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Opening Remarks By Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund Tokyo, October 14, 2012 As prepared for delivery Good afternoon. I would like to welcome you to our seminar. When I first looked at the list of panelists and keynote speakers, I realized that the title of today’s event is a bit of an understatement. …
Even as you read this, the social media space is abuzz with excitement. Presidential candidates are running their election campaigns. Irate customers and disgruntled employees are voicing their dissent. Norwegian protesters are posting their anguish about fishing in Japan. While tech savvy companies are connecting their brands with customers, grabbing the eyeballs that matter. Yes, …
Statement made by the Union Finance Minister and Leader of the Indian Delegation Shri P. Chidamabaram at the 26th Meeting of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) in Tokyo yesterday (Representing the Constituency consisting of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Sri Lanka) Mr. Chairman, We are meeting at a time when the global economy is …
Over 400 school and college students participate in Quarterathon for a cause of public health · Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), in association with a few other organizations and the event management group Seven Miles, organized a Quarterathon to ‘junk the junk food’ · CSE has been campaigning to make people aware of what …
Joint Ministerial Committee of the Boards of Governors of the Bank and the Fund on the Transfer of Real Resources to Developing Countries Tokyo, Japan October 13, 2012 1. The Development Committee met today, October 13, 2012, in Tokyo. 2. The global economy remains vulnerable. Challenges persist in many developed economies, while growth is slowing …
October 13, 2012 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will distribute SDR 700 million (about US$1.1 billion) in reserves attributed to windfall gold sales profits to its members in order to boost its concessional lending capacity for low-income countries during the global crisis. The distribution is a key element of a 2009 plan to boost concessional lending capacity to …
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, a global leader in digital media and digital convergence technologies, today unveiled the GALAXY S III mini, a compact version of the flagship smartphone GALAXY S III. The GALAXY S III mini brings the high performance, intuitive ease-of-use and nature-inspired design of the GALAXY S III to an elegant, compact smartphone …
BBC World News is the top English news channel in India among affluent viewers, according to the latest Ipsos PAX survey (Q2 2012). The channel has reached this position by beating out competition including CNN, CNBC TV18, NDTV 24×7, NDTV Profit, CNN-IBN and Bloomberg UTV. The PAX results also show that when compared against both …
India’s unique socio-economic development could create a conducive climate for the development of the nexus of converging forces – social, mobile, cloud and information – which will form the basis of the technology platform of the future, according to Gartner, Inc. However, uncertainty over the country’s economy, infrastructure and population dynamics will mean that it …
Day two of India Retail Forum (IRF) 2012 at the Hotel Renaissance, Mumbai, saw retailers of the nation rise and shine to a bright morning of discussion and debates on the future road map of the business that is growing at rapid pace. The first insightful session for the day was on ‘Customer Centric Retailing’. …