Countries of the world: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 15:37, 24 January 2004

This page is for accumulating country information of specific usefullness for Consumerium Services. Also this page serves the purpose of forming a Country template for use in Content Wiki once we figure out what information can be reliably collected.

See w:List of countries for general information on countries of the world.

Here be the current skeleton

Registered companies searchable in Internet? YES/NO/Not determined
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Africa

Asia

Pakistan

Registered companies searchable in Internet? YES

http://www.pakboi.gov.pk/html/all_companies.html The Pakistan Board of Investment - Companies, searchable online by name, registered capital, CEO and other options

South Korea

Workers' rights

Apparently the workers' situation in South Korea is terrible. There are reports of trade union activists commiting suicide to attract attention to the workers' rights situation in South Korea. see Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) web site for more information

South Korea has propably the longest workweeks in all the developed world with 6-day weeks with 44 hours average working time. There have been rumors that South Korea will be switching to 5-day working week in 2005 but there is yet no confirmation on whether this is true.

Europe

Finland (Suomi)

Registered companies searchable in Internet? YES

http://www.prh.fi/en.html National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland (Patentti ja rekisterihallitus) Handles registrations for companies, associations, foundations and patents. Limited online company, association and trademark searches available for free

Ireland (Eire)

Registered companies searchable in Internet? YES

http://www.cro.ie/search/ - Companies Registration Office of Ireland - Limited online search of companies

Netherlands (Nederland)

Registered companies searchable in Internet? YES

Dutch: www.kvk.nl, English: www.kvk.nl - Kamer van Koophandel

Sweden (Sverige)

Registered companies searchable in Internet? YES

http://www.prv.se/eng/ Swedish Patent and Registration Office covers Companies, Trademarks, Patents and People. Limited online company and trademark searches available for free

North and Central America

Oceania

Australia

Registered companies searchable in Internet? YES

http://www.search.asic.gov.au/gns001.html Australian Securities and Investments Commission Limited company search on-line.

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 ===[[Workers' rights]]===
 Apparently the workers' situation in South Korea is terrible. There are reports of trade union activists commiting suicide to attract attention to the [[workers' rights]] situation in South Korea. see [http://www.kctu.org/ Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) web site] for more information
+South Korea has propably the longest workweeks in all the developed world with 6-day weeks with 44 hours average working time. There have been rumors that South Korea will be switching to 5-day working week in 2005 but there is yet no confirmation on whether this is true.
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