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...small business, massive improvements in African infrastructure, reduced tariffs, construction of 100 clean-energy projects, and sponsorship of programs in health, education, culture, and agriculture. Since 2000, such measures have not only built China political goodwill, they have also expanded the dollar value of Chinese trade with Africa tenfold...
...coincided with great increases in occupational earnings differentials, which have continued to grow, seemingly exponentially. It seems quaint, if not unfathomable, that just three decades ago the differentials that then existed—generally two- to fivefold in earnings between business leaders and doctors and lawyers, or five- to tenfold with professors, scientists, and public servants—were often rationalized by the country’s highest-ranking graduates as reasonable additional compensation to balance the lower standing of business jobs among their peers...
...White House. But on World AIDS Day near the end of last year, the outgoing U.S. President was the man of the hour, fielding praise from global health advocates and world leaders for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPfAR, which increased tenfold the number of HIV-infected patients in Africa who receive antiretroviral treatments. At megachurch pastor Rick Warren's Global Health Forum on Dec. 1, 2008, Bush lingered to discuss this untarnished highlight of his presidency, a commitment of $15 billion over five years to combat HIV/AIDS. "No U.S. President or political leader has done...
...bauxite and provide Guinea with much-needed revenue as it faces the prospect of economic isolation. The deal--which could give Guinea's $23 billion GDP a massive boost--puts China in direct competition with U.S. and Russian mining companies. China's trade interests in Africa have increased tenfold since...
...Overall, however, interest in how best to address a viral onslaught is intense, says Mavity, noting that inquiries from businesses of all sizes about his firm's free webinars on workplace-related H1N1 topics have increased "tenfold" since the summer. (See which businesses are bucking the recession...