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GLOBILITY® Archives

2008 | 2007 | 2006

August 13 , 2008

  • Chinese Expatriates Say Games Mark Turning Point for Native Land
  • Moscow Tops List Of Costly Expat Locales (Russia)
  • World's Best Places to Be an Expat (Global Interest)
  • The Quiet Exodus (USA)
  • Promoting the Gentle, Good Life to Immigrants and Expatriates Far and Wide (Canada)
  • Australians with the Greenback Blues
  • Recreation Made Easy for Expats In Seoul (Korea)
  • How to Win Contracts and Influence People in India
  • American Olim May Want to Continue to Pay US Taxes (Israel)
  • Expatriates Voice Ire at Visa Age Bar for Parents (Qatar)
  • Multinationals Plan to Ease Up on Exec Hiring in Asia, Survey Finds
  • Reverse Brain Drain as Ambitious Nigerians Come Home
  • Government Issues New Directive Over Hiring of Expatriate Workers in Angola's Oil Sector
  • The Benefits of Doing Business in Mexico


July 23, 2008

  • Tech Job Moving Abroad? Offshore Yourself with It! (India, China, Eastern Europe)
  • Imported Talent Seen as Spark for Business (USA)
  • Fewer Americans Are Relocating Within the USA
  • Sluggish Housing Market Forces Employers to Revamp Relocation Policies and Benefits
  • Misunderstanding the Chinese Worker
  • Symposium on Export of Workers Overseas (Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, Sri Lanka)
  • Civilians and Oil Firms Flee Niger Delta as Guerilla Attacks Worsen
  • Help Aimed at Foreign Workers (Canada)
  • EU Defends New Migration Rules Amid Latam Uproar (EU, Latin America)
  • Shift in Salary Packages Entices Expatriates to Stay Longer in the UAE


July 09, 2008

  • Venezuela Migrants Go in Search of the Stable Life in Colombia
  • US Companies Take EAPs Abroad
  • Manpower Warns Slowdown May 'Decimate' Company Training (Global Interest)
  • Wanted: Skilled Workers for a Growing Economy in Brazil
  • Vietnam Loosens Restrictions on Foreign Employees
  • Counting Expat Numbers a Complex Task (Hong Kong)
  • Bank Accounts for Foreigners (Thailand)
  • Saudi Arabia Risk: Labor Market Risk
  • Russia Would Drastically Reduce the Number of Foreign Workers
  • Like India, Syria Has a Large Diaspora
  • Singapore to Implement New Regulations for Hiring Foreign Workers
  • Cape Town Ranked as Best City to Live in Out of Middle East and Africa
  • Leading the Virtual Team (Global Interest)


June 25, 2008

  • Expat in Dubai: 'Backside Parties' All the Rage in Dubai
  • Study Brands Minsk Worst City in Europe (Belarus)
  • More Expatriates but Few Women Managing Firms (Switzerland)
  • UK Warns of Higher Threat of Terror Attack in United Arab Emirates
  • Employers Pay Price for Dollar's Weakness (USA)
  • Korean College Graduates Seek Employment Opportunities Abroad
  • US to Tighten Visa-Waiver Program
  • There's No Place Like Home (Australia)
  • Luanda Ranks as Most Costly City for Expats for Second Year (Angola, Global Interest)
  • Indian Cities Become Cheaper to Live in for Expatriates
  • Cambodia Starts to Beckon Private Equity
  • Czech Senate Approves Handing Passengers' Data to US
  • HP Rotating Execs Through China Experience
  • Navigating China's Visa Problem

June 11, 2008

  • Local Staff Seen Filling More Senior Posts in Emerging Markets (Global Interest)
  • Seeing Our Workplace Behavior Through Foreigners' Eyes (Global Interest)
  • New Law Makes Escape Tougher for Tax Exiles (USA)
  • Retaining Better Than Recruiting (Thailand, Global Interest)
  • Report Suggests Alberta Set Up New Offices in India, Brazil, California (Canada)
  • Oil-Price Rise Takes Toll on Gulf
  • Foreigners Allowed to Buy Apartments in 2009 (Vietnam)
  • 'Little San Jose': Culture Shock in Vietnam
  • Doing Business in India? Go to 'School' First
  • Syria Welcomes Expatriates Home
  • Doing Business in China at a New Start
  • In Postwar Liberia, Paradise Amid the Poverty
  • School of Privilege (Kenya)
May 28, 2008
  • Bridge From West to East (Vietnam)
  • Companies Take Big Hits on Relocation as Executives' Homes Languish on Market (USA)
  • An Expat's View of the Falling Dollar (USA, Europe)
  • Despite Financial Concerns Facing World Markets, Corporations Continue to Relocate Employees at Record Levels (Global Interest)
  • US Health Service Companies Seek Growth Abroad (Global Interest)
  • Managing Your Investments While You Work Overseas (UK)
  • With H-1B in Limbo, Congressional Backers Push Green Card Fix (USA)
  • Foreign Managers Find Jobs in Ukraine
  • Expatriates' Web Sites Play Role In Wake Of Myanmar Cyclone
  • High-Tech Japanese, Running Out of Engineers
  • Firms Struggle Against Talent Drain In Malaysia
  • China: Why Western B-Schools Are Leaving
  • Southern Sudanese Boomtown Still Faces Challenges
  • Nigeria to Probe Abuse of 'Expatriate Quota' by Foreign Oil Companies
  • Is Colombia's Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia on the Ropes?
  • Medical Tourism Is Still Small (Global Interest)
May 14, 2008
  • Risk of Bird Flu Pandemic Probably Growing: Experts (Global Interest)
  • Firms Find Value in Volunteering (Global Interest)
  • Foreign Buyers Snap Up US Real Estate
  • Business Travel Group Criticizes US Entry-Exit Rules
  • The Dollar's Down; But We're Not Out
  • Swiss Poise for a Property Rush Once Limits Are Lifted
  • EU Drops Limits on Hand Luggage
  • Bracing for Games, China Sets Rules That Complicate Life for Foreigners
  • Help Wanted: Top Managers in China
  • China Restricts Flight Cabin Baggage for Security
  • Dole for Jobless Expats Planned (India)
  • Cracks in a Particularly Thick Glass Ceiling (South Korea)
  • Dealing With Income Tax for Expatriates (Uganda)
  • Kidnappings Soar in Mexico
  • The International Migration and Recruitment of Nurses (Global Interest)
April 23, 2008
  • Expats Feel Bite of Weak Dollar (USA, Saudi Arabia)
  • Hong Kong Has World's Highest Apartment Rents--Survey
  • Registered Traveler Goes International (USA)
  • Many Visas Are Sought for Skilled (USA)
  • IBM Loses in Court Over Health Tax (Canada)
  • Where Bosses Will Be Your Friends (Sweden, Denmark, Norway)
  • For Immigrant Singer, a Rare Success in Spain (Romania)
  • Property Ownership Restrictions Loosened for Vietnamese Returnees
  • E-mail Isn't a Natural Fit for Tech-Savvy Chinese
  • The Cultural Differences of Living and Working in the Gulf
  • A Home Away From Home (India)
  • The Canadian Connection (Caribbean)
  • Mexico Real Estate: The True Cost of Adventure in Paradis
  • The Southern Tip of Europe (South Africa)
April 9, 2008
  • Hurdle to Mainland Trips for Frequent Travelers (China)
  • How Being Bilingual Can Boost Your Career (Global Interest)
  • Translator Helps B.C. Firms Pitch to China
  • Moscow the Most Expensive City (Global Interest)
  • Skilled-Worker Visa Applicants Expected to Soar (USA)
  • Out of Sight out of Mind? (UK, Global Interest)
  • Expats in New India
  • National Pension Scheme for Expats (United Arab Emirates)
  • Major Tax Incentives Planned for New Immigrants and Returnees (Israel)
  • Pet Hotel Near Tokyo's Airport Spoils Travelers' Animals (Japan)
  • Expats Drive Up Luxury Leasing Market (Hong Kong)
  • Expatriates at Home in 'Little Japan' (Thailand)
  • Argentine Nights
March 19, 2008
  • Around the World, Around the Clock (Global Interest)
  • Expat Lifestyles Take a Hit (United States)
  • Families of Foreign Workers Strive to Fit In (Global Interest)
  • Weak Dollar Feels New Stress (United States)
  • U.S. Worried that High H-1B Demand May Tempt Some to 'Game' Visa Lottery
  • For Thousands, Road to Hope Leads North (Canada)
  • Points-Based System Begins for Foreign Workers (United Kingdom)
  • Survey: Singapore Is the Best Place to Live for Asian Expatriates
  • China's International Schools Are Growing
  • Behind These Walls (Dubai)
  • Philippines, Thailand Among Most Corrupt Asian Economies--Survey
  • Want to Help an Expatriate Settle in Delhi? Pay Their Online Group
  • Long-Term Hong Kong Expatriates May Get Visa-Free Entry to China
  • Why the Sudden Anti-French Rhetoric Pouring Out of Gabon?
  • Kidnapped Foreign Worker Released in Nigeria
  • Inside Colombia's War on Kidnapping
March 5, 2008
  • Keeping It in the Family (Global Interest)
  • Personal Lives, Office Lives (China)
  • Immigrants Sue to Speed Up Citizenship Applications (USA)
  • 10.3 Percent of Highly Skilled Workers Emigrating (UK)
  • Expats Hope to Rule Their Little Britain in France
  • Despite Demand, Germany Attracts Few Skilled Foreign Workers
  • Bulgaria to Present Strategy on Foreign Workers 'Within Weeks'
  • Wage Contracts Translated for Foreign Workers (Iceland)
  • Foreign Companies in China Brace for Increased Costs from New Labor Contract Law
  • Guides for Expatriates in Hong Kong
  • Needed but Shunned: Chinese Toil in Russia's Far East
  • Singaporeans in Demand
  • Foreign Skilled Expatriates Encouraged to Make SA Home for Longer (South Africa)
February 20, 2008
  • Shorter Overseas Stints for Expats as Firms Try to Save Money, Time (Global Interest)
  • World's Most Expensive Rental Markets (Global Interest)
  • International Terrorism Claims (USA, Global Interest)
  • Golf, Chinese and American Style
  • Solid Sales (Global Interest)
  • Visa Rule Translates to 'Help Wanted' (USA)
  • Travelers to Europe May Face Fingerprinting
  • Expats More Likely to Bring Harmony at Indian Workplaces -- Study
  • Strikes Threaten Labor Stability in Vietnam
  • 'Costa del Couscous' Place To Be (Morocco)
  • Expatriate Somalis Return to Help Rebuild Puntland (Somalia)

February 6, 2008

  • Fall From Grace (Global Interest)
  • Foreign Relations (Global Interest)
  • Multinational Firms Should Hold Own Management Styles in China
  • Americans Abroad Can Now Vote Online in the Democratic Primary Election
  • EU Plans To Fingerprint, Record Entry Of All Visitors
  • UK's Expats Hail Healthcare U-Turn
  • Russia May Revise Quotas on Foreign Workers Throughout the Year
  • Ukrainians to Work Easier in Czech Republic Under Project
  • Japan Mulls Easing Conditions For Skilled Foreign Workers
  • East Asia's Competition to Attract Foreign Talent
  • Less Workers Coming to Fill Skills Shortage Jobs in Australia
  • Two New Work Passes for Foreign Workers to Be Introduced (Singapore)
  • Brain Drain--Major Concern in Africa
  • A New Image for a Country in Transition (Haiti)

January 23, 2008

  • China to Enact Labor Disputes Arbitration Law
  • Tackling Challenges of Global Mobility (Global Interest)
  • The Putting Your Best Foot Forward for Globe-Trotting (Global Interest)
  • Virtual Communities (Russia)
  • Sun, Sea, Sand ... and Low Tax for Pensioners (Cyprus)
  • Japan May Require Foreign Residents to Know Japanese
  • On The Double (Macau)
  • For Dubai’s Foreign Workers, Private School Fills a Void (United Arab Emirates)
  • Korea to Welcome More Skilled Foreign Workers
  • New Prices Plan for Expats Rapped (Bahrain)
  • Smart ID Cards for Expats by Year-End (Qatar)
  • Give Us the Voting Rights, Say Pak Expatriates (Pakistan/United Arab Emirates)
  • Changing Fortunes Bring Chinese People to South Africa
  • Future Uncertain for Expatriates in Kenya

January 9, 2008

  • China's New Labor Contract Law
  • EU's Expanding Borderless Zone Spells Trouble for US Expats
  • The US Could Lose Top Talent
  • Research Warns Expats Against 'Living For The Moment' (Middle East)
  • Registration to Ease International Travel (US)
  • Regular Flu Vaccine May Help Against H5N1 (Global Interest)
  • When Faith and Work Are at Odds (Global Interest)
  • Companies May Have Found a Way Around H-1B Visa Limits (US)
  • Denmark Feels the Pinch as Young Workers Flee to Lands of Lower Taxes
  • New Visa Rules a Big Headache for Expats (Russia)
  • Shanghai 'Heaven' for Expatriates (China)
  • Syrian Expatriates Return Home in Hopes of New Wealth
  • Net-of-Tax Salary for Expatriates in India

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