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 …
Luminex Corporation (NSDQ: LMNX), a Texas-based maker of multiplexed research tools, has opened a Shanghai office that will serve as the company’s operations center for the Asia Pacific region. The company said demand in China for its products was both strong and growing. The new facility will include office and …
As reported in the UK Financial Times, South Korea’s National Pension Service, the world’s fifth-largest pension fund, plans to take a 12 per cent stake in Gatwick airport next week, stressing that investment in Britain will play a significant role in quadrupling its international exposure.
The NPS, which is aiming to expand …
Petra Solar, Inc., raised $40 million in funding for expansion. Two new investors, Craton Equity Partners and Espirito Santo Ventures, led the latest round with 100% participation from …
In detailing what helped Time (NYSE: TWX) Warner’s return to profitability, CEO Jeff Bewkes started the Q4 call insisting that the company has completed many of the goals it laid out last year. In 2010, the company’s big plans rest on international expansion, adding more new programming for its cable …
Navman Wireless is spearheading the global proliferation of vehicle tracking technology with the launch of its award-winning system into Italy, Taiwan and Mexico. The company, which tracks more than 110,000 vehicles worldwide, launched its new operations following in depth research and pilot ventures to assess the respective international markets. Navman …
It’s doom and gloom everywhere – no need to say more. But is there a silver lining for some IPAs, I wonder?
We’re used to seeing assembly jobs relentlessly moving to the latest and cheapest labour entrant to the EU. Once the years of euphoria that take farmers out of the …
If all is doom and gloom wher you are then catch up with McKinsey’s Economic Conditions Snapshot. Their global survey of 1,820 executives from around the world and represented a full range of industries and functional specialties,brings a little cheer – depending on where you are coming from….
It makes your branding blood boil… We all know how journalists can be false friends; writing great things about your region one day and then slating your destination the next. But you would expect that ad agencies would be more predictably glowing in their praise. After all they …
Justtheflight.co.uk has launched a world first in the mobile travel field – a global flight search and booking facility for smartphones.
Justtheflight.co.uk/mobile is an online application that allows users of advanced mobile devices to find and reserve flights to global destinations with …
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