• Russia

    Q&A: The Key to Business Success in Russia? Karaoke

    Martin Graham's wealth management fund owns a karaoke club in London. Karaoke enjoys little popularity among the British, but Oracle Capital Group is focused on Eastern Europe's new rich, and Graham's Russian clients love it.

  • Cina

    Priming China’s economy: Don’t say stimulus

    WITH the Chinese government still trying to slow credit growth after releasing a flood of lending from state-owned banks in 2009, stimulus is a toxic word in Beijing. From the prime minister on down, the official line has consistently been that China neither needs nor wants another stimulus, and that ...

  • Germania

    The German economy: Clouds ahead

    AFTER months of procrastination, the European Central Bank was poised to tackle low inflation, now just 0.5% in the euro zone, as The Economist went to press on June 5th. The ECB was expected to lower its main lending rate and to move the deposit rate paid to banks for ...

  • Romania

    LA TUTELA DELL'AGROALIMENTARE MADE IN ITALY IN ROMANIA: SUCCESSO DEL SEMINARIO PROMOSSO DALLA CCIR

    BUCAREST\ nflash\ - Oltre 100 partecipanti hanno riempito la sala Paris dell’Hotel Novotel di Bucarest per il seminario "La tutela del Made in Italy nel settore agroalimentare in Romania” organizzato dalla Camera di Commercio Italiana per la Romania (CCIpR) in collaborazione con Agenzia ICE Romania, lo scorso 3 giugno, all’interno ...

  • Portogallo

    Portugal registou a única queda da União Europeia nas vendas do comércio a retalho

    As vendas do comércio a retalho em Portugal registaram em abril a única descida homóloga na União Europeia, de 0,4%, verificando também uma das maiores quedas relativamente a março, de 0,9%, revela o Eurostat.

  • USA

    Chinese business delegation in Chicago

    World Business Chicago says a delegation of leaders from 105 Chinese businesses is touring Chicago.

  • Giappone

    Japan eyes hiring more foreign maids

    Japan will accept more foreign housekeepers in future, with Tokyo and certain other areas becoming zones where working families will find it easier to hire domestic staff, sources familiar with the move said. The government will introduce necessary legislation possibly as early as this fall, the sources said. Opening the ...

  • Cina

    HSBC China Services PMI Slows in May

    China's services activity fell to 50.7 in May from 51.4 in April, with the business expectations reading falling to an 11-month low, an index by HSBC Holdings showed.

  • Brasile

    Tumulto marca venda de ingressos da Copa em SP e no Rio

    Depois de bate-boca e empurra-empurra no ginásio do Ibirapuera, funcionários da Fifa se trancaram na quadra onde está instalado o ponto de venda

  • Australia

    Australia gloomy despite strong economy

    Dismal consumer sentiment contrasts with buoyant economic performance in the first quarter, with annual growth at its highest for almost two years