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UPS dispute with mechanics union raises safety issues, consequences of globalization.
LEO Weekly  |  Jonathan Meador  |  10-20-2010  |  Business & Labor

Goldman Sachs Paints Picture of Changing World Ordernew

You have to hand it to the economics team at Goldman Sachs. It came up with the concept of the "BRICs": the four big economies, in Brazil, Russia, India, and China, which were going to catch up with and then overtake the big economies of the developed world. More recently, they added the "Next Eleven": middle-sized developing countries like Turkey, Indonesia, and Mexico that will also grow fast enough to overtake their old-rich counterparts in the next generation.
The Georgia Straight  |  Gwynne Dyer  |  07-31-2008  |  Economy

South Carolina's Other Immigration Problem: Non-Native Plants and Animalsnew

Plant and animal species migrate naturally, and competition is the crux of evolutionary theory. But the globalization of shipping and travel have thrown things off balance, dropping hardy species like the emerging threat of cogongrass into situations where they're able to out-compete everything else for resources.
Charleston City Paper  |  Stratton Lawrence  |  06-11-2008  |  Environment

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