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original seat of the manufacture, has been distanced in certain directions in consequence of superior scientific skill and the energy of foreign rivals. The supremacy we have long enjoyed has undoubtedly been to some extent wrested from us by the products of Continental industry and enterprise, and in the absence of some united action and intelligent leading, our manufacturers are threatened with a competition which they are not adequately armed to encounter G. R. Redgrave, 18951 Introduction Portland

2.6% Asian - Density : 41 inhabitants/km² - Area : 1.221.037 km² (1.8 time bigger than France) - 9 provinces : Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West, Western Cape - GDP (gross domestic product) : 493.5 billions (25th in the world) - Currency : Rand (1$ = 7 Rands, 1€ = 11 Rands, 1£ = 12 Rands) - Anthem : National anthem of south Africa - Motto : !ke e: ǀxarra ǁke  ("Unity In Diversity") - Relief : The Central Plateau (from

tobacco and alcohol), decrease and maybe delete the salary bonuses in the public sector, and freeze state-funded pensions. Finally, the goal of the austerity package is to reduce the Greek budget deficit. It represented 12.7% of the GDP (Gross Domestic Product) in 2009, and it has to be cut “by 4 percentage points this year” and to be brought “below 3 percent by the end of 2012”. In the second place, such austerities measures will be very difficult to accept for Greek

order? (market size: value of sales) Source: IMS, 2010 9 R Lampariello - MerckSerono - Paris, 5 Oct 2010 Reimbursement for prescribed medicines? The global recession is exerting pressure on consumers’ and governments’ spending Gross Domestic Product Indices of Major Market Economies 10 R Lampariello - MerckSerono - Paris, 5 Oct 2010 Source: Burrill & Co and IMS Health analysis, 2009 Merck Serono: company profile “We will create an innovative, successful pharmaceuticals business

government makes China ready to be the next economic superpower in a near future. China’s economy is huge and expanding rapidly. In the last 30 years the rate of Chinese economic growth has been almost miraculous, averaging 8% growth in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per year. The economy has grown more than ten times during that period, which Chinese GDP reaching 3.42 trillion US dollars by 2007. In Purchasing Power Parity GDP, China already has the biggest economy after the United States. Chinese

balance of payments. PARIS Paris is the capital of France and the largest city in France. The Paris urban agglomeration is Europe's biggest city economy and the sixth largest in the world. Paris produces more than a quarter of the gross domestic product (GDP) of France. The city is the most popular tourist destination in the world with 45 million tourists (half of the total of tourists in France) annually and 27 million of whom are foreign visitors. Paris contains numerous iconic landmarks

In 2007, U.S. sub-prime mortgage crisis broke out, it quickly evolved into a global financial crisis, and the world economy has been hit hard. Countries all over the world have to take kinds of monetary policies and fiscal policies to stimulate domestic investment and consumption, hoping that can eliminate the impact of financial crisis and maintain economic growth. As the emerging economic entity in recent years, China has maintained a good momentum of economic growth. To offset the impact of financial

Participation in the capital of a company, in the form of a cash contribution or a contribution in kind. - Resumption of activities as part of a partial or total privatization. The Ordinances 01-03 and 06-08 define the regime applicable to domestic and foreign investments realized in the form of a capital supply or a contribution in kind. 1.2 The principles of freedom to invest and the equality of treatment 1.2.1 The freedom to invest in Algeria Pursuant to Article 4 of the Ordinance

was expected to help stabilize the banking system. However, one year after the ECB provision was initially offered, banks in the euro area are still struggling, and now Europe's banks must collectively provide cash roughly equivalent to gross domestic product of Poland (gdp) Concerns about the potentially adverse consequences of removing liquidity from ECB capture many banks and, by extension, European investors who were already scared by the sovereign debt crisis in the country club Med (Greece

of 500,000 jobs in the public sector, mostly by retirements. This plan aims to find 83 billion pounds of savings over five years, which, combined with the £ 30 billion tax increase, is expected to bring down the current deficit of 10.1% of gross domestic product to 1.1% in 2015 This plan is considered as the most drastic among the European Union and its most spectacular item is undoubtedly the scheduled elimination of 490,000 jobs among officials. To justify himself, Osborne said that austerity