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Still, Monterrey's entrepreneurial spirit may prove critical for the country. It is at the hub of Mexico's most ambitious push to forge government, business and university partnerships that can generate new companies, based not on natural resources but on cutting-edge technologies. The city's "Monterrey Tech"--perhaps Latin America's premier business and engineering school--is a central link in this effort, which is supported by $1 billion of annual federal spending on scientific and technological research and focused on building up Ciudad del Conocimiento (Knowledge City), mandated to germinate new business clusters in biotechnology and information...
...proximity of such desolation goes to the heart of China's quandary about how to deal with North Korea and its leader, Kim Jong Il. Dandong is the main crossing point on China's 880-mile border with North Korea, making it the most active hub for the $1.6 billion in annual trade between the two countries. That trade is critical to the survival of Kim's regime: some 90% of Pyongyang's daily oil supply and just under half its food imports come from China. Although the U.S. believes that tightening the financial squeeze on Pyongyang is necessary...
...proximity of such desolation goes to the heart of China's quandary about how to deal with North Korea and its leader, Kim Jong Il. Dandong is the main crossing point on China's 880-mile border with North Korea, making it the most active hub for the $1.6 billion in annual trade between the two countries. That trade is critical to the survival of Kim's regime: some 90% of Pyongyang's daily oil supply and just under half its food imports come from China. Although the U.S. believes that tightening the financial squeeze on Pyongyang is necessary...
McLoughlin said that because the SOCH will be a central hub for student groups, students will naturally flock there. In response to the anticipated surge in Quad shuttle-riders, McLoughlin said that Global Positioning Systems will be installed in the shuttles by February. Students will be able to see the shuttles’ locations en route in real time...
...fine arts world of Boston these days, and many other museums in the area have dedicated themselves to new building and development, including the Museum of Fine Arts and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. With this building boom, Manoogian says, “Boston is becoming more of a hub for art museums...