Play the game USA!!

Monopolies r good for no-one except the fat cat directors though....

Customers get a raw deal.. Lack of competition..

Very hard for new emergents into the market, hence less job opportunities!!

So Europe should be concerned, as Tax breaks encourage monopolies - such as Windows. In fact, a stagnant market & lack of competition has a negative impact on the stock market.... Firms cut back.... Less Jobs....

Pretty big issue really & America really do have some dodgy Corporate laws!! Anyone heard about Enron?? That couldn't have happened in the UK.

Stop making stuff up!!

UK has led the way in trying to cancel Third World Debt.. It has been the flag bearer for many years.

USA have turned their noses up!!

i hope u never set up business mike. compeition puts more people out of jobs than monopolies.

example, theres alot of firms in scotland just now cutting jobs because they're relocting to asia. y because competition has drove down prices meaning they can't afford to both pay big wages and operate out of developed countries cos it costs too much.

its not nice but if i had my own company id be keeping costs as low as possible and try and keep competition down, thats how business works.

these people don't actually owe people much. if it hadnt been for microsoft we wudnt be anywhere near as advanced with IT as we are, same goes for IBM etc... Boeing? try travelling all over the world for business and personal reasons quickly and convieniently without a plane.

they may be rich whilst theres people starving but they're under no obligation to do anything about it and not all the worlds financial problems can be blamed on big business.

Ok - It messed my reply up. But I am not looking at it from the perspective of running a firm, but on fair play to other businesses. Monopolies r not good for consumers (Windows sucks). They certainly don't create more jobs! As chance r it'll be a stagnant market.

& I don't think this article is blaming the worlds financial problems on big business, just doing something about the very unlevel playing field. The UK competitions commision has been working well for years!

You should play by the rules, no matter what m'kay?

Most EU countries are also slipping from Kyoto contract. Like Finland (pollution rose over 7%, mostly due to really cold winter and dry summer year ago).

Mousebounce:
Are you serious (this time)? :P

And that man Berlusconi is plain evil
Italy, mafia, Berlusconi. He is virtually a dictator there. What do you italians think about him?

In raw dollars, however, the United States is now the world’s top donor of economic aid, although for more than a decade it was second to Japan, which is far smaller and has been beset by economic woes. In 2001, the United States gave $10.9 billion, Japan $9.7 billion, Germany $4.9 billion, the United Kingdom $4.7 billion, and France $4.3 billion





Yes, I am.

Ermmm.. Define Economic Aid....

Also - Is this relative to the GDP??

look at the size of the US, thats no way relative

and why is japan giving that much money when its in such dire financial straits?

guilty conscience methinks

Is this the time to get into the discussion of Germany's less than stellar Government, or even your own disatrous economy? Schroeder used the war to deviate attention away from his own shortcomings in solving the problems within your own country. Well, now that the war is over...what is your excuse for him now?

yeah

although most of Germany doesnt seem to realise its in very dire straits economically (cant help using that term )