The bank was also recently fined for being embroiled in a global rate-rigging scandal.
And because of a persistent focus on awareness, the global rate of new infections and deaths is declining.
The global rate of HIV infection dropped 21 percent from 1997 to 2010.
In 2010, the global rate was four accidents per million departures.
Since 1984, tropical waters in the Northern Hemisphere have warmed at a rate of about 1 degree Fahrenheit per decade, according to data compiled by NOAA. This figure is 10 times the global rate, a harbinger of climate change.
By comparison, in emerging markets, the global investment rate as a percent of global GDP is projected to nearly double, from 7 percent in 2008 to 13.5 percent in 2030.
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On the contrary, every big company in the digital economy has a very low global taxation rate.
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The global accident rate for commercial air service fluctuated between 3.9 and 4.6 accidents per million departures between 2005 and 2010, according to International Civil Aviation Organization.
Berkshire Bank has sued a group of large banks that sets a key global interest rate, saying it was cheated out of interest income through alleged rate manipulation.
The Neuberger Berman Global Floating Rate Income Fund is also London-listed, but its portfolio is heavily skewed towards U.S. loans, which account for more than 80% of the portfolio.
And Mr. Geithner's argument that British regulators were ultimately responsible might have been faulty given the fact Libor is a global interest rate that affects borrowing costs for U.S. corporations and consumers.
The Digest also highlights some potentially good news, namely that the global repetition rate has fallen by 7% between 2000 and 2010 even though there were more children in primary school, with enrolment rates rising by 6% during the same period.
Its global role would increase as assets were shifted into euros, but global exchange-rate volatility would rise.
The global groundwater abstraction rate has at least tripled over the past 50 years, significantly boosting food production and rural development.
Therefore, in Q2 2011, while construction and other machinery sales will continue growing along with the global GDP, its rate of growth will likely moderate due to the many global economic challenges.
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U.S. regulators are widening their probe of global interest-rate-rigging by scrutinizing what they claim is a pivotal role of two U.K. brokerage firms in the scandal, people close to the investigation say.
Also gaining from falling natural gas prices will be primary metals, a sector that slumped early in 2012 with the weakening global economic growth rate as well as increases in production capacity abroad.
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In addition, the increasing popularity of smartphones and the threat of cannibalization from tablets led to a decline in global PC shipment growth rate.
All it would take to cut the rate of global warming in half is just two aircrafts emitting 2, 000 tons of sulfur into the stratosphere every year.
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Given the losses they have already suffered through the pound's fall, will they step up their purchases, especially as the growth rate of global foreign-exchange reserves is slowing?
It made me wonder playing host to a "first-rate" global capital also came with a massive catch: that as well as subsidising the rest of the country, London's very success was also holding it back.
They have the confidence of global financiers, who now rate Reliance Industries and Tata Steel as more creditworthy than Ford or General Motors.
Corporate tax reform should be based at most on a global average 25% corporate rate, with revenue neutral loophole closing, also scored dynamically.
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Like the snowfields of Kilimanjaro and the ice in the Diamond Couloir, the Lewis Glacier is shrinking at an alarming rate because of global warming.
In a similar rising interest rate and improving global economy, we believe that investors should consider EFA, the ETF for international equities, and BWX, the ETF for sovereign debt, should outperform.
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There has been a 33 percent increase in the number of investors asking for corporate water disclosure through CDP, but the response rate from the Global 500 has remained stagnant since last year (at 60%).
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As an illustration of the modern thirst for dollars, the IMF reckons that at the current rate of accumulation global reserves would rise from 60% of American GDP today to 200% in 2020 and nearly 700% in 2035.
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According to Cisco, the global cloud traffic will grow at an annual rate of 45% and reach 4.3 zetabytes by 2016, while global data center traffic will grow to 6.6 zetabytes.
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Elsewhere McDonald's has used global branding and great strategy to penetrate the Middle Eastern and Asian markets at twice the rate at which it's growing global sales.
Crop yields have increased at a constant rate despite changes in global temperature.
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