It was to be the Latin American version of the Charles Dickens’ classic, a Tale of Two Cities. For Gustavo Lopez, vice president of Legal for Discovery Networks, Latin America and U.S. Hispanic, the discussion he was to lead at WorldCity’s Government Affairs Connections gathering on Feb. 26 was going to be about Buenos Aires and Bogota. More specifically, he wanted to talk about how utterly different was Discovery’s experience in working through knotty challenges with government regulation — this group might prefer the term intervention — in Argentina and… Read More
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South Florida Business Journal, Feb. 2, 2010. “Key international trade statistic indicates a recovery is at hand.” WorldCity data is foundation of cover story.
Daily Business Review, Jan. 29, 2010. “Latin American trade may lift South Florida.” WorldCity data used.
Mobile (Alabama) Register, Jan. 25, 2010. “Russian chicken ban ripples to Gulf Coast.” WorldCity data used; WorldCity President Ken Roberts quoted.
www.fiber2fashion.com, Jan. 20, 2010. “Destructive Tremors Shake Haiti’s Apparel Industry” Using WorldCity trade data.
www.wopular.com, Jan. 14, 2010. “S. Florida trading more.” Using WorldCity trade data.
iStockAnalyst.com, Dec. 22, 2009. “South Florida’s trade drop slows in October” Using WorldCity trade data.
Florida Trend, November 2009. “Stronger International Markets Buoying Florida / Still, challenges remain” WorldCity trade data used; President Ken Roberts quoted.
EU-DIGEST.COM, Sept. 4, 2009,. “WorldCity: Flower Industry – 2009 is shaping up as an off year for Miami’s flower importing business,” a link to a story published by WorldCity.
Miami Herald, front page anchor story, Aug. 14, 2009. “International Trade Rebound Skips South Florida.” WorldCity data used; WorldCity President Ken Roberts quoted.
Sun-Sentinel, Aug. 13, 2009. “South Florida trade sank almost 20 percent in June.” WorldCity data used; WorldCity President Ken Roberts quoted.
World Trade magazine, April 2009. “Florida Trade Fuels the Southeast.” WorldCity President Ken Roberts quoted on multinational presence in South Florida. WorldCity statistics used for total South Florida trade, record trade surpluses (without attribution). WorldCity President Ken Roberts quoted.
South Florida Business Journal, Nov. 18, 2008 “Time to pass agreement with Colombia, free trade advocates say,” by Bill Frogameni. Article relied on WorldCity’s data for trade between Colombia and Miami. WorldCity President Ken Roberts quoted.
Sun-Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, Feb. 27, 2009 “Multinational companies are managing more revenue from their South Florida offices, but with far fewer local employees” by Doreen Hemlock. Article is overview of WorldCity’s second annual Who’s Here Global Economic Impact Study. WorldCity President Ken Roberts quoted.
Miami Herald, Feb. 27, 2009 “Study charts multinationals’ impact in South Florida” by Scott Andron. Article is overview of WorldCity’s second annual Who’s Here Global Economic Impact Study. WorldCity President Ken Roberts quoted.
Miami Herald, Feb. 13, 2009 “Exports up sharply at South Florida ports” by Joseph Mann. On release of annual trade data, WorldCity’s statistics for Miami’s trade with the world is foundation of story.
South Florida Business Journal, Nov. 18, 2008 “South Florida’s connections to China poised to grow,” by Bill Frogameni. Article relied on WorldCity’s data for trade between Miami and China.
Florida Trend, November 2006 “Going South? Florida watches nervously as a neo-populist tide rolls through Latin America, the state’s most important trade region,” by Cynthia Barnett. Article used WorldCity polling of heads of Latin America as part of the article.
WorldCity has also been quoted, or its trade data used in:
The Houston Chronicle
The Savannah Morning News
The New Orleans Times Picayune
The Seattle Times
The Economist
The New York Times
The Memphis Commercial Appeal
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