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Digital media experts will be hitting Sydney next month for XMediaLab Sydney ‘Global Media Cultures’, a three-day event that explores how the world’s new geographies – China, India, the Middle East, North and South Asia – and innovations are creating growth and partnership opportunities, and new business models. Liquid Comics’ Gotham Chopra, Animal Logic’s Zareh [...]
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Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) has responded to a report commissioned by the World Society for the Protection of Animals, which found that processed sheep meat was worth 20 percent more than live sheep exports. However, MLA believes reducing live sheep exports in favour of processing meat locally would damage the economy and cost Australia [...]
...read moreIndustry & Investment NSW will host a free seminar on investing in the Middle East and North Africa regions as part of the NSW Government’s Small Business September program. ‘Middle East & North Africa Investment and Trade: Your roadmap to opportunities in the region’ will address the growth opportunities for Australian investors including areas such [...]
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As part of Small Business September 09, Austrade is inviting SME exporters considering investing in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) to attend their free seminar. The MENA trade and investment seminar will include a presentation by Austrade senior investment manager for the Middle East & North Africa, Anthony Donnellan, and will discuss issues [...]
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Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) predicts that the Middle East will become Australia’s biggest market for lamb exports this year, after projections showed volumes will rise another 36 percent. According to the MLA’s 2009 Sheep Industry Projections Mid Year Update, total volumes shipped would be more than 34,000 tons. However, they expect a 10 percent [...]
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The Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC) has indicated that businesses with connections in Dubai can expect payment delays, contract renegotiations and unfair calling of performance bonds with the emirate’s construction boom coming to an end. In EFIC’s World Risk Developments newsletter for July, senior economist Dougal Crawford warns: “Up to US$250 billion worth of [...]
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Results from the 2009 DHL Export Barometer reveal that new exporters are thriving in the current global economic climate, recording the biggest jump in orders in the last three months, and the highest confidence levels – twice that of exporters that have been trading for more than 20 years. Gary Edstein, DHL Express’ senior vice [...]
...read moreTrade opportunities in the Middle East will be the focus of an information session run by the Australia Arab Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AACCI) and the Queensland government in the Gold Coast later this month. The Gold Coast has been earmarked as a commercial growth area for trade links between Australia and the Middle [...]
...read moreGlobal tourism has dropped across the board by two percent, according to figures released at the World Travel and Tourism Council conference in Brazil. Worldwide recession has been the biggest contributing factor, and tourism analysts fear that last month’s outbreak of swine flu could see a drop of more than seven percent, a loss of [...]
...read moreThe Federal Government has allocated $4.5 billion in funding for their Clean Energy Initiative in the latest Budget, including close to $15 million over three years for export and investment as part of the Clean Energy Trade and Investment Strategy. The $4.5 billion will support technology and jobs in the cleantech sector and is designed [...]
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