INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL & INTERNATIONAL TRADE NEWS
09 February 2016
GROW GLOBAL NEWS
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INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL NEWS
bbc.co.uk – India’s telecoms regulator has blocked Facebook’s Free Basics internet service app as part of a ruling in favour of net neutrality. The scheme offered free access to a limited number of websites. Read more>>
bbc.co.uk – Twitter is rolling out a new homepage designed to engage people who have not logged in to the website. The new page shows real-time updates from celebrities and news websites, and lets people search through tweets. Read more>>
INTERNATIONAL TRADE NEWS
bbc.co.uk – The Trans Pacific Partnership, one of the biggest multinational trade deals ever, has been signed by ministers from its 12 member nations in New Zealand. The ceremony in Auckland brings the huge trade pact, which has been five years in the making, another step towards to becoming a reality. Read more>>
bbc.co.uk – The UK’s dominant services sector maintained its growth in January, according to the latest PMI survey. The Markit/CIPS index put the sector at 55.6 last month, barely changed from December’s reading on 55.5. Any figure above 50 suggests that output in the sector is expanding. Read more>>
OTHER INTERNATIONAL NEWS
BBC – The Vocabularist: What’s the root of the word computer?>>
BBC – Fast-talking MEPs urged to slow down for interpreters>>
BBC – Lunar New Year in pictures>>
BBC – Chinese New Year: Why many will travel home for good>>
BBC – Haiti crisis: Agreement reached to avoid power vacuum>>
BBC – Carnival cancelled in Brazilian cities’ budget cuts>>
BBC – Chinese woman becomes ‘world’s luckiest passenger’>>
BBC – Chinese visits to the UK hit record high>>
BBC – ‘Mixed picture’ for Scottish exports>>
BBC – UK factory exports hit by ‘global uncertainty’, says CBI>>
BBC – Adele’s Hello video reaches a billion views on YouTube>>
BBC – Scottish manufactured exports fall by 0.4%>>
BBC – What do trade agreements do?>>
BBC – How did Google become the world’s most valuable company?>>
BBC – Yahoo – where did it all go wrong?>>
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