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Weekly Bulletin July 11, 2011

Weekly News & Economic Bulletin

July 11, 2011  Volume 2, Issue 6

Contents

Latest U.S. Econ Stats
Members’ News
Mark Your Calendar
Select Public Tenders
Latest News Jordan
Market Indices
Latest News US
Upcoming Trade Shows


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Latest U.S. Econ Stats 

Tuesday July, 19

Housing Starts – SAAR: Prior 0.560 M Consensus 575 M


Wednesday July 20

Existing Home Sales - Level – SAAR: Prior 4.81 M Consensus 4.900 M


Thursday July 21

New Jobless Claims- Level: Prior 405 K Consensus 415 K

Philadelphia Fed Survey-Level: Prior -7.7  Consensus 5.0 

 

US Market Indices: 

 

DOW 12,479.73 +42.61 +0.34%

S&P 500 1,316.14 +7.27 +0.56%

NASDAQ 2,789.80 +27.13 +0.98%

TR US Index 120.51 +0.71 +0.60%




















JULY  2011

Crude Oil

91.48

–$1.53

–1.64%

Natural Gas

4.30

–$0.02

–0.55%

Gold

1,536.00

–$2.60

–0.17%

Corn

698.50

--

–0.25%

Soybeans

1,333.00

--

–1.19%

For more information on the US economic reports & indicators, please consult the following WEBPAGE.

 Latest News Jordan 

Chairman of Italian Investment Board of the Equity Fund visits in search of investment opportunities on Jordan.

 

Investment Promotion Law benefits a volume of JD1 billion in 6th Months.


Latest News US

U.S. consumer confidence unexpectedly fell from 71.5 to 63.8 in July, the lowest in two years.

 

Industrial Output in the U.S. climbed less than expected in June.

Upcoming Trade Shows

Textworld USA

July 19-21, 2011 New York USA

more info

 

Jordan Job Fair And Training Expo 2011
June 22-24, 2011 Amman, more info

JA New York Summer Show (Jewelery)

July 24-26, 2011 New York USA

More info

American Association for Clinical Chemistry 2011 (Health Care Services)                                                                                                             July 24-28, 2011 Atlanta, GA, US more info

Clinical Lab Expo

July 26-28, 2011 Atlanta, Georgia USA

more info

AUVSI Unmanned Vehicle Systems International 2011 (Aviation Services)                                                                                                            Aug 16-19, 2011 Washington, DC, USmore info

Graph Expo 2011                                                                                                Sept 11- 14, 2011 Chicago, IL, US more info

RETECH (Renewable Energy Technology Conference & Exhibition) 2011                                                                                                                   Sept 20-22, 2011 Washington, DC, US more info

Cityscape Global 2011 (International Property Investment and Development Event)                                                                                       Sept 26-29, 2011 Dubai, UAE more info

AFIRC Conference 2011

Oct 17-18, 2011 Beirut, Lebanon more info

High Point Market (Furniture)                                                                    Oct 22-27, 2011 High Point, NC, US more info

Louisiana Gulf Coast Oil Exposition (LAGCOE) 2011                            Oct 25-27, 2011 Lafayette, LA, US more info

Erbil International Fair                                                                                Oct 24-27, 2011 Erbil, Iraq more info

POWER-GEN International 2011 (Architectural/Constr./Engineering SVC)                                                                                                                   Dec 6-8, 2011 Las Vegas, NV, US more info

World Future Energy Summit                                                                       Jan 16-19, 2012 Abu Dhabi more info

Gulfood 2012 (USDA supported)                                                                       Feb 19-22, 2012, UAE  more info

 Mark Your Calendar 

*** Regional Business Initiative Event II ***
Sheraton Hotel, Amman
July 11-13, 2011
Tourism, ICT and Banking/Financial Services
For More Info
For last minute registrations please call immediately at: +962 6 565 1860


Information Technology Association- Jordan presents:

Invest in ICT

Wednesday July 27, 2011

Applications for participation due: Thursday,  July 7th, 2011

to mais.daoud@intaj.net

More info


  Members’ News 
 

UTi Jordan participated in sponsoring the Youth Leadership Forum last week for AIESEC Jordan (جمعية تنمية مهارات الشباب القيادية)  www.aiesec.org/jordan at Princes Sumayah University.

If you would like to share your company's news with AmCham's members in next weeks bulletin, please send us an email at lily.lousada@amcham.jo.


Select Public Tenders 

 

USAID: Learning Environment: Improved Infrastructure Program 

Solicitation Number: SOL-278-11-000009

Contract Estimated: $10,000,000.00 +

Deadline for Questions: July 24, 2011 at 4:30 pm Jordan time

deadline ofr Proposals: September 12, 2011 at 12 pm Jordan time

Jordan Schools Construction and Rehabilitation Program Phase V/ Package 3

Tender No (14/2011)

deadline June 19, 2011

more info

Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Jordan Schools Construction and Rehabilitation Program Phase V/Package 14

Tender No. 57/2011

Deadline: July 27, 2011

More Info

 

Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Jordan Schools Construction and Rehabilitation Program Phase V/Package 13

Tender No. 59/2011

Deadline: August 3, 2011

More Info

 

Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Jordan Schools Construction and Rehabilitation Program Phase V/Package 12

Tender No. 2011

Deadline: August 8, 2011

More Info