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Brazilian named to head World Trade Organization
SAO PAULO, Brazil--Roberto Azevedo of Brazil has been elected the first Latin American director-general of the World Trade Organization, the global body charged with moving forward stalled trade agreement talks. The choice of Azevedo over close rival...
Tags: International Economic Institution, Brazil, Politics, Trade Agreements, Trade Dispute
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A floor of decency
Robert Koehler"Everywhere near the building, the stench of death was overpowering. Men in surgical masks sprayed disinfectant in the air." We move from tragedy to tragedy with hellish regularity. "The scope of injuries," Jim Yardley writes in the New York Times, "was...Tags: Barack Obama, Contracts, Trade Agreements, North American Free Trade Agreement, Consumer Goods Industries
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Manufacturing skills and 60 jobs expected with new mobile training lab
Manufacturers in Northern Michigan need employees with specific skills in order to grow. An effort to meet that demand is under way with the purchase of a mobile training laboratory to be used in a four-county region that would allow for at least 60 new...
Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Business, University of Michigan, Financial Aid, Marketing
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VIEW: Dealing with the TNCs
The Star, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia / Asia News NetworkKUALA LUMPUR (The Star/ANN) -- Leaders of several Latin American countries have set up a new coalition to coordinate actions to face the growing number of international legal suits being taken against governments by transnational companies. A...Tags: Politics, Arbitration, Dominican Republic, National Government, Venezuela
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Get rid of tariffs on trans-Atlantic trade
Within a few months, the U.S. and European Union will formally launch free-trade talks. Now is the time to think big. After years of neglect, this trade relationship is ripe for improvement. Europe is suffering through a prolonged economic downturn...
Tags: Prescription Drugs, Contracts, Trade Agreements, Trade Dispute, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
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PH still among top remittance recipients
The Manila Times, PhilippinesThe Philippines remains as one of the top recipients of officially recorded remittances for 2012, according to a newly released report from the World Bank. In the latest Migration and Development Brief, the Washington-based lender said that India, $69...Tags: Conservation, International Economic Institution, Politics, China, World Bank Group
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Learn to launch your own company
WHO: Anyone with a business idea WHAT: How-to workshop WHERE: Petoskey District Library WHEN: Noon-2 p.m. Saturday, May 4 WHY: Learn to launch the idea PETOSKEY — A local organization will host a workshop intended to help others launch their...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Libraries
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Company practices among region's best
The Bangkok PostCorporate governance (CG) practices in the Thai capital market have sharply improved, but those of state-owned enterprises could stand further progress, says a World Bank report. The World Bank said Thailand's capital market earned a score of 82.83...Tags: International Economic Institution, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Politics, Bangkok (Thailand), World Bank Group
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Good fences make safe lions
During the 1960s, when most African nature reserves were being established, lions tended to be born free. But today, freedom doesn't always serve them well. Fifty years ago, human population densities were low in the areas where lions roamed. But...
Tags: Conservation, Africa, Agriculture, Tanzania, Agricultural Research and Technology
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Five questions ... for Bill Burwell
Bill Burwell wants to see more Maryland firms competing globally. "We want to enable Maryland firms to win in overseas markets," said Burwell, director of the U.S. Commercial Service in Baltimore, the Commerce Department's trade promotion arm and part of...
Tags: Standards, Barack Obama, NASA, Martin O'Malley, Ice Hockey
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How Republicans raided the welfare state and left it flat broke
I would like to add some points to former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich's column "How the welfare state has grown" (April 7). Mr. Ehrlich fails to mention the fact that every president since Lyndon Johnson, beginning in 1964, has raided the Social Security...
Tags: Politics, Trade Agreements, Social Security, U.S. Congress, North American Free Trade Agreement
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Indian court ruling hailed as victory for generic drugs
The Indian Supreme Court ruled Monday that a Swiss drug company cannot patent a medicine used to treat a rare form of leukemia, in a decision with global implications for generic drugs. The court ruled that Glivec, the drug developed by Novartis, was...
Tags: Novartis AG, Contracts, Trade Agreements, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, India
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