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...years ago, the Chinese called it their "Going Out" strategy. State-owned companies in key industries were being encouraged by the government to plant the flag of Chinese capitalism around the world by purchasing stakes in foreign companies. China was booming, flush with cash and full of optimism - naive optimism, it turned out. In 2005, China National Offshore Oil Corp., China's oil and gas giant, tried to buy Unocal, the American oil company, and learned just how xenophobic Washington could be: the deal was called off after strident objections from congressional leaders. Two years later, Beijing's fledgling sovereign...
...This rankles some of Rio's shareholders. One institutional investor told TIME that it's "up to Rio to convince us that this does not transfer key pricing power over a key commodity to a big customer. They need to make that case, or I'm not inclined to vote for the deal" when it comes up for approval in May or June. The investment also must be cleared by the Australian Foreign Investment Review Board...
...President Barack Obama - a fellow moderate liberal who shares Lula's passion for green-energy ventures - in the White House. He will be the first Latin American leader to meet Obama since he took office, a sign, perhaps, that the new U.S. Administration sees Brazil as a key partner in forging a new policy for the Americas...
...think that we have done that this year and our record has definitely shown that as of late.” The Crimson’s recent surge of success can largely be attributed to improvements in the defensive line. Leading defenseman, Leanna Coskren, is a key player, appearing in 29 out of the 31 games so far this season, and collecting eight points in her career to date. “Leanna is one of the top defense on our team right now, which is saying a lot [considering] that in the ECAC we are number...
...countless numbers into spreadsheets, using advanced quantitative methods to value players and to create rankings that would allow him to objectively put together the best team possible. As Swanay started having success in fantasy leagues, he realized that what he had thought of as a hobby was actually the key to the career change he had been seeking.“I finally got over that mental hurdle [that tells you] if you’ve been doing something so long, you can’t go in another direction,” Swanay says. “I wasn?...