According to Melanie Lee 2011, “InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG.L) (IHG) has signed 12 contracts for its new China hotel brand with the first opening of the new brand expected in late 2012 or early 2013, its China head said on Tuesday. IHG also intends to expand the China branded hotel overseas in 2-3 years to cater to Chinese [...]
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InterContinental Hotels in 12 New China Brand Deals: China Head | Reuters
October 20th, 2011 
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No Comments »Wal-Mart China CEO Quits as Retailer Grapples with Pork Scandal | Reuters
October 20th, 2011 admin According to Melanie Lee and Donny Kwok 2011, “The head of Wal-Mart Stores Inc’s (WMT.N) China business has resigned citing personal reasons, after the world’s largest retailer ran into trouble with Chinese authorities leading to store closures and employee detentions. The departure of China CEO Ed Chan, along with Senior Vice President of Human Resources Clara Wong, is [...]
Posted in Asia, Business, China, Emerging Markets, Global, Reuters Tags: Asia, Business, China, Donny Kwok, Melanie Lee, Retail, Reuters, Wal-Mart No Comments »Refile – China Paper Warns India Against Vietnam Oil Deal | Reuters
October 16th, 2011 admin According to Ben Blanchard and Sally Huang 2011 (Changes headline from “warns off” to “warns against”), ”India is playing with fire by agreeing to explore for oil with Vietnam in the disputed South China Sea, a major Chinese newspaper said on Sunday, advising the Indian company to reconsider and pull out. India’s state-run explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corp [...]
Posted in Asia, China, Emerging Markets, Global, India, Industrial, Reuters, Vietnam Tags: Ben Blanchard, China, India, Natural Gas Corp, Oil, Petro Vietnam, Sally Huang, South China Sea, Vietnam No Comments »G20 Tells Eurozone to Fix Crisis in Eight Days | Reuters
October 16th, 2011 admin According to Catherine Bremer and Jan Strupczewski 2011, “The world’s leading economies pressed Europe on Saturday to act decisively within eight days to resolve the euro zone’s sovereign debt crisis which is endangering the world economy. In unusually direct language, finance ministers and central bankers of the Group of 20 major economies said they expected an October 23 [...]
Posted in Business, EU, Finance, Reuters Tags: Abhijit Negoy, Britain, Catherine Bremer, China, Daniel Flynn, EU, Europe, eurozone, Finance, France, Francesca Landini, G20, Gernot Heller, Glenn Sommerville, IIF, IMF, Jan Strupczewski, Janet McBride, Kevin Yao, Mexico, Mike Peacock, Paul Taylor, politics, Randall Palmer No Comments »China and Vietnam to Strengthen Military Ties: Report | Reuters
October 16th, 2011 admin According to Melanie Lee 2011, “China and Vietnam have agreed to strengthen military cooperation, increase contacts between high-ranking officers and establish a hotline for the two defense ministries, in a bid to cool tensions between the Communist-ruled neighbors.” Read More > http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/15/us-china-vietnam-idUSTRE79E0IR20111015 Share and Enjoy:
Posted in Asia, China, Emerging Markets, Global, Reuters, Vietnam Tags: Asia, China, Global, Government, military, Vietnam No Comments »Obama and Americas Culture of Secrecy | Reuters
October 16th, 2011 admin According to Bernd Debusmann 2011,Old habits die hard. By the time you read to the bottom of this column, around 1,600 U.S. government documents and communications will have been classified in the name of national security. If past habits serve as a guide, many if not most of the “confidential,” “secret” and “top secret” markings will [...]
Posted in North America, Reuters Tags: America, Barack Obama, Bernd Debusmann, Government, politics No Comments »
The Advent of The Global Brain | Analysis & Opinion | Reuters
September 25th, 2011 admin According to Chrystia Freeland 2011, “Get ready for the global brain. That was the grand finale of a presentation on the next generation of the Internet I heard last week from Yuri Milner. G-8 leaders had a preview of Milner’s predictions a few months earlier, when he was among the technology savants invited to brief [...]
AT&T Fights Back At U.S. Challenge of T-Mobile Deal | Reuters
September 11th, 2011 admin #tech #consulting According to Sinead Carew and Diane Bartz 2011, “AT&T Inc and T-Mobile USA fought back against the Justice Department’s challenge to their proposed merger, arguing the deal would “usher in more intense competition.” AT&T and T-Mobile, owned by Deutsche Telekom AG, argued in a federal court filing on Friday that the massive $39 [...]
Posted in Business, Court, Law, North America, Reuters, Telecom Tags: Business, Diane Bartz, Reuters, Sinead Carew, Telecom No Comments »
