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Global Washington Brings Together Local Businesses to
Build a Better World
Washington has long been known for coffee consumption,
laptops and natural wonders, but some want to add globalism to
that list.
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Benchmark
Currencies Rally as the US Dollar Slides
The
value of the US dollar continues to slide against other
benchmark currencies, including a more valuable Canadian
dollar.
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Nadja
Vietz: Profile of an Internationally Renowned Attorney
The
Berlin wall came down in November 1989, giving a freedom
to East Germans that many had never known, including
Nadja Vietz.
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Volkswagen increases
yearly sales worldwide, BMW fares poorly in crash test
results
As security
markets worldwide sway back-and-forth over the US credit
crisis, the automobile industry also experiences the
global tidal ebbs.
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US credit contagion
infects European banks
As the U.S. credit contagion
continues to roil markets worldwide, the torment and
torture continues to filter from European security
markets down into individual German banks.
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Interview with Stephen D. McLaughlin,
CEO of
Global Market Insights and author of several
articles focused on helping U.S. businesses expand
successfully into Europe
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The Czech Republic -
an Alternative for your Business
When considering a nation in
Europe in which to either expand or locate your
business, the odds are probably pretty good that the
Czech Republic isn’t way up on your list of
possibilities.
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Small but powerful,
Norway holds the concept sacred
Shrouded in the event of King County Prosecutor Norm
Maleng’s death on Thursday, May 24, Norway’s
Ambassador to the United States, Knut Vollebaek,
attended the dinner that evening and gave a
presentation Friday at The World Trade Center on how
small nations, such as Norway, hold global
influence.
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Bienvenue Air France
“It took us 16 years, for them only 9 hours and 45
minutes,” said
Frédéric Desagneaux, consul general of France to a
joyous crowd of French and non-French who all came
to Seattle-Tacoma International airport for the same
purpose:
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Q&A: Spain’s economy runs with the bulls, looks to
further economic progress with EU
Once
known for armadas and conquistadores, Spain’s torrid GDP
growth as of late doubles its EU colleagues through a
mainly service based economy.
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Two former
Soviet-bloc countries greet the New Year with EU
membership
On the birth
of 2007, Romania and Bulgaria ascended into the
European Union, bringing the total number of EU
member countries to 27 and nearly 500 million
denizens.
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Euro notes & coins: 5
years in the bank
Five years ago, on
January 1, 2002, twelve European countries
introduced the banknotes and coins of their new
currency, the euro, and began withdrawing the old
national currencies.
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Overseas disaster recovery: Preparing for the worst
Usually they happen without warning. In most cases
there is no way to predict where and when they will
strike. They come from the sky, or deep inside the
earth, or from the sea and, though usually
short-lived, can leave devastating destruction in
their wake.
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Precision manufacturing: Finding your niche abroad
When you think of precision, what is the first thing
that pops into your head? Some people will say Swiss
watches, while others might immediately think of
German engineered automobiles. With long traditions
of quality and excellence behind them, these tend to
be the kind of things Americans will think of
first.
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The world at war:
Protecting your overseas holdings
Once upon a time, many years ago, the traditional
wisdom was that war was good for business. In
today’s increasingly global economy, however, this
saying is for the most part outdated and downright
fool hearty.
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Five reasons to hire a
consultant when expanding overseas
With very few exceptions, no matter what business
you are in, there is a market for what you have to
offer overseas. You never thought that your product
could make it in Belgium, or Great Britain, Germany
or the Ukraine?
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Venture Capital:
Investing in the European Marketplace
As anyone who has ever tried it knows, venture capital
investing is not a game for the weak of heart. While
it is certainly true that some venture capitalists
have accumulated massive fortunes and reaped mega
profits on their investments, it is also true that
billions of dollars are lost every year on bad
investments.
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Information
Technology: The universal language isn't enough
There can be no doubt that as any business grows
and branches out, Information Technology becomes
a critical part of its successful operation. No
matter the size of the company, or the kind of business
they do...
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Staffing
your European offices: don't go it alone
No
matter what your business is, or where it is located,
staffing is one of the most challenging aspects
of any expansion you do. Finding the right people
for the right position, making sure they will fit
into the culture of your company, and ensuring...
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Taking
advantage of the Eastern European markets
For some of us, the image of Nikita Khrushchev banging
his shoe on the podium of the United Nations in the
early sixties and uttering the words “We will bury
you” is burned into our minds. For others, Ronald
Reagan standing in front of the concrete...
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Doing
business in Germany
In the past decade, more and more American businesses have
expanded their markets into other countries. Once
the exclusive province of the conglomerate giants
and multi-national corporations, with the advent of
increased communications and internet...
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Cloudy
with a few sun breaks for the German economy
Gazing into its future,
the world’s third largest economy behind the US and
Japan, seeks to gain some momentum and remain stable
in 2006 forecasts. “Companies
are looking a little more forward than backward,”
the German Embassy’s Labor Counselor...
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Expanding
across the pond: Doing business in the UK
For
small and mid-sized companies, expansion into the
European marketplace presents senior management with
plenty of challenges – many of which you have
probably never faced before. Doing business overseas
requires the implementation of strategies...
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Romania’s Oil—A path
to modernization or
corruption
Romania
is not only a country
that many associate
with Transylvania and
its famous inhabitant,
Count Dracula.
Romania was one of the
first countries to
produce oil. Already
in the second half of
the 19th
century Romania
belonged to the
vanguard of oil
producers. In 1857
this Southern European
country produced 275
tons of oil.
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Seattle's Western
Viking
Western
Viking,
the oldest and largest
Norwegian newspaper in
North America,
presents itself as “a
weekly bilingual
ethnic newspaper
bringing the latest
news from Scandinavia
to America.
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Made in Germany
The
history of the label
“Made in Germany” goes
back to the year 1887
when British imports
were legally required
to be marked with a
label such as “Made in
Germany” through the
“Merchandise Marking
Act” to protect the
British economy.
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