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Brazil Gov Releases Auction Dates for Electricity and Wind Power [01 Apr 2009]  
As part of the strategy to move away from the conventional energy dependence, Brazil will hold its first auction for wind-power projects on November 25 this year. According to sources, the first ever  ...More
Tags: brazil     wind power     electricity    
Venezuela and Iran Urge Countries to Supplant Free Trade with Fair Trade [03 Apr 2009]  
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and his Iranian counterpart, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have urged countries to replace free trade agreements (FTA) with a ‘fair trade’ model which focused on country-specifi  ...More
Tags: venezuelan     iranian counterpart    
N. Korean Satellite Launch May Deflect ASEAN Summit’s Real Purpose [09 Apr 2009]  
The second phase of the 14th ASEAN Summit and related summits which is scheduled to be held on 10-12 April in the Thai resort city of Pattaya is feared to be used as a platform for discussing the Nort  ...More
Tags: korean satellite     satellite     pattaya    
Venezuela and Columbia Shrug off Their Differences to Renew Bilateral Ties [15 Apr 2009]  
The President of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez and his Columbian peer, Alvaro Uribe have signed five agreements during a brief one day visit by the latter to Caracas. The signed deals include Colombia provid  ...More
Tags: venezuela     columbian peer    
Panamanians Give the Rightist Ricardo Martinelli a Thumping Majority [04 May 2009]  
Ricardo Martinelli, the president of the centre-right Democratic Change (CD) party has won the Panamanian presidential elections with a double-digit percentage margin over its nearest rival. His victo  ...More
Tags: panamanians     Ricardo Martinelli    
‘The Small Miracle’ Slogan to Push Sri Lanka’s Tourism Ambitions post-LTTE Era [11 May 2009]  
While the Sri Lankan defence forces are closing in on to stub out LTTE, the internationally banned terrorist organization, the country has already started sending economic feelers to several countries  ...More
Tags: Sri Lanka     electronic media    
The EU Likely to Provide Visa-free Travel for Macedonians [26 May 2009]  
According to the European Commission's (EC) assessment report, posted on the official website of the European Stability Initiative (ESI) stated Macedonia had been able to fulfil the required criteria  ...More
Tags: visa     free travel     Eurpoe    
Venezuela, a One-time Coffee Exporter Turns Importer [23 Jul 2009]  
Venezuela’s dismal harvest in 2008-09 has placed one of the coffee-dependent nations in terms of production and consumption to look out for supplies from outside for the first time after independence.  ...More
Tags: Venezuela     Coffee Export    
Egyptian Lulav Prices Bring Israel and Gaza Closer [01 Oct 2009]  
The tripling of lulav prices by the Egyptian suppliers during the festive season of Sukkot has forced Israel to allow Gazan exporters to supply lulavim (palm fronds) to fulfil its seasonal demand. Suk  ...More
Tags: Egypt     Israel     Gazan     Jerusalem    
EU Releases Funds to ASEAN in a Bid to Fight Piracy [22 Oct 2009]  
The European Commission (EC), the executive branch of the EU has provided $6.7mn to the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) to combat the threat of intellectual property (IP) violations in  ...More
Tags: EU    ASEAN    EC    election    IP    FTA    India    China    
Bahrain MPs Plump for Snapping Ties with Israel [29 Oct 2009]  
Despite strong opposition from the government, the Bahraini lawmakers have passed a bill to totally disconnect with Israel which includes travel and trade. The bill needs clearance by the consultative  ...More
Tags: Bahrain    Israel    FTA    US    AFP    
Israeli Prez Peres Must Carry Palestinian Answers to Brazil [09 Nov 2009]  
Israeli President Shimon Peres should have answers to the Palestinian issues during his Latin American sojourn if he aspires to strengthen ties with them, particularly, in light of growing opposition  ...More
Tags: Brazil    Latin America    Israel    Europe    North America    
Growth of Cheap Fakes Continue to Hurt Cell Phone Majors [08 Dec 2009]  
Gartner, a market research firm has stated in its recent report that knock-offs or cheap imitations of branded mobile phones would double their growth by this year to eat away more than 10 percent of  ...More
Tags: Cell Phone    Mobile    GSM    CDMA    SIM    IMEI    
Migrant Workers Fuel e-Wallet Growth in the Gulf [24 Feb 2010]  
The current mobile phone finance players and aspiring entrants are vying among one another to extract a higher share of the future market of mobile payments, the latest mode of payment among migrant w  ...More
Tags: fuel    Gulf    VAS    business    Sweden    
EU Embarrassed by Report on Exports of Torture Equipment [18 Mar 2010]  
The EU which insists on stringent enforcement of human rights in every trade deal has found itself cornered by the recent jointly released report by Amnesty International and the Omega Research Founda  ...More
Tags: EU    export    Belgium    Cyprus    Italy    Finland    Malta    
Fairtrade Enters Gold Market with New Standard [19 Mar 2010]  
The Fairtrade Foundation, a market-based social organization has announced that it had jointly developed a gold standard with the Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM), a coalition of individuals and  ...More
Tags: ARM    A&S    FLO    F&F    gold    jewellery    
Majority Do Not Buy Terror Advisories Rather Go by Intuition [03 May 2010]  
A recent opinion poll on whether terror advisories altered one's business itinerary revealed that 54 percent of the respondents went by their intuition and never fell prey to media hype or any such go  ...More
Tags: Terror     Travel     Advisory     India     US    
Uganda Welcomes New Development Plan with Hopes and Doubts [07 May 2010]  
Uganda's latest offering of the new National Development Plan (NDP) is looked upon by its citizenry with lot of hope as well as misgivings. The failures of past experiments to perk up the economy are  ...More
Tags: Uganda     development     hope     NDP    
Used Cooking Oil-based Bio-diesel becomes a Rage in US [12 May 2010]  
In the US, companies and communities alike are fashioning the new wave of energy production by converting cooking oil waste to bio-diesel not just for greening but also for profits and revenue generat  ...More
Tags: US     cooking oil     Bio-diesel     Diesel    
Indo-Israeli FTA Talks to Ride on Equal Trade Opportunities [18 May 2010]  
A Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and Israel, proposed by the latter about four years ago, has all the trappings for an early completion as both sides find the future partner with complementa  ...More
Tags: Israel     FTA     trade     tariff     bilateral     India    
China Initiates Huge Private Participation in Energy Sector [19 May 2010]  
Last week China has announced that it would accept public bidding for national oil reserve projects, indicating that the government is planning private participation in energy domain to cut state's so  ...More
Tags: China     India     Trade     Fuels     Privatization    
Unproductive Rubber Tree Rejuvenation a Success in Liberia [25 Jun 2010]  
An initiative to make use of old rubber trees by a Canadian renewable energy firm in Liberia is reaping rich dividends to the country’s economy. The project is reported to have helped the farmers to g  ...More
Tags: Liberia     Renewable Power     Wood     Electricity    
Foul German Cheese Savour Protests from Italian Farmers [08 Jul 2010]  
A multitude of Italian farmers converged on the Austrian border to protest at the importation of tainted cheese from Germany with Italian-sounding brand names. The demonstration was held on account of  ...More
Tags: Cheese     Mozzarella     Milk     Coldiretti     Italy    
Tourism Primed to Spur Economic Growth of UK for a Decade [02 Aug 2010]  
The finding of a report on the UK tourism industry reveals that the tourism revenue of the country is set to rise by more than 60 percent to £188bn by 2020, and one of the main draws of the next decad  ...More
Tags: UK     Tourism     Deloitte     Olympic Games 2012    
Aviation Industry Lengthens Trajectory in Africa [09 Aug 2010]  
Renewed confidence in the African economic renaissance, most international airlines are on an expansion mode in the African continent to meet the growing demands of a prospective travel and freight ma  ...More
Tags: Aviation     Africa     British Airways     Belgian    
Dubai Free Zone Firms Pick up Pace on Global Recovery Cues [24 Aug 2010]  
The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry in its latest release said that the firms within Dubai's free zones had traded $30.5bn worth of exports and re-exports last year to register a whopping 40.7  ...More
Tags: Dubai     Jebel Ali     DAFZ     Ras Al Khaimah     Gulf    
Salvador Takes Diplomatic Route to Resolve Dominican Export Ban [23 Sep 2010]  
Two senior ministers from El Salvador are touring the Dominican Republic in order to address problems related to the exports with the Caribbean country. The Salvadoran Ministers of Economy, Hector Dad  ...More
Tags: El Salvador     Economy     Dominican Export     Ban    
Bangladesh to Gain from Lankan Absence in EU Apparel Market [08 Oct 2010]  
Sri Lanka being excised from the Generalised System of Preferences Plus (GSP+) status from the EU is reported to allow Bangladesh to exploit the space as it is a competing entity to the Lankan ready-m  ...More
Tags: GSP     EU     Apparel Market     Bangladesh    
Germany Aims to Create Greater Sync with India [18 Oct 2010]  
A three-day visit to India by German Minister for Foreign Affairs and Vice Chancellor Guido Westerwelle is believe to rev up Indo-German ties beyond trade as both nurse the goal of becoming the UN Sec  ...More
Tags: Indo-German     Germany     Trade     Guido Westerwelle    
Venezuela Safe Narcotic conduit for Terror Networks [28 Oct 2010]  
In a latest report by the CBN News says that narcotic drugs make a nefarious nexus between Venezuela and global Islamic terror outfits. It blames that Venezuela, notably with the blessing of its presi  ...More
Tags: Venezuela     Narcotic     Terror     Noriega    
Bison Meat Witnesses Enormous Growth in North America [30 Dec 2010]  
Bison meat seemed to be the first choice of many cattle farmers and consumers alike in North America these days. The farmers find it attractive since rearing bison is of low maintenance as compared to  ...More
Tags: Meat    Beef    Bison    Elk    Moose    Reindeer    US    Canada    
Cambodian Tourism to Maintain Growth in the New Year [04 Jan 2011]  
According to the Cambodian tourism ministrys statistics, last years success of the tourism sector is likely to be extended to 2011. The Ministry has forecast 2.73mn visitors would arrive in 2011 as co  ...More
Tags: Tourism     Travel     Cambodia     South-East Asia    Flights    
Sucre Gets Functional with Ecuador-Venezuela Trade [18 Jan 2011]  
The first shipment of crude palm oil from Ecuador to Venezuela has boosted a new trade currency regime in the Latin American region. Ecuador’s state-run National Development Bank (BNF) in its official  ...More
Tags: Ecuador    Venezuela    Cuba    Nicaragua    Sucre    Currency    
CAFTA Helps Costa Rica to enhance Trade with US [21 Jan 2011]  
The Costa Rican Ministry of Foreign Trade (COMEX) stated that the total sales of country’s exports to the US rose 24 percent in 2010. Foreign Trade Minister Anabel González attributed the increase in  ...More
Tags: Costa Rica    The Dominican Republic    El Salvador    Guatemala    Honduras    Nicaragua    
Hong Kong Tops Globalization Index by Toppling Singapore [27 Jan 2011]  
According to a recent report by Ernst & Young in cooperation with the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), Hong Kong has topped the 60 largest economies in the world in terms of globalization. Singapore  ...More
Tags: Hong Kong     Ireland     Singapore     Denmark     Globalization    
First Ecotourism Village of Indonesia to have over 400 Homes [27 Jan 2011]  
The first eco-tourism village developed through the joint-venture by Habitat for Humanity Indonesia and Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) will come up near some of Indonesia’s most picturesque ancient temples.  ...More
Tags: Indonesia     Tourism     Travel     Eco-tourism    
Over 40% of SMEs with websites use the Internet for advertising [16 Mar 2011]  
Indian SMEs are reaping the benefits of using the Internet medium to grow their businesses. This was revealed by a study conducted by Google India to understand usage patterns and importance of online  ...More
Tags: Indian SMEs    vendors    suppliers    Google India    Insurance    Technology B2B    IT Hardware    Travel & Tourism    
World Bank chief urges new role in Middle East [24 Mar 2011]  
The World Bank is rethinking its role in the Middle East and North Africa to tackle economic and social problems that sparked political unrest. The poverty-fighting institution needs to find some way  ...More
Tags: Robert Zoellick    World Bank conference    IMF     neo-liberal economic policies    
Exporters get Rs 900 crore relief package [28 Nov 2011]  
The government on Thursday announced a Rs 900-crore package for exporters to help them tide over the slowdown in developed markets and rising input costs. RBI has already announced interest subsidy of  ...More
Tags: Exporters get Rs 900 crore relief package    
Indian apparel exports grow 20 percent to 13.5 billion dollars [11 May 2012]  
AHMEDABAD: Rupee depreciation has bailed out Indian apparel exporters who were unsure of growth following weak consumer sentiment. The final figures are not yet in, but India expects to close the fisc  ...More
Tags: Indian apparel exports    
April steel production in India up 3.5 per cent, higher than world average [24 May 2012]  
NEW DELHI: India's steel production in April grew around three-fold compared to world's average growth of 1.2 percent at 6 million tonne. India's production figure was a tenth of Chinese output of 60  ...More
Tags: steel India    
Five Ways to Target B2B Effectively [06 May 2013]  
Lately there has been talk in the trade press about the difficulty of applying the targeting techniques used for consumer advertising to B2B. One in particular that caught our attention was Al Urbansk  ...More
Tags: Target B2B Effectively    
Battlefield Africa- China and Japan fight for Economic Control [17 Jun 2013]  
A new chapter in the ‘cold’ war between China and Japan is being written in the sun-baked continent of Africa. Japan, until recently unconcerned about spreading its roots in Africa, has awakened to th  ...More
Tags: Battlefield Africa China and Japan    
Intellectual Property Rights- U.S wants to tame India [05 Aug 2013]  
Dark clouds are looming as far as the once strong trade ties between India and the United States is concerned. The present scenario is one abounded by arguments and counter-arguments, especially when  ...More
Tags: Intellectual Property Rights    
Steely Resolve Global Steel Production Spikes up China leads the Steel Race [28 Jan 2014]  
Steel, the harbinger of economic growth and a country’s industrial strength is making a very strong comeback. After a steady decline, global steel production has risen by 3.5% at the end of 2013. The  ...More
Tags: Steely Resolve Global Steel Spikes China leads    
India Set to Become the Second Biggest Steel Manufacturer by 2016 [17 Feb 2014]  
International trade experts believe that India is all set to overtake the United States and Japan by 2016, to emerge as the second largest steel manufacturer in the world, behind China. This developme  ...More
Tags: India Set Second Biggest Steel Manufacturer