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...doggedly pursued waste, fraud and mismanagement [and] has the reputation of being one of the best inspector generals that we have in this town. I can't think of any more tenacious and efficient guardian of the hard-earned tax dollars the American people have entrusted us to wisely invest." - Barack Obama...
...Grand Palais in Paris might be an indication of a positive turn of events for the world's economy. Indeed, it may be just the opposite. David Nahmad, one of the world's top private art dealers who doubles as a major world currency trader, says the eagerness to invest cash in art is a very visible confirmation of the skepticism that investors have about the crippled financial system. "People today don't know where to put their money. The banks are fragile, the hedge funds don't exist anymore, stocks are weak," says Nahmad. "It's better to stick...
...Hanoi on its own can't change the course of global events, says Alex Warren-Rodriguez, economic policy advisor at the United Nations Development Program in Hanoi. Vietnam is too dependent upon what is happening in the U.S. and Europe. "Even if you reduce interest rates to stimulate investment, that's not going to happen because there is nothing to invest in," he says. "They can do very little to stimulate the economy...
...Beijing. "At the end of the day, Hong Kong has no power over its foreign dealings," says Law Yuk-Kai of Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor. A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman told the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post on Feb. 17 that Mugabe had the right to invest in Hong Kong real estate. "Hong Kong is a free port ... even Falun Gong practitioners can buy a property there," said the unnamed official. The connection between a marginalized religious sect and a tyrant in power for three decades may be tenuous, but, for Zimbabweans, half of whom face malnutrition...
...capitalist, who knows only how to Give the People What They Want, will act predictably. He will do the same for American and international education as he did for the meatpacking industry, the automobile industry, and the pharmaceutical industry. He will invest in research to produce a polished product, and then he will market that product to as large a group of people as possible, ignoring every natural or national boundary. Unpretentious and supremely practical, he will surely engage in the dirtiest of commercial habits: He will spy on his competitors to stay a few steps ahead, fire incompetent employees...