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To: Paul Senior who wrote (37154)	7/15/2008 1:18:16 PM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217804

Whirlpool first introduced a washing machine in Brazil in 1998 that cost $300, at a time when the average Brazilian earned about $200 a month. The product was obviously too expensive and did not sell. Then Whirlpool decided to create a new lower-cost model and developed the machine in Brazil, where the company has skilled engineers and industrial designers as well as sophisticated factories. The Ideale washer was introduced in 2003 at a cost of $150, creating a new market for low-capacity, low-price, semiautomatic washing machines in Brazil. nytimes.com This proves that it is possible to compete with the Chinese. Create the product in the scale required.

To: Paul Senior who wrote (37154)	7/16/2008 8:14:50 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217804

Brazil Will Take Back Unexplored Oil Blocks, Lobao Tells Estado By Laura Price July 15 (Bloomberg) -- Brazil's government will take back oil blocks from companies that fail to explore them within the planned timeframe, O Estado de S. Paulo said, citing Mines and Energy Minister Edison Lobao. Lobao said the government may take blocks operated by companies including state-controlled oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA and Exxon Mobil Corp., Estado reported. The law specifies that's what the government should do, Lobao said. A shortage of equipment such as platforms and drilling ships has caused delays in exploration, Lobao told Estado. He said the government should resume control of several blocks in 2008 and 2009, Estado reported.

To: Paul Senior who wrote (37154)	7/19/2008 7:26:15 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217804

Superboom after infrastructure. Paul, today capital is going to farmland, refineries, rigs, ships, aircraft and airports harbors, highways, railways and rolling stock.. In ten years, the world economy will have build up infrastructure and the money that today goes into infra is free. There will be an worldwide carnival of consumption. Airtravel, hotels, resorts, car rental will recover as the shirtless, then had acquired shirts, will seek holidays all over the place. All that tiny little appliances they have bought between 2007 and 2010, will be retired as they buy better ones. I think the world will go to the mall in the years...