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Kearney reported in its semi-annual Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Confidence Index survey that among Japanese, Malaysia had dropped from the top choice in June to No. 32.
CNN: THE LONG, HARD CLIMB BACK UP
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That growth relied on a state-led development model, financed with foreign debt within a semi-closed economy.
ECONOMIST: Getting it together at last
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The semi-official Fars news agency quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian as saying the raid will have significant implications for Israel.
NPR: Syria Threatens Retaliation For Israeli Airstrike
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Tata, which mines all the iron ore and coal it needs, now aims to carry out primary steel production close to its iron-ore deposits, and then ship semi-finished steel for finishing close to foreign consumer markets.
ECONOMIST: Why the Tata-Corus deal makes sense for both parties
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Knox was 20 and Kercher was 21 years old, studying at Perugia's university for foreign students, when Kercher's semi-naked body was found in the house they shared.
CNN: Italian jury clears American Amanda Knox of murder
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Importantly, the agreement creates a United States-Afghanistan bilateral commission that will be chaired by foreign ministers on both sides that will meet semi-annually and that will oversee implementation of this agreement and other agreements with the Afghans.
WHITEHOUSE: Via Conference Call
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Or, check out the HUGE weighting semi-passive fund company DFA suggests to their expensive real estate and foreign funds where they earn double the fees (or more) of other funds they manage.
FORBES: Fake Diversification: Does Asset Allocation Work?
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Last October, according to foreign diplomats, a euro bought 1, 030 won at the semi-official rate.
ECONOMIST: North Korea
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The idea came from US economist Paul Romer, who proposes that the creation of charter cities -- semi-autonomous cities in rural sections of developing countries that would have some foreign supervision and, most importantly, would be founded upon a new set of rules -- can lift countries out of poverty.
BBC: The two sides of charter cities
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This plan came a few days after Turkey's foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, became the first Turkish minister to set foot in the Iraqi Kurds' semi-independent state.
ECONOMIST: Turkey and the Kurds