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ANNEX BULLETINS is a component of the Comprehensive Market Service (CMS). It is intended
for the exclusive use by those who have contracted for the entire CMS service. GLOBAL TRENDS Analysis
of United Nations Report on Multinationals Global Investments A
Cleaner, Neater World? Hardly. Deadlier, for Sure
Russia
- the Biggest Loser in 1998; China Continues to Rake It In
A
Special Report on Global Investments PHOENIX, Feb. 2
America is hardly a kinder, gentler place, as the former U.S.
president, George Bush, wished it to be, during his 1988 campaign.
But the world seems to be becoming a cleaner, neater place.
People drink less sugar water, and shave more.
Pepsi and Coke are out of the top 100 multinationals, Gillette is
in! Unfortunately, the world also consumes more junk food.
McDonalds business, for example, is thriving.
The King of Junk (food), which has come to epitomize the Princes
of the 20th Century - large multinationals
- continues to flood the world with burgers and fries, only with less
sugar water, it seems. The preceding are some of the conclusions one can draw from our
analysis of the 1999 United Nations report on the top 100 multinational
companies (1997) business results.
Other observations may be less bombastic, but are more profound. Such as that, despite its stellar business results, the King of Junk is
also attracting another kind of attention.
McDonalds storefront windows may be a handy target of the global
revolt against the Princes financial tyranny, if only because its
hard to throw a rock through the Microsoft Windows.
But if the worlds largest software companys customers had a
chance to smash
its windows for every crash its Windows have caused for their systems,
Microsoft HQ might have more holes than Swiss cheese.
In fact, it may look like Swiss cheese without the cheese. No wonder, Bill Gates, the King of Windows and the Prince of Smoke and
Mirrors, also became a Pied Piper when he was hit by a pie, following his
attendance at the 1998 Davos conference (see Annex
Bulletin 98-06, Feb. 5, 1998). [...] Our report then goes on to analyze the global
investment trends. Here are some of the sub-headings: Alls
Not Well in Princes Well Global
Investment Trends European
Demo Farce Other World Regions - Investment Analysis [...] . Thank you. Happy bargain hunting! Bob Djurdjevic NOTE: The print edition of this report, of course, contains additional charts and tables not included here. Can you afford not to know such things if you're a global competitor? To subscribe, just click on , or call us as (602) 824-8111. Or check out also Annex Bulletins... "Death of The City", "Death of The Corporation", "Two Faces of Globalism", "From a Nation of Producers, to a Country of Gamblers", "War Is Great. Peace Sucks. Long Live NATO!", "What's a Trill Here, a Trill There...?", "More, Cheaper Service Jobs," "The Upsizing of America,", "Small Caps Sinking First", "Russia Is Still the Bogey" |
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