Word: investments
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ancient times and climaxing in the final decade of the 19th century, has come to a close. But, in its place, Africa must now contend heavily with the corporate imperialism which plagues its developing nations. The process of "decolonization" in Africa strengthened the incentives for large corporations to invest in the vast African resources which had previously been harbored by the European colonial governments. The African leader Kwame Nkrumah observed in 1965 that the "colonial preserves of European imperialism were opened up to American capitalism" by the decolonization of Africa...
Each winning bidder in auctions beginning in January will have to invest $200 million to $250 million just to get the oil out of the rock. Return on that investment will be slow, because construction of mines and refineries will take about five years. The first plants are expected to produce 250,000 bbl. of shale oil a day. That is only 1% of the nation's daily demand for oil-"a teacup," says one oilman. The justification is that if all goes well, the shale-oil industry could be expanded to provide 1 million...
...factory and making connections with food-chain distributors. This cooperative will offer higher prices for apples to local farmers than the middlemen--the truckers who buy apples to resell for higher prices in Guatemala City. The co-op assembly decided to take the risk and borrow the money to invest in the factory, on the condition that the volunteer would extend his stay another two years, until the factory is established...
Perot told the audience that working class citizens should invest in securities so that there will be enough capital to create jobs for all Americans...
...just in the baby chicks killed because grain to feed them is too expensive. The criminal incompetence of the international capitalist class to run the world economy is destroying the productive agricultural infrastructure, guaranteeing the bankruptcy of small and medium size farmers, guaranteeing that the factories are unable to invest in new farm machinery and fertilizer production, guaranteeing the lack of research money for the development of new seed, new agricultural methods...