Indonesia’s middle class (more than US$ 3000 available income per year) is rapidly expanding. Only 1.6 million people in 2004, it is now about 50 million people and according to analysts it will be close to 150 million in 2014. And they put their income to good use. Indonesians bought 8 million scooters and 750’000…
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Nuclear Energy – Russian Nuclear Recycling Plant Mayak Inaccessible
The nuclear meltdown in Fukuyama delivered live pictures of the statistical remaining risks of nuclear power plants but there are other subtler and more distant issues with nuclear energy. Just like other European states, Switzerland uses the Russian nuclear facility of Mayak for recycling its used nuclear fuel elements. This is without any doubt matchlessly…
Wal-Mart – Unstoppable But in New York
Wal-Mart is the worldwide biggest retailer, synonymous for shopping à l’américaine, huge supermarkets, oversized shopping carts and packages, over-dimensioned parkings and under-dimensioned prices, wages and union rights. In the US, Wal-Mart is everywhere but – in spite of a multi-million-lobby campaign – not yet in New York City. In the big apple, local stores, politicians,…
