For those of you who are betting big on foreign stocks as your protector when inflation erodes the value of the dollar, you might want to note that foreign stocks significantly underperformed domestic stocks in two of these three periods.
And please note: Foreign exchange reserves cannot, as a practical matter, be used to create domestic-currency growth.
Note each foreign central bank such as China, India and Russia just to name 3 of the BRIC aristos, who continue to amass gold as a currency reserve instead of the dollar or the euro.
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In Monday's note to India's foreign ministry, Rome said Indian officials hadn't responded to a request to reach a diplomatic solution through a bilateral dialogue.
In Monday's note to India's foreign ministry, Rome said Indian officials had not responded to a request to reach a diplomatic solution through a bilateral dialogue.
The agency says it has written a formal note to the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs asking for clarification of what is happening.
On Monday, in a note that informed India's foreign ministry of its decision, Italy said Indian authorities had violated international laws of the sea.
On Monday, in a note that informed India's foreign ministry of its decision, Rome said Indian authorities had violated international laws of the sea.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Barry Schweid reported on foreign policy, the Supreme Court and national politics for The Associated Press in Washington for more than 50 years.
Baroness Catherine Ashton, the High Representative for Foreign Affairs, has made no policy of note and struggled with only indifferent success to establish her authority against other E.
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The Foreign Office in London has sounded a similar note, with minister Lord Malloch Brown saying sanctions would not be lifted until Zimbabwe's transition to democracy has "reached a point of no return".
Campaign staffers writing foreign-policy statements for candidates, please take note.
But there is one feature of note: it does provide a basic translation of a foreign webpage using Babelfish, from one button on the toolbar.
"It's important to note that the IMF has said this many times before, " said Foreign Exchange Analytics partner David Gilmore.
If there's a darker note here, it's that Congress remains uninterested in keeping those foreign students in the country once we've invested in their training -- witness the annual cap of H-1B work visas at 65, 000.
Also of note, the Koreans are attracting a steadily rising number of American and other foreign students (from a low base).
India's civil aviation ministry this week also said it will prepare a note for the federal cabinet to consider allowing up to 49% investment by foreign carriers in Indian local airlines in a bid to provide much-needed relief to an industry marred by high jet-fuel costs and mounting losses.
Less cynically, historians will note that Richard Nixon, throughout the Watergate saga, proved both active and effective in foreign affairs.
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The office of Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi said Italy's ambassador in New Delhi has been instructed to deliver a written note to the Indian government.
In January, for example, both groups opposed the government's decision to lift, for future projects, a rule known as Press Note 18 that acted as a deterrent to investment by giving Indian firms a veto over their foreign joint-venture partners' other investments in India.
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Argentines should note that Brazil's centre-left government has espoused fiscal prudence and free trade and welcomed foreign investment.
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