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Business and Financial
Engineering is fun but at the end of the day you need money with which to carry out your activities.  Here we take a look at the news behind the wheeling and dealing that goes on in this industry.  Business and financial engineering news really does make the world go round.

Voith plans 'paper city' in Jiangsu

 
Voith Paper , a leading papermaking company, will move its regional headquarters from Shanghai to Kunshan in Jiangsu Province next month, where it will construct a new paper center within a year.
Saturday 22 September, 2007 09:31 AM
 

Package aims to cut billions from household bills

 

will it ever happen ?  competition in Europe for the BIG institutions ? mmmmmm a novel concept 

The European commission 's aggressive proposals would create a UK-style market in energy across the entire EU in an effort to break up huge continental groups manipulating prices and squeezing out rivals and to bring greater consumer choice and security of supply.

Thursday 20 September, 2007 01:25 PM
 

SAP A1S Morphs into Business ByDesign

 

most engineers try and avoid SAP - but get used to it - it's coming to get ya

After perhaps the biggest build up in recent memory, at least in the business applications sector, SAP unveiled its on demand suite built for the mid-market Sept. 19 at an event here at the Nokia Theater.
Thursday 20 September, 2007 01:03 PM
 

China starts building world`s largest software, IT service hub

 

 this looks like a forthcomeing "clash of the titans"

Beijing, Sept 18: Seeking to pose a stiff challenge to India's booming software industry, China has started building the world's largest software and IT service hub in Dalian, a coastal city in northeast China's Liaoning province.

Tuesday 18 September, 2007 01:53 PM
 

NASA Administrator discusses value of "space economy"

 

 the sear size makes it have a real impact -

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- NASA Administrator Michael Griffin kicked off a lecture series honoring the agency's 50th anniversary with an address Monday describing the critical role that space exploration plays in the global economy.

Tuesday 18 September, 2007 01:48 PM
 

Outokumpu Invests EUR 550 Million in Stainless Steel Special Grades in Avesta Sweden

 

 steel yourselves for this one

In connection with the move into a new phase in its strategy development towards the undisputed number one in stainless, Outokumpu has announced an EUR 550 million investment, over the next three years, in stainless steel special grades capacity in its Avesta Works in Sweden.

Tuesday 18 September, 2007 01:38 PM
 

China mulls measures to cool investment in shipbuilding

 

 It's an interesting sign of the times - most countries are fighting for work - not trying to restrict it ~~~~

BEIJING, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- China's top economic planning organ is considering limiting investment in large-scale shipbuilding projects to prevent the market from overheating, according to the China Securities Journal.

Monday 17 September, 2007 12:16 PM
 

‘India needs to step up research activities’

 
 MUMBAI: The first regional conference of vice-chancellors (VCs) took place in Mumbai on Wednesday. Of the 61 VCs, 30 were present for the two-day event where discussions are being held on the suggestions made by National Knowledge Commission (NKC) for the Eleventh Plan. The key focus was on expansion of higher education, coupled with social inclusiveness.
Friday 14 September, 2007 01:28 PM
 

China's industrial output up 17.5% in August

 

 Some news stories get to be a bit predictable and this is one of them - up and up and up and ..........

China's industrial output rose 17.5 percent in August, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Thursday.

    The latest figure indicated a slight decrease in the growth of China's monthly industrial output, compared with 18 percent in July and 19.4 percent in June.

Friday 14 September, 2007 01:18 PM
 

Economists Are Dead Wrong About China and India

 
For many of the regional economies that together form the U.S. economy, China and India are not economic competitors, but growth markets for U.S. goods and services, Dennis Unkovic explains.
Thursday 13 September, 2007 02:00 AM
 

China's inflation, trade surplus soar

 

I was tempted to put this under the "humour" section - well it nade me smile ---   See how the chickens come home to roost

China's inflation hit its highest rate in almost 11 years in August while the nation's trade surplus soared again, official data showed Tuesday, signalling more interest rate hikes ahead.
Tuesday 11 September, 2007 01:08 PM
 

APEC deals show China main act, US a sideshow

 
PRESIDENT Hu Jintao specialises in a shy, distant smile. He wore it on Tuesday when he was in Perth, presiding with Premier Alan Carpenter over two events to announce deals to export 20 million tonnes of the West's natural gas and untold amounts of iron ore to fuel his rapidly growing economy.
Monday 10 September, 2007 10:10 AM
 

China Data Watch-Another whopping trade surplus in store

 
BEIJING, Sept 8 (Reuters) - China's trade surplus for
August could be the second-biggest on record as a result of
robust exports and a tapering off in imports after an
oil-related leap in July.
Saturday 8 September, 2007 09:46 AM
 

Wipro set to train 10K experts by 2010

 
BANGALORE: Wipro Technologies has teamed up with academia to launch Mission10X, an initiative that aims to enhance employability of graduate engineers in India. The programme will promote systematic changes to current teaching-learning paradigms in engineering education
Thursday 6 September, 2007 12:47 PM
 
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