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Showing posts with label BBC. Show all posts

Thương mại toàn cầu “vật vã” với chủ nghĩa bảo hộ


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01/06/2012 16:37 (GMT+7)
pictureSự trở lại của chủ nghĩa bảo hộ đang bóp nghẹt quá trình toàn cầu hóa kinh tế, nhưng điều này khó có thể loại trừ.
Trong bối cảnh kinh tế toàn cầu tiếp tục phải đương đầu với những thách thức, chính phủ các nước đã gia tăng chính trị hóa vấn đề thương mại và tăng cường chủ nghĩa bảo hộ, bài viết của Robert Plummer trên trang BBC News cho hay.

Toàn cầu hóa kinh tế mang lại rất nhiều lợi ích rõ rệt như đẩy mạnh chuyên môn hóa, gia tăng lợi nhuận, phân bổ vốn hiệu quả hơn, tăng lòng tin và đảm bảo tính an toàn cho nhà đầu tư. Mặc dù vậy, quá trình toàn cầu hóa kinh tế đang đứng trước nguy cơ phá sản.
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Can a company live forever?


19 January 2012 Last updated at 00:01 GMT

By Kim GittlesonBBC News, New York
Stora Enso imageIn 1288, Stora Enso issued the first share ever granted in a company, giving a bishop an eighth of a copper mountain

Global Economy

The past few years have seen previously unthinkable corporate behemoths - from financial firms such as Lehman Brothers to iconic car manufacturers such as Saab - felled by economic turmoil or by unforgiving customers and tough rivals.
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A beginners' guide to Davos


17 January 2012

Tim WeberBy Tim WeberBusiness editor, BBC News website
So you have received the much sought-after invitation to attend the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos. But what should you look out for?
Davos participant Jaggi Vasudev in the snowBe prepared for cold weather
The gear
For starters, pack the right kind of clothes. Davos is high up in the Swiss mountains, above 1,500 metres.
In January that means it is cold and bitterly cold at night time. Temperatures can drop to minus 20 Celsius and less. You need some serious winter gear, and good boots to trudge through the snow and ice.
Some people swap their mountain boots for fancy shoes at the entrance, but most people don't bother with carrying the extra luggage.
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World Economic Forum: Stark inequality 'top global risk'


11 January 2012

Tim WeberBy Tim WeberBusiness editor, BBC News website
World Economic Forum logoRisks will be top of the agenda at this year's World Economic Forum in Davos

Davos 2012

"Severe income inequality" is the biggest global risk, according to a panel of experts assembled by the World Economic Forum.
The group points to "chronic government debt" as another problem threatening the world during the next 10 years.
The report also worries about "the dark side of connectivity" with its threat of "devastating cyber-attacks".
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11/12 Nick Clegg attacks David Cameron over European veto


11 December 2011 Last updated at 07:59 GMT
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File photograph of Nick Clegg and David Cameron on 12 May 2011Nick Clegg is said to be in disagreement with David Cameron over the European Union

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Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has launched an attack on David Cameron for "isolating" the UK in Europe with his veto of changes to the EU treaty.
Sources close to the Liberal Democrat leader said he did not feel the failed eurozone crisis negotiations had resulted in a good deal for the UK.
The BBC understands Mr Clegg was dismayed when he was woken early on Friday to hear of the PM's decision.
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02/12 US unemployment rate falls sharply to 8.6%



A man and woman enter a job fair in Phoenix, Arizona, on 30 August 2011The unemployment rate had remained around 9% for several years

US Economy

The US unemployment rate dropped sharply to 8.6% in November, its lowest level in two-and-a-half years, from 9% the month before, official figures show.
The US economy added 120,000 new jobs in November, the Department of Labor said, in line with forecasts.
The number of jobs created in September and October was revised up by 72,000.
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02/12 Merkel urges euro fiscal union to tackle debt crisis


2 December 2011 Last updated at 13:51 GMT


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Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel in Brussels 30 November, 2011Mr Sarkozy and Mrs Merkel have been trying to reassure markets about the single currency

Global Economy

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said Europe is working towards setting up a "fiscal union", in a bid to resolve the eurozone's debt crisis.
She told the Bundestag that a new EU treaty was needed to set up such a union and impose budget discipline.
On Monday she is to meet French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who has also called for EU treaty changes.
EU leaders have been under pressure to do more to tackle the debt crisis, amid concern about the survival of the euro.
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02/12 Pension switch ruled lawful by High Court


2 December 2011 Last updated at 11:16 GMT


Matt Wrack, General Secretary of the Fire Brigades Union says "this measure is about putting more money in George Osborne's coffers"

Public sector pensions

The government's public sector pensions policy has been given a major boost following a High Court ruling.
Trade unions had complained about how pensions are being protected against inflation, with the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) replacing the faster-rising Retail Prices Index (RPI).
The High Court has now ruled that the government's switch was lawful.
The decision affects the value of pension increases for millions of public sector pensioners.
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01/12 Bank says economic climate 'extraordinarily serious'


1 December 2011 Last updated at 19:50 GMT

Sir Mervyn King: "We must try to bolster the resilience of our financial system"

UK Economy

Banks should brace themselves to withstand the "extraordinarily serious and threatening" economic situation, the Bank of England governor has said.
The Bank's Financial Policy Committee (FPC) said the eurozone crisis was the biggest threat to the UK's banking system.
It said banks should build up their financial buffers to withstand that.
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14/10 G20 ministers meeting to discuss eurozone debt crisis


14 October 2011 Last updated at 14:34 GMT

G20 ministers meeting to discuss eurozone debt crisis

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French Finance Minister Francois Baroin (left), US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, and Chancellor George Osborne at a previous meeting earlier this monthThe G20 finance ministers will have much to discuss

Global Economy

Finance ministers from the G20 group of nations are meeting in Paris later to continue efforts to find a solution to the debt crisis in the eurozone.
While Greece remains the central focus, fears remain that the crisis could spread to other highly indebted eurozone countries such as Spain and Italy, and exposed European banks.
Greece needs its next bailout loan next month to avoid defaulting on its debt.
Spain was hit by a further credit rating cut on Thursday.
Standard & Poor's reduced Spain's long term rating by one notch, citing weak growth and high levels of private-sector debt.
It came a week after fellow credit rating agency Fitch also cut Spain's rating.
On Thursday, Fitch also downgraded the creditworthiness of UK banks Lloyds and RBS, and also Switzerland's UBS.
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