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Nigeria will be interested if United States of America's investment into the country will shift from oil and gas to manufacturing, Olusegun Aganga, minister of Trade and Investment, has said.

The United States of America stands for its commitment towards the economic and social well being of Pakistan and its community living in USA.

LAW firm McGrigors has agreed a transatlantic tie-up with US company Husch Blackwell in its second foray outside of UK territory in less than a month.

The Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce and UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) is to hold an event this week encouraging the region's business to trade with Canada.

Most economists believe the Federal Reserve's bond-purchase program is helping to support U.S. growth, though many remain skeptical, a survey released on Monday found.

On December 9th, ChinaMart (TM) Los Angeles hosted its final seminar for the 2010 year at its Los Angeles Conference Center located at Los Angeles International Airport with two internationally acclaimed speakers, Dr. Terry Young, Professor of Global Economics at Pepperdine's Graziadio Business School and Mr. Stephen Perl, CEO ChinaMart (TM) USA and 1st PMF Bancorp. China Mart invited both distinguished speakers to present on "China & US Economic & Trade - Bridging the Gap" to present the current situation and to create clarity on how the two world powers can cooperate for a mutual advantage.

South Yorkshire's business community is to embark on a trade mission to the US, bidding to forge links with the largest economy in the world and the UK's biggest export market.

IT supplies and services company Datatec is to buy US network systems firm Network Infrastructure Corporation (NIC) for an undisclosed sum.

South Bryan County is the latest site of operations for an international business. Bioworks, a German-based company currently operating in Asia, Africa and Europe designing, manufacturing and overseeing the installation of wastewater treatment plants, has expanded to the United States and has located its U.S. office in Richmond Hill.

Calling the ongoing US-India business deals a win-win affair, President Barack Obama on Monday said Indians can take the technology of USA and apply them back home with different business models, as he referred to how India can gain from the American jobs created from striking deals in his ongoing trip. To a question at the joint press conference of President Obama and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the US president said: "US companies are creating jobs in United States with technologies in which we get a lead, Indian business are going to take those technogies and grow Indian businesses as well."

During his speech at the US-India Business and Entrepreneurship Summit held at the Trident Hotel in Mumbai on Saturday evening, US President Barack Obama made it clear that America is keen on increasing commerce and business with India through trade and strategic investments.

During the congressional elections, President Obama and aides criticized pro-Republican groups for making contributions from anonymous donors, and that some the money may have come from foreign sources -- a list that included the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and its foreign affiliates.

The launch of agile42 in North America follows nearly five years of successfully consulting companies on process improvement, specifically on adopting agile approaches to software development, and training and coaching teams on agile methods like Scrum. During that time, agile42 has developed a tailored approach to agile change, and now North American companies in Canada and the United States can benefit from this proven and highly successful approach to consulting, training and coaching people to become agile by the combination of management involvement, knowledge transfer, on-the-job coaching and hands-on tool support.

For the fifth year in a row, Singapore has placed first out of 183 countries in a World Bank ranking of the countries where it is easiest to do business. Rounding out the top five were Hong Kong, New Zealand, the UK, and the USA.

India Inc's investments in the US have been on the rise since the global economic downturn and the country has swiftly emerged as the second fastest-growing investor in the US, according to a Ficci-Ernst & Young report.

Nordex USA celebrated the official opening of its flagship wind turbine manufacturing plant in the US today. Representing a $40 million investment, the 150,000 square foot plant is one of the most modern production facilities in the wind industry, optimized for lean flow and reduced lead times for customers. It positions Nordex as a domestic manufacturer of the highest caliber in one of the biggest wind energy markets in the world.

Heavyweight motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson Inc said on Tuesday that it plans to set up an assembly facility in Haryana to serve the local market, using US - made component kits.

Ahead of US President Barack Obama's trip, a major US trade association representing 300 top US companies doing business with India has proposed a five-point agenda for advancing India-US economic partnership, including educational collaboration and a free trade agreement. Entitled "Partners in Prosperity - Business Leading the Way", the US-India Business Council (USIBC) agenda seeks removal of barriers to high technology trade; recommends interventions to 'grow' agriculture; and seeks infrastructure collaborations, including the mobilisation of new capital markets to fund India's enormous urbanisation requirements.

The enthusiasm in American business circles about President Barack Obama's India visit can be gauged from the fact that the business delegation from the US India Business Council (USIBC) will be the largest and the most diverse ever to travel to a foreign country in US history.

What will President Barack Obama tell Indian businessmen when he meets them in Mumbai next week? At a briefing at the White House on Wednesday, White House officials outlined Obama's economic objectives.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke visited Detroit on Tuesday to urge business leaders to export more goods and services to other nations as a means of creating American jobs.

As U.S. President Barack Obama prepares to land in India next week, corporates there want him to address protectionist measures, adopted by America in the last 18 months, which have hurt their business interests.

The agendas of India and the US will trade places when President Barack Obama meets Manmohan Singh in early November. The global financial crisis, say sources, has changed the way the two countries are dealing with each other. It is New Delhi that has a larger political and strategic agenda in mind. Washington is focused on economic and business transactions.

NuEarth Corporation (Pinksheets: NUEC) ("NuEarth"), a manufacturer and marketer of "Clean & Green" products and technology, today announced that the company's Laboratory and Research Division "TerraSolv SA" has been relocated to the USA and reopened for business on 15 October 2010 after being certified for services by Internazionale Agricoltura, S/p/A ("LIA") of Italy.

Li-Ning Co. Ltd., one of the more recent and interesting entries into Portland's growing circle of footwear companies, could be described with the basso profondo of a sports announcer: "Li-Ning -- the Nike of China."

The eighth Round of Talks of the US-Sri Lanka Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Joint Council was held in Colombo on Thursday.

paysafecard, Europe's most popular prepaid voucher for online payments, is now available in the United States. paysafecard provides consumers with an easy and secure prepaid solution to make purchases in online games. paysafecard vouchers are already available at more than 12,000 outlets in the U.S. in denominations of $10, $25, $50 and $100. The vouchers are redeemable in any game that offers paysafecard as a payment method. paysafecard vouchers are the only prepaid solution of its kind issued and secured by a U.S. bank.

As founder and managing partner of the U.S. India Business and Research Center (USIBRC), and founder and chair of the USA India Business Summit (UIBS), Ani Agnihotri has played a big role in helping U.S. and Indian companies develop results-based approaches to business development.

WASHINGTON, DC - Recognizing massive investment made by top Indian companies like Reliance, Mahindra and Mahindra, a senior Obama Administration official has said that the business relationship between India and the US are no longer a one way street.

Intec, one of the world's leading providers of Business Support System (BSS) solutions, today announced a multimillion dollar contract with a leading Colombian operator to standardize its operations on Intec's Wholesale Business Management Suite (WBMS), including InterconnecT, Intec Roaming and Inter-mediatE. The selection was driven by the need for convergent products able to support the demands of next-generation networks and the services they enable.

FedEx Corp.'s chief economist prescribed patience and maybe a glass of wine to keep Americans calm while they wait for better economic news.

Recognising massive investment made by top Indian companies like Reliance, Mahindra and Mahindra, a senior Obama administration official has said that the business relationship between India and the US are no longer a one way street.

The inaugural meet of the India-US SME Forum is being held in Washington DC on 21 September in partnership with the US-India Business Council.

A Canadian company said last week that it will invite U.S. oil producers to bid on transportation capacity for a proposed pipeline from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.

The US-India Business Council will embark on a life sciences executive mission to coincide with the Biotechnology Industry Organisation's first annual international partnering conference in Hyderabad Sep 21-22.

PET drugs firm Dechra Pharmaceuticals announced another year of growing profits and sales and said plans to make drugs for the US market from its Yorkshire factory are progressing well. Dechra has its Dales Pharmaceuticals plant in Skipton, where it makes drugs for pets and humans.

American Tower Corporation's (AMT 50.76, +0.14, +0.28%) Colombian subsidiary, ATC Sitios de Colombia S.A.S., today announced that it has launched operations in Colombia, where it recently entered into an agreement to purchase the exclusive use rights for up to 458 wireless communication tower sites from Telefonica S.A.'s Colombian subsidiary, Colombia Telecomunicaciones S.A. E.S.P. ("Coltel"). The Company has completed the purchase of use rights for 225 of these tower sites, on which Coltel is the anchor tenant, and expects to close on the remaining sites by the end of 2010, subject to customary closing conditions. In addition, the parties contemplate a follow-on purchase of use rights for up to an additional 514 wireless communication tower sites by the end of 2011, subject to the satisfaction of certain mutually agreed conditions.

Oceanic Consultants Pvt Ltd, the Melbourne-based leading overseas education consultancy firm with its offices spread across India, providing overseas education solutions for Australia, Canada, New Zealand and United Kingdom has now expanded its business portfolio to Canada and USA.

Since January, when he announced his goal of doubling U.S. exports within five years, President Obama has argued that increasing exports is key to lifting our economy out of the doldrums. As he put it this summer, "Ninety-five percent of the world's customers and fastest-growing markets are beyond our borders." But the recent news that, after more than a year of growth, American exports declined in June (as countries such as Germany saw their exports surge) has some wondering how well "Made in the USA" can still sell overseas. Will we be stuck forever selling less and buying more? Not necessarily: Many widespread assumptions about what the United States sells, and to whom, are wrong.

Tropoje, Albania: Albanian Minerals President & CEO Mr Mujaj said that "Economic growth in China and India will help U.S economy

Consumer confidence climbed more than forecast in August as Americans turned less pessimistic about the outlook for jobs, easing concern households will retrench.

The recovery in industrial activities in US, EU, China, Japan, India, Russia and Brazil is good news for the steel, iron and chrome ore sector. This is also evident from the increase in steel production from the lows of last year.

Metal building manufacturer Varco Pruden Buildings got a toehold in India by working with partners to set up shop in the western city of Ahmedabad.

ZTE Corp., China's second-biggest maker of telephone equipment, is expanding in the U.S. with an agreement to sell a handset through Verizon Wireless.

Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar plans to open more than 50 restaurants across Canada over the next five years, the restaurant chain said Wednesday.

Responding to the needs of Indian business travelers who arrive in the United States (U.S.) with jetlag, no food, and limited transportation, the one-of-a-kind concept at www.worrynotcurry.com assembles vegetarian food care packages and delivers them to the travelers' U.S. hotel or place of stay.

Okay, so the U.S. Senate last week passed a proposal to nearly double fees on work visas for Indian IT companies. The fee hike is a measure that's attached to a $600 million border-security spending bill that senators passed just before leaving for their August recess. If it goes all the way through Congress, the measure will require all companies with U.S. staff that have more than half their U.S.-based employees on H1-B or L-1 visas to pay thousands of dollars in special new fees for each worker, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The Jamaica Observer newspaper will use this year's Business Leader Award programme to promote the island as a welcoming destination for foreign capital - turning the spotlight on those investments that have had a positive transformational impact on the local economy within the past decade or so. Yesterday, Observer's chairman, Gordon Butch Stewart told journalists that for 2009, his newspaper's annual proprietary programme would focus on nominating foreign investors for the award -- many of whom chose Jamaica despite having other options, and in spite of the many challenges they faced in doing business here.

Like many cities all over the USA business in LA has been severely restricted during the recession and businesses are either stagnating or going bust, growth has been limited as the banks have not been lending money. So the LA authorities are going to give business owners a tax break, which they hope will not only help the business to get back on track, officials hope the tax breaks will 'kick start' the local economy back on the road to recovery and profitability.

If the economists are right, this coming week's economic data will paint a picture of employment trends in Canada and the United States that continue to head in different directions.

HSBC Holdings PLC (HBC) Monday said it plans to start "gently growing" its U.S. consumer finance business again, despite a quarter-on-quarter drop in profitability at the unit as the U.S. economy slowed.

John Tesvich worries that he'll have to close his Franklin, La., oyster-processing plant by the end of the month, putting his 60 workers on the street. He can't get enough oysters from the oil-contaminated Gulf of Mexico to keep his plant running.

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Paris 92100 , France. The new office will offer the full range of Copernicus international services including the business to business matchmaking service "Connecting Markets"and the acclaimed market entry support of the Interim Key Account Manager Service.

Canada's currency, trading the closest to parity with its U.S. counterpart since July 2008, is at a level that continues to keep the nation's economy competitive, according to Finance Minister Jim Flaherty. Canada's dollar, nicknamed the loonie for the waterfowl that adorns the C$1 coin, appreciated to C$1.0156 per U.S. dollar on March 12 after a government report showed employers added more jobs than economists forecast. A stronger currency usually makes overseas sales of Canadian companies worth less when converted back to the local currency, while their products are more expensive outside the country. Flaherty's comments stand in contrast with remarks he made last year about the rising currency, highlighting the government's confidence that the economic recovery is strengthening. In August, when the dollar reached a 10-month high of C$1.0633, Flaherty expressed concern about "rapid"changes in its value, saying "steps"could be taken to dampen movements, raising speculation the central bank would intervene to weaken it. "We see where it is now, and it's competitive,"Flaherty said in a Bloomberg Television interview in New York yesterday. He said the country's competitiveness could be threatened "if it appreciated to, you know, really an uncompetitive level, but that isn't anticipated." Parity

Canada created more jobs than expected in February and the jobless rate fell to a 10-month low, cementing Prime Minister Stephen Harper's view that the economic recovery is under way. The Canadian dollar surged after the report, strengthening to its highest level since July 2008. Employment rose by 20,900 last month, the fifth gain in seven months, Statistics Canada said. The jobless rate fell to 8.2 percent. The median forecast of economists surveyed by Bloomberg was for a 15,500 gain in employment and a jobless rate of 8.3 percent. Harper said yesterday the economy is emerging from the global credit crisis as one of the strongest among developed countries. He pledged to extend stimulus measures and focus on creating more jobs until growth was firmly rooted. "You're running out of arguments against keeping rates low,"said Nathan Janzen, an economist with Royal Bank of Canada, referring to the Bank of Canada's pledge to keep its policy interest rate at a record 0.25 percent unless the inflation outlook shifts. The Canadian currency strengthened immediately after the report. It gained 0.6 percent to C$1.0182 at 4:12 p.m. in Toronto from C$1.0240 yesterday. One Canadian dollar buys 98.21 U.S. cents. The jump in the currency "is definitely consistent with the labor report,"Janzen said. He expects the central bank to raise its benchmark rate to 1.25 percent by the end of the year.

TORONTO - Amazon.com Inc.'s proposal to open a Canadian distribution centre could bring jobs and lower prices to Canadians, the U.S. web retailer says.

They're hailing it as an economic development -- possibly the first of many -- that could help set the region's alternative energy industry spinning.

Canada isn't shy about making life difficult for startups, and we've had one or two personal brawls with the country as well. But a change in Canadian tax law last week is designed to spur U.S. venture investments in Canadian startups and make Canada less of a leper colony for tech entrepreneurs.The change allows foreign investors in most Canadian startups to avoid "literally hundreds of pages of documents" to be filed and processed on a sale of a startup, sometimes by each limited partner in a venture fund. That burden meant that most venture firms simply ignored the Canadian market, says Deloitte:A 2007 survey by Deloitte and Canada?s Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (CVCA) of 528 VCs from around the world found that 40% of U.S. respondents and 28% of global respondents cited Canada?s unfavourable tax environment as a key reason for not investing in Canadian companies. This level of concern is five times higher than for any other country in the survey and reflects the current investment crisis within Canada?s venture capital industry.

Canadian consumer confidence rose last month on optimism about the economic recovery, according to a Royal Bank of Canada survey.

Canada's economy probably expanded at a faster clip in the fourth quarter than predicted by the Bank of Canada, raising pressure on policy makers to increase interest rates in the second half of this year.

Turkish and U.S. businesspeople are scheduled to come together Tuesday in a business and investment forum in Atlanta, a Turkish business association said.

Danish toymaker Lego Group plans to start selling board games in the United States this summer as it extends its business beyond colorful building blocks.

Sweden has nabbed the top spot from the United States on a global scorecard that measures nations' digital connectivity and how it contributes to economic growth.

With the world's eye focused on Vancouver for the Winter Olympics, the Canadian American Business Council (CABC) is focusing less on the athletic competition between the U.S. and Canada, and more on the partnership between the two nations.

Paris-based Hi-media, a publicly held company that operates an ad network, a publishing business and a payments platform around the world, has opened a San Francisco office to expand its micropayments business to the U.S. Release.

The unemployment rate in the U.S. unexpectedly dropped to 9.7 percent in January and manufacturers added to payrolls for the first time in three years, which may provide a spark to revive the rest of the labor market.

Thirty companies from all over Turkey will visit Atlanta this month in search of business and investment partners.

Canada's business and government spending increased for the first time in four months in January, the Ivey purchasing managers' index showed.

Business professionals know the importance of building a large professional network. Opportunities and referrals are most often found through contacts. In recent years, the phenomenon of online social networking has made establishing business relations easier and more practical than ever before.

US Ambassador to Turkey James Jeffery said that Turkish and American economies are expected to grow this year following the global financial crisis. He added that they should utilize this opportunity and remove obstacles in commerce.

US Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew at a 5.6 percent rate last quarter, the biggest economic expansion in six years. But economists say that doesn't augur a growth in jobs any time soon.

The U.S. economy is growing faster than expected, further evidence that the worst recession since the 1930s may be over. Yet financial analysts warn the nation still faces economic problems.

The top U.S. diplomat in Turkey said on Tuesday that Turkey and the United States could raise their trade volume "by three-folds".

Americans' confidence in the economy improved modestly in January for the third straight month, as they begin to feel slightly better about business conditions and the job picture, according to a survey released Tuesday. The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index increased to 55.9 -- the highest in more than a year but still relatively gloomy. That compares with 53.6 in December. January's index was better than the expected 53.5 forecast by economists.

In its just released winter 2009-10 Business Outlook Survey, the Bank of Canada reports that the net number of firms expecting sales to improve in the next 12 months remains close to the record high reached in the third quarter of 2009.

Phone group Vodafone plans to resurrect its German Otelo brand as a no-frills mobile product to grab market share from rivals and boost revenue, the company said on Sunday, confirming a media report. Friedrich Joussen, head of Vodafone Germany, hopes to compete with KPN's German unit E-Plus, which has a slew of low-priced brands, as well as Deutsche Telekom and Telefonica's O2 Germany, WirtschaftsWoche reported, quoting company sources. Vodafone plans to sell it online only starting February.

Cigna Corp.'s international business plans to develop and sell individual private medical insurance outside the United States, starting with Spain.

Denmark-based LEO Pharma, a global leader in dermatology and critical care, today announced its official launch in the U.S. Headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey, LEO Pharma U.S. will be one of the largest individual operations in the pharmaceutical company's network of worldwide affiliates and is expected to contribute significantly to the company revenues in 2010. The U.S. operation will initially market the company's psoriasis franchise.

Russian Federal Anti-Monopoly Service has granted a permission to Kraft Foods Corporation to acquire the Russian business of Cadbury which is known as OOO Dirol Cadbury, according to Russian media reports. The petition was filed by Kraft Foods in November 2009.

Mark Carney is counting on Canada's private sector to carry the economic rebound when the government turns off the stimulus taps next year, but it's not clear if business is ready to take the reins.

Kraft Foods Inc.'s $19.4-billion deal, reached Tuesday, to buy British candy giant Cadbury signals that big companies are gaining enough confidence in the economy to once again undertake major mergers.

Most small companies seeking to tap overseas markets know they'll have to navigate foreign laws, taxes and regulations. But they also need to figure out how to avoid cultural blunders.

The Obama administration credits the $787-billion program with a substantial effect on employment. Still, the U.S. economy lost a net 4 million jobs last year even with the stimulus.

Sterling hit one-week lows against the dollar and euro this morning, as the pound fell to political uncertainty as Prime Minister Gordon Brown fought off an attempt within his party to unseat him.

Marking a bullish opening scene to 2010, the Dow soared 156 points Monday to its highest level in 15 months as a surge in commodity prices and a 44-month high in a key manufacturing index inspired an early burst of buying.