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The Mass Man

firstthings.com     2 hrs ago          

Every thinker has one idea—and after he formulates it, all his subsequent works are no more than elaboration: developments and revisions of the same basic intuition. Or so, at least, claimed the French philosopher Henri...                

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We are all Peter now: NEC results

bloggers4labour.org     3 hrs ago          

membership officer, and general Compass Youth dude; any queries about either, get in touch. After a decade of New Labour, half the UK's population shares just 6% of Britain's wealth. The top 1% own a quarter of it. 11 million...                

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Govt gives nod to merger of SBS with SBI

rediff.com     4 hrs ago   7 related          

For effecting the amalgamation, the government would first repeal the State Bank of Saurashtra Act, 1950 and thereafter amend the SBI Subsidiary Act, 1959 to remove references to the SBS Act wherever it occurs. The new Bill, to...                

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Pressure grows on foreign tax policy

ft.com     11 hrs ago          

Alistair Darling has come under renewed pressure over corporate tax as the insurance industry warned that the UK risked “being unable to compete in a globalised world” if it did not reform its multinational tax regime. The...                

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Campbell on the Killing of Local Manufacturing

scoop.co.nz     11 hrs ago   1 related          

Take my word on this, but the government’s omnibus tax bill that got its first reading last night contains some pretty startling measures. One of its main features was an incentive for New Zealand firms to re-locate their...                

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EU to give €10.5 million to retrain Spanish car workers hurt by globalization

iht.com     23 hrs ago   6 related          

More than 1,500 Spanish workers put out of work when a car parts company moved to lower-wage Morocco will get €10.5 million (US$16.7 million) to help pay for retraining, the European Commission said Wednesday. The money will...                

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New PRTM research highlights supply chain trends till 2010

supplychainer.com     14 hrs ago   1 related          

PRTM, well-known management consulting firm, has recently published the results of a new research on the supply chain trends during 2008-2010 period. You can read the whole report here, but in the case you are interested to...                

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Sep 24, 2008: Author Discussion and Signing: Wrestling with Starbucks at University of...

yahoo.com     21 hrs ago          

In “Wrestling with Starbucks” author Kim Fellner asks how a coffeehouse chain with a liberal reputation has come to symbolize, for some, the ills of globalization. Armed with an open mind and a sense of humor, Fellner takes...                

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Sep 17, 2008: Author Discussion and Book Signing - The Accidental American at University of...

yahoo.com     21 hrs ago          

Author Rinku Sen Hosts a Frank Discussion About Immigration and Citizenship in the Age of Globalization. In The Accidental American, Sen reframes the immigration debate by offering the remarkable story of Fekkak Mamdouh, an...                

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Business in the Shadow of the Fuwa

siliconhutong.typepad.com     12 hrs ago          

In the Hutong Conference calls: the scourge of globalization 0931 hrs Was walking through the lobby of the IBM building on my way up to the office the other day I ran across something quite cool: a giant carpool map behind a...                

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