27.08.2010
Ahead of an important speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Friday, the buzz at this year's annual Fed retreat in Jackson Hole, Wyo., is who's here and who isn't. To make room for more foreign dignitaries, the Kansas City Fed, which organizes the event, has left out some of its own top officials and some Wall Street notables. 2642
Seeking to diversify its financial industry after a banking crisis, oil-rich Kazakhstan is drawing on Arab and Malaysian investment in an effort to build an Islamic finance industry among its 13mn Muslims. 4574
There will be festivities in Astana, Kazakhstan, and many other cities around the world marking the first “International Day Against Nuclear Tests.” This event, declared last year by the UN General Assembly, is intended to focus international attention on the urgent need to reduce the threat of nuclear weapons to mankind and, ultimately, to free the world from nuclear weapons. 2891
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