In their report, “Changing Children’s Chances”, released by the World Policy Analysis Centre on Wednesday, Heymann and McNeill map the world’s commitment to essential development needs of children in terms of the official laws, policies, and programmes that exist at the national level.
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A US$ Retreat Could Ignite The Precious Metals market :: url: http://www.ibtimes.com/us-retreat-could-ignite-precious-metals-market-1182873
Hundreds of Morrisons jobs at risk :: Nearly 700 jobs could be cut at Morrisons supermarkets as manual cash counting is replaced with machines in back offices.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-22093818#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
WTO cuts 2013 trade growth forecast :: The World Trade Organization cuts its trade growth forecast for 2013 because of risks from protectionism and the eurozone crisis.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22093304#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
VIDEO: Women board appointments 'stalled' :: Progress in appointing more women to board-level roles at top UK firms has slowed, according to a survey.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22091517#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Goldman Sachs Joins Societe Generale In Tamping Down Expectations For The Price Of Gold :: <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Goldman Sachs is cutting its price outlook for gold, forecasting a year-end price of $1,450 per troy ounce.</p>
<p>"Given gold's recent lackluster price action, and our economists' expectation that the acceleration in U.S. growth later this year to above-trend pace will support U.S. real rates, we are lowering our USD-denominated gold price forecast once again," the investment banker said on late Monday in a note. "While higher inflation may be the catalyst for the next gold cycle, this is likely several years away."</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/goldman-sachs-joins-societe-generale-tamping-down-expectations-price-gold-1182745
HBOS bosses remain in firing line :: Past HBOS figures are coming under more pressure over the bank's collapse after ex-chief Sir James Crosby quit his current posts and offered to give up his knighthood.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22094267#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Malaysia To Hold Parliamentary Elections On May 5; Ruling Coalition Braces For Stiff Competition :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Malaysia will hold general elections on May 5, the election commission announced on Wednesday, as the nation's ruling coalition for 56 years braces for a stiff competition.</p>
<p>The National Front led by Prime Minister Najib Razak, has been under pressure to restore the two-thirds majority the coalition lost for the first time in 2008.</p>
<p>Najib, the leader of the United Malays National Organization, the main party in the National Front ruling coalition, dissolved parliament last week and will serve as caretaker prime minister until the elections.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/malaysia-hold-parliamentary-elections-may-5-ruling-coalition-braces-stiff-competition-1182701
Hollande: Eradicate tax havens :: France's President Hollande calls for "eradication" of the world's tax havens, as he tries to repair damage caused by a tax scandal.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22094194#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
London Market Report :: The FTSE 100 rises as shares in mining firms are boosted by the latest trade figures from China.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11899862#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
MarkLogic nets $25M to keep up enterprise NoSQL pitch :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/1cbWUe6BLPU/story01.htm
With $18.7M, WellTok wants to make you healthier — and actually like your health plan :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/XzAjFjmZ748/story01.htm
Podcast: Shark Week for the Internet of Things :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/NavcsPSBsA4/story01.htm
Top Pre-Market Movers (JinkoSolar, Cellcom, Barclays, Banco Santander, Magic Software, Health Management, Resource Capital, Tenet Healthcare Corp, Community Health Systems) :: <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>JinkoSolar Holding Co. Ltd., Cellcom Israel Ltd., Barclays Plc, Banco Santander S.A., Magic Software Enterprises Ltd., Health Management Associates, Resource Capital Corp., Tenet Healthcare Corp. and Community Health Systems are among the companies whose shares are moving in the pre-market trading Wednesday.</p>
<p><strong>Gainers</strong></p>
<p>Cellcom Israel Ltd. (NYSE:CEL) shares climbed 11.64 percent to $83.75 in pre-market trading. The company shares gained about 5 percent in regular trading Tuesday. </p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/top-pre-market-movers-jinkosolar-cellcom-barclays-banco-santander-magic-software-health-management
Longshoremen Overwhelmingly Approve Six-Year Labor Contract, National Retail Federation Hails Pact, Management Vote Set For April 17 :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>U.S. retailers and labor leaders hailed the approval of a six-year longshoremen's labor contract as a return of stability and certainty to port operations from Boston to Houston.</p>
<p>The approval "is welcomed news to the nation's retailers, who have been on pins-and-needles for the past year due to the possibility of a supply chain disruption along the 14 East and Gulf Coast container ports," said Jonathan Gold, vice president for supply chain and customs policy for the National Retail Federation.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/longshoremen-overwhelmingly-approve-six-year-labor-contract-national-retail-federation-hails-pact
Luxembourg to relax bank secrecy :: Luxembourg, under growing pressure from both Europe and the United States to tackle tax evasion, is to relax the secrecy surrounding its banks from 2015.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22089639#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Qatar offers Egypt $3bn lifeline :: Qatar says it will buy $3bn of Egyptian bonds to help the crisis-hit economy recover.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22093320#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
CFOs get bill shock too: Wandera lands $7M to optimize mobile data for enterprises :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/OMyPqMhqIv4/story01.htm
European governments agree to open up public data :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/IkIIkhtMw38/story01.htm
South Korea Raises Surveillance Alert Level; Says Pyongyang Can Launch Missile Any Time :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>South Korea said on Wednesday that North Korea is prepared to launch a mid-range ballistic missile from its east coast "at any time," even as the South Korea-U.S. Combined Forces raised their alert level to increase surveillance monitoring.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/south-korea-raises-surveillance-alert-level-says-pyongyang-can-launch-missile-any-time-1182543
VIDEO: Slovenia: Next Eurozone domino to fall? :: The Slovenian government is coming under increasing pressure as international media speculation mounts over the country's finances.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22091513#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
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