by MBJ Staff Published: March 29,2013
Tags: expand, expansion, foreign market, global, home, house, housing, international, land, mortgage, property, real estate, residence, resident, technology
OXFORD — FNC Inc., a mortgage technology company, took its operations global this week, officially opening an office in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Last fall, Sao Paulo-based Cetip — Latin America’s largest depository of fixed income securities — selected FNC to deliver a comprehensive collateral management solution for the Brazilian mortgage industry. “We at Cetip are [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 21,2013
Tags: agency, federal government, food, foreign, global, import, importer, importing, international, market, seafood, shrimp, subsidize, subsidy, trade
GULF OF MEXICO — The U.S. Commerce Department says it is investigating subsidies in seven nations for frozen warmwater shrimp. Gulf of Mexico shrimp processors had asked for the investigation of subsidized imports from China, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. “We continue to believe that the long-term survival of the entire Gulf shrimp [...] [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) expects Mississippi will benefit from Senate passage of legislation to expand trade relations status to Russia. The legislation (HR.6156) also links Russia’s trade status with the United States to fundamental human rights compliance. The Senate approved the measure on a 92-4 vote, clearing the way for it [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 29,2012
Tags: chamber of commerce, country, event, export, exporter, exporting, foreign relations, foreign trade, government, import, importer, importing, international, nation, national, network, state
JACKSON — The Canadian ambassador to the United States will be in Mississippi on Wednesday. The Clarion-Ledger reports Gary Doer is a special guest at Wednesday’s Mississippi Hobnob 2012, an annual event hosted by the Mississippi Economic Council, the state’s chamber of commerce. Canadian Consul General Stephen Brereton will also be a special guest. Hundreds [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 3,2012
Tags: agriculture, aquaculture, catfish, commodity, education, farm, farmer, farming, fish, higher education, international, mission, professor, train, trainer, training
STARKVILLE — Commercially grown catfish in North America or Africa face similar challenges, a fact that sent one Mississippi State University veterinarian on a training mission to Nigeria in June. Dr. Skip Jack, a professor of pathobiology and population medicine at MSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine, spent almost three weeks teaching Nigerian catfish farmers, veterinarians [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 14,2012
Tags: cabinet, distribution, export, exporting, federal, goods, government, import, importing, international, official, port, ship, shipping, trade, transportation, travel
GULFPORT — U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood is expected to visit the Port of Gulfport next Tuesday. Executive director Don Allee tells The Sun Herald LaHood’s office contacted the port, saying he would be in the region and asking if a visit could be arranged. He will have about an hour for the visit. [...] [...]
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