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Company promotes corporate citizenship in senior market through Senior Lending Network

A House committee has begun an investigation into speculation in energy markets, including the role of investment banks, and is planning to hold hearings in May and June, according to a Democratic aide and several people invited as witnesses.

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The global carbon market more than doubled in value in 2007 to $64 billion, but that masked slow growth in actual greenhouse gas emissions cuts, according to the World Bank's carbon finance unit.

The carbon market is the most visible result of early regulatory efforts to mitigate climate change. Regulation constraining carbon emissions has spawned an emerging carbon market that was valued at US$64 billion in 2007. Its biggest success so far has been to send market signals for the price of mitigating carbon emissions. This, in turn, has stimulated innovation and carbon abatement worldwide, as motivated individuals, communities, companies and governments
have cooperated to reduce emissions.

In recent months, China has taken center stage in the international debate over global warming. It has surpassed the United States as the world's largest source of greenhouse gases, and it became developing nations' diplomatic champion at the recent United Nations climate negotiations in Bali.

Delhi Conference Highlights Regional Microfinance Milestones, Investment Trends and Conditions for Industry Success