Posts In Category News
Uganda Welcomes New Development Plan with Hopes and Doubts
on May 7, 2010 by admin in Africa News, Business, Commentary, Economy, News, Review, Uganda News, Comments (0)
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 […]
EU Members wish to Increase Trade with Iran
on May 5, 2010 by admin in Business, Export News, Import News, News, Trade News, US Business News, Comments (0)
An Iranian official claimed most European countries were keen on engaging in trade with Iran devoid of political pressures and other bottlenecks. The likely reason for that opinion would be […]
Majority Do Not Buy Terror Advisories Rather Go by Intuition
on May 3, 2010 by admin in Africa News, Australian News, Bahrain News, Business, EU News, News, South Africa News, Tourism News, Travel News, US Business News, World Business News, Comments (0)
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 […]
Pak Engineering Sector Aims to Step-up Exports by Gov Backup
on April 30, 2010 by admin in Business, Current Events, Economy, Export News, Government, News, Pakistan News, Trade News, Comments (0)
Pakistan’s Engineering sector has urged its government to have a bifocal approach on its export strategies instead of solely relying on textiles. A workshop on National Engineering Exports Development Strategy […]
Saudi Arabia Broadens Business with US on a Grand Scale
on April 29, 2010 by admin in Africa News, Business, Economy, News, Trade Deals, Trade News, US Business News, World Business, Comments (0)
The ongoing two-day US-Saudi Business Opportunities Forum, a first of its kind, has become a venue for the Saudi kingdom to woo US with investment opportunities worth more than $250bn. […]
US-Cuba May Hammer out a Deal Soon Despite Divergences
on April 27, 2010 by admin in Bilateral Trade, Economy, News, Saudi Arabia News, US Business News, World Business, Comments (1)
The two events, the legislation passed by the US House of Representatives easing travel and trade restrictions and recent municipal election in Cuba suggest the US will end the 48yr-old […]
China and Bangladesh Look at US after India Cotton Ban
on April 26, 2010 by admin in Africa News, China Business News, India News, News, Trade News, Comments (0)
The US has become the most sought after location for cotton following India barred last week its cotton shipments in an effort to curb soaring domestic prices. The sudden halt […]
UN Report Warns Neglect of Water and Sanitation to Nullify Progress
on April 22, 2010 by admin in ASEAN News, Africa News, Economy, India, News, Comments (0)
According to a UN study on water and sanitation, the economic growth of every country is directly linked to its progress made in providing potable water and sanitation facilities. It […]
Kenya Names Bamboo as Wonder Food – Imparts Skills to Farmers
on April 15, 2010 by admin in Africa News, Kenya News, News, Tanzania News, Uganda News, Comments (0)
The Kenya Forestry Research Institute (Kefri) and other groups are helping farmers to become compliant to a government order by supplanting eucalyptus trees to more versatile bamboos. According to the […]
Business Connivance Virus – In 90s Tobacco and Now H1N1
on January 19, 2010 by admin in Business, News, World Business News, Comments (1)
According to a study, what the world is hearing from the H1N1 space about the false pandemic alarm and the WHO staff’s collusion with pharma powerhouse are just what happened […]
GCC to Perk Up on Low Realty Cost
on December 22, 2009 by admin in Bahrain News, Dubai News, Economy, News, Trade News, Comments (0)
In a recent report by AT Kearney, a leading global management consulting firm stated Dubai’s capacity to “rebound fast should not be underestimated, with low real estate prices at offer […]
Aus Vegetable Farmers bogged down by Imports and Input Costs
on October 7, 2009 by admin in Australian Business, Australian News, Business, Global Economy, News, World Business, Comments (0)
According to AUSVEG, the peak industry body that represents the Australian vegetable growers, the vegetable industry is troubled by imports and rising input costs. AUSVEG CEO Richard Mulcahy referred a […]
Australian SMEs Optimistic – Jobs by Next Quarter
on September 17, 2009 by admin in Business, News, Trade News, World Business, Comments (0)
A survey indicated Australian small businesses are confident after two strong quarters of business to reach a record high above the peak confidence level of August 2007. The recent survey […]
UN Program Helps Haiti to Combat Food Shortage
on August 23, 2009 by admin in Business, News, World Business, Comments (0)
According to the UN press release, a scheme intended to improve food security of Haiti and thereby lower food prices has come to fruition with considerable increase in the income […]
Malaysia-EU Timber Trade Deal by Year End
on August 20, 2009 by admin in Business, Economy, News, World Business, Comments (0)
The European Union (EU) and Malaysia are planning to conclude the bilateral Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) to promote trade of the legitimately produced and harvested Malaysian timber by end of […]
Jamaican Businesses Pulled Up by Rising Bad Debts
on August 17, 2009 by admin in Business, Economy, News, World Business News, Comments (0)
Jamaica’s poor payment culture is causing severe problems to all businesses, reported Jamaica Observer newspaper. The daily itself has fallen to the crisis with about 40 percent of its revenues […]
Trinidad and Tobago Hopeful of Trade Deal with Canada
on August 14, 2009 by admin in Business, News, World Business, Comments (0)
During a seminar held at St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago (T&T), Carl Francis, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Trade and Industry of T&T said the trade partnership with Canada […]
Iranian Exports to Ecuador Soar
on August 13, 2009 by admin in Business, News, World Business, Comments (0)
According to the Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) of Iran, the country’s non-oil exports to Ecuador have witnessed remarkable growth during the past four years; from less than $1mn in 2005 […]
e-Modernization of Palestinian Customs to Boost Trade
on August 11, 2009 by admin in E-Commerce, News, Trade News, Comments (0)
Palestinian Customs in partnership with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) had fully adopted the latest version of ASYCUDA’s web-based application to expedite the international trade processes […]
Spain Continues to Be Haunted by Bankruptcy Bogey
on August 8, 2009 by admin in Business, Economy, News, Comments (0)
The Spanish companies and individuals filing bankruptcy or insolvency suits in the first two quarters of 2009 had already overtaken the total number of declarations of the previous year, reported […]
Venezuela, a One-time Coffee Exporter Turns Importer
on July 25, 2009 by admin in Economy, Export News, News, World Business, World Business News, Comments (0)
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 […]
Latin American Economies Have to Wait Despite Green Shoots
on July 18, 2009 by admin in Business, News, Trade News, World Business News, Comments (0)
The UN Economic Commission on Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in its latest economic forecast stated that though the economies were showing signs of recovery but the desirable growth […]
Saudi Arabian Citizenship for Long-term Expats
on July 15, 2009 by admin in Business, Economy, News, World Business, World Business News, Comments (0)
According to sources, Saudi Arabia is understood to have informed the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the Geneva-based world labour body that it has plans of considering its expats into naturalization […]
ISA Virus puts the Chilean Salmon Trade in Dire Straits
on July 9, 2009 by admin in Business, Economy, News, World Business, Comments (0)
The spread of infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) among salmonid farming population has pushed the Chilean fishing industry to a full-fledged crisis. The industry is confronted with problems including unemployment, rising […]
World’s Largest Solar Project to Transform Energy Domain
on June 26, 2009 by admin in Business, Economy, News, World Business, Comments (0)
Guenter Gloser, deputy foreign minister of Germany in an interview to Reuters said the world’s largest solar project, the German-led consortium Desertec would create win-win environment for both Africa and […]