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Robert Zoellick joins 7.30
ABC Online
LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: Here is a story about the global economy. After the volatility onworld markets last week, all eyes are now on Europe to see if nations there can avoid a debt crisis that's drags the whole world into recession. ...
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Gold Fever Gripping the Australian Outback
New York Times
Australia is the world's second-biggest producer of gold, after China. Domestic mines produced 266 tons at a value of 12 billion Australian dollars ($12.42 billion) in 2010, the consulting firm Surbiton Associates said in its latest survey of the ...
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ePals Corporation (TSXV:SLN) Begins Trading on TSX Venture Exchange - Video ...
Reuters (press release)
Its current Media Business Products are the ePals Global Community(TM) and In2Books®. ePalsGlobal Community(TM) is the world's largest network of classrooms enabling students, teachers and parents to safely connect and collaborate with classrooms ...
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BrightTag Attracts New Funding to Support Growing Roster of Global Enterprise ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"The caliber of ecommerce clients BrightTag has attracted speaks volumes about the promise of this platform and the company's ability to execute," said Matt McCall, partner at New World Ventures and the lead investor in BrightTag's latest round. ...
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Google plan to buy Motorola Mobility an explosive development in tech world
Washington Post
How will Google manufacture smartphones with Motorola while providing the newest innovations to partners that are now its rivals? And why exactly does Google — until now, a purely Web- and software-focused company — want to be in the hardware ...
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Global Semiconductor Indsutry Leading Indicator Shows Slowdown Ahead
Global SMT & Packaging Magazine
The leading indicator, comparable to the company's global regional semiconductor industry indicators for Europe, Asia Pacific, North America and Japan, is a forward-looking composite index that forecasts six months ahead, on average, business activity ...
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Sarawak Keeps Its Trees Enroute To A World Class Mice Haven
Bernama
The tag line for promoting Sarawak as a MICE destination goes "Recharge In A New World" while "Where Business and Adventure Meet" are among themes it uses in promoting the state. This is to ride on the global appeal of Borneo Island with its ...
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Why Nouriel Roubini and all of us are wrong about Karl Marx
Reuters (blog)
But with the world facing global recession or worse, and the children of the New Dealers demanding blood and higher taxes from the greedy capitalists, the question put to Roubini still comes: has the growth possibility of the “capitalist” world, ...
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Cargill pays $2.17B for animal feed business based in the Netherlands
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Cargill Inc. said Monday that it plans to shell out $2.17 billion for Netherlands-based Provimi, one of the agribusiness giant's larger deals in recent years and a big step in strengthening its globalanimal feed business. The seller is Permira Funds, ...
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J.P. Morgan Enhances More than 2100 Global Custody Trade Instruction Deadlines
MarketWatch (press release)
NEW YORK, Aug 15, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- JP Morgan Worldwide Securities Services today announced significant enhancements to trade instruction deadlines for global custody clients. JP Morgan's global custody business, which operates in more than 100 ...
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RBA cautious on rates outlook, minutes show
The Australian
... in global markets financial markets over the recent period," the Reserve Bank of Australia said in minutes of its August 2 policy meeting. "If the financial market turmoil continued, it could further weaken household and business confidence. ...
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Admissions Q&A: INSEAD
BusinessWeek
The teaching material used in the classroom draws on business examples from all around the world. Our faculty represents 36 nationalities and regularly interacts withglobal businesses in their research activities, so they're constantly bringing a ...
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BusinessWeek
Informatica Wins 'Data Quality' Category In 2011 CRM Market Leaders' Awards
MarketWatch (press release)
Organizations around the world turn to Informatica to gain a competitive advantage in today's globalinformation economy with timely, relevant and trustworthy data for their top business imperatives. Worldwide, over 4440 enterprises rely on Informatica ...
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FESPA Asia 2011 offers free world-class conference free to delegates
Wide Format Online
Speakers from leading Asian creative agencies will offer important insights into the changing demands of brand owners and print buyers, following an overview of the Evolution of Print based onrecent global research conducted by FESPA. ...
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Open Government Partnership: An Interview with Maria Otero, Under Secretary of ...
Forbes (blog)
By RAHIM KANANI In a recent in-depth interview with Maria Otero, Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, we discussed the founding and future of the Open Government Partnership (OGP), a new international initiative aimed at securing ...
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Research and Markets: Polyethylene Low Density (LDPE): A 2011 World Market ...
Business Wire (press release)
Unique analysis of the polyethylene low density market as well as detailed knowledge of both globaland regional factors impacting the industry will take you one step further in managing your businessenvironment. You will boost your company's ...
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Logicalis Deploys Modular Cloud in One Month
Data Center Knowledge
“It is strong validation for the fast-emerging Data Center 2.0 model that Logicalis – aglobal IT provider with a world-class data center practice – selected i/o ANYWHERE to power its growing cloud computing business,” said Anthony D'Ambrosi, ...
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Data Center Knowledge
Global Crossing Announces Government Certification for PSN Services
PR Newswire (press release)
It delivers converged IP services to more than 700 cities in more than 70 countries, and has 17world-class data centers in major business centers around the globe. Please visit www.globalcrossing.com for more information about Global Crossing.
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Akoo International Expands into New Global Corporate Headquarters
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
Akoo CEO Niko Drakoulis said, “The entire Akoo team is extremely excited to move into our newglobal headquarters in Rosemont, one of the most dynamic business and entertainment centers in Chicagoland. We thank Mayor Stephens for his support during our ...
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Silicon Valley remains an oasis of optimism amid the global storm
Tri-Valley Herald
(Dai Sugano/Mercury News) In the global economy, when Europe sneezes, the United States catches a cold. Ewww. No one knows why Europe can't just cover its mouth -- and its sovereign debt. The rest of the world should consider dragging its sorry assets ...
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Artificial Life Announces Q2 2011 Results
MarketWatch (press release)
We will give them some of our IP to enhance their business and to help them jump-start their activities into new markets. On the other side we also know the key players in the wireless worldand we know what the small companies we invest in really need ...
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Check Out All The Massive, Low-Margin Hardware Factories Around The World That ...
Business Insider
... overall production capacity could be significantly reduced. In other words, Google is going from having never manufactured anything to owning or leasing about a hundred factories around the world manufacturing products built from a global supply chain.
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Business Insider
North Bay CFO Awards 2011: Mark Smithers, Trinchero Family Estates
North Bay Business Journal
By Business Journal Staff Report What do you see as the essential role of a financial leader in the current environment? In any environment, the CFO is a valuable member of the executive team working closely with the President or CEO (as the case may ...
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North Bay Business Journal
Debt Crisis Could Be Turning Point for US-China
CNBC.com
"If the shift in power does happen, the financial crisis has been a demarcation event," Todd Lee, director of global economics at IHS Global Insight, told CNBC.com. China's US Treasury holdings are the cornerstone for a lot of conspiracy theories about ...
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Planning to spend…
Ocala (blog)
Even at a global level, indices are lackluster and fluctuate between growth, stagnation, and decline. The Conference Board publishes a series of leading economic indicators for world economies. The latest data shows:[8] Again, volatility and ...
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Ocala (blog)
Western Union Enhanced Walk-In Payment Service Expands Nationally
MarketWatch (press release)
The Western Union Company /quotes/zigman/431668/quotes/nls/wu WU +1.24% is a leader inglobal payment services. Together with its Vigo, Orlandi Valuta, Pago Facil and Western UnionBusiness Solutions branded payment services, Western Union provides ...
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Amyris Commissions Commercial Production Facility at Tate & Lyle
MarketWatch (press release)
Tate & Lyle is a global provider of ingredients and solutions to the food, beverage and other industries, operating from over 30 production facilities around the world. Tate & Lyle operates through two global business units, Speciality Food Ingredients ...
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Radical overhaul of military retirement eyed
CBS News
The proposal comes from an influential panel of military advisors called the Defense Business Board. Their plan, laid out in a 24-page presentation "Modernizing the Military Retirement System," would eliminate the familiar system under which anyone who ...
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Nastel Named Winner in the Third Annual 2011 Golden Bridge Awards for ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Nastel, a premier global provider of business transaction performance™ solutions for mission-critical applications spanning the distributed, mainframe and cloud tiers, announced today that it has won the prestigious Golden Bridge Awards for its ...
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AGCO Licenses 4CS iWarranty Service Intelligence and Supplier Warranty
PR Newswire (press release)
15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- 4CS, Inc., a leading provider of Customer Lifecycle Management (CLM) solutions, is pleased to announce AGCO Corporation as its newest global iWarranty customer. AGCO Corporation has licensed the Supplier Warranty and Warranty ...
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Here's How to Rejigger the US Credit-Rating System
Wall Street Journal
But then again, in a perfect world, S&P wouldn't exist. And neither would its rivals Moody's Investors Service and Fitch Ratings Ltd. At least not in their current roles as global judges and juries of corporate and government bonds. ...
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Overland Storage NEO 8000e Wins "Made in the USA" Golden Bridge Award
MarketWatch (press release)
More than forty judges from a broad spectrum of industry voices from around the world participated and the averages of their scores determined the 2011 Golden Bridge Business Awards winners. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on ...
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UPS Offering Early A.M. Service to More ZIP Codes Than Anyone
MarketWatch (press release)
... responding to an accelerating pace of business and helping customers who faced expandingbusiness geographies and more complex supply chains. The US expansion is the latest in a series of significant enhancements to UPS's global air network over ...
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Global temperatures were seventh warmest on record for July
NOAA
The monthly analysis from NOAA's National Climatic Data Center is part of the suite of climate services NOAA provides government, business and community leaders so they can make informed decisions. The combined global land and ocean average surface ...
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NOAA
Janel World Trade Ltd. Reports Third Quarter Revenue of $22.5 Million - Up 7 ...
PR Newswire (press release)
With our new operating division focused on vertical supply chain services, our recent asset acquisition of Ferrara International Logistics and our core logistics business units performing better as we enter the higher shipping season with our customers ...
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Germany Is Flying Above the Economic Storm in Europe
New York Times
A recent report in the daily newspaper Bild said that government experts expect the job boom to continue for another four years. In a survey of 1800 Germans prepared for the business magazine WirtschaftsWoche by the Allensbach Institute for Public ...
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New York Times
10-Q: GLOBAL POWER EQUIPMENT GROUP INC.
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
Forward-looking statements include information concerning possible or assumed future results of our operations, including the following: any other statements regarding future growth, future cash needs, future operations, business plans and future ...
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This Week in Small Business: Downgrades, Upgrades and Doing Business in Britain
New York Times (blog)
Small-business owners are turning to pawn shops. NASA picks a few small companies to build spaceships. Retail sales rose the most in four months. First Data's latest Spend Trend report shows consumers spent less on credit cards in July, ...
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Go for gold: yellow metal makes return
The Independent
Henceforth, the value of the US dollar would be based not on convertibility into a fixed amount of gold, but on faith in the strength of the US economy and the credit of the US government, as measured by the global financial markets. ...
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GBTA announces global business development role
ITCM
The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), has today announced details of a new globaldevelopment role to be filled in 2012 by Paul Tilstone, presently CEO of the Institute of Travel & Meetings (ITM). Tilstone, whose transition from ITM to GBTA ...
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Fidelity Investments executive dies in kayaking accident
The Union Leader
Greer is well-known in the kayaking world, and has several YouTube videos sharing his knowledge of the sport and how to pack necessities for trips, including one of his recent kayaking expeditions at the Grand Canyon. Some people have even referred to ...
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Commentary: Captives can ease volatility
Business Insurance
“From the captive point of view, volatility is a great thing,” said Stephen Cross, CEO of Aon GlobalRisk Consulting. “Underwriters can't respond to volatile issues, black swans, that sort of thing. Captives will.” Vermont's captive industry celebrated ...
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Mannatech Receives NASDAQ Notification
MarketWatch (press release)
This notification has no effect on the listing of the company's common stock at this time, which will continue to trade on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. To regain compliance with the Nasdaq Marketplace Rules, the closing bid of Mannatech, ...
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Romney touts business experience; says most of his rivals don't have it
CNN (blog)
Presidents must face geopolitical issues, poverty, long term affects of natural disasters, infrastructure, national security, global economics, hell, even PIRATES for cryin' out loud. All this takes a type of person who can multi-task and handle ...
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Conviction and resolve needed: Swan | WA Business News
By dan.wilkie
News. Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan says the best way to address global economic uncertainty is with conviction and resolve. Mr Swan on Tuesday met with World Bank President Robert Zoellick in Canberra, ahead of a speech by the treasurer ...
WA Business News - Latest News
Money laundering: Over $1 trillion enters ... - Ghana Business News
By ekow
An official at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) says more than $1 trillion is the amount of money laundered yearly in recent times into the global financial market. The official says once criminal money has entered ...
Ghana Business News
News Corp Annual Filing Shows Concern over Phone Hacking | Mogulite
By Amy Tennery
This morning brought revelation that -- shocker -- News Corp execs are more than a little concerned over how the current phone hacking probes could impact their company's reputation and performance. ... As we work through this matter, it's important to note there's been no material impact on our operations outside of the closure of the News of the World. Our broad, diverse global business is extremely robust today, performing well across the markets where we compete.” ...
Mogulite
Citi EMEA Wins 56 Awards in Global Finance “World's Best Internet ...
Global Finance editors were responsible for the final selection. ... the Internet has transformed the way many consumers and most businesses bank. ... Recent investing news. Time Warner Cable Said Near $3B Insight Deal ...
money.msn.com/business-news/article.aspx?feed=BW...
Does global battle against hunger have a new hero? - Business News
That same idea may now get a global tryout as world food prices spike, ... such as the recentinclusion of the right to food in Brazil's constitution. ...
finance.townhall.com/.../does_global_battle_against_hunger_h...
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Dawn.com is your source for the latest breaking news, current events and top stories from Pakistan, South Asia and the world. ... Syria comes under global reproach for crackdown. BEIRUT: Syria's president held talks with neighboring Turkey's foreign minister Tuesday as ... Business · International · World in Focus ...
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