From http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/news/363911,taiwan-jobless-rate-december.html (in English)
December data showed a new decrease of Taiwan jobless rate until 4.73% year-on-year. 520,000 people are still unemployed, but this number is down by 112,000 workers from the same period in the previous year.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Impact of chinese population in Spain - article on FT
Finantial Times is publishing an interesting piece on the growing impact of chinese population in Spain, a phenomenon that is simultaneous to the emergence of China as a world superpower. The article can be read on the following link - http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cccbd64c-258d-11e0-8258-00144feab49a.html
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
14% of new Spanish companies created in Barcelona province
From http://www.expansion.com/2011/01/25/catalunya/1295943365.html (in Spanish)
The slow recovery of Catalan economy is proven by the fact that 14% of the companies newly created in Spain were from Barcelona province and half of those (7.6%) in the city of Barcelona. Other notable figures are the increase of traffic of goods in both the port of Barcelona (growth of 2.62%) and in El Prat airport (growth of 16.5%) in 2010, and the increase by 14% of the income from touristic activities.
The slow recovery of Catalan economy is proven by the fact that 14% of the companies newly created in Spain were from Barcelona province and half of those (7.6%) in the city of Barcelona. Other notable figures are the increase of traffic of goods in both the port of Barcelona (growth of 2.62%) and in El Prat airport (growth of 16.5%) in 2010, and the increase by 14% of the income from touristic activities.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Chinese group Hutchison Whampoa increases participation in TerCat
From http://www.expansion.com/2011/01/16/catalunya/1295204423.html (in Spanish)
Chinese group Hutchison Whampoa Limited has increased its participation in the shipping & logistics company Terminal Catalunya S.A. (TerCat) up to 90% of its shareholding. TerCat holds the concession by the Barcelona Port Authority to operate the Prat pier container terminal, at the port of Barcelona. Through Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH), the world's leading port investor, developer and operator and subsidiary of the multinational conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa Limited, the investment in infrastructure is estimated at 515 million euros. The enlargement of these facilities will allow the management of 5 million containers per year by 2012, as compared to the present number of 2 million containers/year.
Chinese group Hutchison Whampoa Limited has increased its participation in the shipping & logistics company Terminal Catalunya S.A. (TerCat) up to 90% of its shareholding. TerCat holds the concession by the Barcelona Port Authority to operate the Prat pier container terminal, at the port of Barcelona. Through Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH), the world's leading port investor, developer and operator and subsidiary of the multinational conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa Limited, the investment in infrastructure is estimated at 515 million euros. The enlargement of these facilities will allow the management of 5 million containers per year by 2012, as compared to the present number of 2 million containers/year.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Aigua del Montseny enters asian markets
From http://www.expansion.com/2011/01/24/catalunya/1295871196.html (in Spanish)
After starting its distribution in other european countries such as Germany, France, Italy and Andorra, mineral water brand Aigua del Montseny will now enter the asian markets. Its distributor in Spain, Chocolat Factory, will also be responsible for the introduction of this brand in Singapore.
After starting its distribution in other european countries such as Germany, France, Italy and Andorra, mineral water brand Aigua del Montseny will now enter the asian markets. Its distributor in Spain, Chocolat Factory, will also be responsible for the introduction of this brand in Singapore.
Austerity measures in Catalan budget for 2011
From http://www.catalannewsagency.com/news/politics/catalan-government%E2%80%99s-budget-will-be-10-smaller-2011 (in English)
President Artur Mas recently announced the budget for 2011, which has been reduced by 10%. A vast array of austerity measures are needed in order to reduce deficit, which accounted for 7,000 million euros in 2010, 3.6% of Catalonia's annual GDP. Cuts by the Spanish government on funds previously agreed on are worsening the economic situation.
President Artur Mas recently announced the budget for 2011, which has been reduced by 10%. A vast array of austerity measures are needed in order to reduce deficit, which accounted for 7,000 million euros in 2010, 3.6% of Catalonia's annual GDP. Cuts by the Spanish government on funds previously agreed on are worsening the economic situation.
Comparing Spain with East Asian countries
The website www.ifitweremyhome.com allows interesting comparisons between all the countries in the world. Here there are the links of the comparison of Spain with several east asian countries:
- China: http://www.ifitweremyhome.com/compare/CN/ES
- Taiwan: http://www.ifitweremyhome.com/compare/TW/ES
- Hong-Kong: http://www.ifitweremyhome.com/compare/HK/ES
- Singapore: http://www.ifitweremyhome.com/compare/SG/ES
- Malaysia: http://www.ifitweremyhome.com/compare/MY/ES
- Japan: http://www.ifitweremyhome.com/compare/JP/ES
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