http://www.hindu.com/biz/2004/01/12/stories/2004011200471600.htm
Mixed benefits from FDI inflows
Despite the increase in FDI, competitiveness of Indian industry has not
improved much barring a few exceptions, says Vinish Kathuria
A RECENT article in The Hindu had argued that there were two fundam
http://tinyurl.com/3fvda
G.I.'s Fire on Family in Car, Killing 2, Witnesses Say By EDWARD WONG
Published: January 13, 2004
AGHDAD, Iraq, Jan. 12 - American soldiers on Monday night killed an Iraqi
man and a boy and wounded four others in a car that was driving behind their
convoy after a roadsi
"Meanwhile, each succeeding winter brings up afresh
the great
question, "what to do with the unemployed"; but while
the number of
the unemployed keeps swelling from year to year, there
is nobody to
answer that question; and we can almost calculate the
moment when the
unemployed losing patience will
here is another Stephen Roach report
http://www.morganstanley.com/GEFdata/digests/latest-digest.html#anchor0
His note on the number of jobs created is interesting.
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchic
[New York Times]
January 12, 2004
Acting Conciliatory, U.S. Seeks to Revive Global Trade Talks
By ELIZABETH BECKER
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 - Robert B. Zoellick, the United States trade
representative, sent letters to more than 140 countries today saying he
hopes to push for new global trade talks this
Have an old friend in Phoenix who I hadn't
contacted for almost a decade, I figured he should be a millionaire by now given
his age and level of computer skills developed during the mid-1980's.
He, it turns out did do pretty well, but not a
millionaire (didn't play the stock markets...for
From one of our best journalists, Ken Silverstein. . .
War College Study Calls Iraq a 'Detour'
Institute's report warns anti-terror campaign may launch 'open-ended and
gratuitous conflict.'
By Chuck Neubauer and Ken Silverstein, Times Staff Writers
[Excerpt]
WASHINGTON â A report published by
A friend sent me this brilliant item.
Brian
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Bush's resume
George W. Bush
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC, USA
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
LAW ENFORCEMENT:
I was arrested in Kennebunkport, Maine, in 1976 for driving under the
influen
No safety net for programmers
When manufacturing jobs go overseas, laid-off workers are eligible for a
host of benefits. But if you're one of the tens of thousands of software
producers whose jobs have been outsourced, you're out of luck.
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By Katharine Mieszkowski
salon.com
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