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The Delamere International Newsletter ©

Edition of 1 December 2007 #178

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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Business: Africa Catching Up With Rest of the World
2. Business: Australian Expats in the USA Not Going Home
3. Business: Economy in the USA Tanking?
4. Business: How a few super-rich tycoons dominate S.E. Asia economy
5. Business: Investing in South Africa
6. Business: Kosovo WILL Become Independent in 2008
7. Business & Education: An American's Objective View of Kenya
8. Business: Progress in Sub-Saharan Africa
9. Business: Salvation for Telkom Kenya
10. Education: AIDS in Africa
11. Education: Battle of the Somme
12. Education & Environment: Africa Depleting Natural Resources
13. Education: Oscar Wilde Collection
14. Immigration: Asylum Costs Are Escalating in the UK
15. Immigration: What UK Has Become for Immigrant Workers
16. Real Estate: Wealthy Russians Buying Properties in London
17. Travel: Electronic Airline Ticketing


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1. Business: Africa Catching Up With Rest of the World?
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Midrand: Growth rates in sub-Saharan African economies are finally catching up with the rest of the world after lagging behind for the last three decades, a World Bank report said Wednesday. To read the full report, go to our NEWS DESK link.

 

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2. Business: Australian Expats in the USA Not Going Home
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A survey of Australia's media expats has delivered a consistent picture: they're blunt, emboldened by the bigger, more competitive US market and they're not coming home. To read this full report, go to our NEWS DESK link.

 

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3. Business: Economy in the USA Tanking?
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A report was forwarded to us from a regular reader of our website Newsletters. "During the first quarter of fiscal year 2008, which started last July, the Jewish Family Services has seen a 21 percent increase in requests for financial assistance. This is on top of the 15 percent increase the organization experienced last year.

"There's no reason to think we've seen the end of that," said Dr. Emile Bendit, president of the JFS board. "With gasoline prices rising, the winter months fast approaching there is growing concern that the number of individuals applying for financial assistance will continue to accelerate." To read the full report, go to our NEWS DESK link and use the Search facility.


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4. Business: How a few super-rich tycoons dominate S.E. Asia Economy
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This new book "Asian Godfathers Money and Power in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia" by Joe Studwell, Atlantic Monthly Press, 328 pp. is well worth reading. The principal beneficiaries of those relationships between government and business have been men whom Studwell calls alternatively godfathers and tycoons - a group of billionaires, descended mainly from Chinese immigrants, who since the end of World War II have dominated the domestic economies of Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore and Hong Kong. For more details, and to order a copy visit the Delamere International Bookshop.

 

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5. Business: Investing in South Africa
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The United States will provide up to $250-million to jump-start three new African investment funds intended to boost development of its capital markets so African businesses can more easily raise money. To read the full report, go to our NEWS DESK link.


Editor's Note: Visit our web page on Investing in South Africa.

 

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