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...local?," says Shih. "What's the value added that I'm bringing? Companies, no matter where they are from, are going to hire a local person more cheaply unless you're really bringing something to the table." And with China's growth still at a breakneck pace, "there are more and more people with more and more skills. It's already happening." Who knows, a few more years and there may be another acronym added to the alphabet soup: CASH-Chinese Americans who Stayed Home...
...this national energy that wants to come in, and how much energy there is in the city, and actually move it in the right direction?" Landrieu told TIME Sunday. He said Saturday's relatively low turnout was not about voter apathy so much as continuing frustration over the slow pace of recovery. "I think the lower turnout indicates how painfully hurt so many people still are, in so many ways," he said. "And you know, that cuts across geographic lines as well as racial lines...
...over 100,000 Slingboxes in the U.S. since introducing it there less than a year ago, with the price at around $200. While those numbers don't get into iPod or TiVo territory, Krikorian argues that Slingbox is outpacing most debut devices. "We're actually on a pretty torrid pace for a new technology,'' he says. It's helped that critics have raved about his gizmo. "Once you have it, you'll wonder why everyone else doesn't," gushed msnbc in March. True, the setup can be tricky - users have to tie the device into an Internet router as well...
...WYERS Pace...
...Still, the bullish investment is offset by common developing-country woes. Infrastructure hasn't kept pace with growth; electricity, telecommunications and port fees are relatively costly. Last summer, a drought in the north reduced hydroelectric generation and the government was forced to implement rolling power outages. Vietnam still hasn't developed support industries to supply parts and services to factories, forcing them to import parts and expertise. Meanwhile, restrictive labor laws make it virtually impossible to fire unproductive workers, and managers in foreign-owned factories complain about pervasive government corruption and interference. In January, Hanoi abruptly decreed that the minimum...