"Being pioneers, New World managed to get some very good projects and bought land at very cheap prices, " says Pang.
Poor people in poor countries are the losers when officials are on the take: corruption means that good projects are squeezed out by bad ones.
Some commentators feel that the Chinese investment boom must eventually run out of steam, whether for lack of good projects to finance or because the country will shift to a more consumption-led model.
Also vulnerable are sales tax dependent issues everywhere and "feel good" projects that depend on private or public support.
There were good indie projects, blockbusters, and cross pollination between the sci-fi genre and horror, superheroes, and crime thrillers, to name just a few.
He has good ideas and projects, and his political views are different from Bush's.
The attempt to begin work hastily meant that both good and bad projects have moved forward.
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Illumina rival Life Technologies is betting heavily on a smaller, less expensive to buy machine that might be good for smaller projects.
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The U.S. Army is looking for a few good renewable energy projects.
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Luckily we won a couple of good size web projects from the public sector, so work for the next two months is a little more secure.
This is all relevant to assessing the idea of the project, and I think ultimately the final judgment on whether it was the right thing to do will hinge largely on how good the prequel projects turn out to be.
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Strictly speaking, today is the day that people can start backing projects in the UK, as the site allowed UK-based projects to start registering earlier this month so they would have a good cross-section of projects on show.
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Today's low interest rates are good for big capital projects like nuclear, but those rates may change sharply in the future.
Big construction projects are good for the heavy and specialist truck industry, and better roads in emerging economies will eventually create new demand.
Nomura Securities economist Zhiwei Zhang said to expect policy measures similar to those used in 2008 (consumer good subsidies, infrastructure projects) as well as further action on public housing.
"Their property projects had a good reputation for quality, " said David Webb, a shareholder activist.
Cooperation between national and local government would be important in setting up pilot projects based on good practices shared at the meeting.
As things stand now FERC has very little sway over transmission decisions, even if it deems projects to be good for the region or nation.
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If Google is talking to tens of thousands of the smartest people in technology about jobs every year, it'll know first if its not-so-secret projects really are good ideas.
Mr Osborne has insisted that only projects that offer a good economic return will be supported.
It said while it was a good idea to support new business projects, the plans were inconsistent and unclear.
There are other volunteer software writing projects for the public good out there.
If they have completed projects and built a good reputation, then they most likely already have a direct relationship with banks and other investors.
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He expressed his wish that the equipment would stay within the MoCFA and be put to good use for other initiatives and projects of the Ministry.
Mr. Richardson said that the Cabinet Committee on Investment, which was recently set up to speed up big ticket industrial and infrastructure projects, was a good first step.
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In return, Beijing is getting engineering contracts to build port and road infrastructure, winning business for Chinese state-owned enterprises, and showing off what China is good at: building major infrastructure projects in record time.
Rep. Pete Lee, a Democrat from Colorado Springs who introduced the bill in January, says businesses that choose to become benefit corporations should be allowed to "promote the public good" through one-off projects, such as a fundraising drive for a local school or a day off for employees to do charitable work, that don't hurt profits.
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