Citations with the tag: PACIFIC Area

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• Independent State of Papua New Guinea.
   // Background Notes on Countries of the World 2003; Aug99 Papua New Guinea, p1 

  Provides information on Papua New Guinea. Geography; Population; Economic conditions as of August 1999; Social structure; History; Government and political conditions; Industries; Development programs and aid; Foreign relations.

• Pacific Rim oil demand soaring
  George, Dev // Offshore; Oct1991, Vol. 51 Issue 10, p36 

  No abstract available.

• Pacific century.
  Abramowitz, Morton // Vital Speeches of the Day; 11/15/93, Vol. 60 Issue 3, p89 

  Presents a speech by the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace delivered at the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Conference of the Carnegie Endowment for International peace dealing with the global leadership of Asian-Pacific countries in the 21st century; Assertions concerning the...

• Air transport in Pacific Basin.
  Abramowitz, Morton // Aviation Week & Space Technology; 6/3/85, Vol. 122 Issue 20, p317 

  The Pacific Basin, with the emergence of People's Republic of China as an economic and strategic force, is shaping up as a world business growth market that inevitably will depend on high-technology world transport advances to link it to world finance and consumer centers.

• From the outside in...
  Abramowitz, Morton // Gifts & Decorative Accessories; Dec95, Vol. 96 Issue 12, p193 

  Presents a look at items from Pacific Rim.

• Bioregional landscapes and ethnos of the North Pacific Rim.
  Brownson, Jamil // Chicago Review; 1993, Vol. 39 Issue 3/4, p180 

  Examines the geography and economy of the North Pacific Rim, its socioeconomic future and its impact on the surrounding environments. Features of the North Pacific islands and shorelines; Accounts of early Japanese settlers; Investments of Russia, Japan, Korea, China and European and American...

• Exports: Forecasted to keep growing in `97.
  Courtney, Richard H.; Livingstone, James M. // Orange County Business Journal; 02/10/97, Vol. 20 Issue 6, p22 

  Reports that exporters in Southern California are expected to increase their market activity in 1997, with concentrations along the Pacific Area. Factors which will influence this projected growth; Asia projected to be fastest-expanding region for 1997; Information on projections for Latin...

• Cross-Cultural Literacy and the Pacific Rim.
  West, Philip // Business Horizons; Mar/Apr89, Vol. 32 Issue 2, p3 

  We must remember that when we discuss the Pacific Rim we are not discussing a monolith. The countries making up the Asia Pacific region are as different as are Americans and Europeans, sometimes more so. The greatest weakness American firms have when competing on the Pacific Rim is not U.S....

• Hawaii's new Asia-Pacific strategy.
  Morrison, Charles E.; Groves, Sheree A. // State Government News; Nov97, Vol. 40 Issue 9, p7 

  Focuses on Hawaii's initiatives to expand its economic ties with Japan and emerging markets in the Asia-Pacific region. Ethnic connections with Asia; Exposure to Asian tourists; Encouragement of new export markets; Investment projects in Japan.

• Transportation infrastructure.
  Morrison, Charles E.; Groves, Sheree A. // Presidents & Prime Ministers; Nov/Dec95, Vol. 4 Issue 5, p22 

  Reports on meeting between the members of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council in Washington D.C. on June 13, 1995 to discuss critical issues relating to the development of transportation infrastructure within the Pacific Area. Growth of the transportation sector in the region; Need to...

• Encouraging International Investment in the Asia-Pacific Region: A DRAFT ASIA-PACIFIC INVESTMENT CODE.
  Morrison, Charles E.; Groves, Sheree A. // ASEAN Economic Bulletin; Nov93, Vol. 10 Issue 2, p196 

  Presents a draft Asia-Pacific investment code. Encouragement of international investment; Nature of the Asia-Pacific investment code; Guiding principles; Responsibility of signatories and investors; Dispute resolution; Extensions; Relation to other agreement and institutions; Participation.

• Sea change.
  Kilburn, David // Adweek Western Edition; 05/04/98, Vol. 48 Issue 18, p38 

  Focuses on the business opportunities in Asia Pacific for the advertising in spite of the financial crises being experienced by the region. Total advertising spendings in 1998 and 1997 in Asia Pacific; Proliferation of media specialists; Findings of a decline in television costs in China.

• Hunkering Down.
  Cohn, Don J. // Art AsiaPacific; 2013 Almanac, p91 

  In a brief article, the author comments on the relationship between political, social and environmental problems and the work of artists around the world, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region.

• Pacific Rim.
  Cohn, Don J. // Hotel & Motel Management; 7/16/2001, Vol. 216 Issue 13, p8 

  Reports on developments related to the hotel industry in the Pacific Rim as of July 16, 2001.

• Connections between the Pacific Ocean Tropics and Midlatitudes on Decadal Timescales.
  Pierce, David W.; Barnett, Tim P.; Latif, Mojib // Journal of Climate; 3/15/2000, Vol. 13 Issue 6, p1173 

  Connections between the tropical and midlatitude Pacific on decadal timescales are examined using a 137-yr run of a fully coupled ocean-atmosphere general circulation model. It is shown that the model does a credible job of simulating both ENSO-scale and decadal-scale variability, and that there...

• Interannual and Decadal Variability in an Intermediate Coupled Model of the Pacific Region.
  Solomon, Amy; McCreary, Julian P.; Kleeman, Richard; Klinger, Barry A. // Journal of Climate; Feb2003, Vol. 16 Issue 3, p383 

  Processes that cause decadal variability in an intermediate coupled ocean-atmosphere model of the Pacific basin, both at northern midlatitudes and in the Tropics, are studied. The model's ocean component is a variabletemperature 3�-layer system. Its atmospheric component consists of two basic...

• The Seasonal Footprinting Mechanism in the Pacific: Implications for ENSO.
  Vimont, Daniel J.; Wallace, John M.; Battisti, David S. // Journal of Climate; Aug2003, Vol. 16 Issue 16, p2668 

  Midlatitude atmospheric variability is identified as a particularly effective component of the stochastic forcing of ENSO. This forcing is realized via a seasonal footprinting mechanism (SFM), in which the tropical atmosphere is forced during the spring and summer by SST anomalies generated by...

• Pacific Rim growth is slowing.
  Balch, Roger // Asian Business Review; Jul95, p10 

  Reports on the slowdown of economic growth in Pacific Rim countries.

• City representatives get down to business.
  Balch, Roger // Asian Business Review; Sep96, p27 

  Reports on the 1996 Cities of the Asia Pacific conference to be held in Brisbane, Australia from September 29 to October 1, 1996. Topics of discussion; Growth in trade relations of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN); Benefits of exposure to world experts; Background on keynote...

• ASEAN, New Zealand and Australia to align standards.
  Balch, Roger // Asian Business Review; Oct96, p23 

  Focuses on a memorandum of understanding signed between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), New Zealand and Australia on moves to promote joint recognition of standards. Step forward to eventual linking of the markets with ASEAN.

• Starbucks ships its coffee craze to Pacific Rim.
  Madden, Normandy // Advertising Age; 04/27/98, Vol. 69 Issue 17, p28 

  Reports on the efforts of Starbucks Coffee Co. to expand into the Pacific Rim. Locations of Starbucks in the region as of April 1998; How Singapore uses media advertising for its Starbucks; Indications that coffee drinking is growing in Asia; Comments.

• Untitled.
  Madden, Normandy // All Hands; Nov98, Issue 979, p30 

  Presents several photographs of tourist spots in the Western Pacific area visited by United States Navy personnel. Australia; Korea; Thailand.

• Weather regimes in the Pacific from a GCM.
  Haines, K.; Hannachi, A. // Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences; 7/1/95, Vol. 52 Issue 13, p2444 

  Analyzes a ten year GCM run for its low frequency variability and weather regimes. Method of identifying points within the empirical orthogonal function (EOF) phase space that may attract weather regimes; Statistical analysis of the model trajectory; Extended version of the Lorenz model; Role...

• High-resolution properties of the Equatorial Pacific Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer from lidar...
  Cooper, D.I.; Eichinger, W.E. // Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences; 7/15/96, Vol. 53 Issue 14, p2054 

  Describes a thermostat mechanism for cooling the Equatorial Pacific. Data collected during the Central Equatorial Pacific Experiment; Use of two shipboard lidars for data collection; Agreement and divergence between coincident radiosonde and the Raman water vapor lidar measurements.

• Weather regimes in the Pacific from a GCM. Part II: Dynamics and stability.
  Hannachi, A. // Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences; 5/15/97, Vol. 54 Issue 10, p1334 

  Examines the Pacific weather regimes found by Haines and Hannachi from a GCM perpetual January 10-year run for stability both within a model-derived EOF phase space and the full phase space for the 500-mb flow level. Study of the behavior of the 500-mb streamfunction tendency; Analysis of...

• Pacific Basin: Restoring U.S. economic leadership.
  Heginbotham, Erland // Business Economics; Apr94, Vol. 29 Issue 2, p7 

  Examines the economic growth of nations located in the Pacific Basin. China's leadership in Basin growth; Industrial nation demand; Challenges and hazards ahead; Intra-Asian economic complementaries; Chinese and Vietnamese reforms; Significance for United States business and labor; United...

• Changing patterns of trade in goods and services in the Pacific region: Market-driven economic...
  James, William E. // Business Economics; Apr94, Vol. 29 Issue 2, p14 

  Evaluates changing patterns of trade in the Pacific region and the outlook for future trade growth. Patterns of comparative advantage and the composition of merchandise trade; Intraindustry trade; Trade in nonfactor services.

• Beverage companies target untapped Pacific-rim markets.
  Miller, Hillary S. // Beverage Industry; May94, Vol. 85 Issue 5, p13 

  Discusses the expansion plans of selected beverage companies in the United States into the Pacific-Rim region. Soft drink per capita consumption in the Pacific-Rim; Distribution and sales report of Pepsi-Cola, Coke, Cadbury-Schweppes, Snapple Beverage Corp. in the Pacific area; Setbacks.

• Chicago cashes in on China trade.
  Jones, Sandra // Crain's Chicago Business; 1/19/2004, Vol. 27 Issue 3, p3 

  Chicago, Illinois' century-old dominance as a railroad and some wise recent investments, have positioned the region to benefit from the boom in cheap exports from China and Pacific Rim. The shipping and distribution business, ground transportation, warehousing, distribution and wholesale trade...

• Clinton told leaders.
  MacLachlan, Suzanne; Mutch, David // Christian Science Monitor; 6/29/95, Vol. 87 Issue 150, p2 

  Informs about an appeal by President Bill Clinton to the Pacific states to try raise the earnings and savings of Americans, in a speech at the June 1995 Pacific Rim conference in Oregon.

• 'Big ships hinder new itineraries.'
  MacLachlan, Suzanne; Mutch, David // Travel Trade Gazette UK & Ireland; 3/10/2003, Issue 2554, p14 

  No abstract available.

• Global Environmental Snapshot.
  MacLachlan, Suzanne; Mutch, David // Kuwait Country Review; 2010, p104 

  The article focuses on global environmental concerns and its impacts on several regions including Africa, Asia-Pacific and Europe.

• This month in mining.
  MacLachlan, Suzanne; Mutch, David // Engineering & Mining Journal (00958948); May95, Vol. 196 Issue 5, p14 

  Reports on the mining industry in the Pacific area. Mine valuation of Niugini Mining Ltd.'s Mungana prospect in Australia; Production capacity of Great Central Mines' Bronzewing plant in Australia; PT Nabire Bakti Mining's valuation of the copper/gold mineralization on the western neck of Irian...

• This month in mining: In the Pacific.
  MacLachlan, Suzanne; Mutch, David // Engineering & Mining Journal (00958948); Dec95, Vol. 196 Issue 12, p12 

  Reports on developments in the mining industry in the Pacific Area. Results of Dominion Mining's reverse circulation drilling program in south Australia in 1996; Ocean Resources NL's option to purchase two dredges and a fleet of support vessels; Completion of the financing agreements of the...

• This month in mining: In the Pacific.
  MacLachlan, Suzanne; Mutch, David // Engineering & Mining Journal (00958948); Jan1996, Vol. 197 Issue 1, p12 

  Reports on developments related to mineral industries in the Pacific Area as of January 1996. Includes repair made to damaged grinding mill at Western Mining's St. Ives gold mine in Western Australia; Opening of Placer Pacific's $A220 million Osborne copper-gold mine; Possible trial to be faced...

• This month in mining: In Pacific.
  MacLachlan, Suzanne; Mutch, David // Engineering & Mining Journal (00958948); Mar1996, Vol. 197 Issue 3, p12WW 

  Presents information on various mining and mineral processing operations in the Pacific area. Approval of development Century Zinc project in Australia; Projects successfully completed by RGC's 75% owned Indonesian subsidiary, PT Koba Tin.

• In the Pacific.
  MacLachlan, Suzanne; Mutch, David // Engineering & Mining Journal (00958948); Jun96, Vol. 197 Issue 6, p20 

  Presents events related to the mining industry in the Pacific. Auditing of PT Freeport Indonesia's operation's environmental performance by the Indonesian government; Inauguration of a second ferronickel unit by the Indonesian state mining company PT Aneka Tambang; Breach in the mine-drainage...

• This month in mining: In the Pacific.
  MacLachlan, Suzanne; Mutch, David // Engineering & Mining Journal (00958948); Jul96, Vol. 197 Issue 7, p22 

  Presents news briefs related to the mining industry in the Pacific Area, as of July 1996. Includes CRA's 1995 profit; Barrick Gold Corp.'s closure of its financing; Palmer Industries Ltd.'s agreement to acquire two properties in the Philippines.

• This month in mining: In the Pacific.
  MacLachlan, Suzanne; Mutch, David // Engineering & Mining Journal (00958948); Aug96, Vol. 197 Issue 8, p28 

  Reports on developments in the Pacific mining industry as of August 1996. Includes the drop of gold production in Australia for 1994-1995; Awarding of a contract to build the Gresik copper-smelter/refinery for PT Smelting Co. to Chiyoda Corp.; Start of production at London Fiduciary Trust PLC's...

• This month in mining: In the Pacific.
  MacLachlan, Suzanne; Mutch, David // Engineering & Mining Journal (00958948); Oct96, Vol. 197 Issue 10, p20 

  Reports on various developments in mining in the Pacific area. Australia; Indonesia.

• This month in mining: In the Pacific.
  MacLachlan, Suzanne; Mutch, David // Engineering & Mining Journal (00958948); Nov96, Vol. 197 Issue 11, p17 

  Presents mineral industries news items in the Pacific Area as of November 1996. Includes decline in the Australian mineral resources exports; Plan of MIM Holdings Ltd. to develop a new deep mine and expand the smelter; Plan of RGC Ltd. to acquire Aberfoyle Ltd.'s 66 percent interest in the...

• This month in mining: In the Pacific.
  MacLachlan, Suzanne; Mutch, David // Engineering & Mining Journal (00958948); Dec96, Vol. 197 Issue 12, p16 

  Reports on news and developments related to mineral industries in the Pacific Area. Includes the amendment bill supported by mining groups in Australia; Identification of large bedrock copper-gold-molybdenum anomalies in Indonesia; Feasibility study of Perilya Mines Ltd. in New Zealand;...

• This month in mining: In the Pacific.
  MacLachlan, Suzanne; Mutch, David // Engineering & Mining Journal (00958948); Mar1997, Vol. 198 Issue 3, p16B 

  Reports on developments in the gold mining industry in the Pacific Area as March 1997. Yukon Gold Corp.'s continued exploration at the Buduk gold deposit in West Kalimantan, Indonesia; Placer Dome's possible acquisition of Highlands Gold Ltd.'s 25%-interest in the Porgera mine in Papua New Guinea.

• This month in mining: In the Pacific.
  MacLachlan, Suzanne; Mutch, David // Engineering & Mining Journal (00958948); Oct97, Vol. 198 Issue 10, p19 

  Reports on developments in the mining industry in the Pacific Region as of October, 1997. Resignation of Broken Hill Pty. Co. Minerals Division chief Dick Carter; Contracts of work won by four foreign investment companies with the Indonesian government; Rio Tinto PLC's plans for a write-down of...

• This month in mining: In the Pacific.
  MacLachlan, Suzanne; Mutch, David // Engineering & Mining Journal (00958948); Feb98, Vol. 199 Issue 2, p20 

  Presents an update on the mining industry in the Pacific Area as of February 1998. Takeover bid launched by Homestake Mining Co. for Plutonic Resources; Australian mineral resources exports in the third quarter of 1997; Data on the resources for Sutton Resources' gold property in Bulyanhulu,...

• This month in mining: In Africa.
  MacLachlan, Suzanne; Mutch, David // Engineering & Mining Journal (00958948); Feb98, Vol. 199 Issue 2, p24 

  Presents an update on the mining industry in Africa as of February 1998. Includes Liqhobong Mining Development Co.'s treatment of bulk sample of isolated kimberlite pipes ]in the Maluti Mountains in Lesotho; Schedule of construction of the proposed South Dunes Coal terminal in South Africa;...

• This month in mining: In Latin America.
  MacLachlan, Suzanne; Mutch, David // Engineering & Mining Journal (00958948); Feb98, Vol. 199 Issue 2, p32 

  Presents an update on the mining industry in Latin America as of February 1998. Includes joint venture deal between Minera Andes Inc. and Pegasus Gold International Inc.; Golden Star Resources' receipt of the results of the scoping study completed by Kilborn SNC-Lavalin for the Adorinhas gold...

• This month in mining: In the Pacific.
  MacLachlan, Suzanne; Mutch, David // Engineering & Mining Journal (00958948); Jul98, Vol. 199 Issue 7, p18 

  Presents brief reports concerning the mining industry in the Pacific Area. Indonesian government's sale of its interests in 12 state-owned companies; Agreement between Iriana Resources Corp. and Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.; End of the rebellion in Papua New Guinea that has caused the...

• Info tech tariff talks make headway in Pacific Rim.
  Hardie, Crista // Electronic News (10616624); 12/02/96, Vol. 42 Issue 2145, p8 

  Reports that Pacific Rim industry leaders have agreed with a United States proposal to eliminate tariffs on information technology goods by the year 2000. US Trade Representative's (USTR) push to conclude a global information technology agreement (ITA) by December 15, 1996; ITA-related talks...

• Trade liberalization in the Pacific Basin.
  Moreno, Ramon // FRBSF Economic Letter; 11/08/96, Vol. 96 Issue 33, p1 

  Discusses the paths to multilateral trade liberalization in the Pacific Basin and their implications. Interest of the United States in transpacific trade; Global trade liberalization; Trade liberalization initiatives discussed in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum held in...

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