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Voters Critical of U.S. Health Care, Not The Care They Receive

The FINANCIAL -- Voters remain much more critical of the U.S. health care system than they are of the care they receive from it. While much of the world turns to America for advanced medicine, voters here aren’t so sure we have anything special to ...

Euro area unemployment at 7.8%

The FINANCIAL -- The euro area (EA19) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 7.8% in February 2019, stable compared withJanuary 2019 and down from 8.5% in February 2018. This remains the lowest ...

Organisations should prioritise risk function’s digital fitness to make smarter decisions

The FINANCIAL -- Organisations should focus on developing stronger digital skills and capacity in their risk function in order to make more informed decisions about risk in a technology-driven world, ...

Armenia and World Bank Group Renew Country Partnership Framework Focusing on Competitive, Export-led Economy

The FINANCIAL – The World Bank Group (WBG) Board of Executive Directors endorsed the 2019-23 Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Armenia with around US$ 500 million to support sustainable and ...

Euro area annual inflation down to 1.4%

The FINANCIAL -- Euro area annual inflation is expected to be 1.4% in March 2019, down from 1.5% in February according to a flashestimate from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European ...

Balance Of Payments Of Georgia (IV Quarter 2018)

The FINANCIAL -- Balance of Payments statistic is compiled according to the methodology provided by the IMF's "Balance of Payments Manual, Fifth ...

Artificial Intelligence Will Trigger Major Shifts in Value Pools Across the Health Care Industry

The FIANNCIAL – Companies in the four traditional sectors of health care risk ceding much of the value created by Artificial Intelligence tools to technology players and consumers, according to a ...

Large Majorities in Both Parties Say NATO is Good for the U.S.

The FINANCIAL -- As the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) celebrates its 70th anniversary this month, Americans overwhelmingly say being a member of NATO is beneficial for the United ...

Global Report on Food Crises: awful hunger still affecting over 100 million people worldwide

The FINANCIAL -- A report presented jointly by the European Union, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) finds that around 113 ...

EU Commission welcomes provisional agreement on strengthening EU consumer protection rules

The FINANCIAL -- The European Parliament and the Council have reached a provisional agreement on stronger and better enforced consumer protection rules European Commission ...

Dedicated support for small and medium-sized enterprises

The FINANCIAL -- European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has launched new support initiatives dedicated to applicants from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). SMEs will now be able to access ...

Visa free travel after Brexit: EU and UK reach agreement

The FINANCIAL -- The Council and the European Parliament have agreed that, following Brexit, UK citizens coming to the Schengen area for a short stay (90 days in any 180 days) should be granted visa ...

IFC Invests in Leading Glass Manufacturer to Create Jobs, Boost Growth in Egypt

The FINANCIAL -- IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is providing up to $100 million in financing to the Middle East Glass Manufacturing Company (MEG), Egypt’s leading maker of glass containers. ...