The spending you're referring to is one time, not sustained and while a one off might provide a more accurate picture of an economic 'effect' it doesn't pain a more accurate picture of the economic 'situation' over time.
On top of that how much of that $1billion do you think was actually spent on products made inside the US?
IANAL but my understanding is that there can be clauses in contracts that are considered 'enforceable'. Perhaps someone who is a lawyer could opine on whether such a clause can protect a carrier or not?
I live in Europe now, and I can say that personally speaking high speed trains are great.
Living in Paris, I can go to London or Brussels (and even Amsterdam if I get up early enough) for business meetings and be back for dinner without the hassles of air travel.
There are high speed trains all over Western Europe now, with more lines coming on line regularly. Any time that I can take a train I will, even if the train is an hour or two slower than a flight.
I can work on the train with decent cell and Internet coverage (except the 20 minutes under the English tunnel) and, on top of the relative convenience and work productivity, Eurostar and Thalys both claim some degree of carbon neutral travel.
To me an economic secret is a trade secret that allows a company to manufacture and sell product (or conceivably services) at a level that, should this secret be compromised, would result in a loss of jobs significant enough to impact the economy as a whole.
Even if a review shows that there is currently no cause for alarm any future software upgrade could include backdoors or time bombs.
Besides which, as long as CEOs are willing to sell the company proprietary tech for a big immediate payoff and related bonuses for themselves regardless of how that leaves the company and its employees in the long run then it doesn't make much difference anyway.
Ruijie claims to be getting government awards for being innovative but they actually have copy and paste of Juniper pictures and text on their website.
Anyone who could pay back their loans in 20 years could have paid them back in 25 and the other way around.
France and other countries have competitive exams for students leaving high school. Most university is free and the better you do in your competitive exams the more likely you are to get into the school and program that you're after.
It's a strong system leading to a strong country now and in the future.
Too bad that Americans (and I am one) tend to value money over the strength of our future.
Missing from the list. Too bad that the west can't get some backbone and go after the biggest counterfeiters and really protect western interests - all our interests and not just the entertainment industry.
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The spending you're referring to is one time, not sustained and while a one off might provide a more accurate picture of an economic 'effect' it doesn't pain a more accurate picture of the economic 'situation' over time.
On top of that how much of that $1billion do you think was actually spent on products made inside the US?
IANAL but my understanding is that there can be clauses in contracts that are considered 'enforceable'. Perhaps someone who is a lawyer could opine on whether such a clause can protect a carrier or not?
Yeah, better to ask for forgiveness than ask for permission.
lol yeah tell that to the IRS and see how far it gets you
If it cost between 3,000 and 30,000 or between 4,000 and 40,000 I'd buy it but between 4,000 and 30,000 just sounds wrong...
I live in Europe now, and I can say that personally speaking high speed trains are great.
Living in Paris, I can go to London or Brussels (and even Amsterdam if I get up early enough) for business meetings and be back for dinner without the hassles of air travel.
There are high speed trains all over Western Europe now, with more lines coming on line regularly. Any time that I can take a train I will, even if the train is an hour or two slower than a flight.
I can work on the train with decent cell and Internet coverage (except the 20 minutes under the English tunnel) and, on top of the relative convenience and work productivity, Eurostar and Thalys both claim some degree of carbon neutral travel.
I don't suppose this applies to politicians when they advertise what they will do once they get into office?
I found those articles as well but they're nothing compared to what China has been accused of doing.
To me an economic secret is a trade secret that allows a company to manufacture and sell product (or conceivably services) at a level that, should this secret be compromised, would result in a loss of jobs significant enough to impact the economy as a whole.
Even if a review shows that there is currently no cause for alarm any future software upgrade could include backdoors or time bombs.
Besides which, as long as CEOs are willing to sell the company proprietary tech for a big immediate payoff and related bonuses for themselves regardless of how that leaves the company and its employees in the long run then it doesn't make much difference anyway.
Do executives (or anyone else) generally send unencrypted mail and leave their laptops unattended (or unsecured) anywhere in the world?
I'd like to see your actual concrete references for France being well known for industrial espionage.
'Innovation' appears to be how well they can copy western tech (and related).
http://www.ruijienetworks.com/about/MarketStatus.aspx
Ruijie claims to be getting government awards for being innovative but they actually have copy and paste of Juniper pictures and text on their website.
Chinese 'engineering' is like their idea of 'R&D' which is what we would call copying and theft.
Companies that are archiving personal information for such purposes as being evaluated for a job position will just keep the data offshore.
If you don't want your private life made public, don't put it on the net.
"Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.”
This is a useless measure.
Anyone who could pay back their loans in 20 years could have paid them back in 25 and the other way around.
France and other countries have competitive exams for students leaving high school. Most university is free and the better you do in your competitive exams the more likely you are to get into the school and program that you're after.
It's a strong system leading to a strong country now and in the future.
Too bad that Americans (and I am one) tend to value money over the strength of our future.
Missing from the list. Too bad that the west can't get some backbone and go after the biggest counterfeiters and really protect western interests - all our interests and not just the entertainment industry.