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This imperative comes at a time of rising economic integration between rich and poor regions of the world, a shift Summers said “has the potential to be one of the three most important economic events in the last millennium, alongside the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution...
...protest former Prime Minister Tsakhia Elbegdorj's economic policies, prompting Elbegdorj to resign and hundreds of supporters on both sides to rally outside parliament in freezing weather. Enkhbold, the former mayor of the capital, Ulan Bator, has promised to fight government corruption and attract investors to the mineral-rich country...
...Livedoor's woes show, a get-rich-quick, growth-by-acquisition strategy can be rife with risk. In Livedoor's case, driving up the company's stock price may have become a dangerous obsession. Unable to achieve fast enough growth through normal business operations, it allegedly misled the public in order to goose its stock, sell some of its shares, then pocket the proceeds as profits...
...West Is In Oil-rich Alberta is already a major driver of Canada's economy. With the ascent of a western-based Prime Minister, the region may now play a far larger role in driving national politics. The Harper government will be power-packed with influential Albertans, many of them (like the Prime Minister-designate) graduates or acolytes of the University of Calgary's libertarian political-science department. Westerners have been dreaming of such access for decades. "We're moving from the kids' table of Confederation to sit with the adults," gloats Western Standard publisher Levant...
...eventually, confidence in his vision as a landscaper made him a hit with the wealthy Hamptonites. One family liked him so much that they had their personal attorney help him apply for legal residency. But even after he was legal, he still found it tricky being gardener to the rich and famous. He is fond of recalling how he walked out on the actress Lauren Bacall after, he says, she yelled at him for cutting a clutch of lilies too short. Overall, however, his perseverance has been richly rewarded. Coria started out making just $3.25 an hour, but today...