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...backlash against American "locusts" in Germany reflects recent wrenching shifts in the way continental Europe does business. Germans in particular have taken pride in their "humane" form of capitalism, characterized by relatively short working hours and high pay, in contrast to what they see as a more cutthroat, competitive American way. But as global competition grows, European firms are under pressure to trim costs. Private-equity transactions--in which investors buy up a company using substantial amounts of debt, overhaul operations, then sell out after a few years--have been common for years in the U.S. and Britain. They used...
Owain, who is the host of a daily Welsh radio show, attributes his language’s success to the fierce nationalism and pride of his people. He and his friends could spout the names of medieval Welsh princes like they were modern football stars, and their passion for Welsh history strengthened their commitment to the preservation of the language...
...eviction of 300 stallholders from the 2,200-year-old Ajanta Caves in central India. While he admits that finding the necessary "political and administrative will" to implement the new policy is a "difficult process," Kant hopes that "once we've created some model sites, a sense of pride in the local population and a feeling that this is doable and profitable, the effect will spread...
...Above all, it is the city's relationship with its past that fascinates me: of the great cities of the world, only Rome and Cairo can even begin to rival New Delhi for the sheer volume and density of historic remains; yet in New Delhi, familiarity has bred not pride but contempt. Every year, more ruins vanish, victims of unscrupulous property developers or unthinking bureaucrats. Sometimes no other great city seems less loved or cared for. Occasionally there is an outcry as the tomb of the Mughal poet Zauq is discovered to have disappeared under a municipal urinal...
...CNOOC is not the typical, lumbering, command-economy-era dinosaur that still plagues corporate China. In early 2001, it sold a 30% stake in the company to the public, and these shares trade freely on the Hong Kong and New York stock exchanges. CNOOC officials take pride in their success at running an outward-looking firm that generally operates without Beijing's direction. The company is overseen by a strong eight-person board that includes four foreigners as nonexecutive, or outside, directors...