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Dubai: Underlining the strong interest, among Indian businessmen, in the competitive business environment of Dubai, a recent report issued by the Business Registration & Licensing (BRL) sector in Dubai Economy shows that 64,360 active business licences have been issued to 246,737 Indian Business men to date.Together, these Indian companies have added 854,234 jobs to the […]
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One of the most persistent myths in America today is that urban areas are innovative and rural areas are not. While it is overwhelmingly clear that innovation and creativity tend to cluster in a small number of cities and metropolitan areas, it’s a big mistake to think that they somehow skip over rural America. A
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It’s in our D.N.A.Leaders.Risk takers.Believers.We are the original start-up.We are a country of dreamers and doerswhere a spark changed the worldand founded the desire for innovation;with an infrastructure that stretches through miles of possibility;we believed we could fly – and now we fly higher.An engine drove us forwardand now propels us around the globe.And manufacturing
As global business interest in Africa has blossomed, we have found ourselves traveling the world to help executives understand where the true opportunity lies, and how their businesses can seize that opportunity before their competitors do. A few years back, one of us (Acha) found himself in Seoul, presenting to the chairman of one of the
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The single biggest reason why startups succeed Bill Gross has founded a lot of startups, and incubated many others — and he got curious about why some succeeded and others failed. So he gathered data from hundreds of companies, his own and other people’s, and ranked each company on five key factors. He found one
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A closer look at impact investing With the fraying contract between society and business an urgent priority, many companies and banks are eager to find investments that generate business and social returns. One avenue is “impact investing,” directing capital to enterprises that generate social or environmental benefits—in projects from affordable housing to sustainable timberland and
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China And Vietnam Both Want Foreign Investment, But Is There Enough Capital To Go Around? This picture taken on January 11, 2017 shows U.S. and Vietnamese flags on the front desk at the Ford automotive plant in the northern province of Hai Duong. (HOANG DINH NAM/AFP/Getty Images) Vietnam has enough unique perks to keep attracting
What the future of work will mean for jobs, skills, and wages The technology-driven world in which we live is a world filled with promise but also challenges. Cars that drive themselves, machines that read X-rays, and algorithms that respond to customer-service inquiries are all manifestations of powerful new forms of automation. Yet even as
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Canada, 10 Pacific-region nations, finalize sweeping trade pact Canada has joined 10 other Pacific region countries in a sweeping new trade deal, one that Ottawa touts as a progressive step forward but critics warn puts the country’s auto sector at risk. The revised Trans-Pacific trade deal, called the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership,
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What can we expect in China in 2018? The nation could be shaped by geopolitics, momentum from robust economic growth, and a host of new leaders eager to implement new policy. With so many new leaders put in position over the last six months by President Xi, an overall leader secure in his position and
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