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Los Angeles, Long Beach ports best positioned for cargo growth
Los Angeles Times
The latest report from global commercial real estate brokerage Jones Lang LaSalle says that the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach remain the best positioned in the nation for taking advantage of growth in international trade. ...
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Chevy wants stature of top global brands
Detroit Free Press
June photo by REGINA H. BOONE/Detroit Free Press In its 100-year history, Chevy became America's brand, fell from regard and now is setting its sights higher: It wants the global reach, profitability and stature of the world's top brands, such as Apple ...
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Kate Middleton Gives London an Edge Over New York As World's Fashion Capital
Fox News
London and New York were followed by Paris, Milan, Los Angeles and Hong Kong in a list of "Top Global Fashion Capitals" compiled by Texas-based media analytics company the Global Language Monitor. Barcelona, Singapore, Tokyo and Berlin rounded off the ...
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Can the US compete if only 32 percent of its students are proficient in math?
Christian Science Monitor
Among the top-scoring places in the world that participated in a recent exam, math proficiency of 15-year-olds was well above 50 percent. One US state, Massachusetts, cleared that mark, barely. Jeremy Kennefick leads an eighth-grade science class at ...
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Christian Science Monitor
Hebrew University climbs to 57th place on global ranking list
Ha'aretz
Elon Lindenstrauss's 2010 Fields Medal, considered the world's most prestigious award in mathematics. Lindenstrauss is the first Israeli to win the award. Hebrew University is the only Israeli institution to appear in the top 100 on the Shanghai list, ...
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Squire Sanders Partners Approve Western Australia Combination
PR Newswire (press release)
17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The global partnership of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey has enthusiastically approved the proposed combination with Minter Ellison Perth, placing Squire Sanders among the world's top 20 legal practices. ...
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How Havana Club Runs International Marketing From Cuba
AdAge.com
M&C Saatchi's latest project, co-financed by Pernod Ricard, is a feature film called "Seven Days in Havana" to be released next summer. Ad Age: Do you do any marketing or advertising in Cuba? Mr. Schladenhaugen: We can feature our products at point of ...
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Top Stock Picker Jain Won't Buy China Banks on 'Shockinghly High' Bad Debt
Bloomberg
Jain's Virtus Foreign Opportunities Fund has returned 2.8 percent this year and the Virtus GlobalOpportunities Fund climbed 4.2 percent, the data show. The MSCI All-Country World Index has retreated 6.9 percent. MSCI's China Financials Index has ...
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Amazon, eBay, Apple among top retail sites visited
CNET
Trailing in second place was eBay.com with 223.5 million visitors, or 16.2 percent of the globalaudience. Across the world, China's Alibaba Corporation (which includes Taobao, Alibaba.com and Alipay) saw 156.8 million people, or 11.3 percent of all ...
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Blatter “knows Fifa reforms are needed”
swissinfo.ch
by Simon Bradley, swissinfo.ch Transparency International's Sylvia Schenk, author of a report on reforms for world football's Zurich-based governing body, talks to swissinfo.ch about Fifa's will to change. The report by the global anti-corruption ...
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Stratus Building Solutions Ranked Top Global Franchise
Newswire Today (press release)
Franchise Direct has examined franchise brands from around the world and compiled their exclusive list of the Top 100 Global Franchises. It is no surprise that Stratus holds a place on this “definitive and exclusive list [that] details the franchises ...
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Scientists urge Harper to balance Arctic strategy
Montreal Gazette
The latest trip would mark the first visit to the North for Harper since winning a majority government in the May 2 federal election, indicating he has a serious interest in the region, according to one expert on international affairs. ...
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Great Escape: Pause to Refresh at The World of Coca-Cola
Patch.com
The World of Coca-Cola is one of the top three travel destinations in Atlanta by global visitors—the others being Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s National Historic Site and the Georgia Aquarium. By Carolyn Cunningham Your teens are holding a car wash at ...
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International Council of Tourism Partners welcomes new affiliated member
eTurboNews
Designed to serve the global travel and tourism community, the major aims of the .travel-sponsored Top Level Domains (TLD) are improved Internet identity, creation of advanced distribution channels, and the establishment of a strong trust factor ...
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Madonna Signs With Smirnoff
AdAge.com
Agencies working on the campaign include Smirnoff's global creative agency of record, JWT, New York, as well as the brand's new lead global digital agency, Profero. Smirnoff is the world's top selling vodka and dominates in the US, commanding nearly...
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Robert Half Global Study: Finance Executives Cite Recruiting Challenges ...
PR Newswire (press release)
17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The accounting and finance employment market in many parts of theworld may be in a state of transition, a new study suggests. Financial leaders surveyed for the fifth annual Robert Half Global Financial Employment Monitor ...
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Global economic gloom to sink oil tanker market recovery hopes
Economic Times
An economic slowdown, or worse yet a recession, could push oil consumption in the United States -- the world's top oil consumer -- into an irreversible decline and overshadow China's growing needs for the energy resource. "The crude tanker markets have ...
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We Need Measurable Outcomes From the UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs
Huffington Post (blog)
Experts have told us the top 5 priority actions. What you have to do is marshal the political will. Having led many global health commitments to date, and as the world's biggest investor in globalhealth, the US government has a big voice in shaping ...
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Global Notes: World renown singer Susana Baca now Peru's culture minister
WBEZ
WBEZ contributor and Latino Beat host Catalina Maria Johnson, filling in for Tony Sarabia, tells us more about Baca and shares some of her top Afro-Peruvian tunes. (Susana Baca performed on Worldview back in 2005.) Vaca will play two shows at the Mayne ...
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China's newly rich
Washington Post
Some of the world's top luxury brands are set to list on the Hong Kong bourse to tap China's deep capital markets -- and draw more customers -- as demand for premium goods soars in China. A woman walks past a Prada shop on a rainy afternoon in Hong ...
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Adios OPEC: The Americas, Not The Middle East, Will Be The World Capital Of ...
Daily Markets
For half a century, the global energy supply's center of gravity has been the Middle East. This fact has had self-evidently enormous implications for the world we live in — and it's about to change. By the 2020s, the capital of energy will likely have ...
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World Premieres from Nancy Sovaca, Faozi Bensaidi, Nacho Vigalondo and Xiaolu ...
Anime News Network (press release)
Offering a variety of filmmakers' voices and perspectives from around the world, the lineup draws from Brazil, China, South Africa, France, Iran, Morocco, the Netherlands, Israel, Portugal, Russia, Canada and more. This snapshot of global trends in ...
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Wonderful World of Oz
Long Island Business News
Though the effects on global emissions may be minimal (Australia only accounts for 1.5 – 2% ofglobal carbon emissions and the country will still freely export over 100 million tons of coal a year to mostly developing countries,) I would be amiss as an ...
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Convergys BSS Project with Major Provider, Telekom Deutschland, Hits Second ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Convergys supports eight of FORTUNE's top 10 communications companies. Deutsche Telekom is one of the world's leading integrated telecommunications companies with around 128 million mobile customers, 36 million fixed-network lines and approximately 17 ...
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AFC Reports Financial Results for Second Quarter 2011; Reaffirms Earnings Guidance
MarketWatch (press release)
Global same-store sales increased 0.7 percent compared to a 0.6 percent increase last year. Domestic same-store sales increased 0.5 percent compared to a 0.4 percent increase in 2010.International same-store sales increased 2.3 percent compared to a ...
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Corporate News
Arab News
The second day of the convention will focus on regional and international best practices. “The first GPCA talent convention targets professionals who are eager to learn about successful HR practices,” said GPCA Secretary General Abdulwahab Al-Sadoun. ...
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Merle A. Hinrichs transitions to Executive Chairman of Global Sources and ...
Sacramento Bee
Over 1 million international buyers, including 85 of the world's top 100 retailers, use these services to obtain product and company information to help them source more profitably from overseas supply markets. These services also provide suppliers ...
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Brach tapped for United Way Worldwide post
Richmond Times Dispatch
The top executive of the regional United Way has been picked for a senior position with the world'slargest charity. In her new position, Brach will work with local United Ways to help them raise funds and with the international agency's 120 global ...
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Negative rates: Bank of New York and others impose negative rates on big ...
Economic Times
"As long as the Swiss franc is considered a strong currency, negative interest rates may be economically acceptable, particularly in times of greater uncertainty in major global currencies," Citi said in a note to clients. ...
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CACI Reports Record Results for Its Fiscal 2011 Fourth Quarter and Full Year ...
MarketWatch (press release)
We achieved record results in revenue, operating income, EPS, and cash flow, and our strong funding orders for the year -- the highest in CACI's history -- give us confidence that we will sustain our topand bottom line growth into the future. ...
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Top Exec Meyerhoff Leaves First Solar (FSLR), Goldman & Auriga Slightly Less ...
Green Stocks Central
I am very proud of what we have achieved, not only financially, but also in building the foundation for a sustainable global market for solar power," said Meyerhoff. "With the full integration of our past acquisitions, the formation of a world-class ...
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McDonalds Corp. (NYSE:MCD) Shakeup At Top
eMoneyDaily
(NYSE:MCD), the world's leading global foodservice retailer, has announced several new appointments. Doug Goare has been named President of McDonalds Corp. (NYSE:MCD) Europe and Jose Armario has been appointed as Executive Vice President of Global ...
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World Population Reaches 7 Billion This Year | The Daily News Global
By davidchow
World Population Reaches 7 Billion This Year - The Daily News Global Give you the latest news In a minute to your PC ... World Population Reaches 7 Billion This Year. Thursday, August 18th, 2011 | Featured News ... Half of the world's population lives in seven countries. Because of this demographic shift in those countries will have a major influence. China was top of the list with a total population of more than 1.33 billion people, one after another in India with a ...
The Daily News Global
BBC News Now Available on Flipboard | Inside Flipboard
By Inside Flipboard
The BBC is synonymous worldwide with world-class journalism, making it one of the biggest global news providers out there. With the proliferation of celebrity news and opinion, the appetite for authoritative, quality reporting is greater than ever — and today we're pleased to feed ... Flip on to learn more about BBC News, as well as other highlights from this week's Content Guide, which is always accessible via the red ribbon in the top right corner of your Flipboard. ...
Inside Flipboard
MINING.com News – The Latest Mining News on the Web
By Frik Els
Global miner BHP Billiton is looking to build a new rail line between some of its inland Australian coal mines and the coast in a move that could threaten dominant coal haulage firm QR National, a newspaper said on Thursday. ... A day after news of an onerous new mining royalty and taxation regime in Peru, Namibia, the world's biggest miner of offshore diamonds and a top four uranium producer, drops plans for a huge jump in the corporate tax rate for miners and mineral ...
MINING.com News
Rule changes hurt Pakistan and India, says Rehan | Pakistan Today ...
By anjum
Rule changes hurt Pakistan and India, says Rehan. News Comments ... “The response from the players and members of the global hockey fraternity has been overwhelming. The top players from the international arena, including Pakistan, have signed contracts and the league is all geared up to enthrall fans with a spectacular display of skill,” Nimbus Sport Chief Operating Officer Yannick Colaco said. ... Follow Us. To stay updated with latest news please follow us on ...
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Jamaica In The News And Timeshares Are Part Of The Reason Why
By Staff Writer
Graham E. Cooke, president and founder, World Travel Awards, said this of Jamaica, “Jamaica has proven one of the tourism stars of the global downturn because of its boundless appetite for reinvention – a spirit exemplified by our event host, Sandals Resorts. We are honored that our ceremony forms ... Event partners include Sandals Resorts and WeClickMedia, National Geographic Traveler, eTurboNews, Focus on Travel NewsBreaking Travel News, JaxFax and Travel Daily News....
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Republic of Indonesia Celebrates Its National Day - News Blaze
Breaking News: UN Celebrates 'Stunning' Role of Young People. Find more stories recommended by Stumbleupon. ... The World Trade Organization data cited that Indonesia was the 27th biggest exporting country in the world in 2010. The country's main export markets are Japan, Singapore, the United States, and China. The country has also extensive natural resources, including crude oil, natural gas, tin, copper, and gold. Indonesia's major imports include machinery and ...
NewsBlaze.com Current News - Top Stories
Social Media Forum Blogs » Blog Archive » Top 5 ways social media ...
By Rachelsixdegs
News spreads across the site within minutes with a concentrated amount of activity views and comments from across the global. For example news about the Japanese tsunami disaster and morerecent London riots was spread around the world ...
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Ontario Woos Game Developers « Hugh's News
By Hugh Bennett
Ontario's Technology Corridor Is Attending the World's Largest Gaming Gathering to Showcase the Province's Talent and Incentives for the Global Gaming Industry. COLOGNE, GERMANY–(Aug 17, 2011) – GamesCom 2011 — Despite various global ... Canada is one of the world's top three game producing nations. Larry MacKinnon, Director of Business Development for Technology in London Ontario and member of the Ontario Technology Corridor, says “Ontario continues to offer the talent ...
Hugh's News
The 4th Annual WMT&GHC Announces Squire ... - American Banking News
By ABMN Staff
West Palm Beach, FL, August 17, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Founded in 1890, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey offers one of the strongest integrated global legal platforms... ... This is the one event per year where Employers, Self Funded Health Plans, Insurance Companies, and Medical Tourism Facilitators that are looking to outsource healthcare overseas have the opportunity to meet with top InternationalHospitals and Medical Tourism Companies in one place for the ultimate networking ...
American Banking News
East Africa could match Japan in doing ... - US News Las Vegas
By admin2
By PNA / Xinhua and U.S. News Agency / Asian. The World Bank and International Finance Corporation (IFC) said Wednesday that if the best of East African regulations and procedures were implemented across the board, the business regulatory ... “If each East African country was to adopt the region's best practice for each Doing Business indicator, East Africa would rank 18, bringing the community closer to the global top performers,” said Sabine Hertveldt, co-author of the ...
U.S. News Las Vegas
Earsc: Earth Networks and Europe's Integrated Carbon Observation ...
By EARSC Executive Secretary
Earth Networks and Europe's Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS) Partner to AdvanceGlobal Climate Science. Earth NetworksSM, the owner and operator of the largest weather, lightning and climate observation networks, announces it is ... The news is the latest from Germantown, Md.-based Earth Networks, which announced in January the launch of the first privately funded greenhouse gas monitoring network. Earth Networks, in close collboration with Scripps Institution ...
Earsc
FDA approves Zelboraf and companion diagnostic for BRAF mutation ...
By Administrator
Breaking News: FDA approves Zelboraf and companion diagnostic for... » Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced that the U.S. Food and Dr... Nycomed reports double-digit growth across emergin. ... While Roche seeks regulatory approval of Zelboraf in other countries, a globalExpanded Access Program (EAP) is available for people with previously treated or untreated BRAF V600 mutation-positive metastatic melanoma. Zelboraf Efficacy in BRAF V600E Mutation-Positive ...
Breaking World Pharma News
Top Brands in Electronics! · Affiliate News Review
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Meade: Founded in 1972 and public since 1997, Meade is a world leader in the design and manufacture of telescopes and accessories for amateur astronomers. The company's innovative and technologically advanced products are recognized as the best in the world. ... soon) a global leader in endurance sports, is 100 percent focused on providing the athlete with the ultimate in performance apparel, wetzoots, footwear and accessories. For 25 years, Zoot has pioneered ...
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Instant obsolescence of the Turkish model | Middle East news ...
By Crethi Plethi
With the carnage in global markets, Turkey's problems barely made the back pages. But the strategic importance of Turkey's currency route will become a major theme for foreign policy during the next several weeks. By contrast, other emerging market currencies have soared: Brazil's currency trades ... News, Articles, Background, Opinion, Analysis and Downloads | Online Magazine covering the Middle East, the Arab World, Southwest Asia and the Islamic Maghreb. Go To Top » ...
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CASE In the News | CASE Notes
By Erin Worsham
CASE In the News. Posted on August 17, 2011 by Erin Worsham. CASE seems to be popping up all over these days. A couple of recent highlights: Fuqua Profiled in “Social Entrepreneurship: The BestSchools & Programs”: P oets and Quants just came out with a top ... The profile highlights the work of CASE and our colleagues at EDGE (the Center for Energy, Development, and the GlobalEnvironment), as well as our student-run Net Impact Club. Fuqua's Net Impact Club was rated as ...
CASE Notes
La Jolla: The man behind Reef – Fernando Aguerre rides the waves ...
By NorCalSurfNomad
This dude has the best job in the world and he deserves everything he has created... VIA - LA JOLLA LIGHT Fernando Aguerre rides the waves to global. ... VIA - GULF NEWS French diver dies after suspected sh... 204 view(s); Photos: Gerard Butler pra...: He's going to need a lot of practice to surf like Frost... 178 view(s); Videos From Today: Kelly ...: MUST WATCH! Just in case you missed Kelly Slater's semi... 162 view(s); Experts race to solve sha. ...
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