What are Special Economic Zones?

Special economic zones (SEZ) are not a panacea for nation’s economic and developmental challenges. However, they are proven tools, if implemented correctly, to rapidly diversify a country’s industrial base, attract foreign direct investment (FDI), increase job creation and improve economic growth. Examples of such success range from Singapore, to  China (the factory of the world), to Ethiopia( the fastest growing

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Commercial Awareness Is Not Just Global, It’s Now Mobile

By: Ainsley Brown Yes, its official Commercial Law International has gone Mobile. Please check out our mobile enabled web page.  Related Posts:L´Oreal Found Guilty Of Racial DiscriminationTHE GROWING NEED FOR EXPANDED CORPORATE REPORTINGTrouble Down Under For Krispy KremeCredit Suisse To Compensate Clients Over Lehman LossesWant to Understand ESG? Then Follow the Money

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Interconnectivity of Continents

By Charles Wanguhu Well with Ash rising over European skies causing all kinds of travel chaos, it is quite suprising and hard to fathom the impact of one volcano is having on the continent of europe and over its neighbours. At the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi a stink has engulfed the main cargo centre where once freshly cut flowers

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Google Enters Deal To Show IPL Cricket On YouTube

By: Ainsley Brown Cricket, lovely cricket…it would not be an overstatement to say that in India the love of sport of cricket is close to being if not equal to religious devotion. The Indian Premier League (IPL) it could be argued is the hottest tournament right now in the world of cricket. The broadcasting rights are reportedly worth $1 billion

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The UK Supreme Court Rules Government’s Terrorist Asset Freezing Powers Illegal

By: Ainsley Brown While terrorism, terror financing and constitutional principles such as the rule of law and Parliamentary supremacy are not the usual subjects covered here at Commercial Law International, this seeming break from tradition is in fact not such a stretch. As our moniker indicates Commercial Awareness is Global – it is important to note and as will soon

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Law Suits and Public Relations

First posted on Law is Cool on Jan 9, 2010. This is a blog post by current University of Western Ontario third year law student and Law is Cool blogger, John Magyar that I just had to share. It is a perfect illustraion of why here at Commercial Law International we say that: Commercial Awareness Is Global. The story featured in the post is

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Ferrero Rocher Cleared In Hazelnut Fraud

By: Ainsley Brown The world´s largest purchaser of hazelnuts and the maker of a very tasty treat, Ferrero Rocher, has been cleared in the English courts of a £20 million fraud. The suit was brought against the Italian chocolate company by the Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi and others alleging that deceit, negligent misrepresentation and conspiracy for a deal involving the

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THE GROWING NEED FOR EXPANDED CORPORATE REPORTING

This article is reproduces with the permission of the author and can be found on AccountancySA (South Africa´s leading Accountancy Journal). There is no doubt that the world we knew before the global economic meltdown will not return. The causes of the meltdown will not disappear, and lurking behind them is another set of even more fundamental issues facing humanity.

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