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'Clusters and corridors in Andhra Pradesh' and 'Creating entrepreneurs and forming networks in the weaver cluster of Pochampalli' are two articles by Sameer Sharma about the weaver cluster in the Indian state Andhra Pradesh.

TSG, The Services Group is searching for offers a number of job positions for a consultancy project in Kosovo. Among them a vacancy for a Clusters and Enterprise Development Specialist.

Companies of the Connecticut software clusters are about to receive mentoring of corporate CEOs on how to further grow. The Fast Track Program, an initiative of the state development agency, matches big companies CEOs with small software companies for a couple of hours per week.

The governor of Florida, Jeb Bush announced the plan for an expansion of the Scripps Research Institute to Palm Beach County during the BIO 2004 convention in San Francisco. Bush's big goal is to persuade biotech firms to take advantage of proximity to Scripps by locating on or near its planned campus.

New Zealand's Economic Development Minister, Jim Anderton recently announced new funding to assist the New Zealand Health IT cluster to build up the capability of its companies in an effort to significantly accelerate the growth of the sector.

A new web-based compendium developed by Regional Technology Strategies, Inc. demonstrates the strong ties that exist between community and technical colleges and specific industry clusters.

Ruhrpakt the collaboration platform of industry, science institutes, government and chambers of commerce in the German Ruhr region has launched a new website: www.ruhrpakt.de

During a meeting held Thursday June, South Korean Commerce Minister Lee Hee-beom announced that his government will invest an annual 100 billion won to develop six industrial next-generation clusters across the nation.