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RBS 'failed to lend' to businesses

2013-11-01 13:50:47| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

A damning review on the lending practices of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) finds widespread failure.

IMF, World Bank heads lend clout to climate change efforts

2013-10-08 16:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: The world's finance ministers should focus on two elements to tackle climate change: setting the "right price" on carbon emissions and phasing out fossil fuel subsidies, International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde said on Tuesday. At a panel on the opening day of their 2013 autumn meeting, Lagarde and World Bank Group President Jim Young Kim said climate change was a priority for their lending institutions, the first time the two had addressed the issue together in public. Lagarde said...

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Illinois farmers lend a helping hand

2013-09-11 08:33:03| Chemicals - Topix.net

Back for the fourth consecutive year, the America's Farmers Grow Communities program, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund, will give farmers the opportunity to win a $2,500 donation for their favorite local nonprofit organization.

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Development Banks Lend Record $108.9B to Clean Energy as Coal Investment Shrinks

2013-09-10 08:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Bloomberg: Development banks worldwide lent a record $108.9 billion to renewable energy and energy-efficient technology last year as they scale back investment in coal-fired power plants, Bloomberg New Energy Finance said. KfW Group was the biggest lender furnishing $34.4 billion in 2012 followed by China Development Bank Corp. with $26 billion, Bloomberg New Energy Finance said in a report today that used data from 26 institutions. The state-backed lenders have boosted their financing of clean energy...

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