Between 20 to 30 percent of all immigration applications are suspected of fraud, warns the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), the investigative arm of Congress. Senior immigration officials admitted those numbers could actually be 50 to 75 percent, according to the former counsel for the 9/11 Commission. Many countries have had or currently have laws restricting immigration for economic or nationalistic political reasons. United Nations...more
Mahindra and Mahindra said that it would use its purchase of South Korea's Ssangyong Motor for becoming a global player in the SUV (sport utility vehicle) market. Pawan Goenka, president of Mahindra's automotive and farm sector opined that the merger would help both Mahindra and Mahindra and Ssangyong Motor to expand in the global market. After signing a preliminary agreement to buy a controlling stake in Ssangyong, Goenka further said that they...more
The US shale gas plays have attracted huge investments over the past few years. During 2006June 2010, the industry attracted over $84 billion of investment through mergers, acquisitions and asset transactions.The shale gas production in the US will continue to grow, from approximately 8.4 Bcf/d (billion cubic feet per day) in 2009 to 15.4 Bcf/d in 2015 at an AAGR of 10%. The Barnett shale will remain the largest gas producing play, followed by the Haynesville shale.With almost all the major international oil companies entering into the gas shale plays since 2008, gas shale plays are expected to witness an increased level of activities during the period 20102020.For further details, please click or add the below link to your browser:http://www.globaldata.com/reportstore/Report.aspx?ID=Global-Top-10-Emerging-Oil-and-Gas-Exploration-and-Production-EP-Markets-Market-Analysis-Production-Forecasts-and-Competitive-Scenario-to-2015&ReportType=Industry_Report&coreindustry=ALL&Title=Oil_~_GasThe Canadian oil sands have also attracted significant interest from oil and gas companies globally. In the first half of 2010, over $8 billion was spent on M&A activities in the industry. The region,...more
BAUMACHI-NA2008 (Shanghai BMW Exhibition)-cum-fourth China International Construction Machinery Exhibition held in Shanghai, Quanzhou and 37 engineering machinery exhibitors. Reporter learned from the show, the global production and sales of construction machinery industry focus is shifting to China, foreign companies to...more
You have known this all the way, but perhaps, you have never dared to verbalize the thought. Your company and your economic future are up for grabs. The safety you have worked to build all these years might not withstand the strong winds of change. Global competition is lurking around the street corner.Now comes the good news. If the...more
Economy and the huge Media( Propaganda) campaign! Lately I have noticed a huge push being made by media to convince people that the economy is making a recovery, however nothing could be further from the truth. The media is doing a fantastic job of portraying a few successful businesses. Example; solar energy along with some businesses that are retooling assembly lines to be more efficient etc...The truth is the positives are far and few between. If the media was on track reporting the news, they would be investigating the corruption that causes and continues to cause almost all the problems. That would be the issues concerning how a handful of people have managed to take control of the worlds monetary systems and therefore the full control of our money. The best example I can give here is money today is not backed by anything it has no real value except it it is being used as a medium of exchange backed by nothing else other than our confidence in using it. How the hidden secret international private bankers have accomplished this is while they have had these unjust powers,( they engineered into being) they have been continually taking the intangible and converting...more
El cambio climático es una realidad que se está manifestando con más rapidez y contundencia de lo que se ha previsto hasta ahora, y cuyas consecuencias estamos sufriendo todos en forma de sequías, inundaciones, especialmente en los...more
The State Council executive meeting held in the deployment of further policies to support agricultural production of the seven measures, including purchasing and storage to speed up the progress of pork. The introduction of these...more
Over the last 40 years there has been a substantial transfer from domestic to global marketing on the part of both small and large business concerns. The consistent advancement of the Internet and technology take the shift in even more profound areas...more
Tribes let's catch up with Globalization EconomyByTerrance H. Booth, Sr. –Tsimshian Tribe AlaskaThis writer's late father once said, "Too really look at tribal economic development is a re-discovery of ourselves." Then he would...more
The economists are divided over the question as to whether the governments of developed world indulge in more spending to prevent a second recession or become frugal to keep down the debts that are ballooning so as to bring back confidence among the...more
Those days are over when people did not have enough choices in staircase. There was a typical style of staircase which was constructed in every home to be able to have access to other floors of your home. Now there are various designs and style to...more