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WSI Internet Franchise Announces a New Regional Master Franchise Office in Paris, France
WSI, the world's #1 Internet franchise, has just announced the opening of a new Regional Master Franchise office in Paris, France. Operated by Jean-Francois Baudrais, the office will concentrate on delivering world class online solutions to small and medium sized businesses in the region, including Hauts de Siene, Yvelines, and Essone.
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World Sugar Prices Fall as Peru Divests from Nation's Mills
Peru's government will complete divesting itself from the country's sugar mill industry, completing the change in agrarian policy in the country started in 1997 and marking the end of government involvement that sector has seen since 1969, according to Bloomberg News. The development is expected to help boost sugar production in the country and, consequently, send world sugar prices down.
South Korea Paying $20B for Persian Gulf Oil Fields
South Korea, which has been under U.S. pressure to diversify away from Iranian crude oil, won the right to explore for oil in three undeveloped fields off the United Arab Emirates coast.
CARE Celebrates International Women's Day 2012
Highlights Include a New Report Championing the Measurement of Women's Empowerment, Citizens Storming the Hill for Change, and a Special Screening of "Pray The Devil Back to Hell"
AmerisourceBergen Paying $520M for World Courier
U.S. drug wholesaler AmerisourceBergen Corp. said Tuesday it will pay $520 million in cash to buy privately held World Courier Inc., a global specialty transportation and logistics provider for biopharmaceutical companies.
Pension Plans: Are Big US Firms Betting on a Bull Market With New Accounting Step?
A significant but largely unnoticed shift is underway in how big U.S. companies account for pensions on their books. The move to mark-to-market accounting could signal that corporate America is betting on rock-bottom interest rates and continued economic recovery through 2012 and into next year.
Google Play could Lead to Apple and Amazon’s Demise?
Google Play could Lead to Apple and Amazon’s Demise? Google Inc. has integrated its music, apps store, films section and digital books archive into one store, to be now called Google Play.
UN Report: 2011 Global Disasters Amount to Economic Costs of $380-B
All combined, the natural disasters that the world saw in 2011 have amounted to a whopping economic cost of $US380 billion, according to a new report issued by the United Nations on Monday.
Yahoo to Lay off Thousands: Report
Yahoo Inc is planning to undergo a major restructuring of the company, which will include lay-off of many employees.
Yet Another Reason Chinese Economic Growth May Hit A Wall
The macroeconomic measures adopted under Deng Xiaoping -- infrastructure, deregulation, privatization, decentralization, attraction of foreign investment and improved access for exports -- must now give way to changes in how the "real" economy operates.
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