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Top story: Europe’s largest carmaker is reportedly prioritising North America over Europe in its electrification plans. Image via Getty German automotive giant Volkswagen is pausing its plans for a battery plant in eastern Europe and prioritising a cell factory in North America as it seeks to make use of the US’s $369bn green subsidy package. The multilateral […]
Three Chinese firms ordered to divest from local junior miners with assets mostly abroad Security grounds: Canada has ordered China to divest from its Chilean lithium mine. “This is against the principle of market economy, and international economic and trading rules the Canadian side has been talking about … We call for a fair, just
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The computer software and hardware sector attracted the highest inflows of ₹63,819 crore in the first nine months of the current fiscal Maharashtra and Gujarat recorded a positive growth in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the current fiscal even as the overall FDI inflows into the country decelerated due to rising global interest rates, waning
Data Focus. Maharashtra, Gujarat lead in FDI inflows in the first three quarters Read More »
fDi Benchmark ranks top countries for turbine manufacturing China’s competitiveness as a wind turbine manufacturing location outperforms the US and European countries, according to the latest fDi Benchmark study, despite Western producers leading the global market. The country has placed first in fDi’s latest assessment, followed by the US, the UK, India and Germany. Of the top 15
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As FDI brings investment and jobs into smaller communities, workers have viable choices. When Norway-based Grieg Seafood officially opened a facility in Newfoundland in 2022, it provided a solution to a common problem for young graduates from rural communities: they often have to leave their hometowns in search of good job opportunities, especially if they
FDI helps Canadians in rural communities find great jobs closer to home Read More »
China’s competitiveness as a wind turbine manufacturing location outperforms the US and European countries, according to the latest fDi Benchmark study, despite Western producers leading the global market. The country has placed first in fDi’s latest assessment, followed by the US, the UK, India and Germany. Of the top 15 global wind turbine manufacturers in 2022, according to
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A new report was launched today in London by the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) and Midlands Innovation, supported by the National Centre for Universities and Business (NCUB) and Universities UK International (UUKi). The report, The role of universities in driving overseas investment into UK Research and Development (HEPI Report 157) by Dr Alexis Brown, sets out
What has the G20 achieved so far in 2023? What is hurting India’s FDI story? What’s behind MFs’ optimism in Indian equities? What is the ‘Hindu rate of growth’? All answers here ALSO READ The ongoing Russia-Ukraine war has cast a shadow over the G20 event too. The absence of a joint communique after two high-level ministerial
TMS Ep383: G20, FDI in India, mutual funds, Hindu rate of growth Read More »
Australian women are, on average, more confident in their ability to manage their money than their Asia Pacific counterparts, according to research. The Fidelity Global Thought Leadership Asia Sustainability Study, which surveyed over 2,000 men and women in Australia, Singapore, China, Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong, found some 60% of Australian women were more self-assured
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Even granting that both are headed into assembly elections this year, the squabble between Karnataka and Telangana on who bagged the latest foreign investment is healthy competition. Yes, there were typical pre-poll anxieties and image management on display. Both states’ governments raced to social media to claim wins. Letters from the foreign investor were tweeted,