* 2012: Airtel, ICICI among ' top 100 global brands '

* 2012: ICICI Bank won the " Best Bond House ( India ) 2011 ", by IFR Asia

* 2012: ICICI Bank awarded the Best Bank ( India ) by Global Finance

* 2012: ICICI Bank was awarded the " Best Foreign Exchange Bank ( India )" by Finance Asia Country Awards.

In June 2012, the Cypriot government announced it would need € of foreign aid to support the Cyprus Popular Bank, and this was followed by Fitch down-grading Cypus's credit rating to junk status.

In June 2012 the Cypriot finance minister Vassos Shiarly stated that the European Central Bank, European commission and IMF officials are to carry out an in-depth investigation into Cyprus ' economy and banking sector to assess the level of funding it requires.

In 2012, the Asian Development Bank formally began re-engaging with the country, to finance infrastructure and development projects in the country.

In May 2012, Patinkin delivered the opening speech at the " Annual Convention of the Israeli Left ", where he recounted his experiences during a visit to the West Bank with members of the " breaking the silence " organization.

According to their tally, there were 751 Samaritans as of January 1, 2012, living exclusively in two localities, one in Kiryat Luza on Mount Gerizim near the city of Nablus in the West Bank, and the other in the Israeli city of Holon.

In 2012, for the first time, there are two candidates nominated for the presidency of the World Bank who are not from the United States.

On 23 March 2012, U. S. President Barack Obama announced that the United States would nominate Jim Yong Kim as the next President of the Bank.

The Bank issued its inaugural loan of $ 250 million ($ 2. 6 billion in 2012 dollars ) to France in 1947 to finance infrastructure projects.

In 1965, the corporation channeled $ 600, 000 ($ 4. 4 million in 2012 dollars ) in capital from Deutsche Bank and other investors to Champion Cellulose, marking the launch of the IFC's Syndicated Loan Program.

* Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank Financial Building, Chongqing, China, Due 2012

On 22 August 2012 the Bank of Zambia issued a press release stating that the changeover date for the rebased currency had been set as 1 January 2013.

In May 2012, the Reserve Bank of Malawi devalued the kwacha by 34 % and unpegged it from the United States dollar.

The 50-øre coin is no longer legal tender ( since May 1, 2012, according to Norges Bank ); it was withdrawn because it was no longer circulating as an ordinary coin used for payment.

According to the Central Bank of Iran in 2012, in 22. 5 per cent of Iranian families, all family members were unemployed.

In 2012, KFC was the first American fast food restaurant to operate in the West Bank ; it opened in Ramallah ; a Pizza Hut is also planned.

Funded entirely by the Deutsche Bank, close at the end of 2012

That year, the Philadelphia Flyers and the New York Rangers battled in the Classic, at Citizen's Bank Park in the 2012 NHL Winter Classic.

Left Bank Books, 2012.

Based on the results of the 2010 Census, the New Jersey Redistricting Commission has shifted Red Bank into the, a change that will take effect in January 2013, based on the results of the November 2012 general elections.

Usually the value of the shipment was in the region of £ 300, 000, but because there had been a Bank Holiday weekend in Scotland, the total on the day of the robbery was £ 2. 6 million ( equivalent to about £ 43 million in 2012 RPI terms ).

In February 2012 Occupy London opened a site to replace their Bank of Ideas at Sun Street in the northwestern corner of Bunhill Fields.

2012 the Central Bank of Nigeria may be contemplating the introduction of new currency denominations of N2, 000 and N5, 000.

On Monday, January 2, 2012 they played during the NHL Winter Classic at Citizen's Bank Park in Philadelphia, PA.

The musical is expected to play an out-of-town try-out at the Bank of America Theatre, Chicago during October 2012 before an anticipated Broadway engagement.

On June 12, 2012, the U. S. Department of the Treasury ’ s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced a $ 619 million settlement with ING Bank N. V. to settle potential liability for conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( IEEPA ) and the Trading with the Enemy Act ( TWEA ) and for violating New York state laws by illegally moving billions of dollars through the U. S. financial system on behalf of sanctioned Cuban and Iranian entities .. ING Bank ’ s settlement with OFAC is simultaneous with settlements with the U. S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, the Department of Justice's National Security Division, the Department of Justice's Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section and the New York County District Attorney ’ s Office.

In 2012 the Lions won the Northern Conference and overall NEAFL premierships.

In a busy summer, Powell brought in 19 new players and after a successful season, on 14 April 2012, Charlton Athletic won promotion back to the Championship with a 1 – 0 away win at Carlisle United.

In 2009 – 10, the club won their first " Double " and in 2012 became the first London club to win the UEFA Champions League.

In February 2012 McLean won the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards Life Time Achievement award

* " Euphoria " ( Loreen song ), performed by Swedish singer Loreen, won the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest

The 2008 and 2012 elections were both won by Boris Johnson, the Conservative Party candidate.

After the Los Angeles Kings won the 2012 Stanley Cup, David Krasne, a Kings fan in New York City, placed a Stanley Cup champions hat on Mark Bavis and Bailey's names at the Memorial.

As of 2012, no American school has won the world competition since.

On 6 July 2005 London won the bid to host the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics.

Irina Krush ( born December 24, 1983 ) is an American chess player who has won the U. S. Women's Chess Championship in 1998, 2007, 2010, and 2012.

She has won the U. S. Championship on three other occasions, in 2007, 2010, and 2012.

The low-pressure direct gasoline injection developed by R Sarich was tested by Ford in an automobile size 2-stroke engine, and in 2012, Orbital won a contract by the Australia government for a two-stroke, direct injection engine for airborne drones.

In the Egyptian parliamentary election, 2011 – 2012, the political parties identified as " Islamist " ( the Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party and the Salafi Al-Nour Party ) won 70 % of the total seats.

The club won both the MLS Cup and the MLS Supporters ' Shield in 2000, and the Lamar Hunt U. S. Open Cup in 2004 and 2012.

The film competed for the Palme d ' Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival where Loach won the Jury Prize.

At the 2012 Golden Globe Awards Kelsey Grammer won the award for Best Actor in a Television Series Drama for his role on Boss.

After architects Mario Bellini and Rudy Ricciotti had won an international competition to create its new galleries for Islamic art, the new 3, 000 sq m pavilion eventually opened in 2012, consisting of ground-and lower-ground-level interior spaces topped by a golden, undulating roof ( fashioned from almost 9, 000 steel tubes that form an interior web ) that seems to float within the neo-Classical Visconti Courtyard in the middle of the Louvre ’ s south wing.

The Fields Medal that Cohen won continues to be the only Fields Medal to be awarded for a work in mathematical logic, as of 2012.

On March 5, 2012, the band won the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards for Lifetime Artistic Achievement.

In Greece, in the general election on 17 June 2012, Coalition of the Radical Left ( Syriza ) won 26. 89 % of the votes and became the second largest party in parliament.

Despite the suspension, the Giants still won the 2012 NL West division.

On 27 March 2012, Shaul Mofaz won the Kadima party leadership primaries by a landslide, defeating party chairwoman Tzipi Livni.

In football, as of April 2012, the Tirana based teams have won a combined 57 championships out of 72 championships organized by the FSHF, i. e. 79 % of them.

Richard Farnsworth earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his portrayal of Alvin Straight ; the oldest person ever to be nominated for a Best Actor Oscar until Max von Sydow and Christopher Plummer were both nominated ( although Plummer and Von Sydow were nominated in the supporting category, where as Farnsworth was lead ) in 2012 at age 82 ( Plummer also won the award that year, being its oldest recipient ).

He won the election in March 2012 and will serve an increased, six-year term.