Turkey, increasingly turning away from Europe, is on the road to becoming a moreeffective force in the Middle East than is the EU. China and India are competing to replace the Europeans as the most important non-U.S. economic actor in Africa.
The industry that deals with it is becomingmore efficient, the technologies are getting moreeffective and the pollution it causes is being controlled more tightly.
New York career coach Sarah Stamboulie, who worked in human resources at Morgan Stanley, Nortel Networks and Cantor Fitzgerald before becoming a coach, agrees that it can be effective to make a personal plea for more money.