Instead of focusing on jobs lost to the globalisation of information technology, Catherine Mann of the Institute for International Economics in Washington looks at globalisation's power to reduce prices and so help spread new technology, new practices and job-creating investment through the economy.

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Catherine L. Mann, professor of global finance at Brandeis, says her research that appeared in the TCC report focuses on net job creation, rather than growth of individual companies.

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"We've put some proposals forward, which will hopefully help Iran show some flexibility, " said Michael Mann, a spokesman for Catherine Ashton, the European Union foreign policy chief who is chairing the talks.

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