East Asia Pacific Region Slated For 8.7% Growth In 2010
East Asia and the Pacific region, including Australia, is forecast to grow by 8.7 per cent in 2010 and 7.7 per cent in 2011, according to a new report from the World Bank. The Global Economic Prospects...
View ArticleWisconsin Receives $2.27 Million To Retrain Displaced Workers
Governor Jim Doyle announced $2,274,814 in federal funding to help over 300 displaced Wisconsin workers find new jobs and improve their skills. The On-the-Job Training National Emergency Grants...
View ArticleEvatran To Invest $3.5 Million In Virginia, Create 84 New Jobs
Evatran to Invest $3.5 Million in Plugless Power System Manufacturing Operation. Governor Bob McDonnell announced that Evatran LLC will invest $3.5 million in a new facility in Wytheville that will...
View ArticleConvergent Expands In Georgia, To Create 400 Jobs In Augusta
Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue announced today that Atlanta-based Convergent, one of America’s largest consumer accounts receivable management companies, will locate a new customer care center in...
View ArticleSingapore Invests $250 Million To Boost Construction Industry
Speech By Ms Grace Fu, Senior Minister of State For National Development and Education at the CIJC Seminar on Productivity and Project Insurance for You on 2 July 2010 at Novotel Clarke Quay Hotel. Er....
View ArticleFlorida Warns Public About Oil Spill Job Scams
Agency for Workforce Innovation Director Cynthia R. Lorenzo today issued an advisory warning Floridians to be wary of companies offering beach cleanup jobs for a fee. Floridians are reminded there is...
View ArticleSingapore Secures Place As Trusted Global Infocomm Hub
Singapore has ratified The United Nations (UN) Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts. This will enhance the legal certainty and commercial predictability of the...
View ArticleAustralia Remains A World Leader In The Global Recovery
The IMF’s World Economic Outlook released today (WEO) shows that Australia remains a world leader in the global recovery, with stronger growth, lower unemployment and much lower debt than other...
View ArticleWisconsin Receives $4.55 Million For Worker Training Initiatives
Plus $445,000 Industry Partnership Grant for Milwaukee Workforce Training. Governor Jim Doyle today announced $4.55 million in federal Workforce Investment Act funding for programs that will prepare...
View ArticleA Political West And The Rise Of The BRIC Countries
The first years of the new century have seen the beginnings of tectonic shifts in the distribution of world power. What we might call the Political West (the United States, Europe and Japan) still has...
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