Uk versus EU

The united kingdom seems to be unhappy with EU imigration policies, The UK government seems to be cracking down making it hard for EU immigrants to get the benifits that they require, they believe that EU is pushing them to far and UK says they are staying with the law and they wont cave into the demands of EU. This effect international business because it shows that EU and UK are having a hard time with coming to an agreement, which effects how EU and UK will connect and work out.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/may/30/uk-government-eu-migrant-benefits

Austraila blames uk over EU fails to agree deal over Syrian rebel weapons embargo

Monday night, May 27, Europes regime  against syria collapsed. The foreign minister of australia blames the collapse on U.K and openly states that he is angry about that. Australia and other countries opposed this because of the fear of the weapons getting into the wrong hands, like muslim esxtremist. This effect international business because of this it will effect relations between Australia and U.K. THis also affects relations between the U.K and syrian government which may effect trade later.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/28/uk-forced-eu-embargo-syria-rebel-arms

tax deal signed

Nine countries including u.k and Australia signed Tax deal which was pushed by OECD. he was pushed by the G20, he said, the OECD had "made more progress in three years than in the 10 years before" in getting its member countries and others to sign up. The more coutries that sign up the more possibilities for trade. This relates to international business because it shows that business is still expanding globally finding new deals signed and new ideas spreading all over the world.

Read the full article at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/may/29/tax-deal-signed-nine-countries#ixzz2UgjGyCuS

UK retailers facing trouble

 "Britain's retailers are facing their toughest trading conditions in almost 18 months as cash-poor consumers cut back on their spending", the CBI said.the monthly healthcheck of the high street  recorded the steepest fall in sales continuing the weakening trend over the past six months, that means that will raise doubts about the pace of the UK's likely economic recovery,  CBI said sales of clothing, footwear and household durable goods were all lower in May than a year earlier and also Online sales  were down for the first time since August 2011. This effect international business because United kingdoms economy isnt doing to well so it's going to effect the rest of the world economically.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/may/29/cbi-uk-retailers-high-street-sales

trade deal at risk with U.S

The threat by Cameron's ministers to back a UK exit in a referendum on the EU. Obama administration officials were concerned that the uncertainty over Britain's future would further complicate what is already a hard to get passed Congress. The U.S recognizes the important of U.K and EU trade. This affect international business because how this ends up or works out will change U.S and U.K relations because of the trading.

 http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/may/27/eu-exit-risks-us-trade-deal#ixzz2UggGNSfW

Eurozone growth cut?

Prediction shows that Eurozone growth will be down by 0.6% also unemployment is going to be p to 12%. In the U.K The forecast  was also revised down to just 0.8% growth this year and 1.5% in 2014. These numbers aren't to positive for eurozone and the united kingdom. This artical relates to international business because it shows that a major place for international business is shrinking. This is negative because of this growth cut their economy will suffer which will probably end up putting the rest of the world into a depression when eurozone goes down.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22700029

Surgery and the united kingdom

The growing death risk through the week. British medical journal says the risk is low but it could be better."Looking at some 4 million operations they found more than 27,000 deaths within a month of surgery, putting the average risk of death at 0.67%." This fact is kinda scary even it is low, and the health and well being/ health care problems.The paper shows people who have their operations on Friday are 44% more likely to die than those who have a procedure on Monday. The researchers say the findings may be due to a poorer quality of aftercare at the weekend, when people who have their surgery later in the week need it most.This effect international business because it shows that other places healthcare is in need of reform.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22687599

"Child with a dove" sold to man in quatar

Pablo Piscasso's £50 painting was sold to a private collector in the Arabian country of Quatar. The painting "child with a dove" is one of Picasso's earlier paintings, he made it whenever he was 19 during the transition to the "blue period". The U.K is upset with losing the painting because no organization had been able to raise enough money to be able to keep the painting. This relates to international business because it is an example of exporting. Even if it is sad that Britain had to sell the painting they did get into the trade of expensive artwork,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22123607



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Tax pledge in U.K

 The government in Britain is accused of picking peoples pockets. The reason? David Cameron a conservative pledged to increase the inheritance tax limit to £1 million. He then decided recently to ignore his pledge and went along with The chancellor, Geroge Osborne plan to freeze assets at £325,000 until at least 2019 to fund reform of the social care system. This move will hit four million middle class britons. This relates to international business because we should care about other places economies, the middle class is important for trade and if they are effected so is their trades.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/consumertips/tax/9861439/David-Cameron-abandons-inheritance-tax-pledge.html

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Former Prime minister dies after stroke

Margaret Thatcher, the first and only female prime minister died age 87.Her way to the top started when she joined parliament, then she climbed up the conservative latter joining the cabinet as the education secretary. She then won the election for prime minister, she was either loved or hated for her political stances. she was prime minister for 11 years, 3 elections.  She had been in bad health for a while, she had suffered from dementia in her later year.
this affects international business because she took a very important rule, she strived to put britian back on it's feet and become more globally involved and she did so, if it wasnt for her relationships and trade with Britan wouldn't be the same.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/04/08/britain-margaret-thatcher-at-age-87-dies-after-suffering-stroke/






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U.K's pay gap grows

The united kingdom 1% takes home 10% of the nations earnings while the poor 50% take 18% between them. The top 1 % pay has increased 3% while the poor 50% of peoples pay have decreased 1%. This information was given by the resolution  foundation thinktank.Organizations like the resolution  foundation thinktank and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development are warning that the results of this gap will not be positive. Labour Leader Ed Milliband has called for a pre-distubution policy to narrow the gap. I think this has to deal with international business because this shows where the U.K money goes toward and also it has a system kinda like America and if they don't do something about it something bad could happen.

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/433486/20130210/super-rich-resolution-foundation-inequality-pay.htm
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Works Cited

"UK Super-Rich Get Richer as Pay Gap Widens." International Business Times RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Feb. 2013.

Social media Pinterest Project

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After researching social media on Pinterest, I have realized that social media is growing especially on facebook, twitter and youtube.Some trends i realized that more older people are getting involved in social media and that younger people are already there. Some advantages of social media are that alot of information is shared quicker, and probably is more accurate. Another Advantage is that it makes finding people easier and contacting people and sharing ideas quicker. Some disadvantages are that the privacy is harder to get the number of people deleting or untagging themselves from pictures have gone up 7% from 2009 to 2011. This study shows that women also kept there stuff more private then men, 19% more women have there facebook setting to private. A study shows that more younger people are using social media to get there job like 60% of engineers use social media to find their jobs. This will affect us because it shows that people need social media to help with careers. It effects me personally by making me turn more to social media to help get me a job. 

Works Cited

"How Do Engineers Use Social Media? [INFOGRAPHIC]." - AllTwitter. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Feb. 2013.

"Kleckerlabor." : Infographic: Social Media Zoo. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Feb. 2013.

"Mashable." Mashable. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Feb. 2013.

"Social Media Marketing – Why You Should Outsource Instead of Keeping It In House." Social Media Marketing – Why You Should Outsource Instead of Keeping It In House. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Feb. 2013.

"Understanding Reddit Once And For All [Infographic]." Socialmouths RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Feb. 2013.

U.K behind in the Fight against Cancer

Britain's stiff upper lip way of thinking may be killing alot of people. They believe that visiting the doctor is embarrassing. Everyone is very well aware of cancer symptoms but are reluctant about going to the doctors for varies reasons like being embarrassed of their illness or fearing wasting a doctors time. In a British journal for Cancer it says that the rates for cancer survivors is far lower then other developed countries. The former health Secretary Andrew Lansley promised to achieve the goal of saving 5,000 more people who have Cancer in 2015. I think this is kinda sad because there would be treatment for people who went to the doctor earlier, like how it is in the United states. I also think that it shows that people treat medical problems as not an important matter like how we treat it here in the U.S. This relates to international business because the U.K treats medical treatment as not important as us. It also shows that Cancer research and prevention isn't as big there like how it is here but will probably start growing because of all the cancer related deaths. I think if more places took cancer more seriously then the Cancer research will grow into a larger corporation and will grow so more people all over the world will be more aware about it.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-2124287

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Works Cited

Roberts, Michelle. "Cancer Fight 'hampered in UK by Stiff Upper Lip'" BBC News. BBC, 30 Jan. 2013. Web. 31 Jan. 2013.