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ZAO Hewlett-Packard A.O. (HP Russia), an international subsidiary of the California technology company Hewlett-Packard Company (HP Co.), has agreed to plead guilty to felony violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and admit its role in bribing Russian government officials to secure a large technology contract with the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation.

Some 40,000 cultural objects are illegally removed from EU countries every year and only a handful of them are ever returned. On 10 April, the EP's culture committee votes on an informal deal with governments to update EU legislation to facilitate the return of these objects.

Countries in Emerging Europe and Central Asia have done relatively well in ensuring that their populations have shared in overall prosperity, but progress has been uneven and its long-term sustainability is under question, according to a new World Bank report launched during the World Bank / International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings.

The International Monetary Fund says the global economic recovery is strengthening.

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The United States and Japan are holding a round of talks to resolve significant differences over a wide-ranging, Asia-Pacific free trade deal.

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The Turkey-European Union Customs Union (CU) has brought greater benefits than a simple free trade agreement (FTA) would have, but more can still be done to improve trade between the parties, according to a new World Bank Group report released. In particular, trade between the parties should be opened to services and agricultural trade.

The Senate for passing H.R. 3979, the bipartisan bill to reinstate and extend emergency unemployment benefits.

Development aid rose by 6.1% in real terms in 2013 to reach the highest level ever recorded, despite continued pressure on budgets in OECD countries since the global economic crisis. Donors provided a total of USD 134.8 billion in net official development assistance (ODA), marking a rebound after two years of falling volumes, as a number of governments stepped up their spending on foreign aid.

President Barack Obama is stepping up his push to ensure that women are paid wages equal to those of men.
In the latest episode of yet another escalating battle with Congress, the president signed an executive order he hopes will increase transparency about wage disparities between men and women.