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- TECO Energy CEO to Present at Merrill Lynch Global Power & Gas Leaders Conference
- TAMPA, Fla. -- TECO Energy, Inc. (NYSE:TE) Chairman and CEO Sherrill Hudson will make a presentation in a panel discussion at the 2008 Merrill Lynch Global Power & Gas Leaders Conference in New York on Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 9:15 AM Eastern time. An audio Webcast of the...
- Research articles 2008-09-18
- World Bank suggests limits on disputed WTO farm safeguard
- WASHINGTON AFP — World Bank chief Robert Zoellick on Monday suggested limits for a proposed agricultural safeguard that torpedoed WTO trade talks last month, saying the world's poor need a successful Doha Round. "Given the high food prices around the world and the need for poor people to lower...
- Research articles 2008-08-18
- Strategy Analytics , a research/consulting firm that offers services to companies "at the convergence of information, communications and entertainment technologies," has completed the acquisition of Teligen , a provider of information on telecom
- Strategy Analytics (Boston, MA), a research/consulting firm that offers services to companies "at the convergence of information, communications and entertainment technologies," has completed the acquisition of Teligen London, a provider of information on telecommunications pricing, tariffs and market dynamics worldwide, from Harris Interactive (Rochester, NY). Strategy Analytics said that Teligen...
- Research articles 2008-08-17
- High tension at WTO as trade talks face 'appalling' collapse
- GENEVA AFP — Tension rose sharply as gruelling WTO talks to hammer out a global trade pact ran into a ninth day on Tuesday, with leading nations urging flexibility to avert an "appalling" collapse. Describing the mood in a morning meeting of ministers, Indonesian Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu...
- Research articles 2008-07-29
- Wrecked WTO talks change the world trade game
- GENEVA AFP — Ministers saw a "new order" take hold in global commerce Wednesday, with emerging economies calling the shots after WTO plans for a new trade pact collapsed in a feared blow for millions of the world's poor. "One thing that we can celebrate is that deals here...
- Research articles 2008-07-29
- WTO talks enter tense endgame: officials
- GENEVA AFP — Talks to forge a new global trade pact teetered on the brink of collapse Tuesday as the World Trade Organization said the mood was "very tense" and major powers blamed each other for the deadlock. "The situation is very tense, things are finely balanced and the...
- Research articles 2008-07-28
- WTO scrambles for fresh options on trade pact
- GENEVA, AFP — Top negotiators prepared to turn to fresh proposals Monday in a bid to nail a new global trade free trade pact despite growing discord and warnings that years of painstaking negotiations could unravel at the last minute. Squabbles among emerging economies threatened to shatter fragile gains...
- Research articles 2008-07-27
- EU, Latin America close to banana deal at WTO: sources
- GENEVA AFP — European and Latin American negotiators are close to a deal that would end a quarter of a century of "banana wars" as part of mammoth trade talks here, sources close to the negotiations said Sunday. "The two sides are busy putting the final touches to an...
- Research articles 2008-07-27
- Breakthrough hopes breathe life into WTO talks
- GENEVA AFP — World trade powers strode forward towards a new global pact on Friday amid real hopes of a breakthrough after seven years of deadlock, but several emerging nations threatened to torpedo a deal. Key negotiators said most of the 35 key trading nations meeting here have bridged...
- Research articles 2008-07-25
- WTO ministers look to capitalise on new optimism
- GENEVA AFP — A new sense of optimism surrounded WTO negotiations on a new global trade pact Saturday amid hopes of a breakthrough after seven years of deadlock. Key deal-makers said most of the 35 leading trading nations meeting here have bridged their differences, but fears remained that emerging...
- Research articles 2008-07-25
- Argentina grain tax bill clears lower house
- BUENOS AIRES AFP — A controversial grain tax bill cleared the Chamber of Deputies Saturday by a 129-122 vote, giving a first-round win to President Cristina Kirchner in her struggle to defuse a months-long farmers' strike. The bill raising grain export tariffs from 35 to 47 percent, on a...
- Research articles 2008-07-05
- Hong Kong, Singapore most global trade friendly: WEF study
- GENEVA AFP — Hong Kong and Singapore are the two economies most conducive to global trade, according to a ranking by the World Economic Forum released on Wednesday. The World Economic Forum's new Global Enabling Trade Index survey of 118 economies looked at ten factors impacting trade, such as...
- Research articles 2008-06-18
- Argentina's farmers, government hold rival protests
- ROSARIO, Argentina AFP — Hundreds of thousands rallied Sunday in the industrial center of Rosario, northwest of the capital Buenos Aires, in support of farmers protesting export taxes on lucrative soybean products. The opposition-backed farmers staged the protest in Rosario, the principal port for agricultural exports and Argentina's soy,...
- Research articles 2008-05-25
- World Semiconductor Council Pledges Cooperation on Environmental Concerns
- Taipei Meeting Also Targets Elimination of Tariffs and Levies TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The World Semiconductor Council WSC concluded its twelfth successful annual meeting today in Taipei with a wide-ranging set of recommendations for expanding global trade in semiconductors and electronic products, enhancing intellectual property protections and supporting strong environment,...
- Research articles 2008-05-22
- India trade minister rejects new WTO texts
- NEW DELHI AFP — New draft texts on industrial goods aimed at clinching an elusive deal in global trade talks will have to be "completely revised," India's commerce minister said on Thursday. The World Trade Organisation's Doha round of talks to reduce trade barriers was launched in 2001 with...
- Research articles 2008-05-22
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- The data in these charts is derived from a report from the Foreign Trade Division of the Census Bureau. The Census Bureau, a division of the U.S. Department of Commerce, is the official source of data for the U.S. government. The Foreign Trade Division receives its information from the U.S....
- Research articles 2008-05-01
- The impact of regulations on agricultural trade: evidence from the SPS and TBT agreements
- Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary measures SPS and Technical Barriers to Trade TBTs may play an important role in the conduct of international negotiations. In their July 2006 meeting in St. Petersburg, Vladimir Putin and George W. Bush clashed over the accession of Russia to the World Trade Organization WTO, apparently as...
- Research articles 2008-05-01
- WTO calls off Doha trade meeting planned for April: source
- GENEVA AFP — World trade ministers have called off a meeting planned here for this month in the absence of sufficient progress toward a global trade liberalisation deal, a source close to the talks said Friday. But he added that some headway had been made in discussions on reducing...
- Research articles 2008-04-04
- UN climate chief warns of 'accelerated melting' of ice caps
- BRUSSELS AFP — The head of the UN intergovernment climate change body on Wednesday voiced strong concern at the accelerated melting of the polar ice caps, calling for international tariffs on carbon emissions. "Now there's enough evidence to show that there is accelerated melting of some of these large...
- Research articles 2008-03-26
- Chiquita Reaches Strategic African Sourcing Agreements With ESCOM and Matanuska Africa Limited.
- CINCINNATI, March 4 /PRNewswire/ -- - Represents Significant Diversification in Chiquita's Geographic Sourcing - - Projects in Angola and Mozambique to Create 6,000 New Jobs - Chiquita Brands International, Inc. (NYSE: CQB) today announced long-term strategic...
- Research articles 2008-03-04
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