Obama and his Democrats eagerly promise the fastest withdrawal from Iraq. If history is any guide, the human cost of the American peace movement may be enormous. Just like it was in Vietnam…
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As global “Caravan Capitalism” seeks out the countries offering the lowest production cost, multinational companies are leaving China for Vietnam. Click here to view..
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“They are individually too small for institutions to invest in, but cobble them together in a new index that allows you to buy and sell the basket and… well, then you have something.” — Chris Mayer
by Chris Mayer
Baltimore – (TFN): When the stock market turns ugly, the quest [...]
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“On April 1, 2008, I landed in the second-largest rice-exporting nation in the world. This wasn’t always the case, though.” — Sara Nunnally
by Sara Nunnally
Baltimore – (TFN): Vietnam’s rice industry came out of nowhere. The Economist has a neat article titled, “From Basket Case to Rice Basket” that you [...]
A Today's Financial News Research Report: 'In the global economy, cheap labor is your most valuable asset. With wages a third lower and industrial land cheaper than in China; Vietnam is more open to foreign companies who want to lease land and build their own factories; and the median age of country’s 90 million citizens is [...]
"Vietnam is just bubbling with young, willing workers, who've gotten a small taste of the good life with the first wave of Western companies pouring funds into the country. And now they want more." — Stephanie Grimmett
by Stephanie Grimmett
Baltimore — (TFN) Don't take this as an ad for Vietnam, but it is. I've been pushing [...]
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