Written by Ron Krueger The Germans are traditionally renowned and respected for their engineering prowess, efficiency and innovation. One can only admire the immaculate construction of an Audi or a BMW. Since unification in 1989, the German phoenix has once more risen from the ashes to become Europe’s most advanced and strongest economy. It has [...]
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Written by Lance Scoular “World trade is in free fall and should decline by 13.2 percent in 2009 as the economic crisis cuts demand across the globe,” the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said on Tuesday 31st March 2009. To survive the current economic downturn as an importer or exporter, as well as cutting [...]
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Written by Rab Memari Many Australian businesses with foreign operations do not currently consider the US market as a safe place to invest or do business in. With the international economic crisis in full swing, businesses are holding back on foreign investments and reducing their exposure to foreign markets. The tendency of businesses to ‘pull [...]
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Written by Edward Dugan With the movie Slumdog Millionaire winning awards, many Indians have openly questioned the way the movie shows India to the world. Some believe that the movie will slow down tourism and do damage to India’s image as a country moving from a developing country to developed country. Yet in real life [...]
...read moreWritten by Sara Cheng Last November China announced a 4 trillion Chinese Yuan (AUD 905 billion) stimulus package to stabilise its economy and reach 8 percent GDP growth in 2009. CNY 4 trillion will be fully invested before the end of 2010, and China has a detailed implementation plan which has been in action since [...]
...read moreWritten by Phillip Waite Alarmingly, almost half of the businesses in Australia that go bankrupt do so because of their own deficiencies – they do not develop the basic internal strengths to survive. Given the current state of global economies, now more than ever, innovation has become fundamental to building this internal survival strength. Most [...]
...read moreWritten by Ian Bennett Thailand has been in the news over recent months for all the wrong reasons. Political turmoil was the state of play and resolution was only finally achieved through actions of the court. Behind the scenes, actions by key parties was not played out in the media as has been in the [...]
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