International Finance Corporation

WUXI, China/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Local creditors of Wuxi Suntech, the bankrupt unit of Chinese solar panel maker Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd, on Wednesday claimed the subsidiary owed them a combined $2.5 billion, at the start of a debt restructuring...

Masdar and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank, announced their intention to collaborate on the advancement of clean energy projects. The memorandum of understanding (MoU), which was signed last week...

May 13 (Reuters) - The Guardian PARTS OF UK COAL MAY BE NATIONALISED AFTER COLLIERY FIRE CLOSES PIT Troubled parts of UK Coal, Britain's largest coal mining business, could return to public ownership under plans being discussed by ministers that would...

HSBC NEARLY DOUBLES Q1 PROFIT : HSBC announced its first-quarter earnings have nearly doubled due to the bank's three-year efficiency drive and a halving in bad debts charges, Reuters has reported. Europe's biggest bank posted a pre-tax profit of $8.4bn,...

DUBAI, May 7 (Reuters) - Here are factors that may affect Middle East stock markets on Tuesday. Reuters has not verified the press reports and does not vouch for their accuracy. INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL * GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian shares steady on higher...

A division of the World Bank Group announced Wednesday that it has invested $150 million in Laureate Education Inc., giving the international development organization a small stake in the Baltimore-based global higher education company. "It's an...

Something like a glammed-up re-imagining of the United Nations, year-in, year-out the foreign-language film category at the Oscars is a home to diplomacy, drama, intrigue and heartbreak. And that's just the process to secure a nomination and then the...