From now on, the G20 will replace the narrower, Western-dominated G8 as the primary global economic talking-shop, giving the likes of China, India and Brazil a permanent seat at the table.
Another PE shop, Tiger Global Management, sold its gun stocks.
We truly are living in a global village, complete with shop keepers who know just what we like and how we like it, town gossips who eavesdrop on our most intimate conversations and, of course, the constable who looks in every now and then just to make sure that everyone is behaving as they should.
Now, I mentioned that we live in a global economy, where businesses can set up shop anywhere where there's an Internet connection.
The company has expertise in the production and management of documents: color and black-and-white, digital and paper, across networks or on a desktop, in a commercial print facility or a quick-print shop, for the small office or the global enterprise.
But the shop in SoHo is just one part of a global plan.
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The idea, says Linardos, is to be a one-stop shop for anything developers need to build and operate a global business.
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Those who see the UN as a mere talking-shop should remember that its first meeting on AIDS launched the Global Fund.
Many low-cost car producers have set up shop in India, and McKinsey believes it could become a global hub for small-car production the way the U.S. is for pickups.
But shoppers have been conditioned to shop only for deals, and David Bassuk, head of the global retail practice at consulting firm AlixPartners, said the next few weeks could set up a "game of chicken, " with consumers waiting to see if retailers' prices will come down before buying.
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