21 April 2008 -- All companies responding to the pay trend survey awarded a pay increase this year, according to the results of the HKIHRM January 2008 Pay Trend Survey. The survey, which has been tracking pay adjustments in Hong Kong for more than two decades, was conducted by the Hong Kong Institute of Human Resource Management (HKIHRM). The HKIHRM January 2008 Pay Trend Survey surveyed 120...  FULL STORY

Geneva, 17 April 2008 -- World trade growth slid to 5.5% last year from 8.5% in 2006 and may grow even more slowly in 2008 - at about 4.5% -as sharp economic deceleration in key developed countries is only partly offset by continuing strong growth in emerging economies, according to World Trade Organization economists.   FULL STORY