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Insurance broker expands in Asia

Noble Group has announced new developments at TradeVest, its insurance broker arm that covers third-party business as well as in-house requirements. Jeremy Hampshire joins …

On the Move / 13-01-03

Bidders line up for Paraguay roads

Some 50 groups have purchased bidding rules from Paraguay’s public works and communications ministry for a series of works under the US$190mn western integration …

Americas / 10-12-02 / by

New US Ex-Im head sworn in

Philip Merrill has been sworn in as president and chairman of US Ex-Im Bank. Merrill, a publisher and diplomat with broad experience in both …

Americas / 10-12-02 / by

Tubes for Brazil’s Camisea

Brazil’s national development bank BNDES has approved a US$109mn loan to Peruvian natural gas transport company TGP to finance the export of steel tubes …

Americas / 10-12-02 / by

IFC’s Peru telecoms connection

The World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) is arranging a loan to provide Telecom Italia’s mobile subsidiary TIM Peru with up to US$120mn in …

Americas / 10-12-02 / by

New monetary unit proposed

Two prominent economists have proposed a new monetary unit for bond issues by multilateral financial institutions to ease the debt burden of developing countries. …

Americas / 10-12-02 / by

Bangladesh breathes easier

About 10mn people will breathe easier in Dhaka, Bangladesh, as a result of an Asian Development Bank (ADB) loan package totalling US$72.6mn equivalent approved …

Asia / 10-12-02 / by

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