Franklin S. Prosnitzeditor
Country Profile – MALAYSIA
Economic Data
(1999 projections)
Total GDP (in U.S.$): $67 billion (1998)
GDP Growth: -6.7% (1998), positive 8% in the decade before the Asian financial crisis.
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High tech growth passing RI by
Rhode Island ranks among the last in the nation in projected growth of technology manufacturing jobs over the next year, according to a survey...
James Bennett
Name: James Bennett
Position: Chairman, Rhode Island Convention Center Authority, and president of Mitkim Corp.
Backround: Appointed chairman of the Convention Center Authority in June,...
FirstFed Bank branch opening this fall in city
A week after Sovereign Bank of Pennsylvania announces it's the successor to BankBoston (Hospital Trust) in Rhode Island, another bank says its ready to...
Sovereign Bancorp ready to move to opening market of RI banking
It was no surprise last week when Sovereign Bancorp of Wyomissing, Pennsylvania announced it planned to become Rhode Island's, and much of New England's,...
Country Profile – COLUMBIA
Economic Data
(1998 estimates)
Total GDP (in US$): $111 billion
GDP growth: 3.5%
GDP per capita (in US$): $2,780 (1998 est.)
Inflation: 20%
Unemployment rate...
The ‘Tent’ is moving downtown
After 45 concert seasons, the Warwick Musical Theater is folding its tent. Well sort of. Larry Bonoff, whose father, Buster, was a renaissance man...
Steak house in Convention Center?
Trying to capitalize on the new Providence Place, downtown revitalization, and recognizing a need to increase revenues, the Rhode Island Convention Authority is seriously...
Dirk Vandenberghe, Ph.D.
Name: Dirk Vandenberghe, Ph.D.
Occupation: Trade Commissioner at the Belgian Consulate in New York and Managing Director of Flanders Trade Agency in New York.
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Country Profile (Indonesia)
Economic Data
Total GDP: (in U.S.$): 113 billion (1998 est.), 227 billion (1996/7)
GDP Growth: -16% (1998), 8.2% (1996/7)
Per Capita GDP: (in U.S.$):...
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