Some of the big Chinese makers have realised that there is no point reinventing the wheel when there is so much foreign technology and design talent for sale.

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The idea of formal interior design is totally foreign to me.

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Worse, the job may not require the skills accumulated in college, but supplemental skills developed while pursuing some hobby like graphic design, a foreign language or familiarity with a statistical package.

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What matters here are the economic and geopolitical benefits from (a) not having to design military and foreign policy objectives based on energy security to the degree the US has over the last 30 years, and (b) being able to reap the growth, employment and current account benefits of domestically sourced-oil and natural gas.

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It wanted to change that by investing in marketing, advertising and industrial design, a then foreign concept for the company.

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At the moment, 14 to 16-year-olds in England have to study English, maths, science, design and technology, modern foreign languages, information and communications technology and PE.

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The report added that many mineral-rich countries needed "urgently to review the design of their tax regimes", which were designed to attract foreign investment when commodity prices were low.

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They charge the measures could be part of an SEC design to tighten "extraterritorial" U.S. sanctions and penalize uncooperative foreign firms and governments.

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