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Chile Behind Uruguay Converge on Brazil for World-Best Expanding Retailers
Bloomberg
Uruguay ranked second on the Global Retail Development Index, moving up six spots from last year, while Chile came in third after placing sixth in 2010. These countries trail Brazil, “now one of the developing world's most attractive markets for ...
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GLOBAL MARKETS-World stocks fall on debt fear; gold at record
Reuters
By Wanfeng Zhou NEW YORK, July 27 (Reuters) - Major global stock markets fell sharply on Wednesday and gold climbed to another record high as investors shed riskier assets and sought safety on growing fears of a possible US debt default. ...
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Citi Awarded Top Ratings for Global Mutual Fund Administration in a Survey of ...
MarketWatch (press release)
NEW YORK, Jul 27, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Citi today announced that it has been ranked TopRated global mutual fund service administrator by the world's leading asset managers in the 2011 Mutual Fund Administration Survey compiled by Global Custodian. ...
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The world's top 100 universities ranked for the social science disciplines
The Guardian (blog)
Photograph: Chitose Suzuki/AP Harvard university has been ranked number one for economics, accounting and law amongst others in the latest world rankings for social sciences, featuring top for all apart from one of the disciplines. ...
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FINA World Championships, Swimming: Franklin's Future Filled With Promise
SwimmingWorldMagazine.com
If Ryan Lochte doesn't set the world record in the 200 individual medley tonight, Soni will be the next-best chance at supplying the first global long-course standard since the ban of high-tech suits at the beginning of 2010. Should Soni not break the ...
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Now France is being dragged into global financial crisis as credit rating ...
Daily Mail
By Hugo Duncan France was dragged into the global financial crisis last night with warnings it could be stripped of its top-notch credit rating without 'more efforts' to tackle its debts. The International Monetary Fund told Nicolas Sarkozy's ...
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Daily Mail
Saudi Arabia's Other Major Crisis
EconoMonitor (blog)
With $562-billion in net foreign asset, the second largest oil reserves in the world after Venezuela (according to the latest Opec bulletin), and the second largest oil output in the world after Russia – Saudi Arabia's future looks rosy and solid. ...
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EconoMonitor (blog)
Stars drop again in latest FIFA ranking
Ghana News Agency
World champions Spain maintained their place at the apex of the global standings with Netherlands, Germany, Brazil, Uruguay, England, Portugal, Italy, Croatia and Argentina in that order in the top 10.
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Ghana News Agency
Solarbuzz: Major Asia Pacific Photovoltaic Markets to Reach 26% of Global ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Asia Pacific photovoltaic markets are set to grow rapidly and are projected to account for approximately one-quarter of global demand by 2015, up from 11% in 2010, according to the latestAsia Pacific Major PV Markets report from Solarbuzz. ...
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Why Indians land the top jobs at global cos with high frequency
Economic Times
It also underlines the fact thatIndians hold top jobs the world over. Vindi Banga held one of the toppositions at Unilever before becoming a partner at private equity company Dubilier & Rice; younger brother Ajay last year became CEO of MasterCard. ...
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Wine Special: Changyu's uniquely individual approach to wine production
China Daily
Chinese wine producers have been looking for a more important place in the globalwine market, recently, with Changyu, one of China top brands, ranking 22nd on theWorld's Top 50 Brands for Spirits and Wine list. That makes it the only Chinese wine...
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China Daily
Two towers designed by Chicago architects make a top-10 skyscraper list
Chicago Tribune (blog)
Nevertheless, I'm passing along a new world's best skyscraper list from the Emporis globaldatabase because it contains two buildings designed by Chicago architects. One is the Burj Khalifa, by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and its former partner Adrian ...
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Report: Toyota is world's No. 1 'green' brand
Daily Breeze
By Muhammed El-Hasan Business Writer The Japanese carmaker, whose US sales and marketing headquarters is in Torrance, topped the Best Global Green Brands. The list, released Tuesday by brand consulting firm Interbrand, is based on consumer perception ...
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City becomes 3rd largest FDI recipient
China Daily
With $68.9 billion of foreign direct investment over the year, Hong Kong leapfrogged France into third place in the latest FDI global rankings after finishing fourth in 2009, a UN report released on Wednesday shows. The top two spots again were held by ...
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China Daily
New global BBC iPlayer app for iPad will challenge Apple's iTunes
Beehive City
Instead BBC Worldwide is offering, for €6.99 a month (or €49.99 for an annual subscription), an on-demand subscription service which will deliver the “Best of British” programming, from David Attenborough to Doctor Who, to an international audience...
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Beehive City
Vice-chancellor Hamilton promotes Oxford education
ABC Online
TICKY FULLERTON: Just how tough is the competition for students among the top globaluniversities? I know you're visiting grammar schools in Melbourne and Sydney this week and topuniversities like NYU are delivering their message of being much more ...
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Smart Media redefines annual reports, achieves global recognition
Lanka Newspapers
Three were ranked among the top 100 annual reports in the World across all sectors. They are: Commercial Bank at No. 91, Diesel & Motor Engineering at No.62, and National Savings Bank at No. 04. It was noted that these annual reports were rubbing ...
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Aviation Week A&D Finance Conference Examines Global Aerospace and Defence ...
Sacramento Bee
The group also produces major events around the world. Founded in 1888, The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP) is a leading global financial information and education company that helps professionals and students succeed in the knowledge economy. ...
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As the US Stands on the Brink of Default, Flawed Rating Agencies Are on Top Again
Jakarta Globe
Never before in history have so few people held the fate of the global economy in their hands. Three small private companies — the top credit-rating agencies — have emerged as the arbiters of the world's economic fate. As politicians huddle in ...
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Jakarta Globe
Wildcard announced for the Quiksilver Pro New York...
Global Surf News
The Quiksilver Pro New York supported by vitaminwater is the richest surfing competition to be staged anywhere in the world in the sport's 36-year professional history, and will feature the world's Top 34-ranked athletes plus two wildcards. ...
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Conoco's Empire Builder Rips It Apart
Wall Street Journal
In a recent interview, he said he built Conoco into a giant to compete better on a global stage, at a time when being able to both produce and refine eased access to international reserves. But that has changed with greater competition, notably from ...
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Canadian World Fund Limited Reports June 30, 2011 Interim Results
MarketWatch (press release)
Gold was the top asset class as the yellow metal's performance mirrored the "greenback", with all of its gains coming in the final month of the quarter. Bonds outperformed stocks, on concern over aglobal economic slowdown and the latest flaring up of ...
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The Global UAV Market 2011-2021
Sacramento Bee
It also provides an insight on the spending pattern and modernization pattern in different regions around the world. • Recent development and industry challenges: insights into technological developments in the UAV market, and an extensive analysis of ...
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Wanderlust California 2011: Creating a 'positive vision for the world'
Sierra Sun
Krasno explains it best in a recent email interview: “I want Wanderlust to be about discovery for people. Sometimes, it's not the big headline acts that really touch people. I want people to stumble across something amazing that they've never heard. ...
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Jones Lang Lasalle's CEO Discusses Q2 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
Before Lauralee discusses our results in detail, I'd like to put them in context by looking at conditions in both the global economy and in real estate markets around the world. According to IHS GlobalInsight's latest projections, the global economy ...
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Minted Launches Inaugural Eid-ul-Fitr Card Collection
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Minted holds monthly design challenges to source designs from a large global community of designers. The Minted community selects the best designs in a highly competitive and meritocratic process, yielding a top selection of the freshest, finest cards ...
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Startup Open Announces Top Prizes, Including Trip to Liverpool for Global ...
Business Wire (press release)
While there, the Startup Open winner will have the opportunity to showcase its business plan on a global scale, gain valuable insight from successful and experienced entrepreneurs, and network with world leaders, economists and other experts. ...
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Business Wire (press release)
Coca-Cola Partners with Music Dealers to Help Promote Undiscovered Artists
Billboard.biz
Coca-Cola is consistently ranked one of the world's top brands. It was named last year's top brand in Interbrand's "Best Global Brands 2010" report, although it fell from 3rd to 16th in the latest Brand Finance list of top global brands. ...
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No sign of break in US debt stalemate
Sydney Morning Herald
Spokesman Jay Carney, pointing to US Treasury warnings that the world's richest country will run out of cash to pay its bills come Tuesday, said it was "essential for the health of the economy" to let Washington borrow more. Worried global markets ...
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Top bouts highlight packed Strikeforce card
Yahoo! Sports
... in Hoffman Estates, Ill., Emelianenko is essentially fighting for his career and possibly the future of his promotional company, M-1 Global, which is funded by the seven-figure purses he commands as one of the world's most-talked-about fighters. ...
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Top 10 Reasons to Attend FOSS4G 2011 in Denver
Location: This is the first of these global gatherings to take place in North America in the past four years, and will likely not be repeated soon. The event makes its way around the world on a yearly basis, and if you live and work in ...
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Fairmont to Manage New Mexico Fractional Development - World ...
By George Sell
"This is a wonderful opportunity for both the current and future owners at the Residence Club at El Corazon de Santa Fe. We're very excited about becoming part of Fairmont's prestigious Heritage Place collection," said Rob Harper, property developer with Unity Hunt, Inc., based in Dallas, Texas. David Shaklee, vice president, residential development, Fairmont Raffles Hotels International said, "Fairmont Heritage ... Click Here To See Prior News Posts By This Contributor » ...
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Rupert Murdoch and the Corporate Culture of News Corp. : CJR
The Beast writes that Murdoch's stacked board shows how “at News Corp., despite an org chart that spans continents, oversight is concentrated at the very top—and even there, it isn't very thorough.” ...For those who think corporate governance is the concern of prissy do-gooders who don't understand real-world business, News Corp. (NWS) is the latest example that the truth is just the opposite: Governance is the foundation of real-world business. If it isn't solid, ...
CJR
US Empowers Youth as Positive Economic and Civic Actors
Breaking News: US Strongly Condemns Twin Attacks in Norway. Find more stories recommended by Stumbleupon. ... Special Adviser Ronan Farrow of the Secretary of State for Global Youth Issues today said the United States is committed to empower youth as positive and civic actors. At a high level meeting on Youth, Mr. Farrow said young people are at the very core of changing world events. He said more than 60 percent of the world's population is under the age of 30. ...
NewsBlaze.com Current News - Top Stories
World News Brief, Thursday July 28 | Pundit
By Daily Digest
World News Brief, Thursday July 28. US dollar and Euro markets fall as debt ceiling debate stalls; Wall St suspects US downgrade even if agreement reached (+ analysis); Australian inflation on the rise; Bueraucratic delays to Somalia ... Top of the Agenda: Global Fears Over US Debt Impasse. As Republican and Democratic plans for raising the US debt ceiling ahead of the August 2 deadline stalled, the dollar fell (WSJ) to a new 2011 low against the yen and a record low ...
Pundit
IMS Research Says Global Smartphones Sales Will Top ... - Android News
By Joe Sirianni
IMS uses LG as an example, pointing to the fact that though they were the third largest OEM worldwide, they barely exhibited any innovation over the past several years, subsequently causing the company to reach less than three percent of ... Latest Android News. European Motorola XOOM owners may get Android 3.1 by August 9 · Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Gingerbread update now on hold for a few days · IMS Research Says Global Smartphones Sales Will Top 420 Million Devices in...
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Travel Safety News Daily - 28th July 2011 - World Nomads Adventures
By safetyhub
Breaking Travel News reports: Travellers worldwide are showing support for the Japanese tourism industry, following the earthquake in March. New figures from a recent Hotels.com survey show more than 60% of global respondents are open ...
Travel Safety Hub - WorldNomads.com
The Telecom Travelogues, Part I: News Corporation on Fire, Media ...
By Dwayne Winseck's Media Blog
It worries, however, that the world will be a worse off place without News Corp, the giant global media conglomerate with $40 billion plus per annum revenues and a vast stable of globe straddling media and entertainment properties — 20th ... Of the top ten global media players, five are owner-controlled — Comast (the Roberts family), News Corp (the Murdoch family), Viacom-CBC (Redstone family), Bertlesmann (remnants of the Bertlesmann and Mohn families) and Thomson ...
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House panel approves $47.2 billion in foreign aid - Politics news
The Republican-crafted bill would provide $47.2 billion for the next budget, $8.6 billion less than thecurrent amount. Included in the overall amount is close to $8 billion for the Global War on Terror Fund, which covers the cost of security and ... the panel approved $11.9 billion for the State Department and operations such as diplomatic and consular offices, embassy security and contributions to international organizations and international broadcasting. ...
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Verizon Business News: Verizon and U.S. Energy Dept.'s National ...
“By partnering with one of the top science and technology labs in the world, we'll be able to achieve even greater efficiencies in a cost-effective fashion. We're very excited about this opportunity.” ...VERIZON'S ONLINE NEWS CENTER: Verizon news releases, executive speeches and biographies, media contacts, high-quality video and images, and other information are available at Verizon's NewsCenter on the World Wide Web at www.verizon.com/news. To receive news releases by ...
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Obama seeks 'Plan B' as US debt plans stall | Pakistan Today ...
By fraaz
“As the world's biggest economy, the US would have an immeasurable impact on global financial markets and Japan would not escape the damage,” said Hidetoshi Kamezaki, a board member of the Bank of Japan. France's budget minister ...
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Daimler warns on global economy | MAARS News
By Valkyries
MAARS News Global - The Hot Breaking News, Sport, Financial, Entertainment, Politics and everything on the headlines. Top Global Headlines! ... “At the beginning of the second half of 2011, although the world economic upswing still seems to be intact, the outlook has distinctly worsened,” the Stuttgart-based company said on Wednesday. “We generally assume that the global economic upswing will continue until the end of the year, although at a more moderate rate.” ...
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Thai stocks look set to fall with Asia – Reuters ... - Financial News
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Afghanistan rebuilds Buddhist statues destroyed by Taliban | 89.3 KPCC
On a recent day, Praxenthaler was leading a group through a tunnel behind the niche where the smaller of the two statues once stood. "We are now on top of the Buddha," he explained. "There was just a wall and a small opening to sit on the ... Bamiyan is an extremely poor and remote land in one of the world's most underdeveloped countries. The Buddha statues were once a major tourist attraction, but Afghanistan has been at war virtually nonstop for more than three decades. ...
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Talk of US Default Sparks Interest in Alternate Currency Investments
By Martin Hutchinson
And that means that, even now, you need to be searching for refuge in the very best of the world'ssafe-haven currencies. With the Aug. 2 deadline for raising the debt ceiling approaching fast, the U.S. dollar took another beating and fell against safe-haven currencies yesterday (Monday), after Washington failed to reach .... Get the latest real estate investment and alternative investment newsdelivered free via e-mail each week. Your information will not be shared ...
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How Did One Of The World's Poorest Countries Become its Top Source ...
By Brian Donohue
The southeast asian country that's one of the world's poorest and ruled by a brutal, authoritarian government is also the new top source of global attack traffic, according to a new report from Web content hosting firm Akamai. ...
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Nuffic - Home - News & Events - News archive - 2011 - July ...
The Netherlands is in the top ten of the Global Innovation Innovation Index released by INSEAD, the leading international business school, and its knowledge ...
www.nuffic.nl/.../netherlands-in-top-10-of-global-innovation-i...
Mukherjee seeks global support to combat money laundering ...
Entertainment News. Bollywood News · Hollywood News · Fashion News ... Mukherjee further said that money laundering plays a significant role in funding international militants, ... TOP READ ARTICLES: Amy Winehouse believed she would die young ... as a precautionary measure after therecent blasts in Mumbai. ...
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Breaking world news stories affecting people across the globe, from the Middle ...Latest News. Oslo. Norway's prime minister launches an ...
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