Paris Forum: The Economist: Mind your BICs and IBANs
The banks take their cut If you're European, and don't want your bank to rip you off FOR over a month now European citizens - if they are smart enough - have been able to transfer euros between bank accounts in different European Union countries at domestic rates. In many cases, the price is zero. They can do this because of a new European regulation (number 2560/2001, should you care). Since July 1st, banks have been obliged to charge the same for cross-border and...
Paris Forum: Aid to Africa to be more results-based, oriented: workshop
International aid to Africa is set to be more results-based and results-orientated and this was the consensus reached on Thursday at the second African regional workshop on coordination and harmonization of development assistance.World Bank Vice President James Adams told participants of the workshop that business as usual would not be taken as the base for further progress and that focus would be shifted to results-based options and conceptions that would help sustainable development on...
Paris Forum: CALENDAR
Air Cargo Association Luncheon. Feb. 26. New York. Speaker: Peter Diefenbach, cargo marketing manager, Nippon Cargo Airlines. Contact: John Norcum (718) 656-8111.Logistics Industry Day '98. Feb. 27. Jacksonville, Fla. Sponsored by Jacksonville Round Table of the Council of Logistics Management. Contact: (904) 928-1438. Air Freight Management Conference and Exposition. March 1-4. La Jolla, Calif. Sponsored by the Airforwarders Association and the ATA Air & Expedited...
Paris Forum: Cambodia talks open with clash over UN's role
PARIS An international conference seeking ways to bring peace to Cambodia ran into problems as soon as it opened Sunday. Diplomats said the gulf between battling Cambodian factions may be too wide to bridge.Delegates to the 19-nation conference disagreed sharply over basic issues and whether the United Nations should have a peacemaking role. The United States and non-communist Asian states called for the dismantling of Cambodia's pro-Vietnam government and the return from exile...