balance-of-payments gap‚ the red carpet it rolls out is a little dusty. A year after rules were eased to permit foreign “single-brand” retailers to operate in India‚ Sweden’s IKEA is still waiting for the go-ahead to sell Nordic comfort food and furniture. India’s cabinet has yet to make its mind up about the flat-packed sort‚ it seems. The delay may become just another war story about foreign direct investment (FDI) in India. In the 1970s India chucked out IBM and Coca-Cola in a fit of nationalist
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The Philippines ranks 67th among the 142 countries in the world with the happiest citizenry. Norway is No. 1 and the United States ranks 12th. In Southeast Asia‚ Singapore ranks 19th; Taiwan‚ 20th; Vietnam‚ 53rd‚ Thailand‚ 56th; Indonesia‚ 63rd. How ironic that Vietnam‚ which suffered decades of civil war and whose economy is practically just starting to grow‚ beat the Philippines by 14 points. * * * The criteria for the citizenry’s happiness index are economy‚ entrepreneurship‚ governance
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Country Side Freedom surrounds those who aspire to achieve lonesome from the rest of the world. The perfect getaway is something that most people deserve once in a while. Complete solitary from everything and everyone nothing but fields for miles and miles away. The country side has a lot to offer the spectacular view and stunning landscape. It doesn’t matter whether it is winter‚ spring‚ fall or summer because either of these seasons changes the fact of how admiring the view is from a far. I
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firms’ foreign ownership at its peak” talks about foreign ownership in listed Indian firms. According to the analysts the foreign ownership has reached its peak and is expected to rise further as corporate profitability grows. However‚ factors such as high inflation and corruption may result in overseas investors being careful with their actions. As a result of year 2010‚ foreign institutional investors (FIIs) shareholding rose to the highest level since Indian markets opened up to foreign investment
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“The Fate of Their Country” Michael F. Holt. "To locate the most direct causes of the American Civil War‚" he contends in the preface‚ "one must look at the actions of governmental officeholders in the decades before that horrific conflict." Professor Michael F Holt needs no introduction among historians. He is single handedly regarded as one of the scholars who is most responsible for the emergence of what some call a neo-revisionist interpretation and outlook about the origins and
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LOVE OF COUNTRY? Frederick Douglass’s speech “If I Had A Country‚ I Should Be A Patriot” delivers a blasting reproach on the discrimination of the African American and why he feels indignant about his country and being unwilling to call himself a patriot. Similar to Langston Hughes’s “I‚ Too‚ Sing America” ‚ both employ a chord informative structure and a canting tone simple enough for the audience to incite a reaction from the audience to plead for freedom in America. Both authors though
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Georgia‚ a state with the second biggest logging industry‚ had been hit the hardest by this foreign killer. The state of Georgia relies heavily on logging to keep their economy stable. Preventing this plant from spreading is vital to keeping valuable forests alive. Another unforeseen consequence was its impact on our ecosystem. Kudzu kills our source of oxygen by eradicating plants and trees. The foreign killer accomplishes this task by smothering plants under a solid blanket of leaves‚ girdling
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Loyalty is a casualty of the Gaddafi regime in In the Country of Men. Discuss. Suleiman‚ the protagonist of Hisham Matar’s In the Country of Men is placed in an ethical paradox. With the novel taking place in Tripoli‚ Libya 1979‚ Suleiman’s loyalty is contradictory‚ having to choose between the principles of his family and the Gaddafi regime. The bombardment of propaganda and the arrests of ‘traitors’ along with the love of his family causes Suleiman to be in constant conflict with his moral sense
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In The Country of Men Essay Hisham Matar’s 2009 novel‚ In The Country of Men‚ offers up the narrative of a child‚ Suleiman‚ a boy living under a dictatorship and a family that keeps secrets from him. Through Suleiman‚ Matar reveals an interpretation of life under a dictatorship through expressing a child’s experiences and views of betrayal and loyalty. Matar symbolizes this child as the nation under a dictatorship. In particular‚ Matar attempts to further express the transformation of people living
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Memo To: Ms. Mary Ho From: jasmine Date: March 29‚ 2013 Subject: Anti-Foreign Sentiments As you requested on March 17‚ this report outlines the results of my analysis of the effectiveness of the government measures on anti-foreign issue sentiments and the type of complaints received from Singaporeans. Anti-foreigner sentiments are increasing among Singaporean as Singaporean’s feel threaten about their job security and their children’s future. One example to state will be the Ferrari accident
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