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BUSINESS News, Aug 26, 2011

Financial crisis gives DP World wide berth
The National
DP World, one of the world's largest port operators, will focus on expanding its emerging market business as global economic uncertainty clouds the outlook for trade in the second half of the year. Stalling economic growth in the developed worldhas ...
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The National
World Economy Has 50% Chance of Falling Into Slump, Spence Says
Bloomberg
The Fung Global Institute yesterday named Spence chairman of its academic board, which oversees the research agenda of the Hong Kong-based independent research institute. He is also a former dean of the Stanford Graduate School of Business in ...
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World economy faces slow growth, says Jim Rogers
BBC News
On the BBC World Service's Business Daily, Justin Rowlatt began by asking Mr Rogers how long he expected the US economy, the engine of global growth, to stagnate for? Jim Rogers: I hope it's only one decade of loss that we lose in America....
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BBC News
PlayPhone and Perfect World Announce Strategic Partnership
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug 25, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- PlayPhone(R), Inc., a global leader in mobile social gaming, today announced an agreement with Perfect World Co., Ltd. /quotes/zigman/107094/quotes/nls/pwrd PWRD +1.36% , a leading online game developer ...
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Global Business Travel spending to rise 9.2% in 2011
Travel Daily News International
The Global Business Travel Spending Outlook 2011-2015 study, sponsored by Visa, reveals that business travel spend around the world increased 8.4% in 2010, after falling 7.8% in 2009. Global spending on business travel is projected to grow another 9.2% ...
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Travel Daily News International
George Eastman House Taps Clickworker for Iconic Global Crowdsourcing Project
Business Wire (press release)
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--George Eastman House the world's oldest photography museum founded in 1947 on the estate of Kodak founder George Eastman, and Clickworker, an innovator in the global crowdsourcing and workforce solutions space, ...
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Business Wire (press release)
Hainan taking flight with major global airlines
China Daily
The GBTA is the world's premier business travel and corporate meetings organization. Collectively, GBTA's 5000-plus members manage more than $340 billion of global business travel and meetings expenditures annually. The annual GBTA Convention provides ...
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China Daily
Did CLOUD Just Rain on the Global Warming Parade?
Forbes
I have an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a mechanical engineering degree from Princeton University. I was a relatively early entrant into the blogging world, writing a libertarian blog called Coyote Blog. I also blog at Climate-Skeptic.com on ...
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Aggreko eyes surge in profit despite an uncertain world
Herald Scotland
Before yesterday's news from Aggreko, the City had been predicting it would make pre-tax profits, before amortisation of goodwill arising from business combinations, of about £305m. Aggreko reported a 5% fall in first-half profits before tax to £120.7m ...
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Mobile app firm chooses Windsor as global HQ
Windsor Star
By Dave Hall, The Windsor Star August 25, 2011 9:35 PM Team My Mobile, a developer of mobile phone applications for the political, business and commercial sectors has selected Windsor for itsglobal headquarters and plans to hire 50 staff within the ...
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Sauk Rapids manufacturer sees success in global market
St. Cloud Times
“This is the fun part of my job,” said Kumar, who also appeared Thursday morning at a businessforum at St. Cloud State University. “When you're out of your office in DC, you can talk about job creation and you can talk about exports, but this is where ...
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Global and Growth Markets: The People Agenda for Finance Leaders
Business Finance Magazine
One of the many challenges for finance executives is to lead and support corporate growth via the finance function; this likely requires talent in the finance function, and across the business, who can lead in a global, multi-market, multispeed world. ...
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A Word From MPD: One Young World Conference Spotlights Global Leaders
Ecorazzi
This year, the summit will focus on 6 key areas of impact: The Environment and its protection, Interfaith Dialogue, The Role of Global Business, Developing Global Leadership, the Media and its changing influence and World Health. ...
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Global Advanced buys US tantalum processor
The West Australian
The deal will see the unlisted Global Advanced acquire plants in Japan and the US that will turn the tantalum pentoxide mined at its WA Wodgina operations - the world's biggest tantalum mine - into products used predominantly in the electronics ...
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At World BPO/ITO Forum 2011, iRise CEO Stresses Need for Transformational ...
Business Wire (press release)
(BUSINESS WIRE)--Speaking at the Fourth Annual World BPO/ITO Forum 2011 in New York, iRise ® CEO and Co-founder Emmet B. Keeffe III led the charge for a new strategic approach among CIOs operating in a global sourcing environment. ...
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Global Car Washing Services Market to Reach $27.4 Billion by 2017, According ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
What emerged as a single location business after World War II, mainly to satisfy the love of car owners for their vehicles, has since grown into a gigantic and complex global industry. To a very large extent, demand for car washes is directly ...
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NY starts its global 'Open for Business' campaign
BusinessWeek
Now Gov. Andrew Cuomo's new campaign aimed at attracting business to the Rust Belt state has begun. The campaign will be in print, broadcast and Internet advertisements around the world. The ads will direct employers to state agencies that provide tax ...
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Global Banking Group Extends Its Use of Kofax Software
MarketWatch (press release)
IRVINE, Calif., Aug 25, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Kofax plc /quotes/zigman/388816 UK:KFX +0.60% , a leading provider of capture driven process automation solutions, today announced that aglobal banking group that is one of the 10 largest in the world ...
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Willis Develops Innovative New Coverage for Nuclear Exclusion Risk
MarketWatch (press release)
LONDON, Aug 25, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Willis Group Holdings plc /quotes/zigman/581212/quotes/nls/wsh WSH +0.84% , the global insurance broker, has developed a new insurance product to cover business interruption costs for companies with key locations ...
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Business world donating expertise to aid groups
The Associated Press
Wal-Mart's global security chief helped WFP create an efficient lock-down system of its food aid, but the security chief also told Sheeran that Wal-Mart wouldn't be doing business in a place like Somalia, where aid agencies know that a certain ...
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2WIN!® Global Announces New Edition of Demonstrating to WIN!, the book
PR Newswire (press release)
Global has been helping marquee companies around the world win more business. We provide innovative, customized training services that help sales, pre-sales, and services teams differentiate complex solutions during their customer/prospect facing ...
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Aircel Partners with Virtela to Launch India's First Global Application ...
PR Newswire (press release)
"Aircel's partnership with Virtela expands our offerings with the latest cloud advancements to help our customers' business processes become more efficient and profitable on a global basis." Cloud computing ranks as the top technology priority among ...
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QE Watch 2011
Business Insider
European stocks and banks are down, and so, too, are world stocks. The fear of a global recession is growing, a fear we expect to persist until the next massive money printing effort —the third round of quantitative easing (QE) — is launched in ...
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DFC Global Corp. Announces Record Fiscal Fourth Quarter and Year End 2011 Results
MarketWatch (press release)
Additionally, in many parts of the world, the ALICE demographic is either being inadequately served, or if they are being served, it is through less sophisticated "mom and pop" type establishments. Ourglobal business strategy and inherent opportunity ...
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More banking giants switch to the dark side
The Australian
Citigroup cut its global growth forecast for this year from 3.4 per cent to 3.1 per cent; its outlook for 2012 was reduced sharply from 3.7 per cent to 3.2 per cent. UBS expects 3.3 per cent growth this year and next. Both banks said that they expected ...
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Surfware to Showcase at EMO2011
MarketWatch (press release)
CAMARILLO, Calif., Aug 26, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Surfware, Inc., developer of SURFCAM CAD/CAM systems and the award-winning and patented TRUEMill Technology, will feature its latestrelease of SURFCAM V5.2 at EMO 2011. A world premier international ...
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BYD and Hertz Partner to Bring the First EV Rentals to China
MarketWatch (press release)
SHENZHEN, China, Aug 26, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- BYD, the largest Chinese domestic auto brand and The Hertz Corporation, the world's largest general use car rental brand, today announced a strategic partnership to promote new energy applications to ...
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Post-Jobs, Apple Needs to Open Up
PCWorld (blog)
For business users, the company's extreme vertical integration has not only created a daunting case of vendor lock-in, but has worked against the compatibility and interoperability that are most needed in this global and collaborative world. ...
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GridWeek: A Gateway to the Global Smart Grid Market
Sacramento Bee
GridWeek will make the Smart Grid industry even "smaller" by gathering key stakeholders from around the world at the International Smart Grid Summit on Sept. 12 in Washington, DC, creating an ideal forum for advancing the development of the global ...
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MIT Leaders for Global Operations Welcomes MAG-IAS as Industry Partner
GlobeNewsWire (press release)
Students graduate with a Master of Business Administration from the MIT Sloan School of Management and a Master of Science from one of seven programs within the MIT School of Engineering. LGO benefits from the wealth of resources, world-renowned ...
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EU Sugar Harvest Expanding as Nestle Says Supply Running Short
BusinessWeek
The EU spent four years shrinking the sugar beet industry after a World Trade Organization ruling that limited exports. Importers approved to ship to the EU were able to sell sugar for more elsewhere as global prices soared. That left food companies ...
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Olive: Why Bernanke will disappoint
Toronto Star
Granted, the current global financial mess is without precedent in breadth and complexity. The troubled eurozone is a mere babe, just 12 years old. Rescue efforts to date have been devised on the fly, since the eurozone architects back in 1999 didn't ...
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Keen On… Does the Internet Need More Global Regulation? (TCTV)
TechCrunch
He is the author of the international hit “Cult of the Amateur: How the Internet is Killing our Culture” which has been published in 17 different languages and was short-listed for the Higham's BusinessTechnology Book of the Year award. ...
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Global Water Technologies Resumes Trading as GWTR, Notes World Water Week and ...
PR Newswire (press release)
Global Water Technologies is also participating in a new regional water technology initiative being developed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Small BusinessAdministration (SBA). The Water Technology Innovation Cluster ...
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HP: The big data trucks aren't stopping
ZDNet (blog)
Since Autonomy's birth in 1996 ceo Mike Lynch has been vocal about 'making computers map to ourworld rather than the other way round' as I wrote here way back in 2008, and while parsing meaning from the avalanche of digital materials modern business ...
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Jive's S1 suggests how little has happened in social business
ZDNet (blog)
Extrapolating the numbers out what can we guess about the total global socialbusiness software market today? $1 billion? $2 billion? $5 billion in a couple of year's time? The Apple AppStore was bigger than that in 2010. And 635 customers? That's it?...
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ZDNet (blog)
World stocks rise after data drives Wall Street up
San Francisco Chronicle
By PAMELA SAMPSON, AP Business Writer World stock markets rose Thursday as worries eased that the US might be slipping toward recession, while the resignation of Steve Jobs — the creative force behind Apple Inc. — sent ripples through the technology ...
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Missouri's Solar Business: A Case of Supply and Demand
RenewableEnergyWorld.com
Missouri's solar resources actually exceed those of Germany, which leads the world in solar energy production on less than three kWh per square meter per day. Other factors likely to influence the growth of solar jobs include Missouri's central ...
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Mid-2011 Global Provider Ethernet LEADERBOARD
Ethernet Academy
As a comprehensive "real world" resource for business or product planning, ENS covers customer migration across all broadband network services to provide you with more defensible analysis as compared to discrete market forecasts. ...
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Global Mobile Food Services Market to Reach $2.6 Billion by 2017, According to ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
The research report titled "Mobile Food Services: A Global Strategic Business Report" announced by Global Industry Analysts Inc., provides a strategic review of industry, key market trends, recentstrategic corporate initiatives, and profiles of key ...
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New Initiative Launched To Promote Ocean Sustainability
Justmeans
Inspired by the positive impact of the Elders in addressing human rights, she believed a similar model would be beneficial to the world's oceans. She proceeded to created OceanElders and targetedglobal leaders with a passion for the ocean and marine ...
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Next Makeover for a New No. 1 Is in Marketing
New York Times
Djokovic, the Serb now deep into a historic tennis season, had created an impromptu mosh pit at a recent tournament here. The latest news and analysis from all of the 2011 major tournaments. Novak Djokovic is the top men's seed for the US Open. ...
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New York Times
XL Insurance Enlists Ronald E. Beauregard to Manage Excess & Surplus Property ...
MarketWatch (press release)
XL Insurance is the global brand used by XL Group plc's insurance companies and underwriting divisions offering property, casualty, professional and specialty insurance products throughout theworld. More information about XL Insurance is available at ...
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SailPoint on Course for Record Growth and Profitability in 2011
MarketWatch (press release)
We remain 100 percent focused on making our Global 2000 customers successful with their governance-based identity management initiatives. That includes delivering a highly scalable, innovative product and providing world-class customer support. ...
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VIASPACE Hires Chief Business Officer
PR Newswire (press release)
He has extensive global experience in business, as well as a solid agricultural background. He will immediately become involved on existing projects, and also will develop plans for new Giant King Grass projects around the world. ...
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Walmart China has big plans in small cities | China business news
By CBN
In 2007, Walmart Inc, the world's largest chain retailer by sales and revenue, had more than 70 stores and 30000 employees in China. “Since 2007, Walmart China has been maintaining double-digit growth, and now, four years later, ... China is an important market in Walmart's global strategy, he said. According to Bloomberg News, retail sales revenue in China is expected to grow annually by 14.5 percent to $5 trillion in 2016. With a population of 1.3 billion, ...
China business news
Fox Business - Latest News - Global Stocks Edge Higher, Gold ...
Fox Business. Global Stocks Edge Higher, Gold Continues Falling. Aug 25, 2011 7 31 AM EDT.World stocks edged up on Thursday while gold fell sharply as ...
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Hsyndicate - News - Global Business Travel Spending To Rise 9.2 ...
3rd Annual GBTA Global Business Travel Spend Study Finds China, India, Russia, ... report analyzing the current state of global business travel spend and ... reveals that business travel spend around the world increased 8.4% in 2010, ...
www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4052675.html

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