Thu Apr 21, 2016/Reuters Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) shares jumped more than 6 percent early on Thursday on expectations that the carmaker was close to reaching a deal to buy back 500,000 diesel cars in the United States in a step toward resolving an emissions rigging scandal. Regulators and prosecutors around the […]
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Remarks by World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim at the World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings 2016
14/4/2016/World Bank As Prepared for Delivery April 14, 2016 Good morning everyone, and welcome to the 2016 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund. I would like to first acknowledge our 189th member country — the Pacific island state of Nauru, which officially joined the […]
Remittances to developing countries edge up slightly in 2015
13/4/2016/World Bank Remittances to developing countries grew only marginally in 2015, as weak oil prices and other factors strained the earnings of international migrants and their ability to send money home to their families, says the World Bank’s latest edition of the Migration and Development Brief, released today. Officially recorded remittances […]
