SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang criticized the European Union over its plans to investigate alleged anti-competitive behavior by Chinese mobile telecom equipment makers and to impose punitive import duties on solar panels from China, state media reported. The official Xinhua news agency reported late on …

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt will refund taxes collected from Qatar National Bank's acquisition of National Societe Generale Bank to shareholders on Sunday, an official from a clearing company told Reuters on Saturday. The clearing company will return 10.2 million Egyptian pounds total in taxes it collected from NSGB shareholders, …

By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Brazil signed cooperative agreements with Ethiopia on Friday and Brazilian companies are looking to expand investments in the fast-growing Horn of Africa country, an Ethiopian minister said. Ethiopia's State Minister of Foreign Affairs Berhane Gebrekristos said a visiting Brazilian …

For a small business needing an immediate source of traffic and potential customers and leads, PPC is an essential tool. But like any tool, PPC is much more useful when you learn to use it correctly. Here are 8 basics we use with our small business PPC management clients that all small businesses should consider...

By Alastair Sharp and Euan Rocha TORONTO (Reuters) - Manitoba Telecom Services Inc will sell its Allstream fiber optic network to a company controlled by telecom tycoon Naguib Sawiris for C$520 million (US$503 million), a deal that signals the Egyptian magnate is still keen on Canada. Under an agreement announced on Friday, …

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) is to launch a 12.5 billion shillings bond on the Ugandan market, the second such issue from its 125 billion shilling issuance programme launched last year. The second tranche, which is to be sold as a tap sale on the original medium-term note issued in July last year, …

Valeant deal sparks share jump, helps TSX ends week higher TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index reversed earlier losses on Friday after several stocks jumped on takeover moves, helping the TSX shrug off uncertainty over U.S. central bank monetary policy that hurt U.S. indices. Shares in Valeant Pharmaceutical International …

As the risks in the stock market increase, investors most often run towards defensive stocks. The main reason behind this phenomenon is that companies that are considered defensive provide investors with a stream of dividends, even when the markets, as a whole, crumble. They are generally strong players in their industry, …

I was listening to a discussion about how the Big Three U.S. automakers, who seem to be perpetually in financial trouble, don’t hesitate to spend hundreds of millions of dollars each on television advertising that simply doesn’t work. As an example, after Ford Motor Company sponsored American Idol and ran their commercials …

A few weeks ago, I decided that it would be really nice to make the 10 hour drive back home to Ohio and surprise my mom for her birthday. She adores her granddaughter and I knew they both would be thrilled to see each other. Not long after I informed my wife and we scheduled...

Polish or perish! You’re on a roll. You’ve entered the presentation zone. The words flow, your audience glows and then all of the sudden your presentation blows. Your mind goes blank, the stammering starts, you scramble for your notes and you know – you’ve entered into the transition zone. Much like the Twilight Zone – …

If you are interested in engaging your customers, your listening has to be customer-centric. I know you want to talk about your product and you company. We all want to talk about things that are important to us, but we only engage with people who listen at least as much as they talk. Many marketers...

Have you ever been waist deep in the ocean and got clobbered by an unassuming wave? You frantically find your footing only to get slammed with another wave. You struggle to regain your balance and then get another ear full of ocean by the next wave. Rinse and repeat until you finally retreat to shallower...