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Thursday, 28 January 2010 15:31 |
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 By Mitch Vandenborn, International News Services
As the international community converges on Haiti, many are fearful that the small Caribbean country will become another victim of promised international aid that falters amongst bickering and petty squabbles between donor countries and agencies. But, in truth, this disaster could serve as a model for international aid done right, with large scale cooperation and organisation that not only relieves the immediate suffering of the Haitian people, but reestablishes the shattered remains of their infrastructure and society. |
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Thursday, 07 January 2010 19:36 |
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 Luis Ramos, CEO of The Network
Despite the global recession highlighting an alarming rise in the number of major frauds worldwide, recent findings by information lifecycle management company The Network and BDO Consulting indicate that fraud reporting may be leveling. Indeed, it may even slightly declining for some organisations. |
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Thursday, 07 January 2010 20:36 |
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 By Alan Osborn and Mitch Vandenborn, International News Services
While many had hoped December's Copenhagen Conference would be the necessary first step in the global fight against climate change, in the wake of the signed partial accord, we are left with many more questions than answers. Now, 2010 is the new deadline for whether the world can agree a practical response to the dangers of global warming. |
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Saturday, 19 December 2009 17:24 |
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 By Paul Cochrane, in Beirut
For business journalists, writing about the Gulf from 2004 to 2008 was often a repetitive process. Regardless of the sector being covered, the opening paragraph would invariably have a growth figure in the double digits, and the projection for the next year would also be very healthy. The global financial crisis in the autumn of 2008 dimmed the region's business fortunes, flipping that opening paragraph to negative double-digit growth or, for some sectors, growth in the low single-digits.
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