To accomplish this, most would need to harvest their companies for raw resources and then give the proceeds to charity, or sell their equity in these businesses and donate the proceeds to charity.

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But America has two things going for it: An astounding abundance of all the raw resources, coal, gas, grains and grass, and an equally astounding abundance of research talent in universities and entrepreneurial firms.

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The company is aggressively trying to adjust the output at many of its steel producing plants as well as raw material resources in order to maintain profitability.

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But China is not the only power interested in securing greater access to Latin American raw materials and other resources.

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Securing the prodigious raw materials, natural resources, and energy reserves that it needs to do so leaves it with little choice but to scour the world and negotiate agreements wherever it can.

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And you need resources to turn those raw materials into Olympic-level gold medal winning athletes, and that's income.

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Despite continued sluggishness in major markets and a rise in the cost of raw materials, the company will continue to efficiently allocate resources and develop differentiated products such as the Blast Chiller refrigerator.

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But a quarter of the resources come from the supply chain, from sourcing raw materials.

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