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Business / World Business

New IMF chief David Malpass says world needs faster economic growth to curb poverty 10 Apr 2019 - 01:21 am
David Malpass speaks in front of the World Bank on his first day as the new president of the bank in Washington, DC on April 9, 2019.  AFP / Andrew Caballero-Reynolds
Pad Women: the all-female business easing period poverty in Sri Lanka 09 Apr 2019 - 11:17 pm
A woman makes a sanitary pad at the Sinidu Factory in Kithulwatte, Colombo, Sri Lanka, on March 13, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Smriti Daniel
Fighting online child abuse gets boost from eBay billionaire at UK forum 09 Apr 2019 - 11:03 pm
FILE PHOTO: An eBay sign is seen at an office building in San Jose, California, May 28, 2014. Reuters/Beck Diefenbach
Almost half UK companies failed to narrow gender pay gap 09 Apr 2019 - 11:03 pm
Unisex signs hanging outside bathrooms at Toast Paninoteca in Durham North Carolina, May 9, 2016.  AFP/Getty Images North America/Sara D Davis
First female boss vows to shake up Bangladesh's fashion factories 09 Apr 2019 - 09:35 pm
A worker hangs clothes to dry on the roof of a garment factory in Dhaka in this June 15, 2005 file photo. Reuters/Rafiqur Rahman
StanChart to pay $1 billion to end sanctions probes 09 Apr 2019 - 06:20 pm
File photo: Bobby Yip/ Reuters
Remittances to developing world hit record in 2018: World Bank 08 Apr 2019 - 11:35 pm
A money changer counts Turkish lira bills at an currency exchange office in central Istanbul, August 21 2015. Reuters/Murad Sezer
US 'not satisfied yet' in China trade talks 08 Apr 2019 - 11:35 pm
A container is transferred at a port in Qingdao, Shandong province in eastern  China on July 6, 2018.  AFP
India's cash crunch is weighing on financial health of firms 08 Apr 2019 - 10:00 pm
In this photo taken on March 25, 2019, Indian residents leave a clothing shop at the Kadherpettai wholesale textile market in the south Indian city of Tiruppur. AFP / Arun Sankar
Modi's rivals see India election gain hitting PM on economy 08 Apr 2019 - 10:00 pm
Indian labourers stitch apparel in the tailoring section of a textile production unit in the south Indian city of Tiruppur on March 25, 2019. AFP / Arun Sankar
Development-bank climate funds seek new dollars, as competition heats up 08 Apr 2019 - 07:28 pm
A thermosolar power plant, partly funded by the CIF, is pictured at Noor II near the city of Ouarzazate, Morocco, November 4, 2016. Reuters/Youssef Boudlal
In US first, Minneapolis rethinks housing density to make homes cheaper 08 Apr 2019 - 07:28 pm
Housing advocates hold a public-outreach event in Minneapolis, USA, on September 11, 2018. Handout photograph courtesy of Neighbors for More Neighbors
Thailand ramps up fight against forced labour with stricter law 08 Apr 2019 - 07:28 pm
Migrant workers prepare to unload their catch at a port in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand, January 22, 2018. Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha
US ban on slave-made goods nets tiny fraction of $400 bln threat 08 Apr 2019 - 07:28 pm
US Customs and Border Protection officer opens packages at the JFK mail facility in New York,  August 28, 2018. Reuters/Jill Kitchener
Poverty, repression in shadow of Azerbaijan's shiny new skyline 08 Apr 2019 - 05:21 pm
FILE PHOTO: Smoke and flames rise after an explosion at a gas pipeline in Sangachal town, 50 km from the capital of Azerbaijan, Baku, on December 27, 2016. Resul Rehimov/Anadolu Agency
Baffled and concerned, Nissan shareholders sever last ties with ousted Ghosn 08 Apr 2019 - 09:06 am
FILE PHOTO - The company logo is seen at the Nissan Motors' Iwaki Plant in Iwaki, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, April 5, 2016. REUTERS/Yuya Shino/File Photo
Doha Bank ‘Gold Rush Cards Campaign’ a tremendous success 08 Apr 2019 - 02:11 am
Doha Bank officials unveiling the prize.
Istanbul Airport serves flights after mega move 07 Apr 2019 - 11:39 pm
A receptionist waits for passengers at the entrance of Turkish Airlines business class check-in hall at the city’s new Istanbul Airport in Istanbul, Turkey.