Is it worth paying for a bank account?
2013-04-04 12:20:25| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Banks will have to take additional steps when when charging for accounts that come with insurance products and other offers, under new rules set to come into force.
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