Wave of the future
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Ship owners all over the world are opting to recruit crew from countries like China, Latvia, and Vietnam to decrease their labor costs. Formerly, the Filipinos used to be selected as crews but their unions have bargained for pay raises, which the ship owners are finding cumbersome.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 2004
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Roaring ahead. Evidence suggests that SARS did not seriously dent investors' long-term confidence in the economy
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Investment banks and analysts have revised China's GDP to pre-SARS epidemic levels. Some experts have even upgraded their expectations. All this suggests that the country's economy could be overheating. However, this seems unlikely.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 2003
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