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posted on Wednesday, 19 May 2010 by Ruben Anton Comments Off

May 19, 2010. Scotland launches Middle East business unit in Dubai, with aim of boosting regional export presence.

Scottish Development International, an initiative of Scotland’s Government, has opened an office in Dubai to foster inward investment and new business …

posted on Wednesday, 19 May 2010 by Ruben Anton Comments Off

May 19, 2010. Minister Batt O’Keefe, the Minister for Enterprise, Trade, and Innovation, is to meet with multinationals operating in Ireland after Pfizer yesterday announced a devastating job cuts which saw over 700 jobs being slashed across the country.

The pharmaceutical …

posted on Tuesday, 18 May 2010 by Ruben Anton Comments Off

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 Tuesday, 18 May 2010 by Ruben Anton Comments Off

May 18, 2010. The City of Amsterdam has announced that it will be extending a special invitation to Indian IT companies to attend the World Congress on Information Technology due to take place in the Netherlands.

WITSA’s 17th World Congress on Information Technology 2010 is being organized in Amsterdam, the Netherlands …

posted on Monday, 17 May 2010 by Ruben Anton Comments Off

May 17, 2010. Manchester’s reputation as being an attractive inward investment location has been reinforced by a study ranking it as the most competitive city for business in Europe.

The Northwest city is ranked fourth in the world, only behind Monterrey and Mexico City in Mexico and Montreal in Canada in KPMG …

posted on Sunday, 16 May 2010 by Ruben Anton Comments Off

May 16, 2010. Derry has long been one of the most economically depressed areas in Ireland. Inward investment is low and, at 7.2 per cent, unemployment in the city is twice the average in the North.

While the current outlook is gloomy, hopes are high that a successful bid to become …

posted on Saturday, 15 May 2010 by Ruben Anton Comments Off

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 …

posted on Saturday, 15 May 2010 by Ruben Anton Comments Off

May 15, 2010. JAIPUR: The State Government has dissolved the Rajasthan Investment Promotion Board, set up about a year back as successor to the infamous Bureau for Industrial Development and Infrastructure (BIDI) which got into controversies during the previous regime. Both RIPB and BIDI, chaired by the Chief Minister, were …

posted on Saturday, 15 May 2010 by Ruben Anton Comments Off

May 15, 2010. The searing heat and clinging red dust are engulfing when you step off the aircraft in Karratha, Western Australia (WA). Immortalised by the country’s poets and painters for generations, the sunburnt landscape is synonymous with the outback and is a stark reminder that you’ve arrived in one of …

posted on Friday, 14 May 2010 by Ruben Anton Comments Off

May 14, 2010.  The foreign investment promotion plan for central China was released on April 30 aiming to improve the service in urban public utilities, urban finance, commerce, education, medical treatment and logistics to attract foreign investment.

The plan focuses on business-friendly …