2011-08-02, 23:24 | Link #15402 |
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China has/had bad problems with food price increases and inflation as of late. I believe I heard that pork, the staple meat there, reached 5 USD a half kilo at its peak. The country's also been losing some manufacturing to Cambodia and Vietnam as wages have gone up.
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2011-08-03, 03:14 | Link #15403 | ||
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Several governments overlook this issue so as to encourage SMEs to grow, but apparently Big Corp is doing the same. But the government can't do anything because generally speaking, they are all businesses, and there is no statute to differentiate between business sizes, nor that a single person cannot own multiple businesses of different sizes. Quote:
Bottom line? Technically speaking, the entire world is bankrupt. The latter means to live in Libya (as of right now). No matter how I look at it, hanging yourself is still the best other option when faced with either of those choices.
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2011-08-03, 03:29 | Link #15407 |
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There are three solutions for the local thugs actually. One way is to sell drugs and weapons to the thugs at a discount so they don't bother you, another is to pay a politician to enforce legal protection (police or government paramilitary), while the last one, commonly seen in Cambodia and Myanmar, raise a private army.
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2011-08-03, 04:09 | Link #15408 |
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The "private army" issue is not as bad in Cambodia, though ol' Hun Sen is very touchy about his (and many deputies') Khmer Rouge past. In Myanmar.... the private armies are about as well equipped as the national army.
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2011-08-03, 04:19 | Link #15409 | |
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Also, most of these countries were indebted to their own citizens, so it wasn't a huge issue either. Generally speaking Government debt is okay when it's to it's own citizens, as it means that the money spent on interest stays within the economy. It's when debt is held by foreigners that there's greater problems. I think the UK is relatively unscathed by the crises hitting the world at the moment. Canada as well. |
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2011-08-03, 06:35 | Link #15410 | |
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Biggest-ever series of cyber attacks uncovered
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...7720HU20110803 Quote:
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2011-08-03, 06:41 | Link #15411 |
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The UK is in a worse condition then most of northern Europe. Like France and Germany, it has a strong bank exposure to the PIIGS, so being outside of the Euro zone doensn't help. The UK runs the highest deficit in the OECD and the country sits on a massive pile of private debt while having a large financial sector. not the healthiest place to park capital atm.
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2011-08-03, 06:54 | Link #15412 | |
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I heard semi-confirmed rumours that STK was selling the SAR-21 to one of the factions in Myanmar, under the cover of radar though. That'd certainly be the biggest joke if they are attempting to fight a conflict with that weapon.
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2011-08-03, 08:59 | Link #15413 | |
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It's also been able to pass debt cutting measures with relatively little fanfare or controversy. They probably had the most difficulty with student tuition hikes, but even that passed... Canada is probably the best off. Maybe Singapore? Australia? I don't think Norway is particularly exposed either, and Sweden and Denmark aren't too badly off either. |
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2011-08-03, 09:56 | Link #15414 | |
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The next time I hear "rising oil prices" or "US/Euro debt problem" as an excuse, I am going to write an open letter and super-glue it to the entrance of the Parliament house. The real problem is with MAS's rulings that is not benefiting the middle-low income classes, raise the goddamn interest rates or lower the gross requirement to borrow.
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2011-08-03, 10:17 | Link #15415 |
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Sydney teenager saved from collar bomb
Glad she didn't end up like the pizza delivery guy years ago.
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2011-08-03, 10:30 | Link #15416 |
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Bed-ridden, caged, Egypt's Mubarak goes on trial
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...08-03-09-56-12 How do you think than it will end; death penalty or death before the end of the trial seem more likely to me.
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2011-08-03, 10:43 | Link #15417 | ||
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there was ANOTHER incident like this in the past ? what, someone playing at battle royal ? Quote:
but he probably won't get put to death Saddam style (believe it or not, Mubarak has more then a few friends in the west). more likely, death penalty that would be reduced to life in prison.
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2011-08-03, 10:49 | Link #15418 | |
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2011-08-03, 12:03 | Link #15419 | |
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2011-08-03, 12:45 | Link #15420 | |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Wells_(bank_robber)
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