Unofficial Economy

HEADNOTE Keywords Taiwan's ICT industry, Silicon Valley, cross-strait ties, Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA), Building Bridges Project THE TAIWAN-US NETWORK "No Jobs, no jobs," referring to the close relationship between Apple's late CEO...

ZBV Systems Used to Detect Tropical Wood from Illegal Logging and Exportation BILLERICA, Mass. -- American Science and Engineering, Inc. ("AS&E") (NASDAQ: ASEI), a leader in X-ray detection technology, announced today the receipt...

DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/94d0a4/mexico_pharmaceuti) has announced the addition of the "Mexico Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q1 2012" report to their offering. Business Monitor International's Mexico Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report provides industry...

NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings has taken the following rating action during the course of routine surveillance. --$1.3 million racetrack revenue refunding bonds series 1999 affirmed at 'A'. --Implied unlimited tax general obligation...

It was a fascist general in Spain of the 1930s who coined the phrase "Viva la muerte!" (long live death). That captured the blind cult of soil, blood and savagery which coursed through...

It is hard to believe that another year will soon come to an end. I know that many people and businesses in our country have not done as well as they would have...

HEADNOTE Social networking, hacktivism, advanced persistent threats, cyberespionage, mobile malware, the entry of portable, handheld devices (smartphones, tablets) into the enterprise environment...these are just a few of the most prominent challenges security professionals...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged China to bring its financial sector into line with the West, as leading Asia managers warn a looming spike in defaults could create a raft of...

"Tomorrow is another day," Scarlett O'Hara said. In a book of fiction, who could argue? Unfortunately, "tomorrow is another day" has become the unofficial motto in real-life Washington and Springfield, as lawmakers decline...

A reality check for a government that trumpets its independence FOR those wanting to find evidence of the headstrong and self-defeating approach of Hungary's government and especially its prime minister, Viktor Orban, the...

His belief in the strength of the Chinese consumer and burgeoning demand from the growing middle class in the country remains resilient despite a series of knocks for the trust since launch. This...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Kite Realty Group Trust (NYSE: KRG) (the "Company") announced today that it has closed on a $62 million construction loan for Delray Marketplace, a shopping, dining, and entertainment center under development...

DUBLIN -- Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/55045d/carbon_black_marke) has announced the addition of the "Carbon black market research in the CIS" report to their offering. This report is currently available in Russian language only. However, an...

StreetRx.com gauges effectiveness of novel abuse-resistant pharmaceuticals using crowdsourcing JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The new harder-to-crush version of the opioid pain reliever OxyContin[R] has a lower street price than the original formulation, according to...

SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Amarantus BioSciences, Inc. (OTCBB:AMBS), a biotechnology company developing MANF, a first-in-class disease-modifying therapeutic protein, today announced that both Gerald and Dr. John Commissiong are among the Bay Area selectees for...

Arrests of foreign businessmen reflect the cautious pace of reform STANDING beside Belarusian tractors and Chinese machine parts at Havana's annual trade fair last month, Rodrigo Malmierca, Cuba's foreign trade minister, said the...

DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/5ba179/belarus_food_and_d) has announced the addition of the "Belarus Food and Drink Report Q4 2011" report to their offering. The consumer outlook for Belarus has worsened over the past...

The Oaks mall and participating tenants are offering customers a sleepless night of shopping with the first annual Midnight Madness shopping event on Nov. 25. The Thousand Oaks mall will open at midnight...

US officially tags China as most aggressive economic spy WASHINGTON (ICIS)--The US intelligence community on Thursday officially named China and its government as the world's "most active and persistent" industrial spies, responsible for...