The next phase of our growth will be driven in significant measure by the completion of that integration, the creation of a single and indissoluble news organization uniquely equipped to supply a continuous stream of scoops, analysis, features and penetrating investigations: in real time, on our digital platforms and in the newspaper, to a global audience of hundreds of millions.

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Two years later, Ryan went to work as a speechwriter and policy analyst for Jack Kemp, who led Empower America, an organization then in the vanguard of making policy for supply-side conservatives who were pushing Republicans rightward in their views on taxes and the size of government.

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After building a financial services company in the United States and leading an agribusiness social enterprise in Kenya, Madison combined the insights from his professional experiences to start Farm Shop, an organization that aims to increase the incomes of the entire supply chain of smallholder producers in Kenya by creating retail agri-inputs franchises.

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His organization effectively ran out of holdings as members tried to meet supply shortfalls.

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Also on Thursday, Iranian lawmakers called on the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to intervene against a pledge by Saudi Arabia that it would increase oil supply if needed.

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The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries next meets Feb. 1, when the group will decide whether to boost supply to lower prices.

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One of these awards, The Technology Advancement Award, which recognizes an organization that develops methodologies or products that enable superior supply chain performance, was awarded to SAP.

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"Frankly, it has nothing to do with supply and demand there -- these are geopolitical situations, " Angel Gurria, head of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, told CNN.

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