Canada has troops in the volatile south but has threatened to withdraw if other countries don't add more troops.
American chief executives earn a lot (see p. 61), far more than their counterparts in other countries, but if stock markets keep rising the latter will start to catch up.
But if we start moving on that pathway and other countries can look and say the United States is not just talking the talk, but it's walking the walk, then I think that will indicate to the Iranians, for example, that the goal here is not to single them out per se -- it's to suggest that this is dangerous for everybody, including them.
Maybe not Greece, which is a special case, but the other troubled countries could recover their borrowing ability tomorrow if they quit the euro and resumed their former national currencies.
But even if the leaders have silenced questions about debt restructuring in other countries (and that is a big if), they may have done so only at the cost of keeping the question wide open for Greece.
The U.S. may continue to use oil from Canada, Venezuela and other nearby countries if prices are competitive, but the IEA predicts Asian nations will end up consuming 90% of the oil produced in the Persian Gulf.
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But if it is to compete globally, it must avoid the trap that other rich countries have fallen into.
Sony has not yet said if the price drop will come into effect in other countries, but a major PlayStation event is to be held on Wednesday.
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The other thing that happened yesterday was this -- is that there was a United Nations General Assembly resolution put forth, principally sponsored by the Saudis but joined in, I think, by about 40 other countries, Ben, if I'm not mistaken, and passed yesterday deploring the assassination plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to the United States in Washington, D.
But other countries may be more aligned with Canadian law in deeming taxpayers to be residents if they are present for 183 days.
But I would be completely content if we are able to make young Filipinos competitive with young people of other countries.
Most of the other countries, not all of them but most, will say, hey listen, if you are the fastest guy in the world, we want you in the Olympics.
But if you, if a group recognizes an ugly behavior or ugly deed as legitimate, you must not expect other countries or other groups to give it the same recognition.
Our children are coming out of high school -- in some cases, they're not even graduating high school, but even if they graduate from high school -- ranked lower on math and science scores than many other advanced industrialized countries.
But there are fears that a prolonged and deliberate weakening of the Japanese yen could spark a currency war, if other countries that trade or compete with Japan were to also take steps to devalue their currency, in order to gain a trade advantage.
But if we lose that manufacturing base, we're going to be in a very non-competitive with other foreign countries.
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