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IN THIS ISSUE
1. Business: China's gold companies
make massive profits
2. Business: Demand for Gold Keeps
growing
3. Business: Doing business on a
global scale
4. Business: Employment & Occupational
Online Handbook
5. Business: How much is a Vehicle
Number Plate Worth?
6. Business: Microsoft Expanding
in China
7. Business: Overcoming Poverty
in South Africa
8. Education & Environment:
Life in Rural South Africa
9. Education: South Africa &
Apartheid
10. Education & Sport: Is South
Africa ready for the 2010 World
Cup?
11. Immigration: ID Cards for the
English? Is it a Good Idea for the
Brits, or is it too American?
12. Travel: Retiring Abroad
13. Travel: South African Airlines
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1. Business: China's gold
companies make massive profits
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China's
gold companies registered profits
of 2.47 billion Yuan (308 million
U.S. dollars) in the first half
of this year, up a whacking 53 percent
over the same period last year,
according to the latest statistics
from the China Gold Association.
To read the full report, go to our
NEWS
DESK link.
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2. Business: Demand for Gold
Keeps growing
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Melbourne
- Gold Fields, South Africa's second-biggest
gold producer, said investment demand
and central bank buying will help
buoy gold prices as supply shrinks.
To read the full report, go to our
NEWS
DESK link.
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3. Business: Doing business
on a global scale
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Several
years ago, the World Bank became
concerned about the business climate
and environment in different countries
around the world. After a time,
they decided to embark on the creation
of a database that would provide
indicators of the cost of doing
business in various countries.
With
a keen eye towards looking at existing
laws and regulations in each country,
their team of researchers looked
at such topics as starting a business,
protecting investors, paying taxes,
getting credit, among others. Visitors
with an interest in such matters
can download their annual reports,
view country specific reports such
as Doing Business in Brazil, and
also take advantage of 155 printable
country data profiles. Additionally,
visitors can view the study's complete
methodology and also compare economies
on various metrics. Visit
this site.
Editor's Note: Visit our
web page on Global
Trade.
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4. Business: Employment &
Occupational Online Handbook
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The
mere mention of the US Department
of Labor's Occupational Outlook
Handbook may remind some individuals
of those infamous high school vocational
surveys. Some may even remember
that such surveys indicated that
they would go on to careers in forestry,
animal husbandry, or even as a particle
physicist.
Recently,
the USA Department of Labor issued
this tremendously useful Handbook
in its online format, and for those
looking for a new career or those
who are just starting out, it provides
a wealth of helpful facts. Basic
information for hundreds of jobs
is made available in the Handbook,
including such details as the training
and education required for each
position, along with expected earnings,
future job prospects, and information
on working conditions. Additionally,
users can look at sections that
provide suggestions on how to evaluate
a job offer, and a section on the
methodology used to prepare the
Handbook. Visit
this site.
From
The Scout Report, Copyright Internet
Scout Project 1994-2006
Editor's
Note: The excellent recommendations
in this Handbook
are also useful to our clients in
most countries of the world.
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5. Business: How much is a
Vehicle Number Plate Worth?
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New
World Record Price For Car Number
Plate - £331,500 - Will
Benefit Tatton
Park in Cheshire. One of the
most sought-after UK registrations
"M1" was sold today for
£331,500 by Bonhams at its
annual Goodwood Festival of Speed
Sale in Chichester. The number plate
was expected to fetch £80,000-120,000,
but with fierce bidding in the marquee
and on the phones a new world record
price was achieved. Previous top
price of £285,000 was paid
recently by the Russian tycoon Roman
Abramovich for the VIP 1 plate of
Pope John Paul 11's Popemobile.
The M1 number plate went to a private
UK bidder who will be taking the
plate back to the North West of
England where it came from. The
buyer who wishes to remain anonymous
said that he had bought it for his
son's sixth birthday. To read the
full report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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6. Business: Microsoft Expanding
in China
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Beijing
- United States software giant Microsoft
is actively seeking Chinese partners
to better access the nation's huge
market and its engineering talent,
the company's chief executive officer
Steve Ballmer said on Monday.
"We
need to broaden out our ability
to partner with all the latest technology,
with the broadest set of customers
here in China, in rural areas and
in urban areas," he told a
meeting with our reporter. To read
the full report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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7. Business: Overcoming Poverty
in South Africa
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The
fighting of poverty is an important
aim of government policy in South
Africa. Poverty goes hand in hand
with economic marginalisation in
the sense that poor people, particularly
black people in rural areas have
no or limited command over factors
of production other than unskilled
labour. To read the full report,
go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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8. Education & Environment:
Life in Rural South Africa
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A
rural South African school gave
32 pupils a disposable flash camera,
inviting them to each illustrate
their life for a project called
My Life. The results, some seen
here, provide a child's view of
a poor, rural life. The students
are from impoverished families living
in and around Greyton in the Western
Cape, about 150km (94 miles) from
Cape Town. To see these photos,
visit our NEWS
DESK link.
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9. Education: South Africa
& Apartheid
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An
apology by the former apartheid
minister of law and order Adriaan
Vlok for the atrocities committed
under his command, has been hailed
a watershed moment for South Africa.
To read the full report, go to tour
NEWS
DESK link.
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10. Education & Sport:
Is South Africa ready for the 2010
World Cup?
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The
government on Wednesday acknowledged
that it had a major problem in tackling
the country's crime rate ahead of
hosting the next football World
Cup in 2010. To read this very disturbing
report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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11. Immigration: ID Cards
for the English? Is it a Good Idea
for the Brits, or is it too American?
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Tony
Blair's determination to press ahead
with plans to introduce identity
cards received a double blow today
when two reports accused the government
of confusion and of keeping the
public in the dark. First, a Commons
committee reported that plans for
ID cards were 'inconsistent' and
'lacking clarity' and questioned
the Home Office's claim that the
overall cost would be half the £19bn
estimate of analysts. To read the
full report, go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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12. Travel: Retiring Abroad
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London:
One in three Britons want to retire
abroad with the Spain most popular
choice of country, it was reported
Friday. A survey suggested Britons
no longer want a bungalow in a suburb
or a seaside resort of the kind
that would have satisfied their
parents. Instead millions want to
escape from work to find travel,
adventure and a sense of sophistication
rather than a future pottering in
the garden, the British Daily Mail
reported. To read the full report,
go to our NEWS
DESK link.
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Airlines
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South
African Airways (SAA) would like
the public to give its input on
meals served on board its flights.
SAA is inviting all traveling passengers
to sample and rate some of the airlines
on board menu options in the domestic
departures terminal at Johannesburg
International Airport. "We
want customers to be part of deciding
what we will serve them on board
our aircraft. Their input will assist
us with improving on the meal selection
in a constructive manner,"
says Khaya Ngqula, SAA President
and CEO. To read the full report
and how to submit your favorites
go to our NEWS
DESK link.
Editor's
Note: Visit our travel site
for prices, click
here.
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This month's quote
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"Three
Rules of Work: Out of clutter find
simplicity; from discord find harmony;
in the middle of difficulty lies
opportunity." ~ Albert Einstein
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