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BM Özel Raportörü: İngiltere sosyal yardım sistemi hissiz, kötü niyetli ve cezalandırıcı

Birleşmiş Milletler (BM) Aşırı Yoksullukla Mücadele Ve İnsan Hakları Özel Raportörü Prof. Philip Alston, İngiltere’de 1.5 milyonu açlık sınırının altında 14 milyon insanın fakirlik içerisinde yaşadığını belirterek “Aslında bu kötü durum bir gecede değişebilir” dedi. Prof. Alston, sosyal yardım poliçelerinin de cezalandırıcı, kötü niyetli ve hissiz olduğunu söyledi.

Türkiye'nin Mavi Marmara saldırısı raporu

Türkiye'nin Mavi Marmara saldırısıyla ilgili BM'ye sunduğu raporun tam metni:

Hancock Tower sells at half price to Normandy

NEWYORK - Bloomberg - Boston’s John Hancock Tower was sold for $661 million, about half its price three years ago. The sale is a defeat for building owner Broadway Partners and its founder Scott Lawlor. Broadway paid $1.3 billion for the property in 2006

4Q profit falls 46 pct, hurt by finance unit

General Electric Co. fourth-quarter net income fell 46 percent, weighed down by its ailing financial business and capping a difficult year for the industrial giant.

Citi loses $8.3 billion, separates into two units

Citigroup Inc unveiled a plan to break into two businesses as a way to shed troubled assets, and reported an $8.29 billion fourth-quarter loss, its fifth straight quarterly loss.

Best musical score by Indian

MUMBAI - India's famous Bollywood composers, A. R. Rahman, won a Golden Globe award for best musical score with 'Slumdog Millionaire.' It is the first time an Indian has won a Golden Globe for composing in a country whose rich classical traditions have inspired oeuvres of global music.

Losses may not mean end of Credit Suisse investment banking

Recent losses at Credit Suisse Group AG do not mean the end of investment banking at the Swiss group, its chairman was quoted as saying in an interview published on Saturday.

Losses may not mean end of Credit Suisse investment banking

Recent losses at Credit Suisse Group AG do not mean the end of investment banking at the Swiss group, its chairman was quoted as saying in an interview published on Saturday.

Beyazperde, sarsılan bankalarla gerildi, artan seyirci rahatlattı

ABD’de dev bankaları yok eden ekonomik krizin, bu bankalardan aldığı destekle film çeken Hollywood’u olumsuz etkilemesi beklense de, artan seyirci sayısı sektörü rahatlattı.

General Electric profit meets expectations, shares up

General Electric (GE) on Friday posted a second quarter profit that met Wall Street forecasts, helped by better-than-expected results at the company's finance operations and sending shares higher in early trading.

GE eyes spin-off for consumer-industrial unit

General Electric said on Thursday it will look to spin off to shareholders its entire consumer and industrial unit, signaling it is ready to part with a much larger slice of its portfolio than just the 7 billion dollars appliance arm it has been seeking to sell.

EA extends takeover bid for Take-Two Interactive

Video game publisher Electronic Arts said Monday it has extended by a month its two-billion-dollar takeover offer for "Grand Theft Auto" publisher Take-Two Interactive Software.

World Bank seals $6.2 bln loan to Turkey

The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors discussed and welcomed Thursday a new Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) of the World Bank Group with Turkey for 2008-2011. According to a statement by the World Bank, the strategy anticipates World Bank financing for programs of the Turkish government, or guarantee by the government, up to US$ 6.2 billion during the 4-year period.

Avrupa'da en zengin şirketin geliri 179 milyar $

ABD Fortune Dergisi, Avrupa'nın 2002 yılında elde ettiği gelir bakımından en büyük şirketlerini belirledi. Buna göre geçen yıl Avrupa'nın en çok kazanan şirketi olan Royal Dutch/Shell, 179.4 milyar dolar gelir elde etti.

Avrupa'da en zengin şirketin geliri 179 milyar $

Vivendi'ye 1 milyar euro kredi

Dünya iletişim sektörünün ikinci büyük grubu olan ve son aylarda büyük bir ekonomik kriz yaşayan Vivendi Universal, yönetimimdeki değişikliğin ardından, bankalardan ilk etapda 1 milyar euro dolayında kredi almak için anlaştı.