Tata Steel and Corus Deal Tata Steel Europe (formerly Corus)‚ a subsidiary of Tata Steel‚ last fortnight announced that it is restructuring its construction steel business‚ which will affect 500 jobs. This sent out another signal that Tata Steel is grappling with an acquisition which -at $13 billion- was too expensive and came at the wrong time. In 2007‚ the demand for steel was at its peak in Europe. A little over a year later‚ it plummeted‚ thanks to the economic meltdown triggered by the collapse
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To the attention of Robák Ferenc‚ Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary I am contacting you as Hungarian citizen because‚ as European‚ I feel the need to help the Ukrainian people in their struggle to get their country back into the track of democracy and freedom. Those are the European values we all share‚ and the Ukrainian citizens are clearly showing they want them enforced in their country. I‚ as individual‚ can help Ukraine only showing my support and encouraging my friends in Ukraine
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The Institution of Slavery and the Labor Market in Brazil Brazil’s contemporary economic‚ social‚ and political structures strongly reflect the colonial institutions implemented in the region during the Portuguese occupation. In particular‚ the colonial influence has had a long-lasting effect on the labor market and economic development. Today‚ Brazil’s society suffers from large disparities in income‚ education‚ and social opportunities. The origin of the economic issues in Brazil dates back to
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Brazil is seen as a country that flourishes with life. The people appear to be friendly‚ life seems to be grandeur‚ and society does not seem to battling social issues. This is the image that Brazil portrays to the world. Behind this image there is a society is that it torn by identity and race. It is an internal struggle. The people of Brazil are a direct product of the past‚ personal motives and social feelings have changed. This will be shown by various examples of race throughout the colonial
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Post-Classical: 600 to 1000 CE Muslims to Crusades 2. High Post-Classical Period: 1000 to 1250 CE Crusades to Mongols 3. Late Post-Classical Period: 1250 to 1450 CE Mongols to Collapse C. Early Modern Period 1. 1450 to 1600 CE: Spain‚ Portugal‚ Asian Gunpowder Empires 2. 1600 to 1750 CE: English‚ Dutch‚ French‚ and Russians Ascendant D. Modern Period 1. 1750 – 1800 CE: The Enlightenment and 1st Industrial Revolution 2. 1800 – 1850 CE: Early Political Revolutions 2. 1850
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The Euro cirsis_Aaron’s essay Nov.29th The proposed Irish bail-out has not calmed the financial markets. And now their attention is moving on to new victims in the Iberian peninsula Only hours after European leaders have discussed about the bail-out from the EU and the IMF that may measured to $115b. Right after the European leaders devised a rescue solution to deviate from the debt crisis‚ experts had presented “we think the euro will go down still further” Their skepticism may be reflected
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Introduction In this essay I will explain the different effects of the euro zone debt crisis on some of the Asian countries. These countries include China‚ Indonesia‚ India‚ Malaysia‚ the Philippines‚ Singapore‚ Thailand‚ Vietnam‚ Japan and Taiwan. My aim is to cast light on both the negative and positive impacts of the crisis. I will try to reveal the negative effects for Asian countries‚ and the inconveniences what these effects cause to Europe as well. It is important to examine what kind
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After reading John Pinder’s book‚ “The European Union‚ A Very Short Introduction‚” it provides a brief and concise summary of the history of the European Union. It covers events dealing with politics‚ the environment‚ agriculture‚ policies and the Euro‚ dating from its beginnings in 1940’s until 2000‚ when the book was published. Although Pinder appears to be pro EU‚ he does an exceptional job of overviewing the institutions and policies of the European Union that helps his audience of average citizens
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The Inevitable Downfall of Macau Hendrick de Leewuw described Macau as home to “all the riffraff of the world‚ the drunken shipmasters; the flotsam of the sea‚ the derelicts‚ and more shameless‚ beautiful‚ savage women than any port in the world. It is a hell” (Osnos). While this quote from Leewus’ book Cities of Sin dates back to the 1930’s‚ this quote represents the lifestyle that has made Macau the global attraction it is today. Macau’s history as a Portuguese colony has allowed it to retain
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In the beginning‚ on the island of New Guinea‚ where sugarcane was domesticated some 10‚000 years ago‚ people picked cane and ate it raw‚ chewing a stem until the taste hit their tongue like a starburst. A kind of elixir‚ a cure for every ailment‚ an answer for every mood‚ sugar featured prominently in ancient New Guinean myths. In one the first man makes love to a stalk of cane‚ yielding the human race. At religious ceremonies priests sipped sugar water from coconut shells‚ a beverage since replaced
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