Globalization is a tough sell, GE's Immelt says
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SANTA CLARA, California  - If globalization were put to a popular vote in the United States in the current political climate, it would lose, General Electric Co..  Chairman and Chief Executive Jeffrey Immelt warned on Friday.
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American manufacturers are losing their ability to compete in the global marketplace in large measure because of the crushing burden of health care costs, General Motors Corp. chairman and chief executive G. Richard Wagoner Jr. said yesterday as he called on corporate and government leaders to find "some serious medicine" for the nation's ailing health system.
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Business & money: World's largest mobile operator finds conditions 'very difficult' in Europe but looks to growth in emerging markets like India.
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Business & money: Markets on both sides of the Atlantic take  fright  at data showing weakness in the US and Germany.
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A BBC World Service survey of 34,000 people finds sharp divergences in attitudes to globalisation.
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The downwardly volatile global markets are sure of one thing: decoupling of the U.S. and the rest of the world isn't a reality yet
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China may provide some answers. Globalization can't hurt.
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WOLFSBURG, Germany -- On the surface, globalization is about as popular in Germany as cheap imported beer.
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General Electric Co.  sees  opportunities in nuclear investments in Europe and China, but a  nuclear boom in the United States would require some form of  carbon emission pricing, GE&#39;s Chief Executive said.
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PARIS, Sept. 28 -- In building his global auto business, Carlos Ghosn has trumpeted a guiding principle: to protect and respect cultural differences. A man of Lebanese descent who grew up in Brazil and spent years in France, Ghosn understands better than most what it means to be global.
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Globalization has lifted millions out of poverty and had many positive effects, but it has a dark side and free trade does not always mean economic growth, World Trade Organization head Pascal Lamy said on Wednesday.
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The world's best-known branded products, names that have powered the global economy for the past half-century including Coca-Cola, Colgate and Knorr, are facing fierce competition in Europe from anonymous cheaper rivals.
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After three years of playing down expectations, General Electric Chief Executive Jeff Immelt has delivered on the most important promise of his tenure by telling analysts and investors exactly what they wanted to hear: GE is back.
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By Scarborough, Robert  FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, THE GLOBALIZATION OF the American economy is a challenge and an opportunity.
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In a new wave of the global outsourcing of services, personal chores are moving offshore, and this is leading to some daunting challenges, both economic and cultural.
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Kannan Pashupathy, the director of Google's international engineering operations, discusses their overseas efforts.
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While individual Americans debate the merits of globalization, corporate America has already moved overseas, with dramatic financial results.