Visiting Beijing with a high-profile delegation of business leaders Brown also opened a local office of the London Stock Exchange and discussed cooperation on education alternative power climate change and sustainable cities with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. Brown's two-day visit which also takes in Shanghai is calculated to gain an advantage on the United States and the rest of Europe to the investment opportunities and economic benefits offered by both China's increasingly open domestic consumer ... >> full story
Foreign investors increase stock sales
Ha Noi (VNA) - Foreign investors sold out close to 4.6 million shares at the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange this week the largest volume since the beginning of 2008 fetching 442.2 billion VND (27.63 million USD). On January 16 alone foreign investors brought onto the market nearly 2.5 million shares as the VN-Index at the country???s biggest bourse surged by a record of 37.24 points to close at 846.07 points. >>
full story Morocco to host 6th meeting of Western Mediterranean Foreign Ministers next week
The meeting to be chaired by Morocco will be attended by Foreign Ministers of Algeria Libya Tunisia and Mauritania along with their Italian Spanish Portuguese French and Maltese counterparts. It will also be attended for the first time by the Maghreb Union (Morocco Algeria Tunisia Libya and Mauritania) Secretary General and the European Commissioner for External Relations and Neighborhood Policy. >>
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