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World Bank sees carbon finance role for years – Reuters

January 27, 2012
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World Bank sees carbon finance role for yearsReutersBy Jeff Coelho | LONDON (Reuters) – The World Bank's carbon finance initiatives will likely be needed for at least five years, as the United Nations struggles to create a self-sufficient, international carbon market, the manager of the bank's carbon … and more »

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C&F Financial Corporation Announces Record Net Income for 2011 – MarketWatch (press release)

January 27, 2012
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C&F Financial Corporation Announces Record Net Income for 2011MarketWatch (press release)26, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — C&F Financial Corporation /quotes/zigman/63791/quotes/nls/cffi CFFI +3.14% , the one-bank holding company for C&F Bank, today reported net income of $3.41 million for the fourth quarter of 2011, compared...

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Stanford Decried Greed in Speech Shown at Trial – Bloomberg

January 27, 2012
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Stanford Decried Greed in Speech Shown at TrialBloombergR. Allen Stanford, standing trial on allegations he led a $7 billion investment fraud, appeared in an October 2008 video shown to his jury decrying “damn greed” on Wall Street as the financial crisis deepened. “People are...

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Nigerian finance minister tells Davos financial crises don’t matter unless … – Washington Post

January 27, 2012
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Nigerian finance minister tells Davos financial crises don't matter unless …Washington PostDAVOS, Switzerland — While the world focuses on financial crises, Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and other leaders say those priorities won't matter unless people have one basic thing: Enough food to eat....

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Kenyan Finance Minister Exits Post in Wake of Charges in The Hague – Wall Street Journal

January 27, 2012
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Kenyan Finance Minister Exits Post in Wake of Charges in The Hague – Wall Street Journal

AFP Kenyan Finance Minister Exits Post in Wake of Charges in The HagueWall Street JournalBy SOLOMON MOORE NAIROBI—Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya's richest man and a presidential aspirant, resigned Thursday as finance minister of East Africa's largest economy, four days after the International Criminal Court charged...

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Greece Solution Still ‘Open’ as Debt Talks Resume – Bloomberg

January 27, 2012
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Greece Solution Still ‘Open’ as Debt Talks Resume – Bloomberg

Bloomberg Greece Solution Still 'Open' as Debt Talks ResumeBloombergAckermann chairs the Institute of International Finance, the Washington-based industry group that's leading the debt-swap talks on behalf of private bondholders. “Some progress” was made at a meeting last night in Athens between Charles Dallara, …Greece...

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COLUMN-Is Islamic Finance a Failure? An Assessment -Oliver Agha – Reuters

January 27, 2012
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COLUMN-Is Islamic Finance a Failure? An Assessment -Oliver AghaReutersOliver Agha, founding Partner of Agha & Co, a shari'ah-compliant law firm based in the United Arab Emirates (www.aghaandco.com), is a board member of the Accounting and Auditing Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions, and secretary general...

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