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  London: The new world capital?

  Jeffrey Hill | Wed, Dec 26th, 2007 | Category: Report | City: London | Tags: jeffrey hill, paris, mexico city, tokyo, london, united kingdom, new world capital, oag, the guardian, the independent, world capital | 0

  The Independent, a British compact newspaper, recently conducted a study comparing the world’s largest cities’ population figures, financial markets, tourism trends, transport facilities, transportation, sports and arts events in an effort to name the new world capital. Using 14 separate criteria that help to define a city, the London newspaper calculated and scored hundreds of cities. An explanation of their study can be read here.

  After months of researching what the paper claims to…

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  EU’s Blue Card Plan riddled with problems

  Hayley Richardson | Fri, Oct 26th, 2007 | Category: Commentary | Tags: hayley richardson, san francisco, london, world bank, european union, blue card, melting pot, peace corps, paul theroux | 0

  The EU recently unveiled their proposal for attracting “the best and the brightest” immigrants to the continent. And like most immigration-related material, it’s riddled with a host of problems. 

  According to International Herald Tribune, the so-called “Blue Card Plan” calls for “admission of an additional 20 million Asian, African and Latin American workers in the next two decades. EU officials said they hoped the proposal would divert the flow of skilled migrants from developing…

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