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BusinessWeek January 16, 2006 Roger L. Martin	What Innovation Advantage? Chinese and Indian companies aren't leaving design to the North Americans.
The Motley Fool January 9, 2006 Rich Smith	Outsourcing's Endgame Outsourcing will end as soon as it becomes economically illogical to continue it, and not a moment sooner. Already, wages for Indian workers ranging from call center operators to programmers to engineers are increasing at rates of 15% to 30% per annum.
The Motley Fool January 6, 2006 Robert Aronen	Russia's Gas Weapon Russia and Ukraine's natural gas dispute shows the tenuous connections among world energy markets. Investors should take that into account before buying shares of an emerging market player.
The Motley Fool January 5, 2006 Brian Gorman	Alternative Energy Gains Political Power Russia and Ukraine's gas tussle could benefit some alternative energy companies. One should note that the U.S. has its own potential energy issue in its strained relationship with Venezuela. Smart investors should be ready to exploit this trend.
The Motley Fool January 4, 2006 Rich Smith	Eggs Over? Not Easy The U.N. curtailment of the caviar trade is unlikely to directly affect many companies of interest to U.S. investors.
IndustryWeek January 1, 2006 John S. McClenahen	Hot! Hot! Hot! Global Siting's Hottest Locations U.S. manufacturers continue to invest heavily in China and India. But their siting strategies also include Eastern Europe, South America and even the United States.
Reason January 2006 Kerry Howley	Byrd Watching Of the $1 billion meted out under the 2000 Byrd amendment to an agricultural appropriations bill, the GAO found two-thirds went to three industries; half went to five corporations.
The Motley Fool January 3, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	All the Coffee in China Starbucks wins an important trademark infringement suit in Shanghai. Investors, take note.
CRM January 1, 2006 Colin Beasty	The Bitter Taste of Offshoring Europe is setting an example of best outsourcing practices that American business might want to follow.
Reason January 2006 Kerry Howley	I, T-Shirt The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade, by Pietra Rivoli posits that to see what we are sacrificing by embracing protectionism while preaching free markets, Americans need look no further than their closets.
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