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...upped its annual promotional budget to $27 million to reach new markets like Fukuoka, and the effort is paying off. CIVB president Christian Delpeuch recently returned from a three-continent promotional tour. "Sales since the beginning of 2005 have never been so good," he says, noting up to 47% export increases to Britain, the U.S. and China from December 2005 through February 2006. "Those smart enough to have concentrated their efforts on quality and promotion are rapidly taking back the market...
...upped its annual promotional budget to $27 million to reach new markets like Fukuoka, and the effort is paying off. civb president Christian Delpeuch recently returned from a three-continent promotional tour. "Sales since the beginning of 2005 have never been so good," he says, noting up to 47% export increases to Britain, the U.S. and China from December 2005 through February 2006. "Those smart enough to have concentrated their efforts on quality and promotion are rapidly taking back the market." French wine critic Jacques Dupont doubts the message is reaching everyone though - especially the lower-end, Bordeaux-producing majority...
...their two daughters were young, but then their standards rose. "The holiday complex was rather noisy in summer, with disco music and children running around, and the apartment was too small for a permanent home," says Anne, 60. Then in 2002, when there was a lull in their luxury-export business back in England, they decided to retire early, and bought a three-bedroom apartment in a gated community with a swimming pool and a sea view. "As soon as I saw this building I fell in love with it. It has the 'it' value," says Anne. That process...
...waters off Nigeria's coast in the Gulf of Guinea have made the country and oil majors such as Chevron, Agip, ExxonMobil and Shell hundreds of billions of dollars. Nigeria currently earns more than $3 billion a month from oil - which accounts for some 95% of its export earnings and 40% of its gdp. But the vast majority of the people of the Delta still live in severe and visible poverty. One of the first activists to speak out against this imbalance was businessman, TV writer and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, from the Ogoni region, east of Nigeria...
...federal Government is swimming in revenue. Australia's export prices are at a 30-year high, a record number of people are employed, incomes are rising and company profits are booming. Despite economic squalls in the neighborhood, and beyond, Costello could boast in his Budget speech that Australia was still expanding: "In fact, growing in the longest continuous stretch our nation has ever experienced." Soon Australia would be a $A1 trillion economy...