Global Competitiveness Survey Highlights
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NEW YORK - It doesn&#39;t look like Britannia will again rule the waves anytime soon. In the World Economic Forum&#39;s Global Competitiveness Report, the UK&#39;s business environment rose four places to 11th this year, ahead of Germany at 13 and France at 27.
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The number one goal of Finnish enterprises is growth. In a survey by the Central Chamber of Commerce, 64 per cent of respondents named tough competition as the biggest impediment on the road to growth.
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China ranks 46th out of 104 economies evaluated in the Geneva-based World Economic Forum&#39;s latest World Competitiveness Report, dropping two places from last year.
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The United States is the richest nation on Earth, the world&#39;s biggest beneficiary of the global economy. But will it last? Not that long ago, the ``global economy&#39;&#39; meant that routine factory jobs were going overseas.
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Offshore outsourcing&#39;s reigning champion, India, squares off against its upstart rival, China, on software quality, staff costs, advanced business skills and more. We also figure in a few top of mind questions for the IT manager who&#39;ll be traveling to his company&#39;s offshore provider once a quarter: Can I get a decent cup of coffee, and how long will I actually be on the plane?
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MANHASSET, NY - Global PC unit shipments for the September 2004 fiscal quarter grew by 9.7 percent over a year ago, below market guidance for 12 percent growth and indicative of a weakening market for desktop PCs, according to market research firm
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The global economy is doing better than  for years as red-hot Chinese growth combines with comebacks by  Europe and Japan to offset a U.S. slowdown, the Organization  for Economic Co-operation and Development said on Thursday.
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The survey of business activity around the country, compiled from reports submitted by the Fed&#39;s 12 regional banks, depicted an economy that was moving ahead with even the hard-hit manufacturing sector beginning to regain its footing after a prolonged
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Global sales of servers, powerful computers used by large companies, rose 7.7 percent in the second quarter to $11.55 billion (6.4 billion pounds) as demand for information technology remained strong after a three-year downturn
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Asian consumers are the most optimistic in the world about their economies, led by booming China and India where over three-quarters of respondents were upbeat on the
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Most EU countries are failing to put in place policies aimed at making Europe the world's most competitive economy, a report says.
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has made the country one of the world&#39;s leading polluters, a long-delayed government report shows. up to 30 percent of the planet&#39;s animal and plant species.
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HELSINKI, Sep 13 (IPS) - Four developing countries -- China, India, Brazil  and South Africa (CIBS) -- are poised to become new southern  engines of global economic growth with increasing potential to  provide prosperity to other developing countries, said prominent  economics researchers here.
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More than 60 countries were scored on factors ranging from business environment and R&#38;D efforts. How did the U.S. fare?Chart: World's top IT economies
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THE global economy is slowly recovering, and with it hopes for a sustained period of economic growth in all regions. South Africa&#39;s economic future is tied to that of the rest of the world and for this reason
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Denmark is now the EU's most competitive and dynamic economy, according to a report.
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Global economic policy, low competitiveness of Macedonian economy and development policy for overcoming of poverty in the country are the strategic issues of the project for economic policy and development of ...