the 2002 election, and was inaugurated as President on 1 January 2003. In the 2006 election he was re-elected for a second term as President, which ended on 1 January 2011. He is often regarded as the most popular politician in the history of Brazil and, at the time of his mandate, one ofthe most popular in the world.. Lula played a prominent role in recent international relations developments,
Ⅱ. Economic Environment
The economic trends of a country are very influential over business operations. Singapore's economy has shown continued resilience against most global crisis, and has rebounded with a record 13% growth from the recent global economy downturn. This rebound not only showed that the Singapore's forward-looking and alert damage-control measures are always in place and
of 29 countries - including Canada, Japan and the U.S. – signed the Council of Europe Cybercrime convention in 2001. The convention deals with substantive and procedural cybercrime law. The substantive defines the following activities as criminal: illegal access, illegal interception, data interference, system interference, misuse of devices, computer-related forgery, computer-related fraud
the economic status of Korea has been recovering slowly and has also shown possibilities to continue.
The stabilization of such financial markets, aided the object-economy into stabilization as well. On the last quarter of 2008 which recorded a drop in GDP growth turned back to a positive growth of 0.1% on the first quarter of this year. Composite Leading Indicator and index of mining and manufa
the highest number of private schools from the Joseon Dynasty as well as Confucian schools. To this day, Andong still has around 26 private schools from the Joseon Dynasty. This city also acted as a home to the noble class during the Joseon period. Many ofthe homes ofthe noble class are still standing in Andong; some are kept up by therelatives ofthe original owner. Certain homes have establi