WTO talks collapse after India and China clash with America over farm products (The Guardian, 30 Jul 2008, Page 19)
WTO talks collapse after India and China clash with America over farm productsHeather Stewart Geneva
The Guardian
30 Jul 2008
Last-ditch talks to salvage a deal in the seven-year Doha round of global trade negotiations broke down dramatically in Geneva last night, after India, China and the US fell out over measures to protect poor farmers. As recriminations began, the head...
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In U.K., credit woes loom (The Wall Street Journal Europe, 24 Sep 2007, Page 1)
In U.K., credit woes loomBy Carrick Mollenkamp And Mark Whitehouse
The Wall Street Journal Europe
24 Sep 2007
The immediate danger for depositors of British mortgage lender Northern Rock may have passed, but the company’s troubles highlight a greater threat ahead: the broader impact of the global credit crunch on the U.K.’s housing market and the world’s...
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Fed cuts rate a half point to prop up U.S. economy (The Wall Street Journal Europe, 19 Sep 2007, Page 1)
Fed cuts rate a half point to prop up U.S. economyBy Greg Ip
The Wall Street Journal Europe
19 Sep 2007
The U.S. Federal Reserve cut short-term interest rates for the first time in four years to counter a freeze-up in financial markets that threatens to deepen the housing slump and drag down the U.S. economy. The Fed cut its target for the federal-funds...
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How to Fill the Talent Gap (The Wall Street Journal Europe, 17 Sep 2007, Page R2)
How to Fill the Talent GapBy Douglas A. Ready and Jay A. Conger
The Wall Street Journal Europe
17 Sep 2007
It’s no secret that global companies are finding it harder to fill critical jobs these days. They’re struggling to land top recruits in emerging markets, for instance, and haven’t prepared people in their own ranks to step seamlessly into management...
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Ethical, hard-working students are key for top M.B.A. schoolsBy Ronald Alsop
The Wall Street Journal Europe
17 Sep 2007
IT’S AN ECLECTIC mix atop this year’s Wall Street Journal/Harris Interactive rankings of M.B.A. programs: an Ivy League college in New England that created America’s first graduate business school, a Mormon university in Utah whose mission is to...
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hedge fund (The Business, 18 Aug 2007, Page 14)
hedge fund
The Business
18 Aug 2007
IT is usually easy to book a table for lunch during August in the fashionable eateries of St James’s in London’s West End as hedge fund managers abandon their offices for the delights of St Tropez or the privacy of a yacht sailing the serene waters of...
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China’s decision to invest in the UK should be welcomed with open arms
The Business
28 Jul 2007
With the Royal Bank of Scotland consortium leading the race to take over Holland’s ABN Amro, Britain’s Barclays Bank decided not to call in the cavalry; instead it sent for the communists. The China Development Bank, a state controlled institution...
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