INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL & INTERNATIONAL TRADE NEWS
29 July 2014
GROW GLOBAL NEWS
growglobal.com – Sarah Carroll, GROW GLOBAL’s Director, will be running a series of webinars, seminars and masterclasses to help companies to optimise their websites, e-commerce systems and social media for international trade.. Read more>>
INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL NEWS
bbc.co.uk – Google has met data regulators from across the European Union to discuss the implications of the recent “right to be forgotten” ruling. An EU court ruled in May that links to “irrelevant” and outdated data should be erased from searches on request, leading to censorship concerns. The decision and Google’s handling of the requests have been heavily debated. Read more>>
bbc.co.uk – Facebook has announced a 138% rise in net income for the second quarter to $791m (£464m). Revenue from advertising, which makes up most of Facebook’s income, was $2.68bn, up 67% compared with the second quarter of 2013. Adverts on mobile devices now account for 62% of advertising revenue, which is a spectacular rise as mobile ads accounted for almost nothing in 2012. Read more>>
INTERNATIONAL TRADE NEWS
bbc.co.uk – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lowered its forecast for global economic growth this year, from 3.7% to 3.4%. The reduction reflects a weak start to the year in the United States and a number of downgrades to the outlook for several other individual economies. However there were uplifts for some countries, the largest being the UK. The global forecast for 2015 is unchanged, with growth predicted to be 4%. Read more>>
bbc.co.uk – The International Monetary Fund has lowered its forecast for US economic growth for the second time this year. It also called for measures to help the poorest, suggesting a boost to the minimum wage and an expansion of tax credits. In its annual report card, the IMF said overall growth for this year would be “disappointing” at 1.7%, blaming the contraction at the start of the year. In June it had predicted growth of 2% for the year. Read more>>
OTHER INTERNATIONAL NEWS
BBC – Why the strong pound is not all good news>>
BBC – UK profit warnings hit three-year high, says EY>>
BBC – Spanish jobless rate below 25% for the first time in two years>>
BBC – Scottish Independence: Europeans with an eye on Edinburgh>>
BBC – Aruba frees Venezuelan official Hugo Carvajal wanted by US>>
BBC – Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez on trial>>
Read more international digital and international trade news on Grow Global Weekly Digest paper.li>> Get up-to-date international digital news daily – sign up to @growglobal Get up-to-date international trade news daily – sign up to @growglobal Get up-to-date language news daily – sign up to @languagadvantag
ABOUT THE EDITOR – GROW GLOBAL
We help businesses to GROW GLOBAL online. Attract new international customers from around the world. Get more enquiries. Win more business. Increase revenue. Founded by Sarah Carroll, based in Brighton & London, UK Want to GROW GLOBAL? Contact us>>