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posted on Wednesday, 30 Jun 2010 by Christina Knutsson No Comments

The decision to brand a nation and how to do it  is a challenge to crack for any Government… as a nation, the government must ask itself… are we brand-ready?

The core stakeholders, normally lead by the highest echelon of Government (big budget $$$), need to agree

posted on Saturday, 12 Jun 2010 by Ruben Anton No Comments

June 12, 2010. The amount of inward investment by Taiwanese businesses in China totaled NT$22.1 billion (US$6.83 million) in the first five months of this year, achieving over 50 percent of this year’s target of NT$38 billion, a Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) official said Saturday.

According to Ling Chia-yuh, director-general …

posted on Wednesday, 2 Jun 2010 by Ruben Anton No Comments

June 2, 2010. The Kinmen County government said Saturday that it welcomes a partly Chinese-funded joint venture that will build a resort and shopping center on the island of Kinmen.

The Investment Commission under the Ministry of Economic Affairs approved the project on Thursday, in which a Chinese company from Fujian Province …

posted on Tuesday, 1 Jun 2010 by Ruben Anton No Comments

June 1, 2010. (provided by KOTRA)

Cho Hwan-eik, center, president of the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency, poses with representatives from local companies that develop characters used in animations and for promotion during a ceremony at Kotra in Yangjae-dong, southern Seoul, yesterday. …

posted on Friday, 28 May 2010 by Ruben Anton No Comments

May 28, 2010. Capital disbursement in foreign invested projects rose by 7.1 percent in the first five months of 2010 to US$4.5 billion, the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) has reported.

During the reviewed period, the country licensed 360 new foreign direct …

posted on Monday, 24 May 2010 by John Hanna No Comments

The Greek prime minister George Papandreou met senior executives of Cosco, China’s state-controlled shipping and ports group, last week in an effort to persuade them to participate in a scheme to build a €200m logistics centre near Athens.

The Chinese group took control last October under a 35-year concession agreement of …

posted on Thursday, 20 May 2010 by Ruben Anton No Comments

May 20, 2010. Metro has announced that it is to accelerate investment in China with the opening this year of a first Media Markt consumer electronics store in Shanghai, and expansion of its wholesale Cash & Carry chain.

The German retailer admitted on Thursday that it had been too slow to …

posted on Tuesday, 18 May 2010 by Ruben Anton No Comments

18 May, 2010. The EBRD and the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) are increasing their cooperation to support economic development, and promote trade and investment in the CIS and eastern Europe.

A memorandum of understanding to this effect was signed today in London by the EBRD President Thomas Mirow and the …

posted on Monday, 17 May 2010 by Ruben Anton No Comments

May 17, 2010. The historic capital city port of Phnom Penh is being reborn after years of neglect, reports Michael King.

The port of Phnom Penh is not the usual subject of a major port focus by Port Strategy. It’s not …

posted on Saturday, 15 May 2010 by Ruben Anton No Comments

May 15, 2010. The FINANCIAL — Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. (MHCB: President & CEO, Mr. Hiroshi Saito) and Mizuho Corporate Bank (China), Ltd. have signed a cooperation agreement with the Guangxi Investment Promotion Agency of the People’s Republic of China (“Guangxi Investment Promotion Agency”).

This is the first time for the …