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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: Politics, European Union, World Trade Organization, Trade Dispute, Elizabeth II
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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: Clothing and Textiles Industry, Consumer Goods Industries, Disasters and Accidents, Robert Koehler, Bangladesh
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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: Colleges and Universities, Marketing, Business, Financial Aid, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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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, Venezuela, Argentina, Litigation, Treaties
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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: Genetic Engineering, European Union, Prescription Drugs, Trade Dispute, North American Free Trade Agreement
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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: Politics, Manila (Philippines), Saudi Arabia, Environmental Issues, Migration
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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: Libraries, Arts and Culture
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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: Politics, Economy, Business and Finance, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Bangkok (Thailand), Thailand
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Canada's consulate general talks up trade with Georgia
Savannah Morning News, Ga.Georgia companies need only look across a border, not an ocean, to find their top international trade partner. Canada and Georgia trade $9.6 billion in goods annually, with more than 325,000 jobs in the state tied to trade with our nation's northern...Tags: Politics, Economy, Business and Finance, Trade Dispute, Human Rights, North American Free Trade Agreement
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OPINION: Andres Oppenheimer: Latin America's fastest-growing economies of 2013
Miami HeraldNew economic projections from the World Bank and the United Nations show that Latin America countries will keep growing at moderate rates this year, except for the booming economies of three countries that start with the letter P -- Paraguay, Panama and...Tags: United Nations, Panama, Politics, Venezuela, Petroleum Industry
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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: Budgets and Budgeting, Gardens and Parks, Environmental Issues, World Bank Group, National Parks
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EDITORIAL: Johnson Controls made a good choice by staying in York County
York Daily Record, Pa.It would be so cool to be able to say, "The purple finch has landed." But alas, that was the secret economic development code word assigned to the massive Church & Dwight project a few years ago in Jackson Township (so, in a sense, the purple finch...Tags: Hopewell (Hopewell, Virginia), Hunt Valley, Economic Policy, Johnson Controls Incorporated, York (York, Pennsylvania)
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