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"China in the grips of labor shortage"
Real reasons for Russia's Pacific fleet projections (although I am somewhat doubtful, but the writer presents very good arguments. I think its done for overall power projection in the Pacific for economic negotiation with other countries be it China, Japan or Vietnam, Philippines, etc...)
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Hurdle for Stability Mechanism: Euro Proposal Could Face Constitutional Concerns in Germany - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
(Germany is finding it harder and harder to rationalize doubling on aid to the bailout fund for Europe and the people begin to challenge decisions for pan-Euro stability's sake at their expense.)
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EU bows to Spanish call to axe grain import duties — BlackSeaGrain - All information on agriculture and food industry
Grain/Barley tariffs drooped[temporarily] due to price hikes in Europe (feedstock for meat production mainly)
Syria dropping taxes on food to try to alleviate prices for it.
Controversial book on Poland during WW2. I think its a good thing books like this get published actually. Truth is painful but good to have.
A woman, who had hoisted a cardboard sign that read 1,600 yuan (about 20,000 yen, or $240) for a monthly starting salary, scratched out the figure and replaced it with 1,700 yuan.
"We cannot attract anybody unless we raise salaries higher than last year's levels," said the woman, who was trying to recruit workers for a spinning factory.
Xu Shulong, a 30-year-old at the recruitment section of a manufacturer of shopping bags, acknowledged that competition to hire factory workers is growing more fierce.
"We cannot afford to be picky about people's educational backgrounds or job experience," Xu said. "We'll take anybody, as long as they are aged between 18 and 40."
Xu lamented that only 30 of about 80 workers at the factory who returned to their home have come back to work so far after the New Year holiday.
"We cannot attract anybody unless we raise salaries higher than last year's levels," said the woman, who was trying to recruit workers for a spinning factory.
Xu Shulong, a 30-year-old at the recruitment section of a manufacturer of shopping bags, acknowledged that competition to hire factory workers is growing more fierce.
"We cannot afford to be picky about people's educational backgrounds or job experience," Xu said. "We'll take anybody, as long as they are aged between 18 and 40."
Xu lamented that only 30 of about 80 workers at the factory who returned to their home have come back to work so far after the New Year holiday.
Real reasons for Russia's Pacific fleet projections (although I am somewhat doubtful, but the writer presents very good arguments. I think its done for overall power projection in the Pacific for economic negotiation with other countries be it China, Japan or Vietnam, Philippines, etc...)
It seems the deployment of the Mistrals in the Pacific Fleet is not against Japan, but that the US in preparation for conflict could “leap-frog” the fortified South Kuriles into the undefended and uninhabited central Kuriles to invade the Sea of Okhotsk. To defend the Sea of Okhotsk as a safe haven for nuclear strategic submarines, the Russian military is deploying capabilities to reinforce the entire island chain.
The South Kurile visits by Medvedev and other top officials that have provoked the present diplomatic spat with Tokyo may have been mainly high-level inspections to see that vast federal infrastructural expenditures have not been all stolen, as often happens in Russia.
The South Kurile visits by Medvedev and other top officials that have provoked the present diplomatic spat with Tokyo may have been mainly high-level inspections to see that vast federal infrastructural expenditures have not been all stolen, as often happens in Russia.
)Hurdle for Stability Mechanism: Euro Proposal Could Face Constitutional Concerns in Germany - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
(Germany is finding it harder and harder to rationalize doubling on aid to the bailout fund for Europe and the people begin to challenge decisions for pan-Euro stability's sake at their expense.)
Now, however, it looks as though Germany could become the stumbling block for the stability mechanism. A two-thirds parliamentary majority, after all, is far from certain.
Germany's Constitutional Court is also currently reviewing several constitutional complaints against the billions in aid for Greece and the establishment of the European stabilization fund. And the number of complaints could soon rise. Critics claim that by paying into a fund to bail out other European countries transforms Europe into a "transfer union" in violation of the Maastricht Treaty, which provided the basis for a secure common currency.
Germany's Constitutional Court is also currently reviewing several constitutional complaints against the billions in aid for Greece and the establishment of the European stabilization fund. And the number of complaints could soon rise. Critics claim that by paying into a fund to bail out other European countries transforms Europe into a "transfer union" in violation of the Maastricht Treaty, which provided the basis for a secure common currency.
EU bows to Spanish call to axe grain import duties — BlackSeaGrain - All information on agriculture and food industry
Grain/Barley tariffs drooped[temporarily] due to price hikes in Europe (feedstock for meat production mainly)
Syria dropping taxes on food to try to alleviate prices for it.
Controversial book on Poland during WW2. I think its a good thing books like this get published actually. Truth is painful but good to have.
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