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Category Archives: Summit
Reuters set to spotlight financial regulation in DC
The 2010 Reuters Global Financial Regulation Summit will focus in on proposals for a strong new consumer agency, strict oversight of derivatives and attempts to end the perception that some financial firms are “too big to fail.”
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Posted in Finance, Regulation, Summit, Washington
Tagged DERIVATIVES, financial regulation, mary schapiro, Sheila Bair, Washington
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Reuters set to spotlight financial regulation in DC
The 2010 Reuters Global Financial Regulation Summit will focus in on proposals for a strong new consumer agency, strict oversight of derivatives and attempts to end the perception that some financial firms are “too big to fail.”
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Posted in Finance, Regulation, Summit, Washington
Tagged DERIVATIVES, financial regulation, Washington
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Avoiding another financial crisis
The 2010 Reuters Exchanges & Trading Summit will take place on March 29-31 in New York, London and Singapore. Join Discussion
Economic security or environmental destruction?
The 2010 Reuters Canadian Oil Sands Summit will take place March 22-23 in Calgary, Alberta. Join Discussion
Posted in ENERGY, Environment, Summit
Tagged 2010 Reuters Canadian Oil Sands Summit, calgary, canadian oil sands, Environment
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Will growth in the food industry spur inflation?
Food and agriculture companies, having weathered the global economic meltdown, are now facing the prospects that renewed growth will spur renewed inflation.
Photo: Reuters/Carlos Barria
A man eats a 10 ounces hamburger at Cheeburger Cheeburger restaurant in Coral Spring, Florida July 28, 2008. With soaring food prices sparking worldwide protests and more than 800 million going hungry every day, U.S. food portions are under scrutiny. A lightening of the American plate could ease pressure on worldwide demand, but not everyone is hopeful change will be coming anytime soon. Portion sizes in the United States not only exceed those in less developed countries, but also in the developed world. In fact, Americans have the highest per capita daily consumption in the world, eating 3,770 calories a day, more than a Canadian at 3,590 calories or an an Indian at 2,440, according to data from the U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization. Join Discussion
Posted in agriculture, Food, Global Agriculture and Biofuels 08, Summit
Tagged cocoa, Food and Agriculture Summit, food safety, packaged foods, sugar
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Would the last person to leave the smelter please turn out the lights?
For UC RUSAL, one simple act is crucial to reducing costs. Bonuses for managers at the world's largest aluminum company depend on the company's 75,000 workers heeding the message.
Photo: A worker operates an electrolysis furnace, which produces aluminium from raw materials, at the electrolysis shop of the Rusal Krasnoyarsk aluminium smelter plant in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. Reuters/Ilya Naymushin Join Discussion
Posted in mining, Russian Investment, Summit
Tagged 2010 Reuters Mining and Steel Summit, aluminium, Russia, UC Rusal
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2010 Reuters Hedge Funds and Private Equity kicks off
Some of the world's leading names in the hedge funds and private equity industries are visiting the Reuters bureaus in New York, London and Hong Kong this week to discuss the outlook for the sector in a series of exclusives interviews as part of the 2010 Reuters Hedge Funds and Private Equity Summit. Join Discussion
Are the days of flying business and 4-star hotels over for biz travelers?
The Travel & Leisure Industry has recently been buoyed by expectations of recovery amid signs that business travel demand is starting to rebound. But will business travelers go back to paying premium prices? Or, will they be sitting in coach like the rest of us?
Photo: Reuters/A plane lands at Schiphol airport outside the Dutch Capitol Amsterdam Join Discussion
Will the travel & leisure industry bounce back in 2010?
The travel and leisure industry is hoping for better times after the recession hurt revenues and profits. The sector has recently been buoyed by expectations of recovery amid signs that business travel demand is starting to rebound.
Photo: Reuters/Passengers look at screens displaying flight information regarding delayed or cancelled flights at Beijing airport Join Discussion