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Category Archives: Economy
Plaza Accord Redux
Read the latest from Randal Hines on the world’s ongoing financial crisis, and how looking to the past might help with a solution for the future: “Those who enjoy watching train wrecks will find this column richly rewarding. As the … Continue reading
Posted in Carnet Atlantique, Economy
Tagged japan, plaza accord, world financial crisis
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Lettre de Vaison-la-Romaine: Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Julian Crandall Hollick examines taxation in Provence in his latest piece. In a nutshell: all is not well outside Paris. “Vaisonnais, like everyone else in the world, are convinced they are overtaxed. They look at the new high school, the … Continue reading
Posted in Carnet Atlantique, Culture, Economy, Politics
Tagged hollande, JULIAN CRANDALL HOLLICK, provence, taxation
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Happy New Year to the Hanlong Group!
In today’s Big Business news, we bring you China’s Hanlong Group, which has just acquired one of the largest iron ore mines in West Africa. Horraaaay! China Daily reports that the deal is worth a fair chunk of change: “The … Continue reading
China launched longest (and fastest) high-speed rail line in the world. Hold on to your butts!
If you’re travelling by train from Beijing to Guangzhou, the journey will now take eight hours instead of twenty. God bless us, everyone! Yes, Al Jazeera has reported that China just launched a 2,000+ km rail line connecting the capital … Continue reading
Only three Chinese CEOs make Harvard’s Top 100 list
Surprising new announcement courtesy of Harvard Business Review. The publication’s list of the world’s top 100 CEOs only included three executives from China. According to the Economic Times of India: “The number was small in contrast to China’s economic influence … Continue reading
China: Steady as she goes
Hold on to your hats! A prudent monetary policy is, apparently, on the agenda for China in 2013. This courtesy of newly-elected leader Xi Jinping, at a recent two-day conference in the country. According to state-run Xinhua, by way of … Continue reading
China #1!
It hasn’t happened since 1850, but China has just climbed back to the number one spot on the “manufacturing giants of the world” list. The Atlantic reports that, although the US and China are neck-in-neck, China’s neck is just a … Continue reading
Xi speaks!
China’s state-run Xinhua news agency is reporting that Xi Jinping, the newly-minted leader of China, is urging his fellow citizens to knuckle under and work harder for economic prosperity: “In the face of complicated and fast-changing conditions, confidence and the … Continue reading
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Stuffed crusts invading China
Yum Brands Inc. (yes that is their real name), parent company of such artery-clogging food chains as KFC and Pizza Hut, is flying in the face of sensible business and accelerating new Pizza Hut franchise openings in China. Delicious. Fox … Continue reading
Growth returns to China, world rejoices.
Looks like all the naysayers and doomsdayers can shut their pie holes–China is back to red-hot growth. At least in manufacturing. Gulf News reports that manufacturing activity in China hit a 13-month high in November, another sign that the world’s … Continue reading
