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WBCG – Leading Actor in Supporting Women Entrepreneurs in Georgia

The FINANCIAL -- The Women Business Council in Georgia (WBCG) is continuing to arrange a number of trainings and meetings in order to promote recognition of women in Georgia, to bring together women of diverse occupations and to provide opportunities for them to help themselves and others grow both personally and ...

Americans Strongly Applaud America and Its Past

The FINANCIAL -- George Washington and Thomas Jefferson are the latest victims as the politically correct expand their war on America’s past, but a sizable majority of Americans remain proud of ...

ADB Sells $3.25 Billion 3-Year Global Benchmark Bond

tHE financial — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) returned to the US dollar bond market with the pricing of a $3.25 billion 3-year global benchmark bond issue, proceeds of which will be part of ...

New Partnership Focusing on Impact of Investments in Romania’s Urban Areas

The FINANCIAL – A tripartite agreement was officially launched today, between the World Bank, the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG Regio) of the European Commission, and the ...

Keys handed over for Chernobyl New Safe Confinement

The FINANCIAL -- In a ceremony attended by Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the site of the former Chernobyl nuclear power plant the keys for the New Safe Confinement shielding the ...

EU population up to over 513 million on 1 January 2019. More deaths than births

The FINANCIAL -- On 1 January 2019, the population of the European Union (EU) was estimated at almost 513.5 million, compared with 512.4 million on 1 January ...

Deloitte ranked No. 1 consulting service provider worldwide by Gartner

The FINANCIAL —Gartner, the world’s leading information technology and advisory company, ranked Deloitte as the number one worldwide consulting service provider for the second consecutive year, ...

TBC Bank Named the Best Bank in Georgia by EMEA Finance Magazine

The FINANCIAL -- TBC Bank has been named the Best Bank in Georgia 2018 by EMEA Finance magazine for the eighth consecutive ...

For First Time, Majority in U.S. Backs Human Mission to Mars

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Americans' views about landing an astronaut on Mars have shifted, with a majority now favoring the idea for the first time since 1969 and 1999, when majorities opposed the ...

U.S. public has little confidence in social media companies to determine offensive content

The FINANCIAL -- Americans have complicated views about the role social media companies should play in removing offensive content from their ...

For World Population Day, a look at the countries with the biggest projected gains – and losses – by 2100

The FINANCIAL -- Four of the 10 most populous countries in the world will no longer be among the top 10 in 2100 – and all four will be supplanted by rapidly growing nations in Africa, according to ...

Most U.S. adults feel what happens to their own racial or ethnic group affects them personally

The FINANCIAL -- How much do people feel that what happens to members of their own racial or ethnic group affects what happens in their own lives? What about what happens to other groups? Known ...

Leading Ukrainian pharmaceutical manufacturer Farmak to become energy efficient

The FINANCIAL -- Ukraine’s market leader in pharmaceutical manufacturing, PJSC Farmak, will take a big step forward in its research and development, as well as energy efficiency. Energy efficiency ...