Sunday, September 23rd, 2007
GOVERNMENT SCOTLAND – Scotland’s new Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), set up to advise on ways of improving the rate of sustainable economic growth, met for the first time today. Read More
Sunday, September 23rd, 2007
VNUNET.com – Ian Pearson, Minister for Science and Innovation, has issued a challenge to the next generation of engineers to lead the world in developing environmentally friendly technologies to combat climate change.Read More
Sunday, September 23rd, 2007
INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY OBSERVER – The Russian government said Friday that it would invest more of its oil wealth directly into the economy, mainly in infrastructure, as it sought to maintain its longest expansion since the fall of the Soviet Union. Budget-funded investment will rise to at least 900 billion rubles, or $36 billion, next year,
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
The availability of good and robust data is important for carrying out analysis of the construction sector, given its growth over the past decade and its importance. This is the tenth statistical report on Construction Indicators, prepared for the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (DEHLG). Read More
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
AFP – As booming Vietnam hurls itself into the 21st century, the wrecking ball is taking its toll on the architectural heritage of the capital, long hailed as one of Asia’s urban marvels. Rapid population growth is putting ever more pressure on Hanoi, where old houses, cafes and temples overlook tranquil lakes dotted across the
Monday, September 17th, 2007
PUBLIC TECHNOLOGY.NET – The Association for Geographic Information’s (AGI) conference and show case exhibition in Strafford-upon-Avon is being held on the 19 and 20 September under the theme of “Building a GeoCommunity”. Ordnance Survey, as the national mapping agency of Great Britain and a platinum sponsor of the event, will be there to highlight the
Monday, September 17th, 2007
ABC NEWS – Tasmania’s farmers are pushing for $120m. of Federal funding to improve water supplies around the State. The Farmers and Graziers Association has announced a plan to seek a share of the Commonwealth’s $10b. water fund. Irrigators, dairy farmers and representatives from Hyro Tasmania and the Water Department have gathered on a farm
Sunday, September 16th, 2007
SCHILLER INSTITUTE – When the Comecon and the Soviet Union began to disintegrate in 1989-91, Lyndon LaRouche and the Schiller Institute proposed an economic reconstruction plan, first for Europe, and then for Eurasia. In 1989, we put forward the program for the so-called “Productive Triangle: Paris-Berlin-Vienna,” and in 1991, the program for the infrastructural and
Sunday, September 16th, 2007
CNN Money – India’s air express carrier and logistics-services provider Blue Dart Express Ltd said it will invest 10 bln rupees to ramp up infrastructure, with the aim of becoming market leader in the express industry over the next five years. Read More
Sunday, September 16th, 2007
GERMAN GOVERNMENT – As reported by the Federal Statistical Office, from January to June 2007, the German railway companies together transported 180.1 million tonnes of goods. This was 10.4 million tonnes of goods more (+6.1%) than in the corresponding period of the previous year. Read More
