Ecosystem Accelerator Helps Drive XR Adoption, Innovation and Collaboration Across Several Industry Verticals
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Reforms that drive the demand for credit ratings will support the development of the corporate bond market.
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World Statistics Day reminds us that to ensure social and economic growth, support for data-backed policymaking is needed.
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Claudio Borio spoke at the Barclays 24th Annual Global Inflation Conference, concluding that inflation is not dead, just in hibernation.
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Cross-border claims contracted by $1.1 trillion from Q1 to Q2 2020. The year-on-year growth rate dropped from 10% at end-March to 5% at end-June 2020. Interbank claims, which had surged in the first quarter, fell sharply, driving the overall contraction.
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An estimated one in six children – or 356 million globally – were living in extreme poverty before the COVID-19 pandemic began, and this is set to worsen significantly, according to a new World Bank Group and UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) analysis released on Tuesday.
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final administrative consent order settling charges that a California-based marketer of a supplement called Thrive, which consists mainly of Vitamin C and herbal extracts, made baseless claims that it can treat, prevent, or reduce the risk of COVID-19. According to the FTC’s April 2020 administrative complaint,
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The Federal Trade Commission's annual report to Congress on protecting older adults, issued today, provides a detailed look at the scams that most often affect adults over 60, as well as the FTC's research, law enforcement, and education efforts aimed at protecting older consumers—a top priority for the agency.
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The European Commission is launching infringement procedures against Cyprus and Malta by issuing letters of formal notice regarding their investor citizenship schemes also referred to as “golden passport” schemes.
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Representing the EU at the event, Janez Lenarčič, Commissioner for Crisis Management, will pledge a total of €43.6 million on behalf of the EU to the three countries in the Central Sahel region for the rest of 2020.
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