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China"s Trouble |
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| Anyone who goes to visit China today sees the progress that has made headlines. |
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Water, Water Everywh |
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| Ironically, the world��셲 most precious resource is also one of its most plentiful. More than three-quarters of the world is literally covered in water. Yet, only 1 percent of the world��셲 water supply is fit to drink. Ninety-seven percent is salt water, and 2 percent is frozen in glaciers or polar ice caps. |
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The Informal Economy |
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| When you pay for a steak at a restaurant, you��셱e supporting the formal economy. Part of the price of your meal pays for taxes, which in turn pay for schools, roads, police and fire protection, and so on. |
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The Growing Mountain |
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| Microsoft made headlines recently when the company surprised analysts and investors by announcing the most generous one-time corporate dividend in history. By paying out $3 per common share, or $32 billion to its shareholders, the company passed along more than half of the $60 billion in cash it had accumulated. |
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Tapping into the For |
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| If we view the world萸� population as a pyramid ?with the richest people at the top, and poorest people at the broad base ?it may surprise you to realize that some of the best business opportunities await those who target the bottom of the pyramid. |
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