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HAITI
Government woos foreign investors
Potential foreign investors are taking part in a two-day meeting in Haiti, organised at the suggestion of the UN's special envoy to Haiti, former US president Bill Clinton, to explore business opportunities in the poorest country in the Americas.
France - immigration - investment - unemployment
Immigration to France: visas for the rich?
What's to make of the French governmental decree published this week that proposes gold card resident permits for foreigners who invest at least 10 million euros in the French economy or create at least fifty jobs in France?
IMMIGRATION
Residency permits offered to lure foreign investors
Breaking with habitually restrictive immigration laws, the French government has announced that it will award residency permits to foreign entrepreneurs and investors in a move intended to attract foreign investment on French soil.
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BANKING
Goldman Sachs defies downturn to report surge in profits
Goldman Sachs, Wall Street's largest surviving investment bank, has announced a 33 percent rise in quarterly earnings, reporting net income for common shareholders of $2.7 billion and confirming an extraordinary rebound in the financial sector.
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ENERGY
European firms plan to harness Sahara's solar power
A German-led consortium of European companies has launched a 400-billion-euro plan to plant huge solar farms in Africa and the Middle East, in a massive project it claims could provide up to 15% of Europe's electricity needs by 2050.
IRAQ - FRANCE
Iraqi PM Maliki in France, seeking investment
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki arrived in France on Monday - his fist official visit to the nation - to drum up European investment for rebuilding Iraq. He also met with French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
FINANCIAL CRISIS
Societe Generale denies reported losses of up to 10 billion euros
French banking giant Societe Generale denied reports in Monday's edition of the French daily Liberation that the bank could face losses of 10 billion euros because of its investments in toxic assets.
ECONOMIC CRISIS
World Bank to pump $45 billion into recovery infrastructure
World Bank president Robert Zoellick (photo) said on Thursday that the 185-nation lender would invest $45 billion in infrastructure over three years for "job creation, sustainable economic growth and overcoming poverty".
FINANCE
China to create a Southeast Asian $10 billion fund
China is planning a 10-billion-dollar fund to develop South Asian infrastructures, reported state media on Sunday. The announcement was to be made by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao during the cancelled ASEAN summit in Thailand.
FINANCE
Warren Buffett's investment firm downgraded again
Investment tycoon Warren Buffett's investment firm, Berkshire Hathaway, was downgraded by credit ratings agency Moody's to "Aa2" from "AAA", the highest rating. The firm had already been downgraded by the ratings agency Fitch.
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