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...likes to boast about its internal market of 450 million consumers, but when it comes to the service sector - which accounts for 70% of the European economy - life is anything but a bed of roses. More than a decade ago, the E.U. knocked down the major barriers impeding the free movement of goods, but a patchwork of local legislation and practices continues to hinder the movement of services. From accountants, lawyers and realtors to hairdressers, midwives and plumbers, those who try to offer services outside their home country risk being strangled by red tape...
...economically, blocking any change could backfire. Powerful lobbies like the German Federal Association of Industry, and Eurocommerce, which represents French and other European retailers, are pressing for liberalization. Even German Economics Minister Wolfgang Clement says he's in favor. "We need more competition in Europe, also in the service sector and that's a fact," Clement told the Tagesspiegel daily newspaper...
While her step-father, a chemist by training, works in IBM’s research department, her mother is IBM’s vice president and chief technology officer (CTO) of supply and distribution in the retail sector...
...Dems’ three-minute opening statement, Li stressed that the Republican plan would completely dismantle the “security” aspect of social security, since investing in the private sector is more risky...
...since 1998, 500 universities have left the federally managed loan program for private-sector student loan firms, according to America’s Student Loan Providers (ASLP), an organization representing more than 80 firms that use the privately funded FFELP...