There seems to have been a view developing in recent years that defines peace simply as the absence of war.
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In testimony to the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission in February, Goldman chief executive Lloyd Blankfein said the company, in creating these products even at the same time it was developing a negative view of the mortgage market, was only acting on behalf of clients who wanted them.
Online they are sharing, friend validating, researching, learning and developing a point of view.
For instance, its 30 scientists are investigating gene therapy with a view to developing a cure for diabetes.
"China is developing methods for consumers to view movies outside the cinema in a legitimate fashion, " said Jim Wuthrich, President, International Home Video and Digital Distribution, Warner Bros.
The other two schools of thought take a much less positive view, seeing the developing countries as playing a central part in forcing up commodity prices with adverse effects across much of the rich world.
The Financial Accounting Standards Board, which is responsible for developing accounting principles, does not appear to view providing investors with meaningful information as a priority.
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The sad reality is that in many developing countries there are too many interest groups that view forests as being worth more (to them) dead than alive.
There is, among almost the entire world, a unified view that Iran should not go down the path towards developing nuclear weapons.
"It is a concern if patients are developing complications and suffering when all it needs from our point of view is a reorganisation of the services, " he said.
If we are interested in distribution from the point of view of issues such as migration, the marginalisation of developing countries and capacity to repay foreign debts, we should compare incomes with market exchange rates.
Governments and activists view this dilemma as caused by drug companies' elevating profits over people, but the drugmakers call this view naive, saying that it ignores the cost of developing drugs and puts the onus on shareholders to supply poor countries.
"The possibility of developing something similar in Brighton and Hove is under discussion, with a view to changing attitudes towards young people drinking alcohol, " it added.
But if you take a global view, things flip around and we see that, especially in developing countries, new mobile users are jumping right on the smartphone wagon.
The best excursions were those we took in the developing nations of Benin, Togo and Senegal, because we were able to view and, to some degree, experience native lifestyles and traditions, as well as being treated to unique dances and performances on every tour.
In Goldman's view the bears are not taking sufficient account of the growth of the developing world and are focusing too much on crises in small countries like Greece and Portugal.
Investors in emerging-market bonds came to a similar view, acting as if the risks posed by a bond issued by developing-country governments were barely higher than that posed by an American Treasury bond (see article).
Such a tax would be levied on trading in financial products such as stocks and bonds, with a view to using the additional revenue to fight UK poverty and deprivation in the developing world.
And, perhaps most important from the World Bank's point of view, how can foreign countries, international aid agencies and the Bank itself help bolster developing countries' institutions?
Bernanke also has talked in the past about his view that globalization has restrained inflationary pressures, but now that demand is creeping up in developing countries like India and China, those days may be numbered.
On that view, it is a good time for the world's big consuming nations (including developing countries such as China) to build up buffer stocks, which provide the only real protection against short-term supply disruptions caused by embargoes, wars and the like.
In view of the demand of member states in the region for such a system, WESTPAC has been developing the system since 2010 with several technical workshops, trainings and one web portal based system.
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