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The Changing Face of Manufacturing: How US Manufacturers are Looking Homeward

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With the rise in global crude oil production and relative political stability in the major oil producing nations, particularly Iraq and Libya, the price of crude oil has fallen from above $100 a barrel to around $50 a barrel in just a year. Drop in the price of crude oil. in the third quarter of 2014 and is expected to grow by 3.5%

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Top 10 Most Corrupt Countries of 2018

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Transparency International released its annual ranking, Corruptions Perceptions Index 2017 , on Feb. 21 and the group said that “despite attempts to combat corruption around the world, the majority of countries are moving too slowly in their efforts. Source: Human Rights Watch. Printer-friendly version. Media Type. Media Credit. Bryn Jones.