Tokyo, Nissan shareholders vented their outrage at the Japanese automaker’s top management Tuesday for crashing stock prices, zero dividends and quarterly losses after the scandal-ridden departure of former Chairman Carlos Ghosn. They got up, one by on…
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BAABDA ECONOMIC MEETING KICKS OFF
The financial and economic meeting scheduled for this Thursday has just kicked off at the Baabda Palace, under the chairmanship of President Michel Aoun, attended by Speaker of the Parliament Nabih Berri, Prime Minister Hassan Diab, Deputy Prime Minis…
FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTRY: INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT GROUP AWAITS FAR-REACHING, AMBITIOUS REFORMS IN LEBANON
The French embassy distributed a statement by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the approval of the ministerial statement put together by the new Lebanese government. The statement read:”The Lebanese parliament has approved the ministerial sta…
W-GDP Initiative Reaches 12 Million Women During Inaugural Year
WASHINGTON U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) and partners across the U.S. Government including the White House, U.S. Department of State, and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) today announced that they h…
Number of chinstrap penguins in Antarctica has fallen sharply: scientists
The number of chinstrap penguins in some colonies in Western Antarctica has fallen by as much as 77% since they were last surveyed in the 1970s, say scientists studying the impact of climate change on the remote region.The chinstrap penguin, named afte…
Andrew M. Herscowitz Named First DFC Chief Development Officer
WASHINGTON Andrew M. Herscowitz was approved by the Board of Directors of U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) to serve as the agency’s first Chief Development Officer (CDO). As CDO, Herscowitz will be responsible for focusing the …