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World Bank ICSID
Friday, April 27th 2012 - 23:11 UTC
World Bank Food Price Watch jumped 8% in four months to March
Global food prices increased by 8% from December 2011 to March 2012 due to higher oil prices, adverse weather conditions, and Asia’s strong demand for food imports, according to the World Bank Group’s latest Food Price Watch.
Published in:
Agriculture, Politics, International.
Thursday, May 26th 2011 - 00:35 UTC
Philip Morris takes Uruguay to international court because of tobacco-ban policy
One of the world’s biggest tobacco companies is launching a claim against Uruguay for considering the country’s legislation commercially damaging to the company. Philip Morris corporation has filed a claim at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), a World Bank branch.
Published in:
Economy, Health & Science, Politics, Uruguay.
