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Monday March 14 2011

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March 14–20
G8 ministers discuss response to Libyan uprising; Hutton publishes public sector pay report; the White House hosts annual ‘shamrock ceremony’ for St Patrick’s day; MPs debate the health and social care bill; EU stress test results; and Egyptians vote on constitution

Monday
MARCH 14

G8 Libya crisis talks
Foreign ministers of the Group of Eight industrialised nations meet in Paris for two days to discuss their response to the uprising in Libya.


EU finance chiefs meet
Eurozone finance ministers gather in Brussels following an extraordinary summit on March
11 of European heads of state on the debt crisis.


IMF talks on Greece
The executive board of the International Monetary Fund discusses the latest report on Greece in Washington after Moody’s last week slashed its credit rating from Ba1 to B1.


Internet Explorer 9
Microsoft launches its Internet Explorer 9 web browser at the South by Southwest festival of music, film and interactive conferences in Austin, Texas.


Genome developments
Scientists and clinicians gather in Dubai for the Human Genome Organisation conference, focusing on human diversity
and heritable disorders (until March 17).


FT Reports
Business Education – Online Learning and Business Turnround

Tuesday
MARCH 15

Olympics countdown
London’s 2012 countdown clock will be unveiled in Trafalgar Square 500 days before the opening ceremony. Applications for 8.8m tickets for all events open until April 26.


UK fair pay report due
Economist Will Hutton of the Work Foundation publishes the final report commissioned by Downing Street on the pay of public sector managers in the UK.


Media heads gather
The Abu
Dhabi Media Summit opens with a conversation between James Murdoch, News Corp Europe and Asia chief executive, and James Cameron, director of Avatar. The summit ends on March 17.


Construction fair
Feicon Batimat, the international construction fair for Latin America, starts in São Paulo, Brazil (until March 19).


Cheltenham’s century
The Cheltenham National Hunt Festival in the UK begins, celebrating 100 years of the horseracing meeting, with the Gold Cup on the final race day of March 18.


EU finance council
The Economic and Financial Affairs
council discusses the stability and growth pact, macro imbalances and regulation on short selling and credit default swaps.


Shanghai chips
The semiconductor industry gathers in Shanghai for an international trade fair.


Wednesday
MARCH 16

Retailers talk shop
The Retail Week conference gets under way in London. Speakers over the two-day event include Sir Philip Green, the Topshop owner, and Andy Clarke, Asda chief.


Online gambling
The European Commission publishes its green paper on the challenges and issues arising from the growth of online gambling across the eurozone.


FT Reports
The Connected Business


Thursday
MARCH 17

Small business gathers
The Federation of Small Businesses holds its conference in Liverpool until March 19. Ed Miliband, the UK Labour leader, will give a speech.


Sustainable energy
The UK sustainable development conference shares ideas on meeting the UK’s carbon emissions reduction target of 80 per cent by 2050.


St Patrick’s day
Celebrations to mark the day of Ireland’s patron saint begin in Ireland and worldwide. Barack Obama, the US president, will meet Enda Kenny, the new Ireland prime minister, for traditional “shamrock ceremony” talks at the White House.


MPs debate the NHS
MPs will hold a committee-stage debate on the health and social care bill, which plans to devolve power over more than £80bn of NHS funds to local doctors.


FT Reports
Boldness in Business

Friday
MARCH 18

Bank stress tests
The European Banking Authority publishes details of its EU-wide stress tests designed to assess the banking sector’s ability to absorb future shocks.


Lisbon treaty debated
European leaders in Brussels discuss what improvements the Lisbon treaty has brought what and mistakes have been made more than a year after its introduction.


ElBaradei and Palin talk
Mohamed ElBaradei, Nobel Peace Prize winner and a leading voice for reform in Egypt, talks on “The New Middle East” at the India Today Conclave in New Delhi. Sarah Palin, the potential Republican 2012 US presidential candidate, will give a speech on Saturday.


Saturday
MARCH 19

Egypt referendum
Egyptians vote on changes to the constitution, including new term limits for presidents and restrictions on government power to maintain emergency laws in the wake of the forced resignation of Hosni Mubarak on February 11.


Obama in Latin America
Barack Obama, the US president, embarks on a visit to Latin America, including trips to Brazil to meet Dilma Rousseff, the new president, Chile and El Salvador. Talks will cover job creation, trade partnerships, energy, and security co-operation.

Sunday
MARCH 20

Haiti election run-off
The Caribbean nation begins its presidential election run-off, rescheduled from January, between Mirlande Manigat and musician Michel “Sweet Mickey” Martelly. Final results are due on April 16.


Franchise foundations
The Franchise Expo Paris connects entrepreneurs with 450 franchisers looking to expand worldwide (until March 23).
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