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Microsoft Corp CEO Steve Ballmer continued his five-city European trip today with additional announcements of plans to step up investment and recruitment in the region.
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The U.S. Government,
through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing
an initial $50,000 to the Togolese Red Cross for the provision of emergency
relief supplies to the flood-affected population in Togo.
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The U.S. Government,
through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing
an initial $50,000 to the Togolese Red Cross for the provision of emergency
relief supplies to the flood-affected population in Togo.
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IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, today announced a new financing transaction that takes its annual investments in Africa’s agribusiness sector in fiscal 2008 to more than $70 million, a five-fold increase over its average for the last three years.
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A lethal mix of drought, expanding conflict, rising food and energy prices, disease, and high poverty is pushing children and their families in the Greater Horn of Africa to the brink of disaster.
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IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has invested in the shares of Mixta Africa, a real estate company operating in Africa.
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otary International's coordinator for water and sanitation projects, F. Ronald Denham, estimates Rotary clubs are involved in at least 6,000 projects in scores of countries.
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Chevron confirms that its subsidiary Chevron Nigeria Deepwater Limited and its co-venturers are moving forward to develop the offshore Usan field in Nigeria.
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Renault Sandero marks a new step in the international development of the Renault group.
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Measles deaths in Africa fell by 91 percent between 2000 and 2006, from an estimated 396,000 to 36,000, reaching the United Nations 2010 goal to cut measles deaths by 90 percent four years early.
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More than 2.1 million children, aged nine months to five years were immunized against measles during a week long integrated National Measles Campaign in early July.
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Ericsson has opened a new Global Service Delivery Center (GSDC) in Beirut, Lebanon, to better service Ericsson's regional and global customers.
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Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. announced that its Hertz car rental brand has acquired the vehicle rental business of former licensee, Autotravel, in the United Kingdom.
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General Motors Latin America, Africa & Middle East (GM LAAM) region set a new Q1 sales record in 2007, selling over 269,000 vehicles, up approximately 39,000 units over the same period last year. Plus, GM's quarterly market share in the region increased 0.2 percent to 16.3 percent.
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