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...sepia-toned picture of Indians on horseback. A spiky desert plant. A name like Hampton Sides? Together that spells “American Epic,” or so the cover of this book seems to imply. It’s manifestly your destiny to buy this book...
...first Nun Run, a weekend field trip to a local convent. At that point, her parents realized Johnson's discernment was not just a passing phase. Her father, Len, took it the hardest. "I was initially very upset by Katharine's discernment," says Len, a manager at a power plant in Joliet, Ill. "I always had visions of her being a wife and a mother, but especially a mother because of how good she is with children...
...largest pepper exporter and second-largest exporter of coffee, cashews and rice. And multinational companies are increasingly selecting the country as a manufacturing base. Canon Inc. has two giant printer factories in Vietnam and is building a third in Bac Ninh province, 20 miles northeast of Hanoi. The new plant will be the largest inkjet printer factory in the world. Nike recently increased its annual production in Vietnam from 54 million pairs of shoes to 70 million, making the country the world's second-largest source of Nike sneakers (China is the largest...
...greater access to overseas markets such as the U.S. and Europe for its agricultural and manufactured exports; by hewing more closely to free-trade policies the WTO requires of its members, it may also be able to attract additional foreign investment in everything from factories to petrochemical plants, fueling job growth. (In the first 10 months of this year, foreign direct investment in Vietnam was estimated at $6.5 billion, surpassing the $6.1 billion total for all of last year.) "The WTO is sort of the stamp of approval that many, many large companies have been waiting for," says Tim Tucker...
...Despite the uncertainties, optimism over Vietnam's economic prospects runs deep. Last week, Intel announced it would increase its investment in a planned computer-chip-assembly and testing plant to $1 billion, tripling the company's original commitment. Upon completion, the 500,000-square-foot facility in Ho Chi Minh City will be the largest of its kind in the world. "I think Vietnam is doing all the right things," says Rick Howarth, Intel's country production manager. Says Scriven of Dragon Capital: "This is one of the most pro-change places I've been in. But there is time...