As more or more people from different backgrounds, countries, cultures and religions immigrate to foreign lands, those countries become an intercultural melting pot. In order for the native people and the immigrant population to blend and create a thriving and successful atmosphere both sides need to develop some sort of intercultural tolerance and understanding of [...]
THE NUMBERS: Americans in jail: 2.3 million Working in prison industries: ~0.1 million WHAT THEY MEAN: U.S. law has banned imports of goods made in foreign jails since the “McKinley Tariff” of 1890 (McKinley, not yet president, was then Ways and Means Committee Chairman), with extensions in 1930 and 1983. But some American prison industries [...]
Franz Kolb, Director for Europe at the Governor’s Office of Economic Development, hosted a group of local dignitaries and Hungarian-Utahns on August 19th in honor of the 20th anniversary of the famed “Hungarian Pan-European Picnic,” one of the key incidents contributing to the fall of the Iron Curtain. Mr. Kolb presented to Dr. George Simon, [...]
Ogden being recognized internationally In decades past, Ogden, Utah was known as a railroad town because it is near where the golden spike was driven thus completing the nation’s first transcontinental railroad and demanding a nearby city devoted to the railroad. Ogden, thanks to the work of many local civic leaders, has experienced a community [...]
By Agence France-Presse; IndustryWeek The trade surplus for the 16 countries using the euro more than doubled in June, providing another positive sign for Europe’s economy after France and Germany officially pulled out of recession. The eurozone chalked up an external trade surplus of 4.6 billion euros (US$6.5 billion) in June compared to a upwardly [...]
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