APEC is made up of 21 Pacific Rim economies, which account for about half of world trade.
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Also, RIM gave little new information on its ongoing strategic review process, saying only that it has had discussions with a number of parties about potential licensing deals. (But it named no names.) RIM is about half way through its plan to cut 5, 000 people from the payroll, a move which will reduce ongoing operating costs but pressure on near-term cash.
The Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation Forum (Apec), set up in 1989 mainly to promote trade among Pacific Rim states, now accounts for more than half of global economic output and almost half of all international trade.
The Pacific Crest Trail, which runs 2, 663 miles from Mexico to Canada, shares half of the lake with the Rim Trail and brings an influx of "through hikers" (the ultra-serious lean visitors who routinely make 20 plus miles a day).