...……………………………………………………….. 48 3.9 Insurance………………………………………………………………………… 48 3.10 Finance Companies Activities…………………………………………………... 49 3.11 Pension Fun... ...y by bridging surplus spending units (savers) to deficit spending units (individuals, companies, governments) who need more funds in excess of their... ...rences in regulations that applied among economies were to the benefit of risk taking companies at the expense of regulatory and supervisory regimes.... ...economy shrunk to 1.4 percent in 2009 because of a significant decrease in demand for mining resources and global economic crisis. Meanwhile, the Ind... ... arrangements, and facilitating integration of transportation, telecommunications, mining and energy, increasing economic efficiency and regional... ... 2008 financial crisis, recovery seems to be better than in other APEC economies that ironically didn’t suffer that much. This is attested by an eme... ...talizations are dominated by telecommunications companies (Telekomunikasi Indonesia), mining companies (Adaro Energy and PGN), banking (Bank Central... ...ountries grew 7.4 and 9.2 percent respectively. Australia’s major exports in 2010 were iron ore and concentrates, coal, gold, crude petroleum, and na... ...es grew 7.4 and 9.2 percent respectively. Australia’s major exports in 2010 were iron ore and concentrates, coal, gold, crude petroleum, and natural ...

...om the rustic to the plastic - computers, cellular phones, wireless and the like. Ironically, it could never have made it even this far without it... ...t with determination rarely equaled by skill or knowledge. Velvet hands couched in iron gloves, ignorance disguised by economic newspeak, geostrate... ...erica's transition from republic to empire is remarkably reminiscent of Rome's. The irony is that as the United States inevitably becomes less demo... ...ources and to extend its influence towards the Indian Ocean. Two Saudi Arabian oil companies were also involved. During the same years, the Taliba... ...essing in disguise. Western aid and investment can help resuscitate the Soviet era mining (Copper, Zinc) operations and finally tap Afghanistan's v... ... denied by President Vladimir Putin in a phone call to Bush - and ridiculed by the companies ostensibly involved. Russia exported c. $5 billion of ... ... would insist on honoring all prewar contracts signed between Iraq and Russian oil companies and worth of billions of dollars - and on the repaymen... ...enrichment facility near the city of Natanz and an Iranian admission that they are mining their own ore, Alexander Rumyantsev, the Russian Atomic E... ...ty near the city of Natanz and an Iranian admission that they are mining their own ore, Alexander Rumyantsev, the Russian Atomic Energy Minister, a...