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BUSINESSES in York can take part in a series of free masterclasses and seminars to find out more about exporting their goods and services around the world

The first North Yorkshire International Trade Week starts next Tuesday, and runs through to Friday, at the Royal York Hotel, and will give local businesses information and suggestions on getting into overseas markets

David Bruce, director of Nestlé and LEP board member, said the week would address some of the myths and misconceptions surrounding international trade, and help companies, especially small-to-medium enterprises, to compete on the world stage

He said: “Many of the business people sitting on the LEP board, myself included, have first-hand experience of the massive opportunities available in overseas markets

“We are delighted to be working alongside UKTI to help our business community gain a better understanding of this potential and to inspire the business growth that the economy desperately needs”

The programme will include a masterclass on selling services internationally and a Latin America roadshow, and guests will include overseas trade officers representing 11 markets in Latin America

Mark Robson, UKTI International Trade Director for Yorkshire and the Humber, said: “We want the week to provide a real catalyst for more North Yorkshire businesses to discover what’s out there, whet their appetite for international success and ultimately realise their global potential

“Whether you’re new to export and taking the first tentative steps on selling goods or services overseas, or you are an established operator looking to expand, we hope to provide the necessary answers, knowledge and support”

All workshops, masterclasses and seminars are free to attend, but advance registration is required

To book a place, or for further information, phone UKTI events coordinator Sarah Padgett on 0300 3651000, email info@uktiyorkshirecouk or go to latinamericauktigovuk to register for the event in York

The 2013 Dodge Dart is unveiled at the North American International Auto Show, Monday, Jan. 9, 2012, in Detroit, Mich.

Dodge CEO Reid Bigland poses for photos next to the new 2013 Dodge Dart compact sedan unveiled at the North American International Auto Show, Monday, Jan. 9, 2012, in Detroit, Mich.

DETROIT — If the new Dodge Dart sells anything like the original, Chrysler will have the small-car hit it needs.

The reinvented compact, unveiled at the Detroit auto show Monday, is nothing like its predecessor from the 1960s and ’70s. B

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It is the addictive email phone that became a must-have for high flying executives. But service outages and failure to keep up with the iPhone mean the BlackBerry’s popularity is waning and its creators have paid the price.

Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie have stepped down from their roles as co-chief executives and co-chairs of Research in Motion, the Canadian company they brought to international prominence by inventing the first successful smart phone, years before Apple appeared on the telecoms stage.

Hoping to pacify investors horrified at the 88% decline in RIM’s share price since its $148 peak in June 2008, the board has named long-serving chief operating officer and former Siemens employee Thorsten Heins as chief executive.

“As with any company that has grown as fast as we have, there have been inevitable growing pains,” said Heins in a statement. Read Full Post…

THE Grange Hotel in York has launched a new short break package to coincide with new TV drama Eternal Law, the first episode of which was shown on ITV on Thursday.

The Eternal City Break, created by The Grange Hotel, on Bootham, aims to attract viewers who are expected to tune into the drama, by the writers of Life On Mars, in their millions.

It includes a one-day York Pass, which gives free admission to many of the attractions featured in Eternal Law, and an exclusive Locations Information Sheet, which highlights other films and TV series which have been shot in York.

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9:44am Sat 7 Jan 12

And what a load of crap that programme turned out to be….. And what a load of crap that programme turned out to be….. The Mc
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AP Photo Peter Tuchman, a trader with Quattro M Securities, works from a handheld computer during the first day of trading at the New York Stock Market on Tuesday.

AP Business Writer

NEW YORK — The stock market got a big jump on a better year.

Stocks rose sharply Tuesday in the first trading of 2012 after investors returned from the holiday and found encouraging economic reports from the United States and around the world.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 179.82 points, or 1.4 percent, to 12,397.38, its highest close in more than five months.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index, a broader gauge of the overall market than the Dow, finished up almost 20 points at 1,277. T

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Libya’s central bank and a subsidiary are expected to have UN sanctions against them lifted on Friday in a move to ease a cash crunch since the country’s civil war ended, diplomats said on Wednesday.

They said the Central Bank of Libya and the Libyan Foreign Bank (LFB), an offshore institution wholly owned by the central bank, would be taken off the Security Council’s sanctions list unless there were objections from council members.

When a rebellion broke out in February against strongman Muammar Gaddafi, the Security Council froze Libyan assets abroad estimated at $150-billion, but the bulk of that sum remains beyond the reach of the oil-rich country’s new rulers.

Gaddafi’s 42-year rule ended when his forces fled Tripoli in August, and the last of the fighting in Libya ended in October when he was captured and killed by rebels.

Yet by late November only about $18-billion in seized assets had been released by special provisions of the Security Council’s Libya sanctions committee, and diplomats said only about $3-billion of that had been made available to Tripoli.

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FORWARD Ladies will celebrate Positive Women’s Day in York this month, with a full day of personal development for professional women.

The event on Tuesday, at the Catalyst Innovation Centre at the University of York campus, will cover topics including social media, blogging for business, sales, marketing, branding, confidence building, and personal presentations.

Etta Cohen, of Forward Ladies said: “We have run Positive Women’s Days in other parts of the region and they have been hugely successful. We recognise that the current economic climate is putting tremendous pressure on small businesses and we wanted to support business and professional women in York to help them gain new skills to make them more competitive in the business market.”

Positive Women’s Days are open to all professional women, whether members of Forward Ladies or not.