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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.
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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
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Tags: Egypt Israel Gazan Jerusalem
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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
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Tags: EU ASEAN EC election IP FTA India China
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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
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Tags: Bahrain Israel FTA US AFP
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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
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Tags: Brazil Latin America Israel Europe North America
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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
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Tags: Cell Phone Mobile GSM CDMA SIM IMEI
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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
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Tags: fuel Gulf VAS business Sweden
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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
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Tags: EU export Belgium Cyprus Italy Finland Malta
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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
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Tags: ARM A&S FLO F&F gold jewellery
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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
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Tags: US cooking oil Bio-diesel Diesel
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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
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Tags: Liberia Renewable Power Wood Electricity
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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
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Tags: Cheese Mozzarella Milk Coldiretti Italy
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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
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Tags: UK Tourism Deloitte Olympic Games 2012
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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
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Tags: Aviation Africa British Airways Belgian
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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
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Tags: Dubai Jebel Ali DAFZ Ras Al Khaimah Gulf
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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
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Tags: Indo-German Germany Trade Guido Westerwelle
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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
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Tags: Venezuela Narcotic Terror Noriega
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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
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Tags: Meat Beef Bison Elk Moose Reindeer US Canada
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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
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Tags: Tourism Travel Cambodia South-East Asia Flights
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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
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Tags: Ecuador Venezuela Cuba Nicaragua Sucre Currency
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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
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Tags: Costa Rica The Dominican Republic El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua
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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
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Tags: Hong Kong Ireland Singapore Denmark Globalization
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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
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Tags: Indian SMEs vendors suppliers Google India Insurance Technology B2B IT Hardware Travel & Tourism
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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
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Tags: Robert Zoellick World Bank conference IMF neo-liberal economic policies
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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
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Tags: Exporters get Rs 900 crore relief package
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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
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Tags: Target B2B Effectively
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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
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