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The world's most business-friendly countries
February 03, 2012
The global economic downturn may have temporarily slowed business activity around the world, but many countries are playing their part to improve domestic regulations aimed at helping facilitate...
New Zealand, Washington, World Bank
US eyes retail growth with quick visas for tourists
February 02, 2012
Bloomingdale's chief executive officer Michael Gould is a fan of President Barack Obama's efforts to speed up tourist visas for Chinese and Brazilian shoppers. Doing so would create an "...
Person Career, Quotation, retail
US consumer spending fizzles in Dec, savings up
February 01, 2012
Consumer spending in the US was flat in December as households took advantage of the largest rise in income in nine months to boost their savings, setting the tone for a slowdown in demand early in...
Business, Business Standard, Business Standard, Department of Commerce
Momentum to drain from world economy in 2012
January 26, 2012
The world economy will lose momentum in 2012 but it will keep moving in the right direction, according to Reuters polls of around 600 economists who said crisis-hit Europe would drag on global growth...
Europe, Reuters
China a harbinger for global slowdown
January 17, 2012
Global growth looks to be smoothly downshifting as China slows, the US economy firms, and troubled Europe, at least for now, avoids a messy crash. Ratings downgrades on nine euro zone countries by...
Europe
Food prices hit record highs in 2011
January 16, 2012
The price of basic foodstuffs hit a record high in 2011, with the cost of cereals surging by more than a third over the last 12 months, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said on...
US retailers enjoy solid sales in Dec
January 10, 2012
Many US retailers are reporting solid sales gains for December, capping a decent holiday season, but shoppers bent on discounts exacted a high price.
Britain's stores tempt Chinese shoppers
December 30, 2011
As a harbinger of a gradual shift in global power it is easy to miss: a discreet red, blue and green banded symbol bearing the mysterious legend UnionPay. But walk into Harrods, Selfridges and other...
Britain, Business, Company Customer, LONDON, Louis Vuitton, Quotation, Selfridges
Global food prices remain unchanged in Nov
December 12, 2011
The international food price index in November this year at 215 points was virtually unchanged from its October level. At the new level, the index was 23 points, or 10 percent, below its peak in...
food, Technology
Global Retail Theft Barometer Study finds shrinkage in Japan is the 2nd-highest in the world
December 08, 2011
According to the fifth annual edition of the Global Retail Theft Barometer, retail shrinkage rate in Japan is 1.04 percent of sales, the third-lowest in the world. However, this rate was up 4 percent...
Asia-Pacific, Business, Checkpoint Systems Inc., Company Founded, Japan, JPY, Labor, Law, retail, USD
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