Triangle Trade With China – A Total Disaster!
Many people point to the incredible trade deficit that the United States has with China. It is true that it is quite unfortunate and most of the reason comes from the reality that China is taking advantage of the United States by not allowing the Yuan Currency to float, or allow it to be adjusted as per its real inflation. Someday many analysts believe China will pay for this economically and it is really an inflationary challenge that they will have to deal with.
Uruguay Real Estate Experiencing Steady GrowthUruguay is a place that people fall in love with. The extensive, untouched beaches, old-world charm of capital Montevideo, and warm Uruguayan attitudes towards foreigners all play their part. In fact the most trouble tourists have in Uruguay is when trying to leave!
Biased and Hurried Travel AdvisoriesThe Mumbai attacks of last November were still going on when a number of western governments started issuing adverse travel advisories asking their nationals to cancel all plans of visiting India without even the actual details being fully known. This ad hoc and knee jerk reaction of western countries in regard to travel to India and some other countries in this area is not a new thing.
Information and Communications Technology in Ramallah“It’s not about the addressable market today, it is about building a future for my 8 year old daughter,” says Mohammed A, a Ramallah-based consultant in information and communications technology. “The World Bank can provide a lot of great statistics about the state of telecommunications in Ramallah, but if my girl does not have the same access to eLearning and education as an Israeli girl, she won’t have a chance.”
Mobile Phone and Internet Charges in FranceThese conclusions are contained in a report from the OECD on ‘Communications Outlook 2009’ which examined mobile phone and internet prices across 30 countries in the world. The report placed France in 20th position for an average mobile phone user, while the country had one of the cheapest monthly subscription charges for a high-speed broadband connection. One of the reasons for the higher mobile phone charges in France is the basic subscription cost, which is higher than most other countries.
Hamas Will Not Abandon TerrorismThe resistance will continue through suicide operations, said on Sunday, Khaled Meshaal, Hamas political leader in exile. Caught in a political impasse, the Islamic nationalist movement intends to resume its original violence.
New Super Powers After American Dissolution – A Possible “Super Power Portfolio”United States of America due to its wrong policies and war strategies against countries like Cuba, Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, Venezuela, and Russia has destroyed its economy completely. Huge economic loss, unemployment, racism, liquidations, and cost of covering all these things (compensations) have made the economy badly suffer, time after time.
AP Moller-Maersk – The World’s Largest Shipping CompanyWhen you are in the shipping business, you would surely know A.P.Moller-Maersk. This Danish conglomerate is actually the biggest shipping company in the world, particularly in container ship and supply vessel operations. It is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark. But it has presence and subsidiaries in over 130 countries and territories around the world. Right now, the company employs more than 120,000 people. It has been making waves not just in the shipping industry but in global business as well. This year, A.P.Moller-Maersk has been listed as 106th in the prestigious Fortune Global 500, a big jump from being 131st in 2008.
Costa Rica Tops the PollsCosta Rica was ranked 5th in terms of global environmental performance in 2008 in the annual EPI (Environmental Performance Index) compiled by Yale and Columbia Universities but this small Central American Country is on a path of constant improvement and has now been ranked number one by the Happy Planet Index in June 2009. This index measures the happiness of the nation’s people in comparison to their ecological footprint and Costa Rica was the clear winner.
The Role of Private Sector in a Developing CountryThere is no denying the fact that during 1980, there were sufficient fields for a new loom to the organization with a view to deal with the alleged shortcomings of the old bureaucratic model. This new approach emanates from an overall crisis of confidence among the Owners. It culminates in the emergence of a variety of innovations in managerial approach that are ‘dominating the bureaucratic reform agenda’ in the 1980s and 1990s respectively and as such the whole model demonstrates a dramatic change of approach as to how the the relevant organization operates.