Report: Israel second in the world in technological exports

Israel is smaller in size then the State of New Jersey in the USA and yet it is now second in the world in export of Hi-Tech and Industrial products. "Israel is the world's no. 2 high-tech and industrial exports manufacturer, second only to Ireland, a Bank of Israel report...

Israel approves Gaza's first export: Valentine's Day flowers

For the first time in a year Israel has approved an export from Gaza - about 25,000 flowers to be sent to Europe just in time for Valentine's Day. Israel has not allowed an export from Gaza since June 2007 but now...

Boycott the fruits of apartheid

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protested outside the main UK warehouse of Israeli company Carmel Agrexco in Hayes, Middlesex, close to Heathrow on Saturday 7 Feb, 2009, claiming its exports of flowers and fruit from...

Japan's industrial output plunges, Unemployment increases

Japan, world's second biggest economy, is slowly plunging into recession. After exports declined historic low now Industrial output in Japan dropped just over 8% in November compared with the previous month,...

Japan sees record drop in exports

The prevailing economic recession has engulfed Japan, the world's second-largest economy severely and country has slipped into its first recession in seven years by shrinking in the third quarter. The deepening...

1\2 million jobs lost in handicrafts:India

Slowing down econmy is showing its impact on India's job market particularly in handicraft.It is one the most foreign exchange earning sector of India and second largest job provider after agriculter.The tragedy is that most of these workers are low wege earner dont have...

Jobless claims hit 25-year high, imports plunge

Jobless claims hit 25-year high, imports plunge Doug Palmer WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of U.S. workers drawing jobless benefits hit a 25-year...

Global crisis hits over 1,300 south China firms, Export houses shut in India

The after effects of the economic meltdown are affecting China and India severely.  Export oriented companies have been hit hardest in both countries. In southern China, factories that have relied on exporting to the United States and other rich nations have begun...

China Says More Dairy Makers Have Contaminated Milk

The Chinese tainted milk scandal continues to spread each day. Today the country revealed that the number of dairy producers who have the contaminated milk is even wider than originally thought."China, embroiled in the tainted milk scandal that has killed four babies, said 15...

Pakistani putting more rice on world plates

" The rice exports from Pakistan during July-August – the first two months of the new fiscal year – increased by 147.34 per compared to the corresponding period of the last financial year. A total of 403,935 metric tons of rice costing $ 366,582,000 was exported during...

Argentina: President Christina Fernandez drops grain tax hike

In reaction to yesterday´s decision by Argentinean Congress to reject a bill on grain tax hike, President Christina Fernandez de Kichner decided to drop such proposal.  This decision is a double defeat for the current government. On one hand, it represents a forced bow...

The United States Gets a Run for its Money

It has long since been known that the United States was is the most powerful nation in the world. Although this may be true, there has been much talk about the nation's economy becoming unstable. If the enconomy...

British food exports hit record as Poles develop taste for Twinings

A record amount of British food was exported last year, thanks to the growing appetite of Polish consumers for Kentish beer and Twinings tea.

The Saudi Arabia of Food

You don't hear much about food independence but you have to imagine its a conversation that is going to gain increasing traction."The United States remains the world’s breadbasket. It produces slightly more than...

Singapore third biggest trade partner of RI: Envoy

""Our exports to Singapore is the third biggest after those to Japan and the United States. Last year`s data from the Central Bureau of Statistics showed that our exports Singapore reached more than 9 billion Singapore dollars," the ambassador said.In terms of foreign...

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