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May 17 (Reuters) - The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, a n aggressive g lobal dealmaker, notched smaller investment gains in 2012 as markets sagged but said it sees more opportunities than ...
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NEW YORK May 17 (Reuters) - U.S. primary dealers saw asset purchases as the most likely policy tool the Federal Reserve would use to give the economy another boost, according to a survey done ...
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Leading indicators in China are already showing signs of an uptick in the economy, a senior statistics official said yesterday, in stark contrast to downgrades of growth estimates by investment ...

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US Senate confirms Harvard economist Stein for Fed

WASHINGTON May 17 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate confirmed Harvard economist Jeremy Stein to the Federal Reserve Board, the first vote on one of two nominees to the central bank expected on ...
Rolet forges ahead with LSE revolution

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Four days ago marked two decades since Ratko Mladic became the commander of the main staff of the army of Republika Srpska - the VRS. On that day, Mladic began his full participation in a criminal endeavour that was already in progress. On that day, he assumed the mantle of realising through military might the criminal goals of ethnically cleansing much of Bosnia. On that day he commenced his direct involvement in serious international crimes.

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The prosecuting counsel of the War Crimes tribunal convened to hear charges against Gen. Ratko Mladic was making his opening comments at the hearing.

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Hawkers should not be evicted: Mahasweta Devi

With the West Bengal government deciding to issue permits to Kolkata's hawkers without earmarking any permanent hawking zone, Magsaysay awardee Mahasweta Devi Tuesday said the hawkers should not be evicted as they were also part of the society.

"The hawkers should not be evicted. They are part of the society. They should not be evicted on humanitarian grounds. The government should look into the matter," Mahasweta Devi said at a programme.

The state government has decided to set up a high-power committee, which will identify the hawkers of the city and provide them with permits. The government has decided against identifying any hawking zones.

State Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim had recently said that important areas of the city will be kept hawker free and encroachers will be evicted from the pavements.