The goodwill, the bad and the ugly In pursuit of beauty Lip reading Award: Jonathan Rosenthal Reprints Related items The export juggernautSep 25th 2008 Samsung: Lee bows outApr 24th 2008LG's own results, announced on January 22nd, show that it too is hurting as demand for electronic gadgets slackens.
According to the World Trade Organization (WTO) data it was the 21st in export and the 20th in import.
We'll be getting the ISM report on October 1st, Factory Orders on the 2nd, Trade Data on the 6th, Import and Export Prices on the 9th, PPI on the 14th, CPI on the 15th and, finally, Industrial Production on the 16fh but we just had that report last week and it was down 0.4% in August, which is TERRIBLE but, unlike July's +0.9%, it was realistically in-line with the rest of this TERRIBLE year.
Good times, at last Europe, Russia and in-between Reprints Related items Trade in eastern Europe: Exporting successFeb 2nd 2006 Albania's election: Berisha beaconJul 7th 2005The relative stability of the past few years has helped Albania attract foreign banks.
Letters are welcome via e-mail to [email protected] –The Economist was right about Germany coming out of the financial crisis with flying colours, though I disagree that it was "the best performer of the past decade" among G7 countries ("Vorsprung durch exports", February 5th).
European trading colonies were established in Saïda and other coastal towns, mainly to trade in silk, the major Lebanese export from the 17th to the 20th century.
Cacao (the source of cocoa beans), mostly grown on the Pacific coast, was the principal export of the 16th century, but in the 17th century it declined because of competition from areas with better access to markets.
India ranks 18th on the list of Britain's export destinations and 17th as a supplier of imports.
The sick banking system of Europe Ports in a storm Shifting sands A 60-year-old dream Opening the floodgates Reprints Related items Germany's economy: The export model sputtersMay 7th 2009 Europe's economies: A new pecking orderMay 7th 2009In an open market, profitable banks would solve this problem by swallowing their weaker rivals.
