KwaZulu-Natal's beaches are a favourite destination for South African holidaymakers, but attract few foreigners, partly from fear of crime, partly because the runway at Durban is too short for jumbo jets.
Money goes overseas, but instead of returning it to the Treasury and exchanging it for gold, the foreigners keep the money overseas.
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The role of the British soldiers - initially deployed to evacuate foreigners, but not for combat - appears to be expanding as they have been seen manning roadblocks at key junctions outside Freetown.
In the past, most of the people taken hostage were Russians, but in recent months foreigners working for charities and non-governmental organisations have also become kidnap targets.
But most importantly, to the extent that we block foreigners from investing -- for raising funds in the United States, we probably undercut the viability of our own system.
Cyril Shroff, managing partner at Amarchand Mangaldas, India's biggest law firm, says a more liberal regime, both internally and externally, is inevitable but he would oppose opening the field to foreigners unless life was also made easier for locals.
The stiffest competition for these old banks may come not from established foreigners but from young Scottish upstarts.
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But for fund managers this is a second-best strategy, because it does nothing to build up the foreigners' brand names or to give them direct contact with potential customers.
Still, as the foreigners turn in their donations for Salaam Baalak Trust, I can't help but think about the day for what it was: a tour of poverty.
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But even in the new borderless world of the European Union, foreigners are still foreigners and liable to sweat for it.
It is rare for me to see foreigners here at the traditional market, and I like talking to them, but I don't understand English.
Sadly for him, the expedition was successful with four foreigners and six Sherpas reaching the top of the mountain but he was not among the team that reached the peak.
For instance, sister company Carlson Wagonlit Travel is one of the world's largest travel agencies, but China forbids foreigners from providing travel-related services, so Carlson is paying a Beijing destination management company, Pacific World, to handle much of what it could do itself.
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