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22 May '12

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Global NewsAt Colors Restaurant, Born After 9/11, Respect for Worker Rights

From the Huffington Post, September of 2011 The origin of Colors goes back to that day 10 years ago, when the attack on the World Trade Center took the lives of 73 employees of ...

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Global NewsWillis Re Comments on the recent ABI Catastrophe Modelling Guide

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has recently published guidelines based on existing legislation around industry good practice for catastrophe modelling under Solvency II. The paper was the result of the first collaborative working party of its kind which included Willis Re, one of the ICMIF Supporting Members. Although the guidelines have been produced with UK insurers in mind, the taskforce anticipates they will have a global influence on how regulators and markets approach the use ...

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NetherlandsAn Analysis of Fair Trade: Reflections from a Founder (Part II)

Part II:  Building Fair Trade Coffee:  How and Why? Let’s start with coffee.  How did fair trade in coffee happen?  How was this supply chain built?  Who took the ...

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The Co-operative Group has been tipped as a front-runner to acquire Lloyds branches

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United KingdomBid for Lloyds branches brings risks and rich opportunities

The enforced sale of 632 Lloyds banking branches has led to speculation not just about who will succeed in the takeover, but also what it could do for competition in the retail ...

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Global NewsRichardson to quit Group role

Co-operative Financial Services Chief Executive Neville Richardson is to leave his post later this year.

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Global NewsHoliday co-op hopes for a helping hand from sector

Brian Smith has spent most of his professional life as a top executive in the motoring industry. Now he is the driving force behind a co-operative holiday organisation, which is ...

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South AfricaDIY stores build a nationwide co-op

If you’re looking for a DIY and hardware business that has all the expertise of a small, independent trader but is able to offer the sort of value and promotions you expect ...

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Global News£14m tobacco fine for the Co-operative Group

The Co-operative Group has been fined £14 million for unlawful tobacco pricing practices.

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Global NewsNow it's the Big Five

In what is set to the biggest acquisition in co-operative history, the Co-operative Group’s £1.565 billion bid for Somerfield has been accepted.


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Global NewsBank and smile lauded in survey

THE Co-operative Bank and its online provider smile were highly praised in a survey of 45 banks and building societies organised by BBC TV’s consumer affairs programme, Watchdog. 

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