INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL & INTERNATIONAL TRADE NEWS
13 December 2013
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INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL NEWS
bbc.co.uk – No-one knows exactly who is behind them, but in towns, villages and cities right across the UK, “Spotted In” Facebook pages are springing up – offering a kind of local information, dating site, and lost and found service all rolled into one. Read more>>
bbc.co.uk – Kenya’s leader has launched a “one-stop shop” to access and pay for government services electronically in order to cut corruption and bureaucracy. President Uhuru Kenyatta said public inefficiency had bred corruption, wasted time and “cost billions”. Read more>>
bbc.co.uk – Shares in the microblogging site Twitter closed at $44.90, up more than 73% from their initial price of $26 each. That means after its first day as a public company, Twitter is now valued at a little over $31bn (£19bn). Read more>>
bbc.co.uk – Brazil has demanded an explanation from internet giant Google about private wi-fi data allegedly collected while photographing for its Street View maps. A court told the firm to present a reply by Saturday or face a daily fine of about $45,000 (£28,000) a day – up to a maximum of $450,000. Read more>>
INTERNATIONAL TRADE NEWS
bbc.co.uk – Staying in the European Union is worth between 4-5% of UK annual output and “overwhelmingly” best for business – but reforms are needed, the CBI says. Ahead of its national conference, the business group said research found EU membership is worth £62-78bn to the UK. Read more>>
bbc.co.uk – China’s exports and imports rose in October, the latest in a series of figures indicating a recovery. Exports, a key driver of its growth, rose 5.6% from a year earlier, while imports jumped 7.6%. Read more>>
OTHER INTERNATIONAL NEWS
BBC – European Central Bank cuts interest rates to record low>>
BBC – Farmville maker Zynga wins Scrabble trademark row>>
BBC – Tesco petrol stations use face-scan tech to target ads>>
BBC – Imax to develop luxury home cinemas for China’s wealthy>>
BBC – Cuba shuts down private cinemas and video-game salons>>
BBC – Tiananmen blast: Xinjiang general stripped of role>>
BBC – Romanian film enters a new era>>
BBC – Two French journalists killed in Mali town of Kidal>>
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