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Aug 06

The Economic History of the Last 2000 Years

The Atlantic reports an interesting history of the world economy, from a JP Morgan research. In the article, you can find other graphs showing the average GDP per capita in different Counties and areas, and a summary of the research explainin the economic trends, before and after the Industrial Revolution.

Aug 03

Europe: calls

EUR 2.000.000 is the budget of the Call for Proposal “EU ETV pilot programme – Call for proposal 2011-2012 on the Setting-up of Verification Bodies”. Deadline for applications: 7 September 2012. Another call for proposals on environment themes has been recently released by the European Commission: ENT/CIP/11/C/N02C00 – “Reinforcing procurement of eco-innovation – Network of …

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Aug 03

Italy: calls

Ministry of Infrasturcture and Transport issues a call for training of freight professionals. See the call text here. A European Prize for best practices in health and safety of workers is sponsored by INAIL.

Jul 31

China’s new cut to rare earth export quota

USA is looking at building a trade case on the restrictions at WTO, accusing China of market manipulation with its 72% cut of export quota of rare earth elements. China currently dominates the market of rare earth elements with 95% of global production, and its move is seen as particularly dangerous for the ICT and …

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Jul 31

Manauale operativo del Fondo di garanzia per le PMI -update

Nella sezione Documentazione e modulistica del sito del FdG, è disponibile l’edizione di luglio 2012 del Manuale Operativo del Fondo di Garanzia. Il documento si divide in due volumi: il primo contiene le disposizioni operative e l’intera modulistica, il secondo la normativa di riferimento e le più recenti circolari emanate da MedioCredito Centrale in qualità …

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Jul 28

Fondo di Garanzia per le Piccole e Medie Imprese -update

E’ stata emanata la circolare MedioCredito Centrale n. 626 dell’11 luglio 2012, con riferimento agli interventi del Fondo di Garanzia per le PMI. Il gestore comunica la disciplina applicabile alle fattispecie nelle quali in sede di controllo emerga una carenza documentale imputabile al soggetto beneficiario finale, esplicitando le modalità di versamento dell’importo pari all’equivalente sovvenzione …

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Jul 27

Fall of Gods

Marchionne has to resign from ACEA position, otherwise Volkswagen will leave the organisation. This is not a result of the FIAT’s assets disastrous ‘financialization’ operated by its CEO, but the announcement made by the Wolfsburg group after Marchionne’s words criticizing the German giant for “being too aggressive in its pricing strategy when conditions are already …

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