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India designs its own image as global power

Brand India is the name of the organisation that since the late 1990's has been tasked with convincing international corporations and heads of state that they should invest in new, modern India. In return for their investment, ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

How Chinese firms benefit from the diversity of foreign direct investment

New research from Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business shows that the diversity of foreign invested firms' national origin helps businesses in China benefit from foreign direct investment (FDI).

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created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Tax lobbying provides 22,000 percent return to multinational firms, KU researchers find

Three professors at the University of Kansas have found that a one-time tax break allowed multinational corporations to receive a 22,000 percent average return on lobbying expenditures.

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created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Muslim consumers: How do global brands become 'infidels'?

Among Islamists, certain global brands can be considered threats to Muslim identity, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 21

Apple trumps expectations, sells 35M iPhones in 2Q

(AP) -- Apple Inc., the world's most valuable company, trumped skeptics once again by reporting blowout iPhone sales.

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created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Apple assembly line gets pay raise, fewer hours

(AP) -- Chinese workers who often spend more than 60 hours per week assembling iPhones and iPads will have their overtime hours curbed and their pay increased after a labor auditor hired by Apple Inc. inspected ...

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created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (6) | comments 0

US joins NATO's cyber facility in Estonia

(AP) -- The United States has joined NATO's cyber defense research center in Estonia that works on ways to combat cyberattacks.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US tech firms lead list of best multinational workplaces

US technology companies, led by Microsoft, topped a league table of the world's 25 best multinational workplaces released Thursday by a New York-based human resources consultancy.

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created Oct 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nigerians seek $1 billion from Shell for oil spills

A Nigerian tribal king filed a lawsuit in a US court seeking $1 billion from Royal Dutch Shell to compensate for decades of pollution that sickened his people and damaged their lands, his lawyer said.

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created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Metro belatedly opens in India's IT hub Bangalore

The first metro in India's IT hub of Bangalore rolls into service Thursday, a long-delayed and over-budget project to help the city's army of commuting software engineers and call centre staff.

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created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Twitter opening international base in Ireland

Twitter, the San Francisco-based micro-blogging website, is to open an international office in Dublin, the Irish Industrial Development Agency announced -- in a tweet.

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created Sep 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

ICANN chief to leave at end of term

The head of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the global body which manages the technical infrastructure of the Web, has announced he will not seek another term.

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created Aug 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Why this love triangle works

The carnage on global stockmarkets following the US's debt ceiling fiasco and credit downgrade will only make Australians think about the country's future even less in terms of the US and even more in terms of China.

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created Aug 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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