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Record attendance at Foreign Investment Week

posted on Wednesday, 24 Nov 2010 by Alessandro Ravanetti Comments Off

The number of participants at this year Foreign Investment Week, organized by the Korea Trade – Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA), was up 41% than the last year figure, partly because of the proximity to the G-20 Summit hosted …

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MedVentures Business Forum & Awards 2010

posted on Friday, 19 Nov 2010 by Alessandro Ravanetti Comments Off

MedVentures Business Forum & Awards 2010 will take place during the Mediterranean Economic Week in Marseille, France on 3 December, with the aims to “develop Euro-Med partnerships and accelerate the international development of the best high-growth start-ups in …

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Big Investments for the “London’s Silicon Valley”

posted on Thursday, 18 Nov 2010 by Alessandro Ravanetti 1 Comment

David Cameron, British Prime Minister, is to announce a major plan to regenerate the East of London, to become a rival of the American Silicon Valley, by facilitating investment from tech companies. Major firms like Intel, British Telecom …

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Iran to facilitate foreign investment

posted on Monday, 15 Nov 2010 by Alessandro Ravanetti 1 Comment

Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has recently returned from a four day tour visiting Burkina Faso, Ghana, Benin and Togo, organized with the principal purpose to activate joint trade, economic commisions and expand the country’s cooperation with African …

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New incentives for Indian companies to invest in France

posted on Friday, 12 Nov 2010 by Alessandro Ravanetti 1 Comment

The French Government plans to offer loans for the 40 percent of their investment at zero percent interests rate, to Indian companies that will invest in France a minimum of €5 millions and guarantee a minimum of 25 …

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A network of Investment Promotion Agencies for South East Europe

posted on Friday, 12 Nov 2010 by Alessandro Ravanetti 1 Comment

The Foreign Investment Promotion Agencies (IPAs) of six countries from the south east of Europe (Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia and Serbia) have created last year a network to improve the investment opportunities for the region …

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Ireland ranked number 1 for FDI jobs

posted on Wednesday, 3 Nov 2010 by Alessandro Ravanetti 1 Comment

According to the recently published IBM Global Business Location Trends 2010 report, Ireland is the top destination for jobs created by Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). The Republic of Ireland benefited from 170 jobs per 100,000 inhabitants as …

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Colombia in search of ecotourism investment in Spain

posted on Tuesday, 2 Nov 2010 by Alessandro Ravanetti 1 Comment

Colombia’s trade, industry and tourism minister, Sergio Diaz-Granados, declared “great potential” for Colombia as an ecotourism destination, and hopes to see the Spanish hospitality sector invest massively in his country. In a recent interview released in Madrid he …

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Irish tech firms go to market

posted on Saturday, 30 Oct 2010 by John Hanna 1 Comment

Ireland shows its determination to drive the value end of its economy by supporting its new crop of tech start up businesses. As reported in Silicon Republic, twenty five Irish technology firms will next week meet with representatives of over 85 venture capitalists and other investors from …

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Good results for Taiwan’s investment promotion efforts

posted on Thursday, 28 Oct 2010 by Alessandro Ravanetti 1 Comment

New investments worth a total of US$9.7 billion have been acquired in the last three months from July when the efforts to improve the country’s investment promotion started, the Taiwan’s Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD) said.

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