Just because it works in the United States, doesn't mean it will work in China.
It's a lesson some of our biggest tech brands have learned the hard way. And as Groupon attempts expands east, critics say its already making the same mistakes.
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http://gigaom.com/2011/06/19/groupon-in-china-ebay-all-over-again/
WikiLeaks just published secret documents related to the United States' war against the Taliban in Afghanistan.
The documents detail deals, armed conflicts, strategies, politics, intelligence operations and some casualties from 2004 and 2010, painting the most complete publicly available picture of the Afghan War yet.
Source:
http://mashable.com/2010/07/25/wikileaks-afghan-war-diary/
U.S.
President Barack Obama says he is speeding up the U.S. transition to a clean energy economy. In his weekly address Saturday, President Obama said the move is part of efforts to make sure the jobs and industries of the future take root in the United States.
Source:
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/Obama-Promotes-Clean-Energy-Economy-97727074.html
Cash-strapped North Korea has demanded the United States pay almost $US65 trillion ($75 trillion) in compensation for six decades of hostility.
LMAO...
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/24/2936414.htm
The nation's minority population is steadily rising and now makes up 35 percent of the United States, advancing an unmistakable trend that could render them the new American majority by midcentury.
New Census estimates show minorities added more than 2 percent in 2009 to 107.2 million people, boosted by a surge in Hispanic births and ...
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/10/us-minority-population-co_n_607369.html
Turkey's attempts to mediate Iran's nuclear standoff with the West have evolved into an aggressive effort to forestall new U.N. sanctions.
The assertive campaign is placing Turkey in opposition to longtime allies Israel and the United States.
It also raises the question of whether NATO's only Muslim member is becoming less of a bridge between East
Source:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hmIfrQuYXHTDQ5ni_t3dGYgr9NXQD9FU3KGO0
What is ironic about Kings endorsement of using the race of a young Middle Eastern male� to profile terrorist suspects is the fact that the last major attempted terror attacks in the United States were not committed by men from the Middle East.
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http://thinkprogress.org/2010/05/15/steve-king-common-racial/
A report by San Franciscos Trulia Inc. says home prices around the United States were cut by 10 percent in April.
In total, some $25 billion has been slashed from the list prices of for-sale homes.
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http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2010/05/10/daily38.html
Since Barack Obama entered office, the world's view of the United States has 'improved sharply,' according to a poll carried out by the BBC World Service.
Nearly 30,000 people in 28 countries were asked to rate countries on their positive impact upon the world.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/19/worlds-opinion-of-us-has_n_542598.html
On April 14, 2010, former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin addressed a Tea Party event in Boston and tried to characterize the scale of the tax burden in the United States. "Americans now spend 100 days out of the year working for government before we even start working for ourselves", she said.
The United States should consider raising taxes to help bring deficits under control and may need to consider a European-style value-added tax, White House adviser Paul Volcker said on Tuesday.
It perhaps was not the endorsement President Barack Obama and the Democrats in Congress were looking for.Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro on Thursday declared passage of American health care reform "a miracle" and a major victory for Obama's presidency, but couldn't help chide the United States for taking so long to enact what communist...
Turkey recalled its envoy to the United States following a vote by a congressional panel passing a resolution calling the killing of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey genocide.
Source:
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/03/04/turkey.armenia/index.html
There is no more solemn duty for an American��commander-in-chief than the martialling of "all elements of American power" - the phrase Obama himself used on Monday - to protect the people of the United States.
In that key respect, Obama failed on Christmas Day, just as President George W.
The Netherlands said Wednesday it will begin using full body scanners on all passengers taking flights to the United States, following the attempted terrorist attack on a U.S.-bound flight on Christmas Day.
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http://us.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/12/30/airline.terror.schiphol/index.html
Russia needs to develop "offensive strike systems" to preserve strategic balance with the United States, without producing its own missile defense, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Tuesday.
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http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/12/29/russia.offensive.weapons/index.html
Renewable seems to be the main tag of the new energy economy.
In spite of the fact that funding seems to be drying up for green businesses (Reuters), the new energy economy is showing remarkable signs of progress.
As fossil fuel prices rise, as oil insecurity deepens, and as concerns about climate change cast a shadow over the future of coal, a new energy economy is emerging in the United States,� says Lester R. Brown, President of t
Get the low-down here:
http://inspiredeconomist.com/2008/10/27/a-new-energy-economy-is-emerging-in-the-usa/
On Wednesday the U.S.
Department of the Interior announced a plan to open 190 million acres of federal lands to companies seeking to develop geothermal energy production plants.
The lands that will be opened are in Alaska and 11 western states. It is believed that the geothermal energy in time could provide electricity to 5.5 million homes.
Secretary of the Interior Dick Kempthorne said the following about the plan: Geothermal energy w
The full story is here:
http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/10/22/united-states-opening-190-million-acres-to-geothermal-energy-development/
Every four years, the world looks with bafflement at the United States as the country goes through its curious process of electing its President.
Truth be told, the system is far from obvious, and remains misunderstood and controversial even within the U.S.A. A brief primer on how it all works.
Link source:
http://www.welt.de/english-news/article2605119/How-the-U-S-A-elects-its-President.html
Iraq and the United States have finally agreed on a security pact which would mean that US forces would withdraw from Iraq by 2011, American and Iraqi officials said yesterday....The pact replaces the UN Security Council resolution enacted after the American invasion of 2003.
