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FACTBOX-Key facts about Mexico's tax system
ReutersMEXICO CITY, May 6 (Reuters) - Mexico's new government has promised a comprehensive review of its tax system, to be announced in the second half of 2013 along with an overhaul of energy policy. Here are some facts about the country's tax system: *...Tags: Government, Economic Indicator, Brazil, Gross Domestic Product, National Government
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RPT-INSIGHT-"Speed money" puts the brakes on India's retail growth
Reuters* India's $500 bln retail market growing at 20 pct a year * "License Raj" requires dozens of permits per store * Licenses often require bribes, along with official fees * Many retailers hire middlemen to handle backhanders By Nandita Bose MUMBAI, May...Tags: Marks & Spencer Ltd., Tesco plc, India, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Government
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Obama's sunny speech in Mexico raises eyebrows
MEXICO CITY — President Obama on Friday painted a sunny picture of a modern Mexico emerging from its past troubles, an attempt at rebranding that serves the political aims of both governments but clashes with the realities of a country beset by...Tags: Migration, Mexico City, Immigration, Government, Human Rights
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Obama says U.S. natural gas exports could help Central America
Reuters* Closes out three-day Latin America tour * Obama administration mulling natural gas exports * Opposed by some U.S. interests By Steve Holland and Isabella Cota SAN JOSE, May 4 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said in Central America on Saturday...Tags: Natural Gas, Economic Organization, Electricity Production and Distribution, Renewable Energy, Hydroelectricity
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Obama sings Mexico's praises, but some Mexicans hear flat notes
MEXICO CITY — After President Obama’s upbeat speech in Mexico on Friday, many in attendance said they were flattered by the description of their country, but others said they hardly recognized the place he had just described. “[That...
Tags: Elections, Mexico City, Barack Obama, Politics
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Special Report: How textile kings weave a hold on Bangladesh
ReutersDHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh's garment boom has made Mohammad Fazlul Azim a wealthy man. Over three decades his empire has grown from a single factory to a string of plants that employ 26,000 workers and clock up an annual turnover of about $200 million....Tags: JC Penney Company Inc., Religion and Belief, Nike, Inc., Islam, Parliament
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Insight: As economy flounders, Vietnam banks on debt cleanup
ReutersHANOI (Reuters) - When Nguyen Manh Hung's furniture company Phuc Luc was bustling, orders flew in from wealthy Vietnamese who sought his hand-crafted beds, cabinets and tables, netting him $25,000 a month after costs and wages for 35 staff. Two years...Tags: Financial Markets, Government, AMC (tv network), Asia, Hanoi (Vietnam)
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RPT-SPECIAL REPORT-How textile kings weave a hold on Bangladesh
Reuters(Repeats to add video link: Witness: Race to the bottom fuels tragedy in Bangladesh: http://link.reuters.com/sex77t) By John Chalmers DHAKA, May 3 (Reuters) - Bangladesh's garment boom has made Mohammad Fazlul Azim a wealthy man. Over three decades...Tags: JC Penney Company Inc., Religion and Belief, Marks & Spencer Ltd., Nike, Inc., Parliament
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INSIGHT-As economy flounders, Vietnam banks on debt cleanup
ReutersBy Martin Petty HANOI, May 3 (Reuters) - When Nguyen Manh Hung's furniture company Phuc Luc was bustling, orders flew in from wealthy Vietnamese who sought his hand-crafted beds, cabinets and tables, netting him $25,000 a month after costs and wages...Tags: Financial Markets, Government, AMC (tv network), Hanoi (Vietnam), Asia
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World Bank sees progress in some of the most fragile countries
ReutersBy Anna Yukhananov WASHINGTON, May 1 (Reuters) - Twenty of the world's most troubled countries have made progress in efforts that range from reducing poverty to improving the education of girls and cutting down on the deaths of women in childbirth, the...Tags: Poverty, International Economic Institution, International Organizations, Economic Organization, Ban Ki-moon
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IMF board OK's $932 million loan program for Jamaica
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 1 (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund's executive board on Wednesday approved a $932.2 million four-year lending agreement with Jamaica that is meant to help the debt-ridden Caribbean country start to reduce its heavy debt burden....Tags: Government Debt, Jamaica
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RPT-ANALYSIS-Nigeria faces long, bumpy road to making the lights work
Reuters(Repeats to more subscribers, no change to text) * Nigeria is privatising defunct state electricity firm * President likely to miss ambitious generation targets * Gas supply, funding, unions pose immediate risk * Investor optimistic that slow progress...Tags: Siemens, Government, Electricity Production and Distribution, Politics, Petroleum Industry
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