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[Banks and Financial Organisations , Economy , Finance Services ] The World Bank Profile The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programs. The organisation is not a bank in the ordinary sense, but a unique partnership with its main objective to reduce poverty and support development. …

Timizzer.com - More than a hundred years before it got international recognition through a partnership with Rabobank, the credit union which became Sicredi was starting by the hands of Theodor Amstad in 1902 in Nova Petropolis, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The founder was a Swiss Jesuit who came from England in 1883 and was trying to spread a cooperative throughout German colonies in Brazil. Continue: Timizzer.com

Timizzer.com - The Grupo Sura is a Medellin-based company, which is the parent of major financial institutions in Colombia such as Suramericana and Bancolombia, the country's biggest bank. Its investments range from construction business to food companies. In an exclusive interview to Timizzer, Ignacio Calle Cuartas, Vice-President of investments and finances, tells how the growing Colombian middle class is affecting the financial sector, especially the insurance market... Continue: Timizzer.com

Recent studies from the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism have shown that 17.6 million people in the United States either depend on or abuse alcohol, and out of these approximately only 1 million seek a form of treatment.

XP Investimentos is the biggest brokerage in Brazil not related to any bank or larger financing institution. The path the company encountered to achieve this status had a lot of tools and shortcuts. It started in the middle of the market environment full of fears in 2001, the year of 9/11 terrorist attack. Guilherme Benchimol and Marcelo Maisonnave began as autonomous investment agents in Porto Alegre. Their office was a room of just 40 square meters. The computers used in the business were a little lagged because it was bought from a lan house.

FTSE, the award winning global index provider, and Cürex Group, a leading developer of intellectual property and technologies that link institutional foreign exchange with global capital markets, today announced their worldwide partnership and the launch … more

The Agency for a successful website.The Internet is the medium of the future and the future has already begun. No company, no organization, no company, no institution or no individual company can do without the internet.......Read Full Text

They might not have any savings that would help them in dealing with such emergencies and thus, they need money fast from some external sources to manage their unexpected expenses. This gap can be filled up with cash advances availed from lending institutions.

As a top national priority, Homeland Security in Israel is more than just an exportable commodity. Israel's self-reliance has created a diversified and cutting edge security industry, adding innovation to existing technologies as well as developing new ones. Israel today has earned its worldwide reputation for providing leading security solutions and continues to successfully partner with key world players to protect airports, seaports, government offices, financial institutions, recreational centers, Homeland security has always been a top priority in Israel. The need for unique technologies and self reliance, has led to a diversified and cutting edge industry, with products suitable for the most demanding situations, and environments. With leading players in the vehicle protection segment, and exciting solutions for airport and seaport security, Israel stands amongst the world leaders in this crucial market.

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Israel has developed a highly sophisticated agricultural industry during the decades, backed by world class universities and practical experience. Centers like the Weizman Institute and the Volcani center have produced cutting edge technologies that have contributed to higher yields and cost savings for a hungry world.

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Last week, the UK LibDem party was thrown into scandal when two of its Lords proposed an amendment to the Digital Economy Bill that would allow for national web-censorship, particularly aimed at "web-lockers" like Google Docs and YouSendIt. Now a leaked document from the British Phonographic Institute suggests that the amendment was basically written by the record industry lobby and entered into law on their behalf by representatives of the "party of liberty." This weekend, LibDem members who attend the national convention in Birmingham will have the chance to vote on an emergency measure affirming the party's commitment to an open and just Internet, repudiating this disastrous measure. If you (or someone you know) is attending the convention, please support the "Save the Net" emergency measure and help rehabilitate the party's reputation on fundamental freedoms in the information society.

Proving once again that special interests can "buy" the "support" of politicians of any stripe! And they can do so regardless of the "best interests" of the "majority of the people", who those politicians are supposedly morally (by honor) and legally (by oath) bound to represent!

As Congress this week inches toward a new set of rules to avert another global financial collapse, it is focused on two conflicting goals: reforming the banking system to protect consumers while still giving lenders the freedom to take risks. So far the score looks like: Bankers 1, Consumers 0. More than a year after a wave of risky mortgage bets brought Wall Street to its knees, banks and other financial institutions are still playing by the same rules that got them into the mess.

A coalition of security experts from more than 30 organizations is urging enterprises to exert more pressure on software vendors to ensure that they use secure code development practices. The group, led by the SANS Institute and Mitre Corp., offered enterprises recent hacks of Google draft contract language that would require vendors to adhere to a strict set of security standards for software development. In essence, the terms would make vendors liable for software defects that lead to security breaches. "Nearly every attack is enabled by [programming] mistakes that provide a handhold for attackers," said Alan Paller, director of research at SANS, a security training and certification group.

Of course, a more general way to address this and other "business" generated problems / abuses (like expensive required "arbitration" by companies owned and in bed with the companies requiring the arbitration!), is to FORBID contract elements that effectively strip any party of certain "rights" (like the right to sue for defectives; the right to freedom of speech; the right to warranty protections; the right to hold either party to public or published promises / representations, etc.). Basically, by making LYING and DECEIT and NEGLIGENCE liability and culpability unrestricted. Or will we hear / be told that being honest and producing a quality product is "anti-business"? What!? Is this like, if I can't lie and cheat being in business isn't worth it!? If that is true, then those parties and businesses could just as well "go away"! Just as "conservatives" say other criminals like that should. One may have argued that the software industry would never have "gotten off the ground" (at least, as fast as it did) if such strict liability had been enforced (as say, was eventually and is more often applied to physical building and their defects / collapses). That is, that the EULAs and contracts typically accompanying software ("not represented as fit for any purpose" more or less!) had been restricted. On the other hand, we might have gotten software somewhat slower but BETTER - NOT being associated with or causing the BILLIONS of dollars in losses due to bugs, security holes, etc. Others will rail that this will merely "make lawyers richer". So what if it will? As long as government isn't primarily "on the side" of the majority of the people (you know, like a "democracy" should be), then being able to get a individual "hired gun" is one of the only ways for the "little guy" to effectively defend themselves from corporate criminals and other "special interest" elites.

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First Choice Community Bank, Dallas, GA was closed by the regulators on April 29, 2010. All deposit accounts, excluding the Cede & Co. deposits, have been transferred to Bank of the Ozarks, Little Rock, AR ("assuming institution") and will be available immediately. The former First Choice Community Bank locations will reopen as branches of Bank of the Ozarks during regular business hours. Safety Ranking: BankVega safety ranking has been erratic for last 2 years and seen wild swings. It looks like bank tried to maintain its growth at all costs, but fundamental challenges in asset quality resulted in bankruptcy of the bank.

Logos are vital in branding and marketing. They help make businesses and organizations easier to remember. They do not help sell stuff directly but they help consumers differentiate one particular brand from the competition. They also give companies and institutions their own sense of self and individuality, if at least visually. It's like giving a face to a name. We have listed a few things that we think will be helpful in creating or redesigning your logo. 4 Logo Design Tips You Need to Check

India, not only in cricket but is also, hot favorite to take over the developed countries to emerge at the top of the group in the global economic superpower league, says an unprecedented new survey of Indian entrepreneurs and senior managers by he London-based independent think-tank Legatum Institute and the book "Think India think Business" published by CCH a leading global tax accounting and corporate law information provider.