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Blog Entries by Diane Francis from 06/2010

The New Seven Sisters of the World

| Posted 06.09.2010 | Business
Read More: General Electric, Latin America, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Strobe Talbott, Russia, Geopolitics, European Union, India, China, Greece, Business News

The articulate, Italian-born Mr. Falco used a car-racing term, "pole leaders," to describe the world's six major players, and their strategies, in addition to the United States.

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BP Risk Management Boondoggle

| Posted 06.15.2010 | Green
Read More: Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Bp, Iea, Green News

Had BP's management and board realized the magnitude of financial exposure should an accident occur, they might have insisted on expensive, fail-safe, back-up systems.

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Burger Diplomacy

| Posted 06.25.2010 | World
Read More: Iran, G8, Sarkozy, France, Boeing, Beijing, Michael Jackson's Death, g20, Imf, Obama, China, Canada, Medvedev, World News

These G8 and G20 Summits must compete against the BP blowout, World Cup soccer and the first anniversary of Michael Jackson's death.

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Chinese Cheating

| Posted 06.28.2010 | World
Read More: Currency Manipulation, Europe, G8, Yuan, United States Congress, Trade, g20, Obama, China, World News

It just seems to me that, like soccer, there has to be some way to level the playing field. But until victims organize, the Chinese and others will be able to move the goal posts.

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