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Peak oil and lifestyles
in Sox First, on May 22, 2009
... on what we produce locally. World trade will revert back to the patterns we saw in the 1970s, when tariffs slowed the global movement of goods and trading was more regional. Economic growth will come...
Obama on China
in China Venture News, on November 7, 2008
...ed that . Will Obama be more confrontational in his approach to China on the issue? Will he create tariffs for Chinese goods?
A number of writers, Standaert among them, have pointed out how much Chi...
BT Openzone Announces Price Cut, New Wi-Fi Roaming Deals
in The Wireless Weblog, on October 15, 2008
...ew price structure," he writes. "Simple, not so much. There are actually four different tariffs, and they vary from a monthly charge of zero (for the per-minute service) to £32.90 (inc VAT) ...
The global food crisis
in Sox First, on May 23, 2008
...rmers to produce more and, by offering them micro-credits, to produce food more efficiently. Export tariffs must be eliminated. But all the signs suggest that will be too hard for governments who hav...
China Loses its First WTO Case
in China Venture News, on February 17, 2008
...hrough to the WTO's Dispute Settlement Body since it joined the WTO in 2001.
The case involves tariffs on the importation of car parts into China. In order to nurture its own parts industr...
WTO and Internet Censorship
in China Venture News, on December 24, 2007
...ainst international trade that could violate China's obligations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). In a different post ...
Global SMS Traffic Keeps Rising
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on July 19, 2007
...uarter, the highest ever. The higher increase in SMS traffic compared to revenue reflects lower SMS tariffs and the greater availability of bundled packages.
Out of 70 operators tracked in WCD...
Is This the Lowest Data Plan in the World?
in The Smart PDA, on July 14, 2007
Remember when the European Union slashed mobile data rates ? Check out Steve litchfield 's personal experience :
But, come a few spare minutes, I thought I'd experiment and put the new tariff (£1 cap per day, £2/MB, up to 15MB) to the test. Hammering the Web and some downloads, I...
The FCC Shops The 700 MHz Spectrum
in Networking for Pros, on July 12, 2007
...ause regulated service is more expensive to deliver than IP-based versions, mainly due to taxes and tariffs that regulated services are subjected to. Google has gotten into the act, suggesting that au...
European Union Will Cut Mobile Roaming Rates Next Month
in The Smart PDA, on June 10, 2007
If you live in a member country of the European Union , and have a long road trip planned in a few weeks, you're in luck. The EU is cutting mobile roaming rates . Anyone calling abroad from within member countries will enjoy roaming costs ranging from a quarter to a fifth of the presen...
Spain's New RE Regulations
in IfEnergy, on May 30, 2007
...ect and a return of between 5 and 9 percent if they participate in the electricity pool market.
* Tariffs will be revised every four years taking into account whether objectives have been achieved f...
Coming Soon: Protectionism?
in China Venture News, on May 28, 2007
...sday Republicans and Democrats said they plan to push legislation which would retaliate by imposing tariffs on all Chinese imports ." The Agence France Press put it this way: " The Bush ad...
Kostenloses Firefox-PlugIn für VOIP
in PHP-Developer-Blog, on May 3, 2007
sipgate bietet eine neue Möglichkeit an, den Internet-Telefonanschluss zu nutzen. Mit 'sipgateFFX' steht jetzt eine Software bereit, die es Kunden erstmals erlaubt, unmittelbar aus einem Internet-Browser heraus auf VoIP-Funktionen zuzugreifen. Dazu gehören unter anderem die sofortige Anw...
India, Wine, and Taxes
in Celebrate Wine, on March 15, 2007
... I've been seeing this reported all over the web the last few days concerning the outrageous tariffs on wine imported by India. I know that there are kind of taxes and duties and what-not added ...
Panama Canal restructures its pricing system
in Supplychainer, on February 18, 2007
... restructure its pricing system.
"As the world becomes more interconnected-barriers dropping, tariffs reduced-the significance of the Panama Canal and its function in the global supply chain bec...
First Impressions: Dopod 838 Pro
in The Smart PDA, on December 15, 2006
...rocessor are worth spending Php 49,500.00 (almost $1000 !). The high price is thanks to all those tariffs .
By the way, the Dopod 838 Pro is a rebranded HTC TyTN , just like the Cingular 8525 an...
Campaign contributions and share price
in Sox First, on November 7, 2006
...at potential ways could include favourable tax treatment or credits, government contracts, imposing tariffs or penalties on competitors and favourable regulatory requirements. "Given that out st...
Time To Mark Your Calendars, November 6, 2006
in IfEnergy, on October 15, 2006
...struction than otherwise.
Hopefully, the talks don't break down like the General Agreements on Tariffs and Trade that happened earlier this year.
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Mobile Use in Muslim Countries Jumps
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on July 30, 2006
...-based Madar Research. Madar puts the rise down to increased competition and the fact that mobile tariffs are becoming more attractive and competitive with landline calling rates.
Current statisti...
Ripping Off the Kids: Operators Must Think of Parents
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on June 19, 2006
... on the list, but what happens when the bill arrives and parents freak out from the exorbitant data tariffs multiplied by Junior 's ringtone frenzy? Typically, the breaks are put on usage.
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Yale and China: History Fosters Dragon Investment Opportunity
in China Venture News, on April 24, 2006
... free trader and does not support those prevalent views in Washington that the US impose punitive tariffs on Chinese products. After all, there is an impressive China story about opportunity not p...
Helping the poor or proselytizing them?
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on April 11, 2006
...me of the villages off the grid, without government support. Instead this would be though low level tariffs to the villagers offset by non-profit contributions and microfinance until that village can ...
Vodafone Launches Fixed-Price Music Downloads
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on March 28, 2006
...st consumers the £1.50 charge for the song plus an additional £8 in data charges.
These new data tariffs are low enough to be bundled with the cost of the song and provides the consumer with a single...
Will Singapore Teach India Supply Chain Management?
in Supplychainer, on February 13, 2006
...st a trade pact between the two countries allowed for 500 products to enter India tax-free. By 2009 tariffs on three- Quarters of Singapore's exports to India are scheduled to be reduced or ...
Vodafone Allows Data Billing
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on January 26, 2006
... said Vodafone head of commercial partnerships Jeremy Flynn. "But a lot of current data tariffs are not 3G-centric. We're introducing an 0800 data model that'll be free to consumer...
Cell Phone Use In Africa
in Philoneist, on October 17, 2005
...ones. Where land-based phones were available,
they were often too expensive to use because of heavy tariffs and high
maintenance cots. The advantages of cell phone use, though still
subject to tariffs...
The Smartest Guys in The Room - A Movie Review
in Businesspundit, on June 13, 2005
...ything funny. Now, most of you know that I'm not a big fan of George W. Bush. I hated the steel tariffs, the farm bill, the prescription drug bill, his position on stem cell research... I c...
B-School Profs Bash Bush Economic Policy
in Businesspundit, on October 8, 2004
...pport stem-cell research, which he doesn't. I was against the prescription drug bill, the steel tariffs, the campaign finance reform bill, and the farm subsidy bill. While I don't think Bush i...
Bush Does the Right Thing
in Businesspundit, on December 5, 2003
... Finally , the steel tariffs are gone. I can't believe how much hyperbole and political jibberish surrounded all this, but in the end the right action was taken, so I am pleased....
why import tariffs are useless
in TJ's Weblog, on November 30, 2003
...This article argues about the usefulness of import tariffs for DRAM chips.
"The Bush Administration took a more dramatic step. This summer, it sided with Micron and slapped a 44.3 per...
Steel Tariffs - An Example of Why I hate Politics
in Businesspundit, on November 5, 2003
I hate stuff like this . Should politicians be making economic decisions based on who they need to vote for them? I don't think so. Some of you think I despise all government action against business, but I don't. I am not unconditionally opposed to taxes, regulations, and other government i...
Why the Steel Tariffs Didn't Work
in Businesspundit, on October 28, 2003
... Mises Blog has a nice post about steel tariffs, and how they contributed to unemployment in Michigan . As much as we hate to see jobs go overseas, protectionism is not the answer....
More on Manufacturing
in Businesspundit, on September 8, 2003
...n the road people will forget why they were enacted, and bitch about "corporate welfare." Tariffs on foreign imports would violate WTO rules and make American manufacturing even less competi...
WTO Rules on Steel Tariffs
in Businesspundit, on July 11, 2003
Well duh. Not only are they illegal, they violate the principles of capitalism. This is the kind of thing I didn't expect from Bush, and I think he is at risk of losing votes from the smaller-government-pro-free-trade branch of the Republican party.
My Politics Part 2: Specific Views
in Businesspundit, on June 22, 2003
I wrote this last week and forgot to publish it.
If you haven't read Part 1, go here. My General view of politics is that the government should stay out of people's business as much as possible, and give people the freedom to do what they want. I consider myself nearest to a Libert...
Doha Round Update
in Businesspundit, on June 20, 2003
...g points, in my view. Part of the reason I vote Republican so often is that I see things like steel tariffs and farm subsidies as ideas of the left. This is one area where I think Clinton was to the r...
Steven Forbes on Deflation
in Businesspundit, on June 3, 2003
...t bill; deflation contributed mightily to steelmakers' distress, which led to those destructive tariffs; the high tech/telecom bust was all the more painful as customers (and the rest of the busin...
WTO May Fix U.S. Steel Tariffs
in Businesspundit, on March 27, 2003
Robert Prather has a good post on this topic. To me, this has been one of Bush's biggest failures - bowing to the steel lobby. We can't expect the rest of the world to embrace free trade if we don't do it ourselves.