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Increasing US Exports – The Real Challenge

May 9, 2013
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Three years ago US President Obama set as one of his economic goals the doubling of exports from the US within five years.   Will the US make that goal?  Possibly, but unlikely without the right strategies to promote and facilitate international trade.

US exports increased just 3% in […]

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Israeli Venture Capital – Doing Better Than America

April 7, 2013
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Scott Shane, Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies at Case Western Reserve University has done an analysis of venture capital in the US and came up with the following factoids:

Venture capitalists are doing fewer deals and investing less money than they did before the financial crisis and the Great […]

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The US Wakes Up to Foreign Direct Investment Attraction

March 21, 2013
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The world economic downturn that began in 2008 has affected everyone and, when it comes to government, not every government can react by printing more money to address the income shortfalls that they face.

This is particularly true of US states who have found that not only have […]

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Increasing GDP By Removing Red Tape

February 6, 2013
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A new report released by the World Economic Forum issued on January 22nd finds that reducing supply chain barriers could increase global GDP and world trade much more than reducing all import tariffs. In addition, economic gains from reducing supply chain barriers would be more evenly distributed than […]

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