The FINANCIAL -- At the end of his official visit to Georgia, PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon has welcomed the democratic transition of power in the country following the parliamentary elections in October 2012, which were generally considered by observers to have been free and fair, according to Council of Europe.

The FINANCIAL -- Management of GFF and the Radisson Blu Hotels chain announced their official partnership for the year 2013.

The FINANCIAL -- Precious metals prices dived as the dollar rallied and bond yields soared to a 15-month high as Bernanke said the Fed plans to start weaning the economy off of stimulus drugs, or quantitative easing, starting in the fall, with a mid-2014 end to bond buying. But commercial traders are still bullish on gold, silver and precious metals exchange traded funds, according to the NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.

The FINANCIAL -- The housing market in US is in a strong uptrend but the manufacturing sector is beginning to falter. This has fuelled uncertainty about the US economic outlook, according to HSBC Group, including among members of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), which appears to be considering tapering or slowing the pace of quantitative easing (QE), possibly towards the end of 2013.

The FINANCIAL -- Hyatt Hotels Corporation announced its long-term commitment to education and workforce readiness with Ready To Thrive, a new global philanthropy program focused on literacy and career development. 

The FINANCIAL -- India’s ‘post-millennial’ generation seems set to overtake the preceding ‘millennial’ generation or ‘Gen Y’, taking communication over social networks like Facebook and Twitter and instant messaging modes like Whatsapp to newer extremes, according to the findings of the TCS survey 2012-13.